Number 934 - Eric Johnson

Number 934

Eric Johnson

"Cliffs of Dover"

(1991)
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................Genre: Guitarist...............

Stevie Ray Vaughan is a guitar God, critics say Eric Johnson is almost one too, lets find out why.....

"Very few musical artists achieve a true signature style -- one which makes comparisons to other musicians impossible. But Texas guitarist Eric Johnson arguably comes as close to this echelon as any musician from the past quarter-century. Like fellow Lone Star State guitarists Johnny Winter, Billy Gibbons, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnson blends the rock style of Jimi Hendrix and the blues power of Albert King. Yet Johnson's wide array of additional influences (from the Beatles and Jeff Beck, to jazz and Chet Atkins) make for a guitar sound as unique as his fingerprints. "When I first heard Eric," Winter recalls, "he was only 16, and I remember wishing that I could have played like that at that age."

Former Doobie Brothers guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter says, "If Jimi Hendrix had gone on to study with Howard Roberts for about eight years, you'd have what this kid strikes me as." The Austin prodigy appeared on the cover of Guitar Player magazine while working with Texas jazz/fusion band the Electromagnets and as a session player (Cat Stevens, Carole King, Christopher Cross), and a 1984 performance on the TV show Austin City Limits set his recording career in motion. Johnson's 1986 debut album, Tones, certainly proved that the hype was warranted. Playing with the ace rhythm section of bassist Roscoe Beck and drummer Tommy Taylor, Johnson mixed blazing instrumentals ("Zap," "Victory") with Beatles-influenced vocal tunes like "Emerald Eyes" and "Bristol Shore." Johnson used the same half-and-half format on the 1990 follow-up, Ah Via Musicom; but a trio of the album's tunes surprisingly made him the first artist to have three instrumentals from the same album to chart in the Top Ten in any format (with "Cliffs of Dover" earning Johnson a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental" [Source:ArtistDirect]

For Jimi Hendrix see Number 718
For Stevie Ray Vaughan see Number 592
For the Beatles see Numbers 947, 894 & 587
For Jeff Beck see Number 636
For Doobie Brothers see Number 868 & Number 776
For Carole King see Number 808
For Christopher Cross see Number 850 & Number 604
For ZZ Top see Number 647

Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Nope, They hated it) and the Album ranked at Number (Nup, Still clutching their Hendrix records)

This song has a crowbarred rating of 54.1 out of 108

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Number 933 - Frank Sinatra

Number 933

Frank Sinatra

"I've Got You Under My Skin"

(1955)
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................Genre: Crooner...............

Hey people ! Dont forget to COMMENT !
I would really love some feedback, everyones music taste is different and i dont mind ya slagging or loving song choices here. Knock ya' selves out.

ZZzzzzzZZttttt (really poor attempt of crackling radio noise sound affects)
Back to the music............ Good old Frank Sinatra eh?

The greatest swooner of the twentieth century bar none. Ok, so its 1955, lryics back then must have been easier to write... right? Right

12.12.15 to 14.05.95

Ive got you under my skin

Ive got you deep in the heart of me

So deep in my heart, that youre really a part of me

Ive got you under my skin Ive tried so not to give in

Ive said to myself this affair never will go so well

But why should I try to resist, when baby will I know than well

That Ive got you under my skin

Ok, well your right, it was easier, BUT if you want to appear sophisticated and romantic to a woman, then go no farther than here, and if your on a roll get some Barry White too. (wink)

Dont you know you fool, you never can win

Use your mentality, wake up to reality

But each time I do, just the thought of you

Makes me stop before I begin

cause Ive got you under my skin

Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Nope, They hated it) (heathens) and the Album ranked at Number 306

This song has a crowbarred rating of 54.5 out of 108

I've Got You Under My Skin
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Number 935 - Dread Zeppelin

Number 935

Dread Zeppelin

"Misty Mountain Hop"

(1991)
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................Genre: Rock...............

You really have to listen to this version of "Misty Mountain Hop" by Dread Zeppelin (Drum Roll) .................... Why?

Because imagine this, if you can that is, a 300lb Elvis singing "Stairway" with Bob Marley & the Wailers with Jimmy Page on lead guitar as the backing group, and worst of all? They get away with it ! (cut to people fainting)
I know what your saying right now....GET THE FRAG OUT OF HERE!!!

