Getting the best stereo out of your stereo

Who's ready for something wild?

Put your headphones on now and leave them on.  Unless of course you have a whole barn at your disposal.

Don’t know what I am talking about?

There is an old story where Graham Nash and Neil Young were--- Why don’t I let them tell the story…

From The Huffington Post 6/21/16 written by Todd Van Luling:

As the myth goes, Nash was at Young’s ranch just south of San Francisco when Young asked him if he wanted to hear something. (That something would become Young’s now famous 1972 “Harvest” album, which features the track “Heart of Gold.”) Nash, of course, said yes and suggested going into Young’s studio. That wasn’t Young’s plan.

“He said, ‘Get into the rowboat,’” Nash explained on NPR’s Fresh Air in 2013. “I said, ‘Get into the rowboat?’ He said, ‘Yeah, we’re going to go out into the middle of the lake.’”

The two row out on the lake, with Nash assuming Young brought a cassette player and headphones with him.

“Oh, no,” said Nash on NPR. “He has his entire house as the left speaker and his entire barn as the right speaker. And I heard ‘Harvest’ coming out of these two incredibly large loud speakers louder than hell. It was unbelievable. Elliot Mazer, who produced Neil, produced ‘Harvest,’ came down to the shore of the lake and he shouted out to Neil, ‘How was that, Neil?’”

The best part is Young’s apparent response to the situation. As Nash explained, “I swear to God, Neil Young shouted back, ‘More barn!’”

Although Nash has spoken about this moment throughout the years, you’d be hard-pressed to find Young’s account. So with an opportunity to speak with Young for his new album, “Earth,” The Huffington Post had to ask about the infamous lake scene.

“Well it’s funny, it’s just a little thing that happened one day and it keeps growing and getting crazier,” Young said over the phone. “But I had the left speaker, big speakers set up in my house with the windows open. And I had the PA system — that we used to rehearse and record with in the barn where I recorded ‘Alabama’ and ‘Words’ and a couple other things — over there playing the right-hand channel. So, we were sitting in between them on a little lake and that’s what we were doing.”

When asked if the kicker of the legend was true — whether he truly did yell back, “More Barn!” — the singer laughed for a bit. Then he said, “Yeah, I think it was a little house heavy.”

So there you go..

Anyways, this whole blog is about Stereo.  Or more importantly 2 channel stereo. So basically left and right.

Some of these are little things that you probably never noticed, but I did.

So seriously put some headphones on and listen to this.  Because unless you paid big bucks for a sound system and expert set up, your best bet is a pair of headphones.  Especially with the recent advances in their quality

If you really want good headphones check out https://www.nuraphone.com/

So any ways, on with the post

I will be giving you some great songs to hear, but I won’t tell you everything to listen for.  But I will hold your hand along the way. 

Rest assured, you will enjoy this and then you can show off to all your friends all the cool things you can hear.

If you wanna really check it out, switch between ears, put the left one on, then the right. Or however you wanna do it.

Ok So as a final warning.   This whole thing is about stereo, so put headphones on.  If you listen to this from a mono system or a device with only 1 speaker, or two shitty/closely spaced speakers,  it won’t work.

You’re the Boss – Elvis Presley  and Ann Margret

This one is simple, yet effective.  A great way to feel 2 channel.

It’s a love song that basically makes you the chaperone between the 2 stars. 

So basically you have 1 in each ear, but since they ended up having an affair, you clearly suck at being a chaperone. 

And actually this song was not in the movie, supposedly because it was too sexy…

So go ahead and get started with this little ditty

Space Oddity – David Bowie

Let’s just get this one out of the way now while we can.

So the lyrics are all sung by the same guy, David Bowie.  Duh..

But listen to how he harmonizes with himself. 

Also listen to how the instruments fade in and out. 

Even if somehow you are within that 1 percent of people who don’t like this song, you can still appreciate everything that went into creating such a sonic masterpiece. 

