Which rock singer has the most pompous voice?
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Eddie Vedder
- Grace Slick
- Richard Thompson
- Other
If we can’t reach consensus I’ll ask my wife to decide. She can’t stand pompous singers.
Apr 072009
Mr. Moderator
Apr 072009
Please explain the choices made by the director of this 1970 televised performance by Kraftwerk.
Apr 062009
To celebrate Major League Baseball’s opening, Townsman Rick Massimo has passed along this baseball-themed piece of music (click here). Enjoy. Make your predictions. Play ball!
Apr 042009
I’m not going to get caught up in some pointless discussion centered around notions of Krautrock. I’ve been gaining interest in a couple of these German bands from the ’70s, but thinking of them as some separate movement solely based on their nationality seems wrong to me, like comparing The Busboys to Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix just because they are all black.
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Apr 032009
I came across this 1974 clip by a Mickey Most-produced Glam band called Arrow. See what you think of it.
What I found fascinating in my initial viewing is how close these guys are to being good while falling just short of that mark at every turn. See if you don’t agree and can’t help me identify some of the points in this song where they drop the ball. I’ll think about this some more and try to give them my advice – 25 years too late!
If you disagree with my premise and find this an undeniably good song, feel free to give me hell. As I watched this I couldn’t help but think what Sweet, for instance, might have done to turn this bad boy into a hit song.
Apr 032009
Get your groove on. Do your own thing.
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Apr 022009
Let’s face it: not every Rock Look that is cool on a young rock musician works for the older rock musician. Let us count the ways.
I’ll start…after the jump!
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