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Post by The Ocean on Aug 2, 2022 2:00:12 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #253 - 8/1/22 Faith No More – “Cowboy Song” from From Out of Nowhere (Single)
I had written 400ish words about this song before going to copy the link to it and in that time the browser just reset and erased everything, and I don’t feel like rewriting that. It was basically a lot of me saying this song is funky and cool and I wish it hadn’t just been a B-side because every element is awesome.
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Post by luxexterior on Aug 2, 2022 11:50:18 GMT
Fabulous!!! Love the organ.
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Post by The Ocean on Aug 3, 2022 2:03:30 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #254 - 8/2/22 Guided By Voices – “Cheyenne” from Universal Truths and Cycles
Somewhere in their discography of, say, six thousand albums, there may be a track or two that doesn’t have exposure… In all seriousness, I could have chosen a few hundred different songs because GBV and Robert Pollard have too many songs and not enough hits. Teenage FBI, Hold On Hope, and Glad Girls are their best known songs, arguably. Their mid 90s to early 00s output is unimpeachable. I love Universal Truths and Cycles and Isolation Drills especially. Cheyenne is just a catchy tune, the chorus of which stays in my head more than others many years after first hearing it.
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Post by The Ocean on Aug 4, 2022 2:38:47 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #255 - 8/3/22 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Slow Cheetah” from Stadium Arcadium”
There is something so low key and beautiful about this song. It feels as if the rest of the band told Anthony Kiedis to tone it down and not do any of his weird Anthony Kiedis nonsense like he does in Dani California or Soul to Squeeze, two songs I strongly dislike. I happen to dislike most RHCP specifically because of Anthony Kiedis. It’s the same reason I dislike most music by The Doors after their debut album. But Slow Cheetah is a lovely song. And I adore the dreamy outro.
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Post by joe on Aug 5, 2022 2:03:20 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #255 - 8/3/22 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Slow Cheetah” from Stadium Arcadium” <video removed to save space>
There is something so low key and beautiful about this song. It feels as if the rest of the band told Anthony Kiedis to tone it down and not do any of his weird Anthony Kiedis nonsense like he does in Dani California or Soul to Squeeze, two songs I strongly dislike. I happen to dislike most RHCP specifically because of Anthony Kiedis. It’s the same reason I dislike most music by The Doors after their debut album. But Slow Cheetah is a lovely song. And I adore the dreamy outro. I think your taste in music is a little harder and heavier than mine, but that's cool. But keep 'em coming! But I must agree with you on this one. I really don't know what all RHCP plays because I usually listen to them, but this one is an exception to what I remember their stuff sounding like. Nice to listen to this one. Doors: I love a lot of The Doors music, even some on their later albums. That's why we bought one of the "compilations", "The Best of The Doors" I think. It's out in the car. Some of their stuff was pretty bizarre, but how could you not like "Love Her Madly" and the sound of "Riders on the Storm"? But it would be boring if everybody liked the same thing.
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Post by The Ocean on Aug 5, 2022 2:39:52 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #256 - 8/4/22 The Donnas – “Is That All You’ve Got for Me” from Gold Medal
Short and sweet and with the usual swagger and confident attitude that The Donnas made their style, this song is strong and punchy and hits all the right notes for me. The drums are strong, the guitar crisp and twangy, and every element in its place is perfection. Just a darn good song through and through.
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Post by The Ocean on Aug 5, 2022 2:51:40 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #255 - 8/3/22 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Slow Cheetah” from Stadium Arcadium” <video removed to save space>
There is something so low key and beautiful about this song. It feels as if the rest of the band told Anthony Kiedis to tone it down and not do any of his weird Anthony Kiedis nonsense like he does in Dani California or Soul to Squeeze, two songs I strongly dislike. I happen to dislike most RHCP specifically because of Anthony Kiedis. It’s the same reason I dislike most music by The Doors after their debut album. But Slow Cheetah is a lovely song. And I adore the dreamy outro. I think your taste in music is a little harder and heavier than mine, but that's cool. But keep 'em coming! But I must agree with you on this one. I really don't know what all RHCP plays because I usually listen to them, but this one is an exception to what I remember their stuff sounding like. Nice to listen to this one. Doors: I love a lot of The Doors music, even some on their later albums. That's why we bought one of the "compilations", "The Best of The Doors" I think. It's out in the car. Some of their stuff