Sunday, December 07, 2008

Walking Soundtrack # 8

1) Everything a Heart Could Ever Want (Willow) - Roger Daltrey: A decent pop tune, quite opposite of the hard rock sound he became famous for as part of the Who, this one is a good representation of Daltrey's solo career - easy to listen to, and enjoyable, but eminently forgettable.
2) When Johnny Strikes Up the Band - Warren Zevon: Like the above, a fairly typical song from the artist's career. The problem with Zevon, for me, is that when he wasn't great, he wasn't much at all.
3) Watch What You're Doing - Larry Norman: Also a typical song from the artist's catalog. Not much here to get excited about.
4) Behind Blue Eyes - The Who: One of the Who's best, in the popular mind, at least, this song is three minutes of introspection, followed by thirty seconds of pounding anger. That type of song became somewhat popular among metal bands in the '80s, so, in that sense, it's kinda groundbreaking.
5, 6, 7) Medley of Join Together, Road Runner, and My Generation Blues - The Who: From the soundtrack to "The Kids Are Alright" this medley starts of with an annoying, screeching version of one of the Who's greatest songs (Join Together), but quickly evolves into one of the brilliant jams that made them the greatest live band in the world. My Generation Blues is a curious and way cool twist on the song that put the band on the map.
8) Can't Get You Off My Mind - The Lonesome River Band: Cool bluegrass tune, with an upbeat tempo to help you walk briskly.
9) (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman - The Kinks: See my previous post. Shuffle?????
10) Less Like Scars - Sarah Groves: I know Sarah is singing some powerfully true stuff in this song, but, quite honestly, I'm just not in the mood to hear it these days. I will say, though, that Sarah's songs are incredibly, but simply, profound. She has a way of speaking to every day life like no one I've ever heard before.

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Blogger catstone said...

And when wasn't Warren Zevon great????

08 December, 2008 05:16  

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