Happy birthday, Herbie Hancock. You’re a jazz legend. You’re a Grammy winner But even if you never played with Miles Davis, you’re birthday is notable for the impact you had in 1983 with this little gem, which, at the time, sounded like the future it has become.
I know I’ve got the 12-inch LP version of this somewhere …
Go ahead and put your comb in your back pocket and tie a bandanna to your leg: it’s a free mp3 from Night Ranger!
Download “Growin’ Up in America” for free from the band’s new album Somewhere in California.
You probably won’t want to brag to too many people that you did, but that’s OK … they probably did too. So bang you head and strum that air guitar and rock out like it’s 1984!
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It’s Monday … and though there are three or four other posts in draft status, this just seemed appropriate for today: New Order’s “Blue Monday.”
It’s got that whole “Take On Me“/”Sledgehammer” feel that were all the rage.
What stands out to you?
Step 1: Get your free download of “China Grove” from the band’s Live at the Greek Theater, 1982 album.
Step 2: Play it and then reflect on the kind of era where naming your band “Doobie Brothers” was cool.
Step 3: Try to come up with the modern band name equivalent.
Step 4: Post in the comment section.
Posted in Culture, Media, Rambles
Tagged 80s music, band names, china grove, doobie brothers, free, free mp3, free music, mp3
As if we needed another reason to be wary of Weezer … there’s this cover of The Cars‘ “You Might Think” they did for the Cars 2 soundtrack.
OK, I get it: you want a “hip” band reinterpreting a hit from the 1980s to make it modern and accessible for a whole new audience.
But here’s the thing: Weezer’s version isn’t a reinterpretation: it’s a straight cover.
OK, OK, I get it: it’s an homage; the original is so good that doing anything else to it would ruin it.
Right, but here’s the OTHER thing: if you’re going to pay someone to produce a new version of an old song that sounds EXACTLY LIKE THE OLD SONG … why not use the old song?
The Cars just released a new album in May. Don’t you think they could use the push?
Oh well … at least it sounds like the original … even if the original does have dated graphics …
Tagged 1980s, 80s music, cars, cars 2, cover tunes, hip, Music, music video, ric ocasek, the cars, weezer