was pretty bizarre, but how could you not like "Love Her Madly" and the sound of "Riders on the Storm"? But it would be boring if everybody liked the same thing. So, there’s a lot by the doors that I do love because Jim Morrison is more toned down or the music is amazing around him. Riders on the Storm is one of the best songs ever made, and it helps he’s only in ten percent of it lol. My Deep Track for them was Ships W Sails. Love Her Madly doesn’t do much for me with his vocals but musically I like it. The only version of Roadhouse Blues I have ever liked was from ETL since Eric is a far better frontman than Jim Morrison. And with none of that useless drink scatting. As for my tastes being harder and heavier, I am not sure if I would say I trend very heavy when you look at the totality of the music o love. I love certain Thrash Metal bands and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and there’s some prog metal bands like Dream Theater I’m fond of… but I also love some of the softest and most serene music such as Tim Hardin, Patsy Cline, Etc. Oh and I absolutely LOVE Neil Diamond beyond words. Huge fan! Haven’t chosen a deep track for him yet but it’ll come. Hahahaha. Part of it I think I can lay at the feet of bands like BOC, who basically just wrote in any and every genre. So they were like a gateway drug in a sense. When I was a kid I listened to a lot of classical music and the newest music I listened to regularly was Chuck Berry and Ray Charles. Their music was great but it wasn’t diverse. I think I needed a step in the door by finding an artist I loved, and having that love carry itself into the different genres they played. The I realized that I loved music that sounded like that, too. You get a band that on a scale of heaviness runs from soft country rock like Redeemed to heavy hitting metal like Power Underneath Despair, and it switches my brain onto the genres other artists have done, and soon enough my shuffle can go from If I Were A Carpenter to Let The Bodies Hit The Floor LMAO
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Post by joe on Aug 6, 2022 1:37:25 GMT
I think your taste in music is a little harder and heavier than mine, but that's cool. But keep 'em coming! But I must agree with you on this one. I really don't know what all RHCP plays because I usually listen to them, but this one is an exception to what I remember their stuff sounding like. Nice to listen to this one. Doors: I love a lot of The Doors music, even some on their later albums. That's why we bought one of the "compilations", "The Best of The Doors" I think. It's out in the car. Some of their stuff was pretty bizarre, but how could you not like "Love Her Madly" and the sound of "Riders on the Storm"? But it would be boring if everybody liked the same thing. So, there’s a lot by the doors that I do love because Jim Morrison is more toned down or the music is amazing around him. Riders on the Storm is one of the best songs ever made, and it helps he’s only in ten percent of it lol. My Deep Track for them was Ships W Sails. Love Her Madly doesn’t do much for me with his vocals but musically I like it. The only version of Roadhouse Blues I have ever liked was from ETL since Eric is a far better frontman than Jim Morrison. And with none of that useless drink scatting. As for my tastes being harder and heavier, I am not sure if I would say I trend very heavy when you look at the totality of the music o love. I love certain Thrash Metal bands and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and there’s some prog metal bands like Dream Theater I’m fond of… but I also love some of the softest and most serene music such as Tim Hardin, Patsy Cline, Etc. Oh and I absolutely LOVE Neil Diamond beyond words. Huge fan! Haven’t chosen a deep track for him yet but it’ll come. Hahahaha. Part of it I think I can lay at the feet of bands like BOC, who basically just wrote in any and every genre. So they were like a gateway drug in a sense. When I was a kid I listened to a lot of classical music and the newest music I listened to regularly was Chuck Berry and Ray Charles. Their music was great but it wasn’t diverse. I think I needed a step in the door by finding an artist I loved, and having that love carry itself into the different genres they played. The I realized that I loved music that sounded like that, too. You get a band that on a scale of heaviness runs from soft country rock like Redeemed to heavy hitting metal like Power Underneath Despair, and it switches my brain onto the genres other artists have done, and soon enough my shuffle can go from If I Were A Carpenter to Let The Bodies Hit The Floor LMAO All nicely said! Agree with you on Neil Diamond. "Solitary Man" was the first one I remember. My best friend in HS had an 8-track and I rode with him a lot. He had about four tapes. Two were worthless, don't remember what they were, but the other two were winners: Neal Diamond and Creedence Clearwater Revival. So I got a good chance to appreciate a lot of their stuff. Yea, pick a deep track for Neil! I do like some of the heavier bands, but it's usually just one or two songs for each. Like AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" and "Dirty Deeds". Never got into KISS, but I like "Beth", which was not typical for them. I also like the "original" version "Beck", and the story behind that one! " I know you love complaining, but Beck what can I do."
