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LATEST UPDATE 11/16 GENESIS CHRONICLES ANNIVERSARY 6 PACK
GUITAR: nsw1-6
BASS/VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
STANDARD KEYS: MrBurpler
‘Seven Stones’ wouldn’t have sounded too out of place on From Genesis To Revelation, starting off as a sort of twisted take on an early Bee Gees ballad before heading into Moody Blues territory, with ‘aahed’ backing vocals and huge biblical chord changes which would have fitted well with the concept of that failed debut. The King Crimson mellotron is used to dramatic effect.
GUITAR/BASS/DRUMS/VOX: nsw1-6
STANDARD KEYS/HARM2: DrihscolUPDATE: Added venue and fixed drums.
The fairly straightforward ‘Time Table’ follows and works with nice, classical sounding Piano as the main backing for a commercial vocal melody and a strong chorus hook from Peter. Genesis would go on to have the first of many hit singles as part of the following years ‘Selling England By The Pound’ record. ‘Time Table’ wasn’t a hit but proved Genesis could work equally well doing nine minute prog epics or shorter, more tightly melodic rock songs.
FRETS: nsw1-6
“Get ‘Em Out By Friday,” from 1972’s Foxtrot, tells the whimsical sci-fi tale of Genetic Control, a group regulating “humanoid height” in order to fit more people into apartment complexes. But, as usual with prog-era Genesis, the words aren’t too important. The track’s true strength is its dynamic ensemble playing: Gabriel’s throaty roar, Tony Banks’ searing organ, Mike Rutherford’s galloping bass guitar.
GUITAR: nsw1-6
BASS: EchoOfMystery
STANDARD KEYS/DRUMS: MrBurpler
The instrumental piece “Wot Gorilla?”‘s title: the gorilla in question could be Chester Thompson (even though he does not play drums on the album, he will join Genesis for the 1977 tour). While Thompson played in Frank Zappa’s band (until the end of 1976), he earned the nickname “Gorilla” (the best-known reference to this can be found in Zappa’s song “Florentine Pogen,” where the lyrics include the line “Chester’s Gorilla,” the gorilla in question allegedly being a particularly ugly groupie infatuated with the drummer).
BASS/GUITAR: nsw1-6
VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
STANDARD KEYS: MrBurpler
GUITAR: nsw1-6
BASS/VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
Another keyboard intro to an uptempo song with few surprises. Note the groovy little breaks after the choruses and the interesting rhythms in the fade-out. One can clearly hear the fine background choirs Collins would use frequently and successfully in years to come.
GUITAR/BASS/VOCALS: nsw1-6
STANDARD KEYS: MrBurpler
From a progressive rock fan’s point of view, “The Lady Lies” is certainly the most exciting song on Genesis’ And Then There Were Three. An allegory on a woman’s power over a man, it tells the story of a knight who is lured by a demon lady to her house and enters, never to leave again. The song is written in a fast 12/8 time signature which feels like an even faster 3/4 at times. It is driven by a relentless and bouncy rhythm section reminiscent of old Genesis favorites, including a busy bass line.
+7 for me. I’m lovin’ it!
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” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />LATEST UPDATE 11/26 C3thon – Joe Cocker – With a Little Help from My Friends
GUITAR: mrcoupdetat
BASS: EchoOfMystery
VOCALS: Atruejedi
STANDARD KEYS: wingsoveramerica
Countless artists covered the Beatles in the 1960s, but few people took a sledgehammer to one of their tunes quite like Joe Cocker did. Almost nothing from the original remains besides the words; he also poured every ounce of himself into the vocals, transforming the track into a jaw-dropping blues number. His cover found a new audience in the 1980s when it became the theme song to The Wonder Years.
