If you were around in the 1960s and heard radio, you probably remember the song “Pictures of Matchstick Men.” But do you remember who recorded it?
Bringing in the Edwin Hawkins Singers choir was brilliant. The song is joyful and in some ways melancholy both in sound and lyrics. Melanie’s vocals are fantastic.
So, first of all, Slow Death is just a great guitar song, period. It isn’t the original creation of The Dictators, but as far as I’m concerned they own this song.
When I listen to Age, I remember playing marbles… yes marbles… with my brothers. The winner would keep the marbles, and in 1973 we spent a few weeks of playing marbles after school, we were all trying to win all the marbles.
If you haven’t listened to the Dead Letter Office album, you’ve probably missed this one. And it’s great.
One of the greatest dance songs ever recorded.
Kate Bush was the soundtrack of my bike riding in the 1980s. I played that cassette constantly. I became a Kate Bush fanatic.
In the past 30 years, has there been a more underrated popular rock band than Garbage?
I’m going to tell you where I stand on this song right now. Montrose’s version of Connection is one of the greatest covers of a song in rock history (originally Rolling Stones). It is probably the greatest job of singing Sammy Hagar ever did on a song. I have a lot of favorite Montrose songs but this is the pinnacle.
The drums and David Sylvain’s vocals just really are perfect. The rest of the album is good, but this version of this song is fantastic.