Here you go…

Also, just for shits and giggles, check out this recording, It’s a cover from an actual astronaut. And it uses some good stereo aspects.  More importantly the video was filmed from the International Space station

2:45 am - Elliot Smith

So, if you are familiar with Smith, you will know there’s not a lot of instrumentation to fool around with. 

So just listen to the way he sings with himself.

Think of all the singers you’ve seen that can barely carry a tune and Smith can carry 2 at a time.

It takes a while to get there, just indulge me a little, the payoff is worth it.

The Gift – The Velvet Underground

You will hear it right away.  No reason for me telling you anything, but brownie points for anyone who makes it to the end.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper

This one begins with an epic panning at the beginning, and then goes on from there.  The vocals are in mono so you will hear them in both ears.

But this is when you get to a great use of instruments in stereo; you will hear certain things in each ear and its fun to go back and forth between each ear. 

Don’t like Cyndi…

Fine it gets better…

But you are still an asshole

Not really.  I am a nice guy… I think.

Anyways

Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

This is actually my favorite test song. 

Like when I am setting up musical equipment. 

This song really draws from more than 2 channels but you can still get all the great effects with a 20 cent pair of headphones.

I am sure you know the song, and maybe you have heard some of the things to pick up on in this song. 

But seriously, this one, if you have never heard it in stereo, this will start to blow your mind. 

You are going to want to listen to the whole song, it is so worth it.

Hump de Bump – Red Hot Chili Peppers

This might be the first RHCP song to appear on my blog.  I don’t mention them much, and this is my favorite song of theirs

It might be because the video is so great I don’t know, maybe it’s the horns, maybe it’s because it is a throwback to their older stuff.

Maybe it’s because it doesn’t begin with a solo guitar strumming some sad chords (see every single RHCP hit song after 1996.)

The whole Stadium Arcadium album is supposedly in a stereo set up to reflect their stage setup, with Flea’s bass left based and John Frusciante’s guitar on the right. 

When the breakdown hits, that’s when you really get to hear the music weaving from one side to the other.

Oh and if this song doesn’t make you wanna dance then you must be a red head. 

Gingers have no soul

And they look dirty to colorblind people

Oh and, yes Flea actually is the trumpet player for the song. That guy is wicked talented

Ok, sit back down, that’s enough dancing for now. 

Speaking of color blind people, or should I say blindingly uncolored people…

Frankenstein – Edgar Winter Group

Now we are finally getting into the cool stuff. 

We can break for a hit of acid if you like.

This song is layered with so many sounds, most of them by the multi instrumental, Edgar Winter himself. 

Winter plays the synthesizer that hums through your brain, plus the electric piano, saxophone and timbales.

The title of Frankenstein actually refers to the fact that the song was much longer and then spliced together. 

Just listen to the thing, and wait for the drums, hell just hear the thing through.  But the drums are the best.  maybe…

Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes – Paul Simon

This is hard to hear, but if you listen closely you will hear it.

By the way,

Ladysmith Black Mambazo!!!!

So, hopefully you can pick it all up, the horns, the guitars and the drums all play around with your ears.

Not to mention the aforementioned Ladysmith Black Mambazo is recorded in stereo, so you can hear different tones and quality from each side of their part.

Dig it...

Suzie Q – Creedence Clearwater Revival

If you don’t pick up on this one right away, then maybe this blog post isn’t for you.

Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin

So, you have probably heard this so many times in your life that you didn’t think it was that special anymore. 

There is so much that happens in this song,

But the main thing to note is the guitar and the flute, and then later you have 1 guitar in each ear, each playing something slightly different. 

There are a lot of little things worth noticing, this one may take a few tries 

Money – Pink Floyd

Remember that acid break I offered you a little bit ago, take another one.

This song starts giving it to you right away, then just fucks with your head for a while, I mean I guess it’s not as trippy sober, but still there is a great amount of stereo action in this song.

Maybe do the whole Dark Side of the Moon/ Wizard of Oz thing with headphones on. Then you might feel it more.