LATEST UPDATE 12/8 C3thon – The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request 50th Anniversary pack
GUITAR/BASS/KEYS: Kemiroch
VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
REDUCTIONS: wingsoveramerica
The Rolling Stones would be the first to admit that their 1967 psychedelic LP, Their Satanic Majesties Request, didn’t quite go as well as planned. They simply weren’t playing to their strengths, and the experiment felt a little forced. That said, the album does have some amazing gems, like the sort of a futuristic folk song, “2000 Man” is one of the most under-recognized and underappreciated songs in the Rolling Stones catalog. Opening with a gorgeous, delicate acoustic fingerpicking pattern , the lyrics speak of a future society where man’s individual identity is all but lost. There is a science fiction slant to the words, which indeed are some of Mick Jagger’s finest. The song moves into a middle section where the band had a chance to flex their rock muscle, one of the hardest rocking passages written and played on the Their Satanic Majesties Requests album. The rhythm change is quite nice, Watts drumming is very strong, the acoustics guitars are more effective than usual, and the contrast between Jagger’s weak voice on the verses and his gutsier style on the chorus is quite effective.
GUITAR/BASS/KEYS: Kemiroch
VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
REDUCTIONS: wingsoveramerica
The lone Rolling Stones Bill Wyman-written and -sung effort, “In Another Land” captured the psychedelic atmosphere of the day to a T, and it actually borders on being a parody. A whimsical, trippy ode, these days it sounds like a psychedelic Spinal Tap song, with words describing blue trees and flowers. The tremolo-soaked vocals only add to the period charm here. Interestingly, the bridge section is one of the hardest-rocking efforts by the Rolling Stones from this period. Rumored to have Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane on harmony vocals, this song was also issued as a single.
GUITAR/KEYS: Kemiroch
BASS/VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
REDUCTIONS: wingsoveramerica
Arguably the prettiest track ever by a crew not known for “pretty” – a pastoral piano melody wrapped in chamber-music strings arranged by a pre-Led Zeppelin John Paul Jones, with child-like la-la-la’s swooping through like gnomes in a playground. It’s a beautifully constructed piece of psychedelic pop. But the dissonant breakdown and the faintly lewd vision of a girl who “comes in colors everywhere” (a line possibly bitten off Love’s “She Comes in Colors”) reminds you who is behind it.
GUITAR/BASS/KEYS: Kemiroch
VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
REDUCTIONS: wingsoveramerica
The penultimate song “2000 Light Years From Home.” Jagger supposedly wrote the lyrics in prison following his drug bust. “It’s so very lonely,” he sings. “You’re 2,000 light years from home.” This song is a psychedelic nightmare, capturing the desolation of feeling lost in the cosmos, as Jones’ Mellotron casts an ominous spell.
LATEST UPDATE 12/21 C3thon – Soul & Funk 5 pack
GUITAR/KEYS: wingsoveramerica
VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
By the ’70s, Motown artist Marvin Gaye was bored with “the Sound of Young America.” When he wanted to go more in the direction of message music, label founder Berry Gordy wasn’t pleased. It didn’t help matters that Gaye had a reputation around the label of being “difficult,” making him somewhat of a pariah among the talent pool. One of the key tracks for Gaye’s new musical path was a song that was co-written by Four Tops member Renaldo Benson and Motown staff songwriter Al Cleveland. As Gaye worked on the song that would become “What’s Going On,” he angrily reflected on the stories told to him by his brother Frankie Gaye who was a Vietnam vet. The melancholy alto sax line was blown by Eli Fountain and, like the song itself, it seemed as a kind of aligned signal that the upbeat ’60s were giving way to the more pessimistic ’70s.
GUITAR/BASS: Chips
“Grace” might not be a shred-fest like Van Halen’s “Eruption”, but it gives a primer for what to expect with Buckley’s versatile guitar playing. The riffs aren’t in your face but are more subtly inventive with rapid arpeggios and jittering chords. Buckley never stays in the same place for too long on “Grace”. He forgoes typical verse, chorus, verse song structure and instead opts to chart new territory in each section between a refrain of “Wait in the fire.” As he madly screams and makes soulful vocal embellishments near the end as the guitar moves frantically about, it’s a great moment to put your face in your hands and say to yourself, “Life isn’t fair.”
