Thursday, October 25, 2007

THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL-TIME

#3 "PEGGY SUE"-BUDDY HOLLY

"PEGGY SUE" MAY BE ONE OF THE MOST UNORTHADOX SONGS IN ROCK HISTORY TO GO #1।MOST ROCK SONGS IN THE 1950'S FOLLOWED A 12-BAR BLUES
PATTERN INCLUDING HOLLY'S "THAT'LL BE THE DAY"-NOT PEGGY SUE.THE DRUM
PATTERN IS VERY UNIQUE{IT WAS HOLLY'S IDEA}.TO AD TO THE DRUMS UNIQUE
SOUND.A MIKE WAS PALCED ON THE TOM-TOM AND RUN TO A SEPARATE ECHO
CHAMBR ROOM,PLAYED OVER A LOUD SPEAKER WHICH WAS SEPARATELY MIKED।
DURING THE SONG THE DRUM SOUND IS SWITCHED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO MICS CREATING ONE OF ROCK'S FIRST GREAT SOUND EFFECTS।
IN THE MUSIC OF PEGGY SUE YOU CAN HEAR BUDDY'S TEX-MEX ROOTS
AND EVEN SOME FLAMINCO GUITAR INFLUENCE.IT'S A TESTAMENT TO BUDDY'S GENUIS THAT HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE SUCH DIFFERANT STYLES OF MUSIC
AND MESH THEM INTO A WHOLE NEW AND BEATIFUL CREATION-FULL OF
YOUTH AND EXCITMENT।THE LEAD THAT BUDDY TAKES IS ALSO ONE OF A
KIND.ALTHOUGH BUDDY WAS A VERY ACCOMPLISHED LEAD PLAYER HE
CHOOSE'S TO UNLEASE THE FULL BARAGE OF SOUND FROM HIS FENDER STATOCASTER BY PLAYING THE LEAD ALL IN CHORDS! THE SOUND IS HUGE!
IT BLASTS OUT OF THE MIX LIKE NOTHING THAT HAD EVER BEEN HEARD BEFORE।
IT IS STILL ONE OF ROCKS MOST MEMORABLE RIFF'S। P.HOLLY

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL-TIME

#2-"A DAY IN THE LIFE"-THE BEATLES



THE LYRICS COME STRAIGHT FROM THE MORNING PAPERS HEADLINES-WRITTEN BY LENNON AND SUNG WITH A DETACHED EXISTENTIALISM THAT INTENSIFIES THE SADNESS OF THE SEEMINGLY TRIVIAL EVENTS DESCRIBED IN THE SONG।MAYBE MAKING THE GRADE ISN'T WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND KNOWING HOW MANY HOLES IT TAKES TO FILL THE ALBERT HALL IS JUST MEANINGLESS DATA WITH NO PRACTICAL OR USEFUL PURPOSE।WHY ARE OUR LIFES FILLED WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT LEADS NOWHERE ? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION ! THE EMPATHY THAT JOHN SING IT WITH SENDS SHIVERS UP THE SPINE.

PAUL CHIMES IN WITH HIS PSUEDO MIDDLE 8-DESCRIBING HIS MOURNING।

WAKES UP,HAS A SMOKE,COMBS HIS HAIR,MAKES THE BUS IN SECONDS FLAT !

-THEN SOMEBODY?-SPEAKS AND GOES INTO A DREAM । .............

THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THAT PRODUCER GEORGE MARTIN CREATED WITH A FULL ORCHESTRA AND 10 PIANOS HITTING THE SAME CHORDS MARKS THE END OF THE