I don’t know…

Do what you want, just check it out? Let it play to the end.

Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles

This one will trip you out sans acid.

This is just 3 minutes of pure mind fuckery

There is just a ton of tape loops, random sounds, and backwards cymbals backwards anything.

Then the vocals were run through an organ speaker (A Leslie Cabinet to be specific) so Lennon sounds like he is running around the room chanting these vocals.  Some of which are also backwards.

There’s so much. 

Seriously close your eyes and take it all in…

So, hopefully you have opened your eyes by now.

I hope you enjoyed it

Hell I hope you enjoyed this whole post

Cause that is it for today.

Did I miss your favorite?

Let me know.  Check me out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/musicnotesfromthepast/

See you soon. 

Ranking every track 1 on every full length Weezer album.

Ranking every track 1 on every full length Weezer album.

So here we go.  If you aren’t down with the weez, then this might not be a fun post for you. 

But then again, maybe you haven’t given them enough of a chance and should check this list out.

So as the title would suggest I am going to give you a 12 through 1 ranking of the 12 full length weezer albums.  12 includes the upcoming Pacific Daydream, due out October 27^th.

I am also including 2010’s Death to False Metal.  Which, in case you are wondering was sold as a Weezer album to fulfill their contract with Geffen, but it was really a compilation album, patched up by Rivers with little input from the rest of the band.

 But more on that later.

Let’s get Going.

12. Don’t Let Go from 2001’s Green Album

So, initially there is an excitement when a band comes back after a 5 year hiatus. But once you get past this song, you realize there are better songs later.

The whole green album was filled with weird cryptic lyrics with no personality.  This started that mold. And as a comeback song, you can see why it was never a single.  

The album should have opened with Hashpipe.  This was just cookie cutter, there were a few old school sounding riffs. But the solo was just a copy of the vocal track. 

 Rivers would later improvise better solos.

 But it was such a dismal way to start an album.

Here is a redone version from 2005. You can look for the original on your own. 

So, the guy in the back is Bobby Schneck, a guitar tech for the band who played during some songs on the Make Believe tour.  Also, some people have dubbed this version the “New Wave” version of the song due to Brian’s synthesizer duties.  The solo section on this version is much different as well.  

11. Turning Up The Radio from 2010’s Death to False Metal

So this was a song that came out of a whole conglomerate of Rivers Cuomo and anyone following him on YouTube. 

I participated, it was weird, but it showed the whole world a facet of his writing process.

The project was called, Let’s Write a Sawng

Go ahead, click it.

Right up there where it says Let’s Write a Sawng

So, yeah, this is a decent song, but this was a completely solo project.  Cuomo offered the song for the band; they didn’t want it so it ended up on this album. 

Here ya Go.

10. Beverly Hills from 2005’s Make Believe

Here We go,  

I have held a grudge against this song since 2005, and it’s time to end that beef.

If this is what brought you into the weezer world, cool.

If you haven’t checked out any of the older stuff, or anything since, you are really missing out.

The summer of 2005 and the Make Believe tour was overrun with 13 year olds, who only knew 1 song, and they would rush the stage as soon as this song came on.  I try hard not to be a snob, or a hipster, but sadly when it comes to weezer, I kind of am. Sorry

So this was the band’s biggest single of all time, and the number 2 most downloaded song of 2005. If you are under the age of 30, I have probably offended you already

Anyways.  The song was just too poppy for me. And as good as Stephanie Eitel’s gimme gimmes are, I like it better when the band does it.

Also, there is a better live version of this.  You don’t need the original, everybody fucking owns it.

Yeah, how about that solo huh?  Also, did you hear rivers accent. When he plays live sometimes his r’s and L’s become w’s.  I don’t know if that is on purpose, or is that a Connecticut thing that he masks when he records.  Anyways.  Good, it’s done.