GUITAR: mrcoupdetat
BASS/VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
STANDARD KEYS: Bansheeflyer
This funk and soul song reached #1 on the R&B chart and #6 in the Hot 100 in 1968. The song is particularly historical because of its influence on the careers of the Jackson 5. Michael Jackson was the lead vocalist on the group’s audition tape to Motown’s Berry Gordy in 1968. The song, of course, was “I Got the Feelin’.”
GUITAR: mrcoupdetat
BASS/VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
STANDARD KEYS: Bansheeflyer
“Cold Sweat” is a groundbreaking moment if only for the fact that it ushered in the entire funk era. Its intrigue, however, lies within the fact that it falls into the lineage of jazz motifs created by Miles Davis. Funk became the music of the day, only thanks to the music of the past. Its contributions to the future can be found on most popular records today. On this record, Brown shouts the classic line “give the drummer some,” a nod to his longtime collaborator, the renowned drummer Clyde Stubblefield. This seemingly routine call led to a drum solo that would define the concept of “breaks,” a model that not only influenced dance music of the era, but ultimately led to the sampling dynamics of hip-hop music.
GUITAR: mrcoupdetat
BASS/VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
STANDARD KEYS: Bansheeflyer
Not just “funky” anymore … this is pure funk. You know the thing: Deep thunderous bass setting up a single chord groove, two or three guitars trying to outdo one another as the catchiest rhythmic hook and horns assertively emblazoning their melodic blasts on top. JB himself weighs in with his usual grunts and screeches, mixing raps on dancing with some political commentary.
Thanks to not only you, AJFOne23….
but every single one of you guys, wingsoveramerica, mrcoupdetat, EchoOfMystery and Bansheeflyer!
More James Brown in RB3 is awesome enough as is……
but Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On” has been and always will be an anthem (and THE lyrical standard in my life) that I choose to live by ever since the day I first heard it. Thanks just doesn’t feel like enough to express my gratitude for this. For me, it’s unbelievable to have this song in game.
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LATEST UPDATE 12/22 – Christmas 4 pack
BASS/VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
STANDARD KEYS: MrBurpler
The song is a celebration and description of activities associated with the Christmas season, focusing primarily on get-togethers between friends and families. In a 2005 interview, Williams discusses how The Andy Williams Show figured into his recording of “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”: “George Wyle, who is a vocal director, who wrote all of the choir stuff and all of the duets and trios and things that I did with all the guests, he wrote a song just for the show – I think the second Christmas show we did – called “Most Wonderful Time of the Year”. So I did that, you know, every Christmas, and then other people started doing it. And then suddenly it’s become – not suddenly but over 30 years – it’s become a big standard. I think it’s one of the top 10 Christmas songs of all time now.”
BASS/VOCALS: EchoOfMystery
STANDARD KEYS: MrBurpler
“Please Come Home for Christmas” was released in 1960, by the American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. It later covered by the Eagles in the mid 70’s but this version from the Home Alone soundtrack will always be my favorite.
ALL CHARTING: Seil
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” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />“The Night Santa Went Crazy” is an original song performed as a style parody of “Black Gold” by Soul Asylum, with melodic references to that song, “Mama I’m Comin’ Home” by Ozzy Osbourne and “I Believe in Father Christmas” by Greg Lake.
ALL CHARTING: Seil
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” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />Way, way back in 1986, Weird Al put his hallmark spin on a classic holiday carol. It was a tongue-in-cheek (if darkly ominous) response to the heightening of The Cold War under the Ronal Reagan administration. As we near the Christmas season, and with many fearing the US could be on the brink of nuclear war with North Korea, it seems the perfect time to revisit this twisted little ditty.
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