As an homage to The Great 48’s I Wanna Be…the Last Man Standing thread, I present the I Can’t version:
I Can’t Explain – The Who
Aug 282009
Jul 302009
Greetings,
Today’s Mystery Date will work a bit differently than how we’ve conducted these in the past. Rather than post an “unmarked” mp3 for you to identify, I’m posting a screen capture from a video. Excluding Townsman E. Pluribus Gergely, who chose this frame for analysis in our recent long night’s work, the first Townsperson who can identify the video from which this screen capture appears will not only win an actual musically relevant PRIZE but, more importantly, can claim the top rock nerd honors on our most recent Last Man Standing, on bands that have employed two drummmers.
Are you ready for our Mystery Date? For those who feel they can handle the full weight of what’s to follow…
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Jul 292009
Name a band with two drummers. It’s okay if they just have the second drummer for their live set up, a’ la Genesis, but bands with a drummer and a percussionist do not count. Eligible bands must have two full contraption kits.
I’ll start with the aforementioned Genesis.
Jul 142009
Townsman cdm raised the possibility of this challenge the other day, and I see no reason why we shouldn’t conduct a Last Man Standing identifying intra-band hook ups.
You know the rules (or if you don’t, nod along as if you knew them all along): submit one answer at a time. Whoever has submitted the last acceptable answer is the Last Man Standing. When all subsequent challenges to the pile have been exhausted, months have passed, and even key players in this game, like Townsman Cherguevarra, cannot top the last answer on record, you may find yourself the official Last Man Standing on this topic, at least until another Townsperson finds the thread and tops you!
Let’s get it on, and let’s kick it off with cdm’s would-have-been trump card, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney.
Jul 122009
My number one pet peeve regarding lyrics is when the songwriter “rhymes” a word with the same exact word.
Last night, I was listening to some Junior Brown and I heard the following couplet:
“One of us will have to give, or there’ll be nothing left to say,
So Darlin’ I’ll do anything you say”
Now, I really like Junior Brown but I have to call him out on this. Junior: It’s not a rhyme if it’s the same frigging word. Get a rhyming dictionary if you have to for chrissake, but rhyming “say” with “say” doesn’t count.
I’m looking for more examples of this egregiously lazy technique (or lack thereof).
Please ignore the artistic merits of lyrics and just focus on the “rhyme.”
Jul 022009
An example of what I’m talking about is Pretty in Pink. Although the movie uses a new version of the Psychedelic Furs song, the movie’s not really based on the song, is it? I think it was just a coincidence that a hip, new song was sitting there that could tie into the marketing of Molly Ringwald while the movie was in production.
On the other hand, Alice’s Restaurant is an adaptation of the song, so that one wouldn’t count. Same goes for movies “adapted from” entire albums, like Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band or Tommy.
Got me?
Finally, movies with titles that were picked up for use in rock songs after the release of the movie, such as Thunder Road, are not elligible. The possibly coincidental or at least not essential rock reference of the movie title must follow the release of the song. I hope that’s clear enough to get us going on this difficult task. Don’t worry, I think I’m holding the answer that will make me Last Man Standing!
Jun 232009
Sleater-Kinney came up on the iPod today, and once again I had the same internal conflict that arises every time I hear them. I love the guitar playing, the songs, the drumming, the arrangements, the production, the guitar tones, and the overall sound. Plus, I love rooting for an underdog so a three-chick rock band with no bassist holding their own in a dude-heavy genre appeals to me. But I just can’t seem to make my peace with that voice.
On the old RTH, I recall someone suggesting that the reason some of us couldn’t handle the voice was because we were uncomfortable with strong women or some such nonsense. But I don’t think that’s the case. The voice sounds like Geddy Lee’s shrill younger sister to me. And I can’t stand his voice either.
I’m not giving up on them just yet because the good is really good, and I’m hoping this is one of those acquired taste things. But I’m not optimistic that I will be able to get over the hump on this.
Does anybody else have a band/artist that is otherwise perfect for them, but for a huge and possibly deal-breaking flaw?
As an aside, there’s also a great Last Man Standing here: Intra-band hook ups. Hell, Grace Slick could keep that going for weeks. SK would have been my trump card.