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Post by The Ocean on Aug 6, 2022 3:16:27 GMT
So, there’s a lot by the doors that I do love because Jim Morrison is more toned down or the music is amazing around him. Riders on the Storm is one of the best songs ever made, and it helps he’s only in ten percent of it lol. My Deep Track for them was Ships W Sails. Love Her Madly doesn’t do much for me with his vocals but musically I like it. The only version of Roadhouse Blues I have ever liked was from ETL since Eric is a far better frontman than Jim Morrison. And with none of that useless drink scatting. As for my tastes being harder and heavier, I am not sure if I would say I trend very heavy when you look at the totality of the music o love. I love certain Thrash Metal bands and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and there’s some prog metal bands like Dream Theater I’m fond of… but I also love some of the softest and most serene music such as Tim Hardin, Patsy Cline, Etc. Oh and I absolutely LOVE Neil Diamond beyond words. Huge fan! Haven’t chosen a deep track for him yet but it’ll come. Hahahaha. Part of it I think I can lay at the feet of bands like BOC, who basically just wrote in any and every genre. So they were like a gateway drug in a sense. When I was a kid I listened to a lot of classical music and the newest music I listened to regularly was Chuck Berry and Ray Charles. Their music was great but it wasn’t diverse. I think I needed a step in the door by finding an artist I loved, and having that love carry itself into the different genres they played. The I realized that I loved music that sounded like that, too. You get a band that on a scale of heaviness runs from soft country rock like Redeemed to heavy hitting metal like Power Underneath Despair, and it switches my brain onto the genres other artists have done, and soon enough my shuffle can go from If I Were A Carpenter to Let The Bodies Hit The Floor LMAO All nicely said! Agree with you on Neil Diamond. "Solitary Man" was the first one I remember. My best friend in HS had an 8-track and I rode with him a lot. He had about four tapes. Two were worthless, don't remember what they were, but the other two were winners: Neal Diamond and Creedence Clearwater Revival. So I got a good chance to appreciate a lot of their stuff. Yea, pick a deep track for Neil! I do like some of the heavier bands, but it's usually just one or two songs for each. Like AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" and "Dirty Deeds". Never got into KISS, but I like "Beth", which was not typical for them. I also like the "original" version "Beck", and the story behind that one! " I know you love complaining, but Beck what can I do." My Creedence pick was Ramble Tamble. AC/DC was What’s Next to the Moon, and Kiss was a live cut from Kiss Unplugged, I think the opening track Coming Home but I can’t recall exactly. I’m not that much of a fan of Kiss but that unplugged was the best performance of any group that did that series.
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Post by The Ocean on Aug 6, 2022 3:16:49 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #257 - 8/5/22 Green Day – “Brutal Love” from !Tre!
Modern production for a song that owes its soul to Doo-Wop. It’s like living in a world where The Beatles never existed and The Skyliners’ took the world by storm. I love this. I love the Uno Dos Tre trio of albums by Green Day as a matter of fact. They don’t get enough credit.
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Post by The Ocean on Aug 7, 2022 3:56:39 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #258 - 8/6/22 George Kooymans – “Lay It On Me” From Jojo
Jojo has always written wonderful beautiful music. And I’m saddened that he’s been sidelined by ALS and that his career is over. I wish I had more to say but it’s hard sometimes to articulate.
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Post by The Ocean on Aug 7, 2022 23:10:33 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #259 - 8/7/22 Taylor Swift – “Happiness” from Evermore
While not a huge fan of Taylor Swift, Evermore and Folklore are fantastic albums. I think part of the reason I will defend her music is because of the outsize hatred she receives. No, she isn’t the best singer/songwriter of all time, but the vitriol she inspires is disproportionate. A major criticism is that she sings about her personal relationships constantly, as if that isn’t the most common subjects of music ever.
This song is a bittersweet tale of a relationship that turned sour, and how the good and the bad existed together. Because that’s just life sometimes. It isn’t a defiant anthem about moving on, nor a somber tale about remembering the good times. This is about those relationships that can’t be summed up so easily.
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Post by The Ocean on Aug 9, 2022 1:54:30 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #260 - 8/8/22 Red Rider – “Iron in the Soul” from Don’t Fight It
There’s a sort of Jackson Brown influence to this one and I love the sound of the guitars and the harmonies.
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Post by warrior21 on Aug 9, 2022 2:05:09 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #259 - 8/7/22 Taylor Swift – “Happiness” from Evermore While not a huge fan of Taylor Swift, Evermore and Folklore are fantastic albums. I think part of the reason I will defend her music is because of the outsize hatred she receives. No, she isn’t the best singer/songwriter of all time, but the vitriol she inspires is disproportionate. A major criticism is that she sings about her personal relationships constantly, as if that isn’t the most common subjects of music ever. This song is a bittersweet tale of a relationship that turned sour, and how the good and the bad existed together. Because that’s just life sometimes. It isn’t a defiant anthem about moving on, nor a somber tale about remembering the good times. This is about those relationships that can’t be summed up so easily. I’ve got a 17 year old (!) daughter, so have been following Taylor’s career from her second album on. I give her props for many reasons, one of which is she wore a BOC tee in a publicity photo years ago (can only think how many of her fans inquired into how to track a similar one down!). Of course there are those who can’t stand her, namely because of her success. But there’s no doubting her creativity, her involvement in every aspect of the music, her design of her stage shows, etc. And since the beginning of the pandemic, she might’ve been the most prolific of artists, releasing Evermore, Folklore, a re-recorded Red, and on the way, a re-recorded 1989. My fave off Folklore: Right Where You Left Me. In an era where “W.A.P.” hits the top of the charts, I’m grateful my daughter has grown up being exposed to Taylor’s music.
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Post by The Ocean on Aug 10, 2022 2:59:09 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #261 - 8/9/22 Geordie – “Mercenary Man” from Don’t Be Fooled by the Name
You know this voice. Fans of his subsequent band know of this band, but more casual FM radio listeners likely won’t have heard them. But when you hear it you’ll know. About when it gets into the chorus. This song is pretty epic, and is my favorite of their output. His singing is so dramatic even when he starts out so understated. He’s throwing his weight into the performance of it. Love the ending riffage.
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