Just remember this Led Heads...... They were given permission by Led Zeppelin! And an even more worst of all fact....They LOVED It.
Yanno.... Ya gotta love Rock and Roll sometimes. (crack up)

Dread Zeppelin channeled the musical spirits of Led Zeppelin, Elvis Presley, and Bob Marley to create tongue-in-cheek novelty rock heartily endorsed by no less an authority than Robert Plant himself. Led by one Tortelvis -- a 300-pound Elvis impersonator born Greg Tortell -- the lineup also included guitarists Jah Paul Jo (Joe Ramsey) and Carl Jah (Carl Haasis), bassist Butt-Boy (Gary Putman), percussionist Ed Zeppelin (Bryant Fernandez), and drummer Fresh Cheese (Paul Masselli); playing their debut live gig on January 8, 1989 (the 54th anniversary of the King's birth), the Pasadena, CA-based group performed reggae-influenced renditions of classic Led Zep anthems capped off by Presley-like vocals, an approach perhaps best exemplified by gene-spliced songs like "Heartbreaker (At the End of Lonely Street)." Growing local buzz soon earned Dread Zeppelin a deal with IRS Records, and in 1990 the group issued their debut LP Un-led-Ed; in addition to surprisingly strong sales, the record's cover of "Your Time Is Gonna Come" also earned high marks from former Led Zep frontman Plant, who admitted he preferred their updated rendition over the original.

Dread Zeppelin's second album, 5,000,000*, followed in 1991, but already the joke was growing stale, and the following summer Tortelvis, Ed Zeppelin, and Fresh Cheese left the band; Butt-Boy rechristened himself Gary B.I.B.B. and assumed vocal duties for the follow-up, 1992's It's Not Unusual, a disco record which effectively alienated much of their core audience as well as executives at IRS, who dropped the group immediately after. Tortelvis and Ed Zeppelin returned for 1993's Hot & Spicy Beanburger, a return to past glories issued on Jah Paul Jo's own Birdcage label; shortly after Dread Zeppelin made a cameo in the 1994 film comedy National Lampoon's Last Resort, Carl Jah and Ed Zeppelin then left the lineup, with the latter's brother Bruce and bassist Derf Nasna-Haj signing on for 1995's No Quarter Pounder. Jah Paul Jo's subsequent departure preceded 1996's The Fun Sessions, the group's lone recording for the Imago imprint; both the live The Song Remains Insane and the rarities collection Ruins soon followed. Deja Voodoo was released in late 2000, marking a return to the Led Zep tributes that constituted the group's bread and butter. The band soon started their own label and website, creating a cottage industry selling music direct to their fans. Live DVDs and CDs plus their first all-original album, Spam Bake, kept hungry Dread Heads satisfied. The music/video hybrid CD Chicken and Ribs from 2005 included the band's version of "Kung Fu Fighting". ~ Jason Ankeny

For Led Zeppelin see Number 957 & Number 577

For Elvis Presley see Number 840

For Kung Fu Fighting see Number 598

Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Nope, They dreaded it) and the Album ranked at Number (Rolling Stone are still in shock how dare they do led zep yade ya etc)
This song has a crowbarred rating of 54.1 out of 108

(and yes....i did enjoy this one ~ smirk)

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Number 489 - Beatles

Number 489

The Beatles

"In My Life"

(1965)

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Genre:Rock

art by feti

The new Firefox is pretty awesome. I was one of those people who downloaded it on their "Download Day" to get into the Guinness Book Of World Records for the most downloads in one calendar day and to be honest ... It was the only way I was ever gonna get into that book! While the V3 new browser is great, I still cannot use it for blogger.com for writing, it just wont work properly. Probably has something to do with Zone alarm, but at least theres always ole Explorer to fall back on. But who cares, I'm in the wretched book. [until firefox 4 is out]

"In My Life" by the Beatles is a big deal, if not just for the fact the album "Rubber Soul" was such a different sound for the Beatles after their candy pop album "Help" in 1965 [and anything before it]. Even Rolling Stone noticed The Beatles music was more provocative and artistically grown up ~ In fact, they [RS] deemed it to be Rolling Stone's Number 5 Album of all Time just to prove it [and they really have to]. Also fact, Rolling Stone got so gushy over the song "In My Life" they named it their Number 23 Song of all Time, obviously they forgot the songs off "Revolver", "Sgt Pepper" & the "White Album" and lets face it, were probably a hell of a lot more important & arguably better. Look, whatever the case, if its Number 23 or Number 489, it definitely deserves to be in the top 500 .... somewhere ~ crowbarred.

