music of the moment

[rone]

The Teddybears (STHLM), "Punkrocker".  Yes, that's Iggy Pop on vocals.  It's a simple but catchy tune.

Patrick Watson, "Luscious Life".  Watson has a voice between Jeff Buckley and Thom Yorke.  The other songs on his MySpace (HisSpace?  whatever) are OK, but "Luscious Life" easily grabbed me and hasn't let go (and it's not just because it's mostly in 7/8).

Lastly, Iron Maiden is really underrated.

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[elmuchacho.livejournal.com]

"Lastly, Iron Maiden is really underrated."

Amen!

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

I haven't bought any Maiden for a good few years, but yeah. They know what to do with their instruments, and the lyrics tend to have a bit of thought behind them. And, 25 years ago, Steve Harris coined most of the bass lines and frills that a lot of other metal bands are still using.

As an aside, Bruce Dickinson has been presenting a couple of shows on BBC radio for the last couple of years. I'm quite partial to his Saturday Rock Show, which goes out at 9pm-midnight UK time (and is available for download from the BBC website, live or as a podcast): he tends to dig out archive concerts to fill most of the final hour (sometimes a big name such as Led Zeppelin, sometimes something fairly obscure from the '70s, sometimes a more recent effort). I like the diversity of the show, which usually contains material ranging from the '60s to last week, from melodic prog rock to death metal.

[sanspoof.livejournal.com]

Isn't Punkrocker a goddamn excellent song? I can't stop listening to it either.

[paracelsvs.livejournal.com]

Hah, ANOTHER version of this song? It's pretty hilarious.

Teddybears STHML originally made "Hip-hopper", which they then parodied with "Punk Rocker", and now apparently here's another version of Punk Rocker, with yet another set of lyrics. They're all pretty much the same song, with lyrics that differ to various degrees.

If you want the earlier songs, mail me (d@c3.cx) and I'll tell you where to get them.

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

Holy cow, thanks. I heard about half of this on some streaming internet thingy a while back, but they were schmucks and didn't back-announce the songs so I had no idea what it was, except that it had some guy who sounded kinda like Iggy Pop on the vocals.

[madmerle.livejournal.com]

"Punk Rocker" ROCKS! You're right, it's simple, but I really like it! Thanks, Rone for sharing. I'm gonna have to download it from iTunes...

I hadn't heard any of Patrick Watson's stuff before. I hear shades of U2 and (don't kill me, I can't help it if I like them) Coldplay in parts of "Luscious Life", but he takes a lateral arabesque into some other weird but oddly, charmingly unique dimension in parts of the piece. Hmm... the time signature has a feel of straight rock-steady 4/4 to me. Where do you get the 7/8? Have you seen the score? The musician in me is just curious. The only popular tune I've ever heard in any kind of odd 7 beat is "Money" by Pink Floyd (it's in 7/4). I know there are several in 3/4, although in my pleasantly potted state of this moment, I can only think of one ("Pussy Willow" from the _Broadsword_ album by Jethro Tull).

I LOVE music. Keep sharing!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the score. The "dun-dun-dunnnn-dun-dun-dun" is clearly seven, but later it breaks into 4/4. As for the /8 part, compare the beat in the 4/4 part against the 7 part... the 7 beats are half as long. I think that's how it works, anyway; i haven't taken a music theory class since 7th or 8th grade.

[xlerb.livejournal.com]

That's spelled “his MySpace”. Because I say so.