9. California Kids from 2016’s White Album

Look, this song is good. It gets a lower rating though, in particular because as far as lead songs go, it’s just not the best. Plus we just came from Everything Will Be Alright In The End, and for me that was a phenomenal album.

Now granted this wasn’t the lead single.  In fact it was the 5^th single.  But still the first song.

Look it’s just kind of boring and based on just weird meet ups that Rivers had through tinder.

However, the one positive I would say is that it did set the tone for the album.  Which is cool.

To my knowledge this was the only song that had been written before recording the white album. 

Well.  Here it is.  By the way the video pays homage to the other videos from the album.  Make sure you check those out too.

8. Memories from 2010’s Hurley

Ahh, that’s right, Weezer was on Epitaph for 1 album.  So they got a bit harder.  Maybe you like it.  It didn’t feel real to me.  But hey

So the song itself is definitely a cool look back at the history of weezer, however, for as much as they say they want to go “back there”  it took them 4 years to actually go back there.

The song is decent.  Rivers screaming is a bit awkward. 

A killer solo would have been nice.  But hey what can you do

I think I like this song more because of the video.

Decide for yourself.

7. (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To from 2009’s Raditude

I don’t know

A lot of people didn’t like this song, and in general Raditude is highly regarded as weezer’s worst album.

I actually liked the album.  

Ok except Love is the Answer, but-

Nobody liked that song.

Look if anything, this song should be noted for the background “yep shouted after the line - The rest of the summer was the best we ever had- unofficially I think of it as a nod to that song Shine by Collective soul. But hey maybe I am wrong

The song itself is not half bad; it definitely has its own sound. But that was true of the whole album.  It’s pretty straight forward. About a guy wanting a girl to make the first move

It was also the lead single off the album, but everyone was waiting for Can’t Stop Partying.

6. Mexican Fender from 2017’s Pacific Daydream

Look, you probably haven’t heard this yet.

The weez has been getting us ready for this album for a while.

You owe it to yourself to get hip to this. 

Out of the first 3 songs released from the album, this is my favorite.  There are a lot of modern sounds to it, but it has a very pinkertonesque breakdown.  But no solo.

I think this might grow on me, and hopefully you. 

Check out the video, and yes this is the real video

Finally, the top 5

5. Troublemaker from 2008’s Red Album

This is top 5 because it is a great song. 

The red album was sort of all over the place, but this was a hip song to start it all off. 

Good hook, good breakdown.  I mean, It’s missing a solo, but there weren’t many on the red album. 

But this song has the ability to get you going.

Oh plus my son loved this song.

Check out the very different video

4. American Gigolo from 2002’s Maladroit

Maladroit as an album is always overlooked. But I mean they had cool videos for other songs, this one just got missed.

It is a pretty hard rocking number. And a great opening number. Keep in mind that this came out almost a year after the green album.  So there was a tradeoff, where the green album seemed rushed, Maladroit was almost over produced.

The song features a lot of distortion and a whiny guitar sort of shredding in the background, and just a great crunchy snacky cake of a solo.

I have always liked Maladroit. And I love using this song as an entry way, to show people that weezer is more than just the pop you see them putting out.

Dig it.

3. Tired of Sex from 1996’s Pinkerton

Gasp

“This is not number 1?”

So this song has lived in obscurity for most casual fans.

I mean when you think about Pinkerton, most of it has wasted away.

But when I say solo, these are the kind of solos I am looking for.  Rivers just shredding his heart out.  He hated the album, but fans loved it.

So anyways, it is only number 3 because; there are 2 songs that mean more to me… kinda…

It’s just

Ok here it is, it’s top 25 and with 12 albums to choose from. Top 25 is saying a lot.

Here’s a live version from 2001

Here’s the original from the album

Both worth your time.

2.  My Name is Jonas from 1994’s Blue Album

If you are doing the math, right now you are probably very confused.

Pinkerton at 3, blue at 2?

And, hey think about this, my son’s middle name is Jonas.

The song rocks and I mean loudly. 

