AllTime Faves - Flat Out / Cultosaurus Erectus
Oct 8, 2018 20:31:44 GMT
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Post by mikodel on Oct 8, 2018 20:31:44 GMT
Hey all.
HEY HEY BUCK!
Excellent to have a forum where we can share info and appreciation for the gift of Buck's (and BOC's) music and influence. Had to take a moment to write - in the last year or so I've been doing a lot of re-listening to FLAT OUT, and just yesterday grabbed Erectus from iTunes. And not that I don't love so many other songs by BOC, and albums, of course I do. And while I was searching for lyrics to some of the stuff from Erectus (which you can hear most of pretty clear just listening anyway) I saw "Shooting Shark", and I was reminded of when that used to be on the radio. Buck's voice has a way of haunting me. It's so pretty, like McCartney or something. Soothing. I loved that song. Man, between Eric Bloom and Bucky, these guys were a goldmine of vocal talent. Amazing singing.
The music spans such a gamut of feeling. I have cried my eyes out more than once listening to "The Donor", and I almost always laugh somewhere during Cultosaurus Erectus cause Bloom's delivery and also the lyrics are so freaking entertaining. "Starts his day with a rock 'n roll pose". Of course, we all carry the memories of going to see Cult live, whether it was full blown BOC in large venues or when they "snuck in" to town as SWU. The memories of celebrating this music with friends is almost as cool as the tunes themselves. I also love how Erectus and Flat Out share similarities where you could drop, for instance "Deadline" into Flat Out and you'd never know it didn't come from that record.
The very best guitar players/musicians are always the MONSTERS that use their chops to BOP and GROOVE thru life, playing so tasty it rips your heart out. Bucky has that groove in triplicate! No matter how fast, or how sustained the passage he's playing, it's always in the pocket, GROOVE-MATIC. I think of Bucky music as heavy with "wall of sound" guitars, AND emotion, and BOP. I hear Buck play, and I think sometimes of Joe Perry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Greg Howe, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Satriani... all players that, in my frame of reference, kind of ricochet and pinball in a slap-happy funky madness, creating extending, beautiful syncopated melodies that are incredibly complex, but never hungry to impress. Buck, you surf (the Alien) the rhythm in the coolest way. What you're saying on that gee-tar ... we're loving it. Super nice jamming on Hungry Boys, and Fallen Angel... wow. Ah what am I saying, you're making magic all the time. Lips in the Hills - AWESOME! Lips is another song you could "plant" on Flat Out and it would sound like it belongs right after "Born to Rock".
The solos in "Your Loving Heart" (is that a sample you dropped back in? Sounds identical to the 1st time) is as poignant and sad as the freakin' lyrics. What A BEAUFITUL line you play there man!!!!! Turns me to mush.
I think it's important to listen to Bucky frequently, cause his playing and his approach reminds us that no matter how well we can play, how technical or accomplished any of us are, even if some of us can play approaching that level sometimes, it's critical to not lose touch with that authentic voice inside us, the one that's always trying to pay the ultimate compliment to the music with our progressions and riffs, not show off or just play some kinda rehashed BS cause it's in a bag of tricks.
Buck's use of open strings in his riffs, lots of intervals, octave bends, whammy... I don't know, it's just, sometimes you hear a band, guitar parts, and you're just like, "it's ok, it's good, they're good." But what a difference when you hear someone who actually JAMS with deceptive ease... it's so infectious, you NEVER get tired of it.
I know just what I want it to sound like.
It's gonna sound like...
IT'S GONNA SOUND LIKE...
Miko
HEY HEY BUCK!
Excellent to have a forum where we can share info and appreciation for the gift of Buck's (and BOC's) music and influence. Had to take a moment to write - in the last year or so I've been doing a lot of re-listening to FLAT OUT, and just yesterday grabbed Erectus from iTunes. And not that I don't love so many other songs by BOC, and albums, of course I do. And while I was searching for lyrics to some of the stuff from Erectus (which you can hear most of pretty clear just listening anyway) I saw "Shooting Shark", and I was reminded of when that used to be on the radio. Buck's voice has a way of haunting me. It's so pretty, like McCartney or something. Soothing. I loved that song. Man, between Eric Bloom and Bucky, these guys were a goldmine of vocal talent. Amazing singing.
The music spans such a gamut of feeling. I have cried my eyes out more than once listening to "The Donor", and I almost always laugh somewhere during Cultosaurus Erectus cause Bloom's delivery and also the lyrics are so freaking entertaining. "Starts his day with a rock 'n roll pose". Of course, we all carry the memories of going to see Cult live, whether it was full blown BOC in large venues or when they "snuck in" to town as SWU. The memories of celebrating this music with friends is almost as cool as the tunes themselves. I also love how Erectus and Flat Out share similarities where you could drop, for instance "Deadline" into Flat Out and you'd never know it didn't come from that record.
The very best guitar players/musicians are always the MONSTERS that use their chops to BOP and GROOVE thru life, playing so tasty it rips your heart out. Bucky has that groove in triplicate! No matter how fast, or how sustained the passage he's playing, it's always in the pocket, GROOVE-MATIC. I think of Bucky music as heavy with "wall of sound" guitars, AND emotion, and BOP. I hear Buck play, and I think sometimes of Joe Perry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Greg Howe, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Satriani... all players that, in my frame of reference, kind of ricochet and pinball in a slap-happy funky madness, creating extending, beautiful syncopated melodies that are incredibly complex, but never hungry to impress. Buck, you surf (the Alien) the rhythm in the coolest way. What you're saying on that gee-tar ... we're loving it. Super nice jamming on Hungry Boys, and Fallen Angel... wow. Ah what am I saying, you're making magic all the time. Lips in the Hills - AWESOME! Lips is another song you could "plant" on Flat Out and it would sound like it belongs right after "Born to Rock".
The solos in "Your Loving Heart" (is that a sample you dropped back in? Sounds identical to the 1st time) is as poignant and sad as the freakin' lyrics. What A BEAUFITUL line you play there man!!!!! Turns me to mush.
I think it's important to listen to Bucky frequently, cause his playing and his approach reminds us that no matter how well we can play, how technical or accomplished any of us are, even if some of us can play approaching that level sometimes, it's critical to not lose touch with that authentic voice inside us, the one that's always trying to pay the ultimate compliment to the music with our progressions and riffs, not show off or just play some kinda rehashed BS cause it's in a bag of tricks.
Buck's use of open strings in his riffs, lots of intervals, octave bends, whammy... I don't know, it's just, sometimes you hear a band, guitar parts, and you're just like, "it's ok, it's good, they're good." But what a difference when you hear someone who actually JAMS with deceptive ease... it's so infectious, you NEVER get tired of it.
I know just what I want it to sound like.
It's gonna sound like...
IT'S GONNA SOUND LIKE...
Miko