Choose one.
It’s been a few years now, hasn’t it, since Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl added a full-on beard to his Look, and his band’s popularity has only continued to soar. Nevertheless, watching the GRAMMYS last night I remembered an unwritten rule I meant to write down about 10 years ago, while watching another band led by a thickly bearded singer who also wore glasses. I’m going to write it down now, and I urge lead singers the world over to consider this:
An old friend and should-be Townsman passed along this Brian Eno promotional video, which neither of us had seen before. Perhaps it gets us one step closer to uncovering another related Rock ‘n Roll Holy Grail, the full 24-minute, Alfons Sinniger-directed 1974 documentary of Eno & The Winkies playing four songs in the studio. Keep hope alive!
Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!
In this week’s edition of Saturday Night Shut-In your host, Mr. Moderator, cuts the chit-chat and plays nothing but music. Sorry, folks, I know how much you love to hear the man talk, but he had too many nights working late this past week.
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Fleet Foxes with J. Tillman (the bearded one).
As you certainly heard a few weeks ago, Fleet Foxes drummer J. Tillman has announced he is leaving the band after their upcoming tour of Japan to concentrate on a solo career. Tillman, like most other members of Fleet Foxes, wears a beard.
Although the band has not announced its plans for replacing Tillman, it is believed they will pick another bearded drummer. Beards play a major role in the music of Fleet Foxes, adding to the depth of the band members’ tightly woven Rug Harmonies. The challenge will be finding an appropriately bearded drummer, one whose beard compliments the beards of the other band members. This promises to be no easy task. It’s no surprise that the continuing members of Fleet Foxes have called on Rock Town Hall to consult them in the selection process.
At the end of Stephen Malkmus‘ long guitar jam “No More Shoes” he begins singing the chorus of the KISS disco atrocity “I Was Made for Loving You,” a direct musical reference to another song through a brief performance within the contemporary song. That’s what I’m talking about! Songs that merely mention other songs don’t count; the referenced song must be included as part of the performance, be it a direct vocal (with original lyrics) or key instrumental passage. Got it?
Beside the Malkmus reference I can immediately think of 3 other examples, 2 of which are by the same band (and 1 of those 2 is a reference to one of that band’s own songs). Collectively, you are much smarter than me, so I trust we’ll come up with at least 5 entries in this difficult challenge.
Two more exclusions:
As always, don’t bogart this thread: one entry per post, please.
Make me proud!
Coincidence?
Coincidence? We shall consider revisiting this topic following the album’s March 6, 2012 release.
Semifinals, Legacy Conference: The Crickets vs The Texas Playboys
Finally, we enter the Semifinals round of our tournament to determine—once and for all—rock’s greatest backing band ever! The first three rounds have been completed. The attached grid shows where we stand entering the Semifinals: backingband-tournament-64_SEMIS
The final two backing bands in the Legacy Conference battling to move forward are The Crickets and The Texas Playboys. The winner of this match will play the winner of the upcoming Expansion Conference match.
Through the long, painstaking course of this tournament adequate arguments have been made on behalf of all the semifinalists. That doesn’t mean you’re not encouraged to continue arguing for your selection in this round, but you are welcome to cast your vote now. Voting in this match will run through 11:59 pm on Friday, February February 10, 2012.
Semifinals, Legacy Conference: The Crickets vs The Texas Playboys
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