Howdy, everybody!
I recently got turned onto a guy that's been around for awhile, I just somehow missed his music. Check out Bob Schneider . His site loads a very personable intro into his music, more like a radio interview than a promo. Check out the song Bullets from the Lonely Land album. Nice funk groove with interesting, accessible lyrics. There are a bunch of interesting tunes out from this guy - Mudhouse being another one that seems to cross genres more than most of the pop tunes you hear these days. And, don't miss Sons of Ralph.
Another recommendation I have along the same lines is Jet The Band Click on the little player gizmo at the top right and move up to "Are you Gonna Be My Girl) - reminds me of tunes we all grew up with, but with a fresh (and need I say popular with the younger generation) tone. Lots of good stuff, and I've heard them play acoustic with just keys and a guitar, they're the real deal, not a bunch of studio enhanced pretty boys.
And this might just make you puke...
My daughter is very much a teenager, and as such, commandeers the XM radio in my car. Which, is OK, because I like getting exposed to new stuff. Sometimes.
She typically says "OH this is my favorite song!" about every other song, so that's not new. Then, the other night, we're in the car and I hear "Take a look at my Girlfriend..." and she exclaims "THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE SONG!" I'm like "SuperTramp? Really??" and then, it happened.
Rap. As soon as the first eight bars were over, just a beat with sugar-rap on top. Including fantastic "lyrics" like this:
I mean she even cooks me pancakes
And alka seltzer when my tummy aches
If that ain't love then i don't know what love is
uuuuuhhhh, make it stop, make it stop. Cupid's Chokehold by Gym Class Heroes. There's even a video of this travesty available at iTunes. I sometimes think the accessibility of editing software has not been such a good thing...
|set rant off|
AG
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3 comments:
Welcome to the all ears section of the blogosphere! Very nice first post! Stay in touch.
Andrew! Glad you finally made it.
Bob Schneider--Great design on that site--access to all his tunes, plus a way to purchase them. That kind of stuff has to scare major labels to death.
I've heard that Jet song on my kids' downloads. I'll be surprised if Will's not playing it in his band already. Sounds like it needs to be on the repertoire of every garage band. It's got a nice beat and you can dance to it.
BTW, my buddy Mike (of Zorro & the BFBs fame, from the days of yore) has agreed to start posting some. He listens to a lot of different stuff.
Bob Schneider - great at marketing himself. I saw him up at Jorge's a while back and every college kid there was crazy about the music and the act.
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