Posted by: bigtunelover on: June 24, 2009
Last night I watched a movie that shall remain nameless for the time being so that I don’t spoil it for anyone. In this movie there was a plane crash. I had a song pop into my head for like a millisecond and then “poof” – gone. It was driving me crazy but I could [...]
Posted by: bigtunelover on: June 22, 2009
I realized a long time ago that I am a sucker for a great pop/rock chorus. A real sucker. When I listen to Warm Me Up by The Audition I catch myself laughing a bit, remembering my head-banging days of the 80’s. As soon as they launch into the guitar solo it’s really etched in [...]
Posted by: bigtunelover on: June 19, 2009
There aren’t too many folks who sit on the fence with Rush. Like many hugely successful bands, people either love them or hate them. I have always been on the side that loves them though I have gone through stretches where I have not listened to them much if at all. Today I was moving [...]
Posted by: bigtunelover on: June 5, 2009
New Music! New Music! New Music!
Know that when I say “new” that I mean new to me of course. I am sure there are many people out there that have been listening to The Boxer Rebellion long before today but for me they are a new discovery a short time ago. I am so excited [...]
Posted by: bigtunelover on: May 31, 2009
Fools Gold as per dictionary.com is defined as “iron or copper pyrites, sometimes mistaken for gold.” I’m not sure that’s what The Stone Roses were referring to in this 1989 classic Madchester tune. For me Fools Gold the song is more about our futile pursuit of the things in life that they think are going [...]
Posted by: bigtunelover on: May 21, 2009
I was doing some research for a question I was answering and went to the most credible source I could think of on this one – Dad. The short of it is that I came across this video while I was digging around and it made me smile!
Damn, that’s some drumming. Still sounds great today!
Wipeout [...]