...and somehow I ended up at an artist who can rightfully claim responsibility for the Simpsons achieving success, FOX getting off the ground (with the help of Married With Children), and me remembering that even talent sometimes can benefit from 3 tracks of the same vocal! Ladies and...
Another trip to 1978. Rose Tattoo from Australia. AC/DC's drummer actually played for them before he joined up. I somehow managed to forget about these guys for the last couple decades. Rediscovery of them made my day of painting the house almost enjoyable.
SolosDallas makes guitar gear. And they make the best damn ACDC covers to be found. I'm destroyed and overjoyed at the same time. And I want to buy whatever they want to sell. This is throwing a twist into my 50th B-day/50th High Voltage album anniversary plans (shhh, it's kind of a secret...
Little known fact about me - I seriously studied classical guitar in college... since apparently Malcolm Young and Pete Townsend were frowned upon in academia back then!
Wow. Billy Gibbons lost all interest at 00:52 when Doc and company butchered it literally 16 seconds in...for the next 90 seconds! Carson was a top of the food chain gig back then. This one helps me understand why so many musicians hate Doc Severinson with so much passion.
This is like 80's Stayin' Alive to me. You can bop or bang your head to it. You can imagine a Weezer-style video of 50's sock hop kids dancing to it. You can do what Bart says. It can be whatever you want it to be. And you can thank Stephen King.
For you Beastie Boys fans who always wondered who "Everything I do is funky like Lee Dor-sey" was referencing... But my favorite version of this song so far is the Watermelon Slim version, which I can't find a good version of on YT.