• Friday Five

    The Friday Five: April 6, 2012

    Friday Five

    Friday Five : ‘frī-(,)dā,-dē ‘fīv : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we’ll have a guest, but most of the time it’s just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments.

    The Five:

    “No One Like You” by Scorpions (from Hard Rock Gold, 2009)

    (In my best Beavis voice:) YES! RAWK!

    Do you know why this song rocks so hard? It isn’t the notes that guitarists Schenker and Jabs play, it’s the space they leave in between that builds the tension and makes you nod your head. (See also: AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long”)

    “I Walked In” by Brougham (from Can’t Hardly Wait, 1998)

    Who? Oh, dear God, this is awful. I rarely do this, but I’m not submitting myself to any more torture than required. Skip!

    “Revolution” by Judas Priest (from The Essential Judas Priest, 2006)

    Wait, this isn’t Jane’s Addition’s “Mountain Song”? Let’s see when it came out … according to Wikipedia: “Revolution” is a song on the album Angel of Retribution, by the heavy metal band Judas Priest. It was their first single since 1992’s “Night Crawler” to enter in the United States charts.it reached #23 in the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

    Okay, so this is totally inspired by “Mountain Song,” right?

    According to the producer Roy Z: “The bass intro to ‘Revolution’ is actually from a cassette tape the band recorded back in the 1970s. We loaded the riff into Pro Tools and built the rest of the song around it. We went for a raw, modern ’70s vibe. It is a wide-open rock and roll song.”

    Way to CYA, boys.

    “I Found Love (C+C Underground club mix)” by C+C Music Factory (from Ultimate, 1995)

    I don’t have any issue with C+C Music Factory. At the time, I’d happily dance my ass off to these tunes once or twice a week. Nowadays, I can’t bear to listen for more than a minute or so. Skip!

    “Best of Your Heart” by Rufus & Chaka Khan (from Street Player, 1978)

    Every single one of you should be listening to more Chaka Khan. The world would be a better place.

    What’s on your shuffle today?