Then all of a sudden, a harmonica.  How often do you hear a harmonica if you aren’t a huge blues fan?

I mean it has a cool break/solo and really just chomps down on you. 

This was always a good first set closer.

Just listen

So if you haven’t figured it out yet… it’s time for number 1

It’s a bit of a shocker…

1.  Ain’t Got Nobody from 2014’s Everything Will Be Alright in the End

The song has everything that I have been saying the others haven’t.

Kick ass intro, hand claps, solos, breaks, shreds, crunchies,  it is all there. 

The lyrics might not make much sense. But ehh what does Ape the Goomba mean?

So here is what it is.  For years, the weezer fanbase has begged for Pinkerton 2.0, in my opinion, this album was it. 

As soon as I heard this song, I was so excited; weezer was back, and not just back, but true to form.

This one does it for me.

Guilty pleasure? Maybe, but after you hear it, it’s going to be yours too.

That is it for now, I will amend this if a new album comes out.  Until then, check out all of the other ones, and get ready for Pacific Daydream.

One Love

=w=

Songs that mean something to me, but probably not you…

So, my wife is trying to expand her music database, and had asked her friends for suggestions.  Then she finally came to me.  She wasn’t going to ask, but I was offended. She thought she had heard all of the songs that I would recommend. 

But, her question wasn’t just, suggest some songs. 

 It was,   “I’m looking for new music. If you’re willing, send me 5 to 10 songs that you think are great and mean something to you. 

The “mean something to you” part of the question was the part that I realized could be expanded upon. 

So I decided to make my answers public.  She said it was ok.

So, here are 7 songs, and really, I could write on and on, but 7 seems nice. Like a phone number from your childhood. 

I left my Heart in San Francisco – Tony Bennett

It’s late 1995 or early 1996. My Grandpa Bob had died, but if I remember correctly, Aunt Cathy had not.  So that puts it between November 95 and March 1996.  Anyways, My other Grandpa had a barbershop show out at the Chateau room at the Brat Stop.  There were a variety of acts, coincidentally, this was also the first time I had ever seen anybody play the spoons.

So, it was like a dinner and show kind of thing, I was there with my mother, my 2 grandmothers and maybe some other family members . I just remember the three of them. 

So one of the groups did this song, and I guess it was ok.  That’s not really what I remember.

What I remember is that this was the first time I saw my grandmother cry. She held it together when my grandpa died; she was the strong one for our entire family. And there she was sitting across from me, my mother’s hand holding her left hand and my other grandmother holding her right hand, and her in the middle crying.  I am in tears now just thinking about it.

Apparently that was her and my grandfather’s song. Or it held some special meaning between the 2 of them.

So another thing happened that night, I learned that music can be more than just music. I learned words can mean so much.  That is the night that music became something that I could get lost in. This led me to finding so much to listen to. This led to me being a DJ and to writing a blog. This was when MUSIC began for me.

The Barber of Seville Overture – Gioachino Rossini

This is an interesting one, eh?

So this is actually just a few months after the last incident. Maybe a year at the most.

I was in the Orchestra at McKinley Jr. High and we got to go on a field trip to see the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and they played this song.

It was the only song they played that any of us knew, But we didn’t know it because our teacher’s had taught it to us. We didn’t know it because our parents taught it to us. Hell we weren’t into that shit. Ok, maybe a few of the weird kids were. But certainly not me and my friends.

Anyways, we knew this because Bugs Bunny taught it to us as he tormented Elmer Fudd.  He was the Rabbit of Seville. 

So this was a like, another moment where it was like, hey this classical music can be cool too. We had been watching Merry Melodies cartoons forever.  Bugs Bunny could make anything funny.

So I include this because it really opened my eyes to finding something of value in every genre or style.

Also, this song always goes through my head when I am getting a haircut.

Here it is performed live with the video as accompaniment.

 Listen to the crowd reaction. Still eating this shit up!

