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Dakota
I feel I have to apologize to the Stereophonics. I was one of those mainstream music grabbers in the late 90’s that loved the first two album’s this Welsh band released, and though I didn’t forget about them, I failed to follow up much with their subsequent records. I’m not sure why I left the band on the doorstep, maybe I grew tired of Kelly Jones’ voice, but I really did enjoy their early work. “More Life in a Tramps Vest” and “I Wouldn’t Believe Your Radio” are two outstanding tracks.
Not any more though, as I’ve frantically been re-listening to the band’s back-catalog, especially their fifth album, “Language. Sex. Violence. Other?” The lead single off of the album, released in 2005 is “Dakota”, an anthemic rock song that sounds great loud and probably even greater live. It’s one of those songs that possesses a humongous feel-good factor.
March 13th, 2010 at 8:32 am
I’ve always loved this song, and the Stereophonics. I used to listen to a live stream of Virgin UK radio for awhile, and they played them all the time. Another good track is ‘Maybe Tomorrow’. Whenever I hear that song I think about this documentary called Long Way Round that used Maybe Tomorrow and a couple other Stereophonics songs.