Roger Daltrey, the founder and lead singer of The Who! This song is from his solo career:
Giving It All Away - Roger Daltrey
Giving It All Away from The Old Grey Whistle Test, 13 March 1973. Featuring Russ Ballard, from Argent, on guitar.
His voice is just fantastic and yes, he is one of the greatest rock singers ever! Listen and enjoy!
//Ednel
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"These are rock's greatest guitar moments because of what's inside the notes: hunger, fury, despair and joy, often all at once. You hear the blues, gospel and rockabilly that came before, transformed by the need to say something new and loud, right away. Rock & roll has been the sound of independence for half a century."
This song by The Small Faces is incredible cool. In my opinion, Steve Marriott's way of singing it is just terrific. I mean, listen...
Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces
Itchycoo is one of The Small Faces' greatest hits and was released 1967. Neither the songs message or what Itchycoo Park is reffering to isn't totaly clear and it has been discussed through the years. The song was actually banned by BBC because of its overt drug references but they removed the ban when the band's manager came up with a story about what the song "really" was about.
//Ednel
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The Times They Are A-Changin' is a clear example of Dylan's political and rebellious songs. It has a straight message where he criticizes the American society. It's a song for the generation of the youth which can be proved by the fact that he even criticizes parents (fourth verse).
The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
Dylan has written many protest songs like this one but he has never really confessed their influence and importance to people. He doesn't want to get a certain label put on him. That’s why he’d always hated media and critics whom always tell him who he is and what he have done. He once said as a comment on peoples thoughts about the song reflecting the gap between the generations:
"Those were the only words I could find to separate aliveness from deadness. It had nothing to do with age."
Even though that statement sounded quite clear, he one year later said:
"I can't really say that adults don't understand young people any more than you can say big fishes don't understand little fishes. I didn't mean 'The Times They Are a-Changin' as a statement... It's a feeling." In that sense, he can be quite confusing but he’s still very interesting to listen to. Important to remember is also that it’s always the listener’s interpretation that counts. Myself, I think that the song has a straight message and a touching topic, and that’s why I really like the song. //Ednel If you have any comments on either my language or what I've been writing about, LET ME KNOW! You can write in the comment box bellow or send me an email at: edward_nehlback@hotmail.com
The Kinks! One of the best modband ever. This song is called Dead End Street and is one of my favourites.
Dead End Street - The Kinks
There's a crack up in the ceiling, And the kitchen sink is leaking. Out of work and got no money, A Sunday joint of bread and honey. What are we living for? Two-roomed apartment on the second floor. No money coming in, The rent collector's knocking, trying to get in.
We are strictly second class, We don't understand, (Dead end!) Why we should be on dead end street. (Dead end!) People are living on dead end street. (Dead end!)Gonna die on dead end street. Dead end street (yeah) Dead end street (yeah) I just love it! The video is also kind of cool, even though the sound quality is quite bad.
//Ednel
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I never stop getting impressed by great guitarists. I found this guy a week ago:
The Fire Cadenza - Lawson Rollins
I play the guitar myself but I don't think that is needed to relise how good this guy is. I mean, I can't even move my fingers as fast as he picks those tunes. Listening to this makes me speachless, even though I heard it before. I have also heard a lot of simiar pieces before. As I said: "It never stops impress me".
//Ednel
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I must say, this is one of my absolutely favorites with The Beatles. The music are just so incredibly cool.
A Day In The Life - The Beatles
A Day In The Life is by many called The Beatles’s most important, influential and innovative song. It has a very special sound with two parts, one written by John Lennon and the other one written by Paul McCartney. The two parts sounds very different and are put together with a chaotic crescendo played by an orchestra.
When it comes to analysing The Beatles’s lyrics it’s very often hopeless because of the intended incoherence but some of their texts do actually have something to say, A Day In The Life is one of them. There are some different thoughts about what The Beatles want to say with A Day In The Life but it’s known that three of the verses written by John Lennon (first, second, and fifth) are all based on articles published in “Daily mail”. The first and the second verse deals with the death of The Beatles friend, Tara Browne, who died in a traffic accident. The third verse were also written by John Lennon and is probably inspired by his recent participation in the film “How I Won The War” .
The song do also have a drug insinuating such as the line ”I’d love to turn you on” which are repeated twice. The verse written by McCartney (fourth) also says ”Found my way upstairs and had a smoke, and Somebody spoke and I went into a dream”.
I really like the song, mostly thanks to the wonderful music and the cool contrast between the two parts. I would like to call it a historic piece of art.
//Ednel
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I guess I need to fix this blog a little bit, before getting serious. I don't like the layout and I don't like the colours. But before I do all that I'll publish a post as a example of what this blog will be all about, let's call it a pilot:
Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
Tangled Up In Blue as released on Blood On The Tracks 1975
"Tangled Up In Blue" is one of Dylan's most famous songs. It's an example of a special way of writing where Dylan mixes different perspectives and points in time into one text. He commented it himself by saying:
"What's different about it is that there's a code in the lyrics, and there's also no sense of time. There's no respect for it. You've got yesterday, today and tomorrow all in the same room, and there's very little you can't imagine not happening."
The song was released in 1975 on the album "Blood On The Tracks" and as the most of the songs on the album, people think that "Tangled Up In Blue" deals with Dylan's relationship with Sara Lownds (his first wife), which wasn't any good at the time.
The lyrics have many times been changed during the time after the release. For example, 1984 at a live performance, Dylan sang the whole song in the third person instead of the first. He also changed a lot of the lines.
Different variations in the lyrics aren't unusual when it comes to Dylan's writing. One reason why he wants to change the lyrics may be the fact that he himself has changed.
I really like the song, probably thanks to the narrate style and Dylan's way of singing it, which in some way radiate a huge optimism. The song also expresses a special mood, easy to compare with the title of the song: "tangled up in blue".
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For some months, I've been bloggin on a Swedish blog provider called "blogg.se". I felt that my posts started to get worse and worse and that I didn't have as much time to write as I needed. Today I've finished of the last things in school and I felt that puting up a new blog on a international provider would be good thing to restart my blogging. I know that my english isn't very good but I just see that as a challenge. This blog will have the same theme as my last one, music. When I speak about music, I speak about the 60's, the 70's and Great Britain. If you're intrested, just hang on. I will soon be posting a lot of cool youtube-clips, intresting information and my own interpretations to what music is all about.
//Ednel
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