The Arctic Monkeys have come a long way since their debut album in 2005. They’re big fish now. Big players. They’re slick, they’re ambitious, and…
Rock
24/07/2018: “Symptom Of The Universe” by Black Sabbath
“Symptom Of The Universe” kicks off with a powerful, crunchy guitar riff, thrashing away furiously. The drums are thick and fast, with plenty of cymbal…
22/07/2018: “The Mexican” by Babe Ruth
“The Mexican” is a song that tries to empathise with the Mexican side at the Battle of Alamo. Alan Shacklock, who wrote it, was…
15/07/2018: “Slow Ride” by Foghat
“Slow Ride” is my kind of song, with a message I can really respect. “Slow ride, take it easy”. I mean, it’s a hectic world…
12/07/2018: “I’d Love To Change The World” by Ten Years After
That first guitar riff is a killer one, for sure. The solo playing is pretty good as well. What’s more, the drums are a lot…
09/06/2018: “Cat People” by David Bowie
I didn’t know whether to choose the original 1982 soundtrack version produced by disco legend Giorgio Moroder, or the 1983 album version off Let’s Dance, which features…
05/07/2018: “I’m Eighteen” by Alice Cooper
For many years I laboured under the misapprehension that Alice Cooper was a single person, and not, as it turned out to be, a band….
03/07/2018: “Lonesome Town” by Ricky Nelson
By the standards of the 50s, this sort of thing was pretty commonplace. The rockabilly crooner singing a plaintive love song with some heavy reverb…
29/06/2018: “The Passenger” by Iggy Pop
The guitarist on here is Ricky Gardiner, and the song also features piano and backing vocals by David Bowie. In fact, the song was partly…
27/06/2018: “I Don’t Believe A Word” by Motorhead
Motorhead are mainly known for their blisteringly fast shredding metal tracks. This song makes me wish they’d slowed it down a bit more… Lemmy’s voice…