SIX PACK OF ROCKERS YOU NEVER HEAR ON THE RADIO VOL. 6
Tonight I`m almost in the mood to do it, so I will give it a go. For those who haven`t been following this blog or Badrick Unadulterated for long, the first four SIX PACK OF ROCKERS YOU NEVER HEAR ON THE RADIO blogs appeared on BU, the fifth one, was on Lost Treasures.
The first three proved to be very popular with people overseas who linked it left, right
and centre, but I have to admit that the overseas links have been really drying up lately, almost as much as the amount of comments I have been getting to my blogs from my domestic audience in Australia.
and centre, but I have to admit that the overseas links have been really drying up lately, almost as much as the amount of comments I have been getting to my blogs from my domestic audience in Australia.
Arrr well, writing to yourself can be a very self consciously rewarding experience they say, so maybe it`s not so bad being this unpopular LOL.
OK, song number one on the sixth volume of the Six Pack of Rockers You Never Hear on the Radio Vol. 6. Being an aussie, I would like to start proceedings once again like I did with Volume 5 with an aussie rock song of the 80`s, and DRAGON is the band.
The band is best known perhaps for songs like `Rain` and the touchingly philosophical `Young Years` from 1989, my pick for number one on tonights countdown is Tommy Emmanuel`s guitar gem `Dreams
of Ordinary Men`, an uproarious and inspiring anthem which sees Marc Hunter in full vocal flight and Emmanuel, who was a temporary addition to the band, cook up a brilliant stadium worthy performance on guitar.
of Ordinary Men`, an uproarious and inspiring anthem which sees Marc Hunter in full vocal flight and Emmanuel, who was a temporary addition to the band, cook up a brilliant stadium worthy performance on guitar.
Dragon were perhaps always a bit light
on and tinny sounding with some of their 80`s pop output, but`Dreams` was a wonderful exception.
on and tinny sounding with some of their 80`s pop output, but`Dreams` was a wonderful exception.
Song number two tonight is one from the king of swamp rock, who else could that be besides John Fogerty. Fogerty brought out a long awaited solo album in 2004 called `Deja Vu All Over Again`, and the song which really tickles my fancy off it is a souped up grungy rocker called `In The Garden`, the final track on the album.
Fogerty was always a bit of a Led Zep head, even if he didn`t know it himself, and I
reckon this song really pumps iron.
reckon this song really pumps iron.
The rest of the album in many places is actually quite forlorn and acoustic, one song that I have to mention besides the one getting the nod for number two in the six pack Vol.6 is the witty `Wicked Old Witch`, both songs are almost on a par with each other.
Number three song is a black metal song, ewww arrr. Timbo`s turning into a bad arse.
I would not want my daughter to go out with
I would not want my daughter to go out with
this guy, but being honest I have to say that he is one of the most convincing vocalists and storytelling lyricists in the history of heavy metal.
He is Ronnie James Dio, the singer who was the replacement for Ozzie Osbourne in Black Sabbath in 1980 and a purveyor of really cheesy and eery blues based heavy metal both in Black Sabbath and as a solo artist.
His grinding and spinetingling thriller `Strange Highways` from 1991, was a change of pace for Dio in that it was more inspired by thrash metal rather than traditional blues based metal.
The manner in which his manic intensity is maintained throughout the song makes
for a great metalhead listen.
for a great metalhead listen.
Song number four also is big heavy duty stuff, but it`s from the early 70`s rock blues
mould. I am going to write a seperate blog for this dude when I get the chance, because he was so good and yet so unrecognised.
mould. I am going to write a seperate blog for this dude when I get the chance, because he was so good and yet so unrecognised.
He is Stan Webb, and his obscure band from
the early 70`s was called CHICKEN SHACK. Fleetwood Mac`s Christine McVie was once a member, and his professional association with the entire early Fleetwood Mac line-up
was well known.
the early 70`s was called CHICKEN SHACK. Fleetwood Mac`s Christine McVie was once a member, and his professional association with the entire early Fleetwood Mac line-up
was well known.
The song I love of Chicken Shack is one
called `Going Down` from around 1972, influenced a lot obviously by the likes of the Mac, ZZ Top and a bit of Hendrix.
called `Going Down` from around 1972, influenced a lot obviously by the likes of the Mac, ZZ Top and a bit of Hendrix.
Not a songwriters award winner by any stretch of the imagination, but it is one of the best pieces of proto-type american hard rock around.
Time has come now to be a bit of a cheat and be a pop sellout, just so I keep in sweet with all the beautiful women who I know are just swirling their tongue over my blog every night.
I thought i would satisfy their needs by throwing in a pop rocker from the 80`s called `Loverboy`, by who else than the love man himself, Billy Ocean.
Billy`s biggest problem was always that he had a weak voice, as well as the fact that he was a popper and not a rocker hehe.
No fair dinkum, he was okay, but the pretentious and forced pop rockers like `Get Out Of My Dreams Get Into My Car`, as well as the goofball `When The Going Gets Tough` were just too tacky by ten, even by 80`s standards.
But `Loverboy` and the more soul inspired `Caribbean Queen` were great songs then and are great songs now.
`Loverboy` was better than the average Ocean fare because he really put some real emotion into it, and it is genuinely atmospheric, with just the right amount of pop rock guitar and finesse.
Up to number six and the final song tonight in the six pack No. 6, and I haven`t drunk anything tonight except the little nip of port at my brother place a few hours ago.
Bugger it, it might be dinosaur 90`s pop metal, at least it`s not pop pop like Billy Ocean, and I am talking about the veteran German rockers The Scorpions, and I just love their anthem from the early 1990`s called`Crazy World`, one of the more convincing songs from one of the more convincing heavy rock/metal bands.
The song came out around the same time as their worldwide megahit`Wind of Change`, a song featuring one of the most unbelievably controlled displays of whistling from the guitarist whiz Rudolph Schenker.
Of course you have heard the song, and maybe you have heard `Crazy World` which was more in the vein of Def Leppard but a lot more blues heavy than that band generally is.
I`m off to bed to keep all them women happy, Billy Ocean can only entertain so many.
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