Good Night – The Beatles

Having kids is a great thing.  You get to introduce them to music anytime you want.

And you can share so much with them.

I always played music for them when they were in the womb.

But the best part was finding them a lullaby.

Rivers was easy, I mean, any weezer song would do. I sang Butterfly and My Name is Jonas for months.

Hayden, it took a while.  And here’s what I mean, I sang him many things, and sometimes he’d calm, sometimes he’d cry right through them.

I’d try Weezer, Popes, anything I could think of. I probably ironically sang Brick to him.

Then I remembered this one. The last song on The White Album, Ringo’s classic. Hayden just loved it, and from then on I had a song. I could sing it to him and he would just calm down.  It doesn’t work anymore, but then again. Nothing calms down a 9 year old.

Good Night - The Beatles from Susi Sorglos on Vimeo.

Billy’s Got His Beer Goggles On – Neal McCoy

Ok, so here’s some more personal info. This is a weird one.

For anyone playing along at home,  I am in my third marriage.  If you didn’t know, now you know. 

Now there’s break up songs, and they are great. I mean you’ve got, Pretty Pathetic by Smoking Popes, Radio by Alkaline Trio, The World Has Turned And Left Me Here by weezer, God I could go on and on.

Those songs are sad and or angsty. 

Those songs are listened to during the point that Billy in the song is in. Just broke up, and partying all night crying all day.

So even though my second marriage was ill advised and doomed from the start. I still had to get over it.

I had to go out and be Billy.

But then I got to this song, and realized that I can look back at that initial heartbreak and find the humor in those initial behaviors.

So it wasn’t like this song helped me through it. This song was the graduation. It meant I was good now, and could move on to find wife number 3, (the best one yet).

Tha Crossroads - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Yep,

So remember the Barber of Seville story. 

This is the rap version of that story.

Rap had been around since before I was born, and it went through stages.  80’s rap was fun and party stuff, then it got more reflective of the lives of these rappers and families, it got dark,

Rappers were finally talking about the streets and things happening in their lives.

Then this song came out as almost an anti Gangsta rap song. Yet it still was one.

This one showed us the other side to life. Or shall I say the opposite.

Rappers had already been telling us they killed people. But this was one of few songs to tell us that they knew people that died.  It wasn’t the first time anyone did it, but somehow this one became a hit.

And that was when I really found the merit in rap music.  A good rap song can be just as influential as any folk song or anything really.

The song won a damn Grammy

Oh, and here it is with the lyrics if you can’t keep up-

Guerrilla Radio – Rage Against the Machine

So, there were punk examples, and rap examples, and I am sure rock examples (Fugazi, Black Flag etc…)

But this was protest in such a different way than I had ever heard before, and it certainly became commercial.

This would influence American Idiot indirectly 4 years later at least in my opinion

This wasn’t the Bob Dylan or Peter Paul and Mary my mother listened to.  This wasn’t my dad’s Buffalo Springfield, or Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.

No,  This was my Rage Against the Machine!

This was a different kind of protest. This was, aptly named, a fight against the whole thing or The Machine.”

I’m not sure that I was totally ready for this sort of thinking, But, the music, I was ready for.

Odd thing about this song, is somehow it inspired me to dye my hair black. I’m sure that’s not the message they were going for. But for me. I don’t know.

The Video

Live on Lettermen

Live in Dusseldorf

Fat – Weird Al Yankovic

This isn’t my favorite Weird Al song. 

And in Today’s PC world it would never be allowed to exist. But back in the eighties you could make a joke about fat people without losing your TV show and book deal.

But in 1988 you could do it.

And the 6 year old version of me realized music could be funny, it taught me that you can make funny words and put them to regular music. 

It was just an epic time for me. I was able to play outside by myself, which really just going to the other kids houses to watch TV, cause we didn’t get cable.

So I had to get my MTV. 

It’s weird because when I think back on it, this may have been the first time I ever bonded with someone over music.

It was cool too.  In another way.

