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Archive for the ‘Punk Rock’ Category
Queen: Sheer Heart Attack
I just got done reading a far-fetched science-fiction/horror/action novel by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child title The Relic. The story is based around a ‘creature’ lurking around the depths of a natural history museum, and occasionally murdering anyone unlucky enough to cross paths with it. To be more descriptive, per DNA analysis, [...]
Kaiser Chiefs: Never Miss a Beat / The Knack: My Sharona
“Ooh my little pretty one, pretty one.
When you gonna give me some time, Sharona?”
ops.. wrong song – sorry! But doesn’t this sound like The Knack and their well known hit, My Sharona? The Kaiser Chief’s, a band that formed in Leeds, England released this as the lead of single to their third [...]
Interpol: Obstacle 1
Interpol, the band, not the International Police Force, is a New York Indie Band formed in the late 90’s. They have a sound similar to that of The Strokes, and Joy Division, an 80’s post-punk band from England. Honestly, I had a difficult time picking out a band that started with the [...]
Flogging Molly: Factory Girls
Flogging Molly are as Irish as a California can get, as this is where the band was formed by Irishman Dave King, who moved to L.A. in his twenties. Their musical output consists of the expected Irish drinking songs (Drunken Lullabies), fast paced sea-shanties (Salty Dog), and traditional Irish ballads such as this [...]
Elvis Costello: Pump It Up
lvis would have been 75 this last week. Elvis Presley that is. But let us not forget that other Elvis, Declan Patrick MacManus, born in London in 1954. Known for his thickly rimmed spectacles, it can be argued that he was more musically gifted than Presley. Bursting on to the [...]
The Clash: London Calling
The phrase “London Calling” – is an echo back to WWII when BBC radio used this slogan in it’s news broadcasts across Europe. The Clash use this and add in their familiar challenge-against-society brand of lyrics to come up with a battle cry and one of their best-loved songs.
“London calling to the faraway towns
Now war [...]