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While the Beatles still largely stuck to love songs on Rubber Soul, the lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and complex ambiguities. Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of Dylan and the Byrds. The group and George Martin were also beginning to expand the conventional instrumental parameters of the rock group, using a sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," Greek-like guitar lines on "Michelle" and "Girl," fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself," and a piano made to sound like a harpsichord on the instrumental break of "In My Life." While John and Paul were beginning to carve separate songwriting identities at this point, the album is full of great tunes, from "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Michelle" to "Girl," "I'm Looking Through You," "You Won't See Me," "Drive My Car," and "Nowhere Man" (the last of which was the first Beatle song to move beyond romantic themes entirely). George Harrison was also developing into a fine songwriter with his two contributions, "Think for Yourself" and the Byrds-ish "If I Needed Someone." ~ [Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide]

In My Life?

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John Lennon wrote the song in the form of a long poem reminiscing on his childhood/teenage years. The original version of the lyrics was based on a bus route he used to take in Liverpool, naming various sites seen along the way, including Penny Lane and Strawberry Field. However, Lennon found it to be more "ridiculous" and called it "the most boring sort of 'What I Did On My Holidays Bus Trip' song" and reworked the words with Paul McCartney, replacing the specific memories with a generalized meditation on his past. "Very few lines" of the original version remain in the finished song.

Stuart Sutcliffe

Lennon's friend and biographer Peter Shotton related in his book (titled John Lennon "In My Life") that Lennon told him the lines "Some [friends] are dead and some are living/In my life I've loved them all" referred to Stuart Sutcliffe (who died in 1962) and to Shotton. As for the music though, Lennon claimed in 1980 that McCartney's contribution was supplying the harmony and the "middle eight" or bridge section of the song (there is no middle eight in this song, though there is a bridge section). Describing "If I Fell", which he had written, Lennon said it was more a precursor to "In My Life" and used the same chord sequences. (Although, McCartney also claims to have co-written 'If I Fell' with Lennon.) McCartney claimed he set Lennon's lyrics to music from beginning to end, claiming that he wrote the whole melody, but taking inspiration from songs by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles. Of the disagreement, McCartney said, "I find it very gratifying that out of everything we wrote, we only appear to disagree over two songs." (The other song in question is "Eleanor Rigby".)

For more Beatles see Number 587, #894 & #947

For Bob Dylan see Number 491, #841 & #929

For John Lennon see Number 492 & #639

For Paul McCartney see Number 583

For George Harrison see Number 806

For Smokey Robinson see Number 565

What does Polling Stoned think of Beatles?

Released in December 1965 -- and capping a year that had been defined by groundbreaking singles such as Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" and the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" -- Rubber Soul finds the Beatles rising to meet the challenge their peers had set. Characteristically, they achieved a new musical sophistication and a greater thematic depth without sacrificing a whit of pop appeal. Producer George Martin described Rubber Soul as "the first album to present a new, growing Beatles to the world," and so it was. The band's development expressed itself in a variety of overlapping ways. On the U.K. version (the only one available on CD), "Drive My Car" presents a comic character study of a sort that had not previously been in the Beatles' repertoire. More profoundly, however, Dylan's influence suffuses the album, accounting for the tart emotional tone of "Norwegian Wood," "I'm Looking Through You," "You Won't See Me" and "If I Needed Someone." (Dylan would return the compliment the following year, when he offered his own version of "Norwegian Wood" -- titled "4th Time Around" -- on Blonde on Blonde, and consequently made Lennon "Paranoid.") Lennon's "Nowhere Man," which he later acknowledged as a depressed self-portrait, and the beautifully reminiscent "In My Life" both reflect the more serious and personal style of songwriting that Dylan had suddenly made possible.

Musically speaking, George Harrison's sitar on "Norwegian Wood" -- the first time the instrument was used in a pop song -- and Paul McCartney's fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself" document the band's increasing awareness that the studio could be more than a pit stop between tours. From this point on, a fascination with the sonic possibilities of recording would inspire the Beatles' greatest work. Harrison called Rubber Soul "the best one we made," because "we were suddenly hearing sounds that we weren't able to hear before." And as for why the band's hearing had grown so acute, well, that was another aspect of the times. "There was a lot of experimentation on Rubber Soul," said Ringo Starr, "influenced, I think, by the substances." [Source:RS]

For Rolling Stones see Number 689 & #767

For Ringo Starr see Number 901

Rolling Stone magazine deemed their '489th Song of all Time' was "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gayner. Gloria Gaynor has not appeared in The Definitive 1000.

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Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number 23 the Album ranked at Number 5

This song has a crowbarred rating of 75.7 out of 108

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