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It`s been a long time between drinks for all my longsuffering fans of my six pack of rockers you never hear on the radio series.
I haven`t really drunk enough alcohol to be doing this, when I done the other ones I had knocked off a couple of wines and was a bit mischievous, but tonight we will just have to see if the chicory kicks as much as the booze does.
OK, here is a real obscurity. I have always liked an album from the late 80`s from a christian inspired rock band from Katy, Texas called Kings X. They never did
make an album as good as their debut `Out Of The Silent Planet`, they followed it up with the stupid and incomprehensible `Gretchen Goes To Nebraska`, which
notably does contain one guitar epic called `Pleiades`, and the even more instrumentally insipid and convoluted `Faith, Hope, Love`.
This is the first volume to ever feature on Lost Treasures Music Review, the first four volumes feature somewhere on Badrick Unadulterated.
I haven`t really drunk enough alcohol to be doing this, when I done the other ones I had knocked off a couple of wines and was a bit mischievous, but tonight we will just have to see if the chicory kicks as much as the booze does.
I`m an aussie, so I thought I better kick off this evening with a classic old aussie rocker from 1988.
Daryl Braithwaite starting out life as the lead singer in aussie glam rock band Sherbet in the 70`s, but by the mid 80`s Sherbet may as
well have been sugary powder because they didn`t make it into the power ballad age of the 80`s.
well have been sugary powder because they didn`t make it into the power ballad age of the 80`s.
Braithwaite by then was singing in RSL clubs in front of a dozen old women, but then out of the blue, with the help of a couple of good managers, he stormed to prominence on the australian rock charts with a well polished album called `Edge`.
The song which takes my fancy enough to make it onto Six Pack No. 5 is `As The Days Go By`, a startling, electric sounding rock
story about facing up to getting older.
story about facing up to getting older.
There are a heap of good songs off `Edge` and his 1990 follow up `Rise`. In the late 70`s, Warren Zevon was the best friend of
a horror movie soundtrack. Of course he is best known as the crazy dude who recorded the classic `Werewolves of London`.
a horror movie soundtrack. Of course he is best known as the crazy dude who recorded the classic `Werewolves of London`.
Zevin really was the king of satire rock, and
I guess having a satirical sense of humour myself I have always derived some enjoyment from his pisstake style of songwriting.
I guess having a satirical sense of humour myself I have always derived some enjoyment from his pisstake style of songwriting.
It doesn`t leave much to the imagination, one of my favourite tunes of Zevin besides Werewolves in London would have to be `Excitable Boy`.
It`s not rocket science, and it doesn`t sound like Pink Floyd, but for all its simplicity and buffoonery, this song is just a good hearted
little rocker if I may say so.
little rocker if I may say so.
Going back to the mid 80`s, Peter Gabriel was in full swing as far as releasing music
which was a classic amalgam of progressive rock and 80`s pop.
which was a classic amalgam of progressive rock and 80`s pop.
Often one who complicated his music with too much self indulgence and abstract lyrics in the years before and after this classic period, Gabriel produced an absolute gem
in 1989 called `Shaking The Tree`, which was a colloberation with little known West African artist Yousou N`dour.
in 1989 called `Shaking The Tree`, which was a colloberation with little known West African artist Yousou N`dour.
It`s No. 3 in the Six Pack of Rockers No 5. The song has a real world music feel to it, which was probably brought on by Gabriel`s then prevailing endeavours to promote a lot
of world music, just ask Yousou N`Dour from Senegal if he would have got anywhere were it not for Gabriel`s efforts to get him a recording contract.
of world music, just ask Yousou N`Dour from Senegal if he would have got anywhere were it not for Gabriel`s efforts to get him a recording contract.
`Shaking The Tree` is just a beautiful song, great rhythm with a real African feel, and it`s my favourite Peter Gabriel song.
Now I`ve got a song from the year 2000 for you to make it number 4 on the Six Pack Vol. 5 countdown, it`s a swampy blues tune off the `O Brother, Where Art Thou` sound-
track.
track.
It`s called `I am A Man Of Constant Sorry`, yes it does sound a bit morbid but if you have seen the movie you really know that it fits in perfectly with the storyline.
The movie features none other than lady killer George Clooney, no I dont mean literally haha. I just wish I could have one hundredth of the luck which he has with the girls, I might even get a bit of pussy for Christmas and on my birthday if that were
the case.
the case.
The song is performed by the Soggy Bottom
Boys, featuring guest member Dan Tyminski. I really love this movie and I love the soundtrack too, the movie itself is probably one of the best pieces of parody and dark satirical humour you will ever find.
Boys, featuring guest member Dan Tyminski. I really love this movie and I love the soundtrack too, the movie itself is probably one of the best pieces of parody and dark satirical humour you will ever find.
Alrighty then, where are we up to? We are up to number 5 in the Six Pack No. 5 of rockers you never hear on the radio hey.
OK, here is a real obscurity. I have always liked an album from the late 80`s from a christian inspired rock band from Katy, Texas called Kings X. They never did
make an album as good as their debut `Out Of The Silent Planet`, they followed it up with the stupid and incomprehensible `Gretchen Goes To Nebraska`, which
notably does contain one guitar epic called `Pleiades`, and the even more instrumentally insipid and convoluted `Faith, Hope, Love`.
They did get better again from their number 4 album onwards, but they never matched the debut. The closest that Ty Tabor came
to matching his guitar heroics of Kings X in 1987 was on his solo album `Rock Garden` in 2006.
to matching his guitar heroics of Kings X in 1987 was on his solo album `Rock Garden` in 2006.
The Kings X guitarist plays some really meaty riffs on the album, my favourite, probably because of its straightforwardness more than anything, is the good natured rocker `She`s A Tree`.
This song makes it to number five on my Six Pack of Rockers number 5. To finish the
collection off, I have for you one of the best jams in the history of rock.
collection off, I have for you one of the best jams in the history of rock.
Remember the one off and one album supergroup in the very late 60`s featuring
Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, the mercurial drummer Ginger Baker and Rick Grech.
Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, the mercurial drummer Ginger Baker and Rick Grech.
Chances are you dont because you weren`t even born yet. The album sees Winwood and Baker at their finest especially, if you want to hear some great improvised power percussion, then look no further than the multi-minute long instrumental break in the song `Do What You Like`, the last song on Blind Faith`s one and only recording.
Clapton is off on some way off tangent,
Winwood sounds like he is as high as a proverbial kite, and Baker wallops those drums ferociously and without mercy.
Winwood sounds like he is as high as a proverbial kite, and Baker wallops those drums ferociously and without mercy.
No band these days knows the art of improvisation like these guys did, as well as Led Zeppelin and all the other rockers from the flower power era.
Anyway, sorry for taking so long to give you this six pack, I know you must be thirsty, the next six pack will be coming to you hopefully sooner next time OK.
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