I loved Michael Jackson. He was my favorite, but I still thought this was cool. A lot of people don’t like to hear their music parodied, and fans of bands get offended if someone makes fun of their beloved songs.  

But for me, these were 2 different songs.

Michael Jackson did Bad, and Weird Al did fat.  I

n fact, thinking on this, and Eat it vs Beat It. It’s hard to say, what did I like first, Weird Al or Michael.  

I guess this is my musical chicken and egg.  

Eat It

So there are 7 for today, maybe I will take this up again sometime.

Let me know what you think.

No really

A little of this, A little of that

In The Moment

So, when I listen to music, I listen for various reasons, but I am never looking for something in particular. 

However, sometimes after a while, you start to find things that you didn’t notice. By the time I have heard a song 50 times, I am usually waiting for something.  Whether it be a solo or a cool lyric.

Sometimes it is none of that.   So here is a short post about some musical “moments” that I just so happen to adore.

Roxanne – The Police

The moment that I love in this song is right at the beginning.  It is actually not a part of the song at all. Rather it is a mishap.

Like 4 seconds into recording the song, Sting accidentally sits on a piano and you here a few piano notes followed by laughter.

The rest of the take was so good, that they just left this part in there. 

Ok, pick your side, Roxanne, or red light, and get ready to chug.

One Love/ People Get Ready – Bob Marley

So we move from one beginning, to another.

This time it’s not the beginning of the song, rather it is the word beginning.

Something about the way that Bob says it here, has just always attracted me.  I don’t know if it is an attribute to the timing of the song, his accent or both.

No matter what I love it.  So wait for the 1:22 mark and there it shall be.

So also, this is the new 40^th anniversary mix, but it is in the original as well. (Hopefully this will help sell more of the new one)

Feeling This – Blink 182

So from 2 beginnings to an ending.  I have always loved the way that this song ends.

This is from the last good Blink album to feature Tom.

They wrote this song in separate rooms.  So that explains the difference in verse and chorus.

But in the end of the song they break out and are screaming through the chorus and other added parts overlaying their own voices against each other and themselves.

It reaches a great moment where the music drops out and you just get the vocals

Don’t fast forward, just be there around the 2:10 mark

ABC- Jackson 5

So I talked about this before,

One of the main reasons I love this song is Michael breaking it down in the bridge.

It’s so smooth, but no matter how many times I have tried to use it, every girl has refused to show me what she could do.

Wait until 1:45 you’ll get it

Louie Louie – The Kingsmen

So, the part I always wait for is another mistake.

This wasn’t a case of using the best take, as there was only 1 take.  With 3 microphones hanging in the air. So it was wild

But after the solo, at about 1:59 lead singer Jack Ely starts singing too soon and then stops and waits and does it again.

Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car – Billy Ocean

Give me a dollar and one of those fancy juke boxes that works with the internet and me and my boy Tate Nugg are going to hit the dance floor

That’s all you need to know

But what you are waiting for is the awesome build up to the chorus at the 3:44 mark

Goosebumps

Don’t Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

I am sorry for all the memories I might bring up for Robin Williams fans.

But I love this song, the video is great

What a better message than to tell people to be happy

So at the 1:32 mark, there is like an extra smile of syllables sung that always makes me happy.

 

Good Vibrations- The Beach Boys (Live in London)

So this was the version of the song that I had known the longest.  I know, weird.  But this is how I remember the song. 

Obviously it is so much better than this version would show. 

But this was the record I had on my snoopy record player suitcase thing.

So this moment only exists on this version but I add it to the song no matter where I am listening.

Basically just wait until the 2:13 moment and listen to Mike Love’s adlibs

Sittin on the Dock of the Bay – Justin Timberlake (at the White House)

This is not about politics at all

I also left this for last because I figured the ladies reading might not move on.

I am not going to ruin it for you.  You’ll know.  And if you don’t, the audience will tell you.

OK that is all for now.   Go enjoy your day