Yup, this is kinda early but I'm jumping
in my car and going out of town. I don't know where, just need to get
the hell out of Hell for a while.
Top Ten Songs.
1. Sequestered In Memphis-The Hold Steady 2008 These guys can do no
wrong. Critics love their albums cuz it has that Springsteen vibe. But
so did Mariah but nobody ever bought their albums except for Kids In
Philly. I did also have their previous album to which got released on
Black Dog Records. Let's Go Out And Go Get Drunk or something to that
title. Anyway how did I managed to start talking about Mariah and not
The Hold Steady clearly shows that either my memory isn't too well or
I'm borderline demetria. The Hold Steady does rock a bit harder than
Mariah. But then again I don't play much Hold Steady although I do love
the artwork for their new album Stay Positive. Anything with Drive Ins
for pictures always gets high praises from me.
Geezus, I'm sick of these damn earwigs. Never see these bastards anywhere but here. Back to the top ten.
2. Cemeteries Of London-Coldplay 2008 Everybody's favorite band.
Except Jon Pareles although I'm sure he's disheartened to learn that
even Pitchfork media gave them a decent review. I know he's probaly
losing sleep over my rave review of them too.
3. Trick Of The Light-The Who 1978 The original version and not the
one that's on the remastered edtion of Who Are You CD that came out a
few years ago. One of a select few CDs that I perfer the first edtion
CD version simply of the fact that Keith Moon is better on the beat than
on the remaster. I can still tell the difference even though I'm deaf
(or have selective hearing).
4. Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go)-Dierks Bentley 2008 Since
Dierks was gracious enough to wait out the 206th monsoon storm of the
summer and put on a great show at the Jones County Fair last Saturday, I
thought I would reward him with a place on the top ten. I'm such a
gracious guy ain't I?
5. Live In A Box-Spider Bait 2004 An Aussie band that did a God
awful version of Black Betty that made it on a movie called Without A
Paddle (you don't remember Without A Paddle? It was a movie about a
canoe trip gone haywire....something like that) Don't know much about
these folk but they had a female drummer that sang on a couple songs,
the best songs off that album. Like this one. Sounds a bit like
Belly. Or The Toadies. Or whatever you want them to sound.
6. Bullet The Blue Sky-U2 1986 In celebration of
Island/Universal/Interscope releasing two cd sets of U2's early album, I
dug out the Joshua Tree and play this little number. The 20th
anniversity edition mind you, that I found for five bucks at HP Books.
Why go anywhere else for used music?
7. Driven-Rush 1996 But it's my turn to drive. Not when I'm behind the wheel dude. I trust my driving better than yours.
8. Topsy (part 3)-The Townedgers 2008 Nobody listens to drum solos
anymore judging by the three plays on the Townedgers My Space Site.
Probaly the only time I stick a drum solo up on this top ten.
9. Hocus Pocus-Focus 1973 What the hell Crabb? Another song with a
drum solo. Ah relax, nobody will know. Nobody ever reads my top ten
anymore. We're safe brother.
10. Watching And Waiting-The Moody Blues 1969 From the re
remastered Moody Blues classic albums one of my all time favorite songs
from The Moodies. In the coming months, I plan to replace my first
generation Moody CDs with the remasters, with bonus tracks and better
sound. I mean on the new albums we get to hear the album the way we
remembered it on vinyl. Lots of bass and a very dreamy sound with
keyboards. They simplified everything in the 80s and I lost interests
but the albums starting with Days Of Future Passed up to Every Good Boy
Deserves Favour remain Crabb Classics. Who knows, maybe I'll buy them
all over again when they come out on 5.1 Dolby Soundaround in Blu Ray
Disc.
The Who VH1 Honors Fiasco.
I donno, everybody has their own thing they like.
Didn't care much for the Foo Fighters. I tend to figure that Young
Man Blues was done better by Route 66 back in the late 80s. I like
Incubus a bit better though. Jack Black's band, Spinal Tap was
funnier. The Flaming Lips was just plain weird. Pearl Jam went one for
two, Love Reign Over Me, Vedder sounded shrill but Real Me did rocked.
I love Pete and Roger but without Keith and John, they're not The Who
and haven't been for 30 years. Yup, Roger can't sing anymore but I
still bought Endless Wire of the fact that I'm a fan and if they get the
next album out, I'll buy that too. I disagree on the hired hand quote
from Bob, Zak Starkey is the closest thing they came to Keith Moon and
Keith did give Zak drum lessons when he was alive. Pino Palladino knows
he can't duplicate John so he does it his way.
If nothing else, we still care about the old bands that we grew up
listening to and know damn well we're not goin to get another Live At
Leeds or Who's Next or even Who Are You. But we still support the act.
Perhaps VH1 should have gotten the Len Price 3 or some Who Tribute
band to do the songs but then again, that wouldn't be ratings worthy. I
did like the Sean Penn telling Vh1 to stop with the reality shit for
shows but I'm sure that fell on deaf ears.
Still, the best Rock Honors The Who would have been to show The Kids
Are Alright and let the music speak for itself. I know I would have
watched it from start to end.
FU VH1
