Archive for the ‘Song Of The Day’ Category

Out Of My Head – Junkhouse

The year was 1993 and this Canadian band was newly signed to Sony Music and were expected to come up with the sort of album that their Canadian compatriots The Tragically Hip had been making. The two bands sounded somewhat similar all the way down to the voices of their lead singers – Gordon Downie (of the Hip) and Tom Wilson (of Junkhouse). Retrospectively the band became known as a “grime... Read the full story

Hard Luck Woman – Kiss

One of the most endearing songs that Kiss ever released was this acoustic guitar based ballad that featured lead vocals from drummer Peter Criss. It remains one of writer  Paul Stanley’s masterstrokes in the evolution of the band. It was a formulaic song in the way in was structured and it was highly reminiscent of a Faces song like Maggie May or You Wear It Well more so than most of the rock music... Read the full story

This Corrosion – The Sisters of Mercy

This song remains probably the most absurdly bombastic of all goth anthems, a magnificent vision of excess and indulgence. And it still works. It’s an unashamed dance floor filler, so long as you don’t mind dancing in a dark club surrounded by other creatures of the night dressed in black lace and leather and an excess of black eye shadow. But credit where credit is due. The song is a brilliantly... Read the full story

I’m Mandy Fly Me – 10CC

While 10cc where capable of many a gloriously silly song and the occasional production epic this was the song that always struck me as their most effective. It’s a song of distinctive parts and its meaning has always been subject to much debate. In one corner there are those who suggest that its about the hallucinogenic effects of a 70’s “love drug” called Mandrax which was like the ecstasy... Read the full story

Devil Gate Drive – Suzi Quatro

The first album that I bought with my own money was Slade’s Old New Borrowed and Blue. If my memory serves me right the second might have been a Suzi Quatro album. Whether that’s true or not there’s no doubting that Devil Gate Drive was one of the earliest rock songs that had a profound impact on young Andrew. Listening to it now it holds up pretty well. “Hey, ya’ll wanna go down to Devil... Read the full story

Runaway Train – Soul Asylum

Runaway Train was the song that took Soul Asylum from being a Minneapolis indie band with a devoted following to an MTV staple with a national hit – and almost killed them in the process. Superficially Runaway Train is an acoustic guitar based rock ballad that has as much in common with Kiss’s Hard Luck Woman or The Faces Maggie May as it does with the previous output from the former punk rock... Read the full story

Keep The Faith – Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi had been huge for a generation before this song was released as the title track of what was clearly their best album. They’d survived the hair-metal era with their popularity, if not their complete credibility, intact, but it was clear that they needed to step up a level if they were going to survive as a force. That was in 1992. It’s now 2010 and the Bon Jovi caravan is still rolling.... Read the full story

What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? – REM

1994’s What’s The Frequency, Kenneth was somewhat of an anomaly for REM. It was the first single and opening track from the Monster album and while it has some of the sonic qualities of that album it also stands a little apart from it. The song was actually inspired by the New York mugging of NBC news anchor Dan Rather. While beating him Rather’s attacker apparently kept repeating “Kenneth,... Read the full story

Slade – Gudbuy T’ Jane

Apparently Jane was the host of a San Francisco talk show that Slade appeared on. We have a lot to thank Jane for. Gudbuy T’Jane was one of a string of hits for Slade most of which featured mis-spelt titles, but to me this was the best of those songs. Apparently young Jane was a bit uppity and the line “Got a kick from her ’40s trip boots” is a reference to her kicking Noddy Holder... Read the full story

Celebrity Skin – Hole

This was the moment when we stopped and thought that maybe, just maybe Courtney Love was going to defy expectations and deliver something extraordinary. This song is simply spectacular. Courtney Love – punk rocker, turned tabloid disaster-area turns on the celebrity culture that has so offended her and spits in its eye and kicks it in the nuts as she leaves. She takes aim at the culture of “hooker/waitress/model/actress”... Read the full story

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