Volume 14, Track 7
“Porch” by Pearl Jam (1992) Technically speaking, you can hear/see Pearl Jam’s 1992 Unplugged performance if you buy the deluxe edition reissue of Ten, as it includes a DVD of said show’s performance. What is absolutely insane about this, though, is that this show should have been made available much, much sooner if only because [...]
Volume 14, Track 6
“Woodpecker From Mars” by Faith No More (1989) Since I do not know the first thing about how a bass guitar works (to the point of how it can be technically manipulated), I haven’t a clue if Billy Gould simply loosened the strings here or if he really is pounding the shit out of them [...]
Volume 14, Track 5
“The Long Egg” by Ui (1996) Chances are unless you are a member of the band Ui[1] (or a family member of one of the artists in the band) you have probably never heard of Ui. Ui came out with their debut album Sidelong in 1996 and, alongside other artists such as Tortoise and Trans [...]
Volume 14, Track 4
“Pow R. Toc H.” by Pink Floyd (1967) I alluded to the strangeness of “Pow R. Toc H.” a few posts ago because I knew that I was going to revisit it here on this volume.[1] The inherent weirdness of “Pow R. Toc H.” is manifold: What does the spelling of the song’s title mean? [...]
Volume 14, Track 3
“Zorba The Greek” by David Hughes and John Murphy From what I can tell the origin of the song “Zorba The Greek” is an offshoot of the song “Zorbas,” which was an original piece of music written for the movie Zorba The Greek in 1964, which was an adaptation of the book of the same [...]
Volume 14, Track 2
“Super Mario Bros. 2″ by Minibosses (2005) Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if someone did a cover of the soundtrack to the NES classic Super Mario Bros. 2? You probably never did, and you were probably a slightly more unhappier individual because of it. Luckily, Minibosses produced said cover song and, [...]
Volume 14, Track 1
“Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn” & “St. Andrew (This Battle Is In The Air)” by The White Stripes (2007) Icky Thump, the most recent studio album by The White Stripes is pretty heavily guitar-driven,[1] which makes it all the more strange that they decided to throw in the bagpipe-flavored duo of “Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly [...]
Volume 14 Introduction
The second definition of the word eclectic (adjective) according to Merriam-Webster’s website is: “composed of elements drawn from various sources.” As with any other facet associated with the perception of music, the idea of an eclectic playlist (or eclectic taste) is hyper-subjective. To some, an eclectic playlist merely means being outwardly and unabashedly strange (i.e.–The [...]
Volume 13, Track 14
“Bike” by Pink Floyd (1967) When I knew that I was going to do a Pink Floyd-themed volume on this site, there was no doubt in my mind that it had to end with “Bike.” This song acts as a perfect demarcation point between big Pink Floyd fans and casual Pink Floyd fans, big classic [...]
Volume 13, Track 13
“Seamus” by Pink Floyd (1971) Two things that seem entirely unrelated but actually are related for the purposes of this review. 1) The name Pink Floyd originated from the combination of the names of two blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. 2) One of the more universal clichés about country-blues music is the one [...]
Volume 13, Track 12
“Remember A Day” by Pink Floyd (1968) “Remember A Day” is one of the few songs in Pink Floyd’s catalog that was both written and sung by Richard Wright[1]. The second song from the band’s second album A Saucerful Of Secrets, “Remember A Day” also essentially marks the end for Syd Barrett, as his work [...]
Volume 13, Track 11
“Careful With That Axe, Eugene” by Pink Floyd (1969) In one scene in the first act of Almost Famous[1] William’s sister bequeaths some of her records to him before she leaves with her boyfriend to find herself. As he is flipping through them he finds Tommy and a note attached to it that says he [...]
Volume 13, Track 10
“See Emily Play” by Pink Floyd (1967) As the artwork on the single above suggests—as well as the first few seconds of the song’s music—”See Emily Play” is at its heart a very childlike and playful song, albeit built upon many of the pillars of the psychedelic genre[1]. Alongside “Arnold Layne,” this track represents the [...]
Volume 13, Track 9
“The Nile Song” by Pink Floyd (1969) For all of the experimentation that Pink Floyd was willing to explore throughout their prime years, a heavy rock sound was never really on their radar but with “The Nile Song” Pink Floyd showed that they could actually be loud and raucous. And, it showed us all that [...]
Volume 13, Track 8
“One Of These Days” by Pink Floyd (1971) “One Of These Days” is the opening track of Meddle and the beginning of the song directly mirrors how “Speak To Me” on Dark Side Of The Moon begins—the heartbeats, the clocks ticking, the cash registers[1]. The difference ends there. Where “Speak To Me” grows into a [...]
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