GREATIST POP SONG OF ALL TIME AND THE APEX OF THE BEATLES ENTIRE BODY

OF MUSICAL WORK। P। HOLLY 10/16/07

Monday, October 15, 2007

PHIL SPECTORS LEGACY LOOMS LARGE

RECORD PRODUCER PHIL SPECTOR WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN THE THE MODERN POP/ROCK ERA TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE-BEFORE HE'D EVEN TURNRD 20।ONE OF SPECTORS MOST WELL KNOWN AND SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTIONS WAS "BE MY BABY " WHICH STARTS WITH A VERY DISTICTIVE DRUM BEAT AND MELODIC RYTHM. BEACH BOY BRIAN WILSON BECAME OBSESSED WITH SPECTORS PRODUCTION SOUND{IE."WALL OF SOUND"} AND ESPECIALLLY "BE MY BABY"-PHILLIES RECORDS-1963।
FINALLY WILSON FOUND AWAY TO EMPLOY THE SOUND AND DRUM PATTERN INTO HIS SONG "DONT WORRY BABY"।WHEN ACOUSTIC L.A. FOLKIES
RODGER MAGUINN AND DAVID CROSBY SAW THE BEATLE MOVIE "A HARD DAYS
NGHT" THEY DECIDED TO FORM A ROCK BAND;"THE BYRDS"।BOB DYLANS PUBLISHING REPRESENTATIVE SOLD THE BAND ON DYLAN'S SONG "MR. TAMBORINE
MAN"।MAGUINN TOOK THE SONG AND WITH HIS 12 STRING RICKENBACKER ELECTRIC GUITAR{HE'D SEEN GEORGE HARRISON PLAYING ONE IN THE MOVIE}
SET UP AN INTRO-ALONG THE LINES OF A REVAMPED BACH COMPOSITION BUT WITH THE BEAT AND RHYTHM FROM "DON'T WORRY BABY"।THE RESULT WAS
THAT THE BYRDS "MR। TAMBORINE MAN" BECAME A NUMBER ONE SINGLE IN1965।
-THE LIST-
PHIL SPECTOR
THE RONETTES
RONNIE SPECTOR
BRIAN WILSON
THE BEACH BOYS
BOB DYLAN
GEORGE HARRISON
THE BEATLES
RODGER MAGUINN
THE BYRDS

CHART POSITIONS-1।BE MY BABY-THE RONETTES-1963-#2 2.DON'T WORRY
BABY-THE BEACH BOYS-1964-#24 3।MR। TAMBORINE MAN-THE BYRDS-1965-#1

NOTE:"DON'T WORRY BABY" WAS THE B-SIDE TO "I GET AROUND" WHICH WENT
TO NUMBER #1 ON THE CHARTS FOR THE BEACH BOYS IN 1964.

Sunday, October 14, 2007

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY-AUSTIN CITY LIMITS

IT'S HARD TO FIND THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE IN THE FORM OF A
ROCK BAND AND THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL ROCK BANDS
BEFORE AND NOW;"EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY"-IF NOTHING ELSE HAS CERTAINLY
CARVED OUT THIER OWN LITTLE NICHE।IT'S QUITE A PLEASANT ONE TOO.
BUILDING ON THE SIMPLIST GUITAR NOTES AND CHORDS AND USING DYNAMICS
TO MAKE THIER STATEMENTS IS AN EFFECTIVE ROUTE FOR THIS
FOURSOME TO MAKE SOME BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS AND THOUGH IT SEEMS TO
TAKE PERHAPS A LITTLE TO MUCH TIME FOR THEM TO CHANGE THE COARSE
I THINK IN THE END THIER EXTENDED JOURNEYS INTO SPACED OUT BUT
IN THE GROOVE JAMLAND ARE OVERALL PRETTY ENJOYABLE।.THEY MAY NOT TOP
THE POP CHARTS BUT THEY MAKE GREAT MUSIC TO CHILL OUT TOO AND OCCASIONALLY THEY EVEN ROCK THE HOUSE। P।HOLLY 10/14/07

Saturday, October 13, 2007

THE SOUTHERN IDAHO INDIANS

THE SOUTHERN PART OF IDAHO WHICH CONTAINS ABOUT 80% OF THE STATES LAND WAS ORIGINALLY INHABITED BY THE NORTHERN SHOSHONE INDIAN

TRIBE AND THE BANNOCK INDIAN TRIBE।BOTH TRIBES SPOKE LAUGUAGES THAT

BELONG TO THE UTO-AZTECAN GROUP OF INDIAN LAUGUAGES।THIS GROUP INCLUDES 30 OR MORE VARIANTS WHICH WERE SPOKEN FROM TRIBES AS FAR-

FLUNG AS OREGON AND IDAHO CLEAR DOWN TO NICARAGUA।HOPI IS ONE OF THE

LANGUAGES OF THIS GROUP AND IS STILL SPOKEN IN 5,000-6,000 HOPI FAMILY HOMES।

NAHUATL,WAS THE LARGEST LAUGUAGE OF THIS FAMILY AND WAS THE

LAUGUAGE SPOKEN BY THE AZTECS।OVER A MILLION PEOPLE STILL SPEAK THIS

LAUGUAGE AND FROM IT COME THE ENGLISH WORDS-TOMATO AND COYOTE.