G-Man James - "Laid"
No real rhyme or reason behind my TWO picks this week...just some great music that came rolling through my ears these past few days
G-man Social Distortion - "Reach For The Sky"
Was talking with Rob today about Living Legends. It's bullshit when an artist dies and everyone acts like they've always been their biggest fan. Where was this love while they were still with us? That's why I like honouring Living Legends from time to time. Social Distortion is on that list for me. Always been a huge fan, mad respect for what they've done for punk music and Mike Ness is a certified individual/bad ass. Bucket list band for sure
G-Man Sunny Day Real Estate - "Seven"
Widely considered to be the first big "Emo" band and their debut album Diary came out in 1994. The list of bands these guys inspired is nearly endless. Just great energy in this song. And a dynamite chorus!
Doug The Killers - "The Man"
Dano Rage Against The Machine - "Vietnow"
Jonny HP Brand New - "The No Seatbelt Song"
Special Guest Pick Lady Madonna The Strokes - "12:51" Jonny HP's lady
G-Man Sugar Ray - "Answer The Phone"
Not sure what these guys did to get such a bad rep nowadays, guess it's the whole Nickelback stigma all over again. Sugar Ray had some great tunes and great Summer time tunes. It may be September but im sure theres some Summer left.
Rob Rise Against - "Swing Life Away" Note From G-Man: I Think I picked this once before as well. To me, there is one definitive version of this song...
Mr. T Alannah Myles - "Love is"
G-Man Meat Puppets - "We're Here"
Like most people I heard of these via Nirvana...Kurt Cobain's exclaimation that "All these songs are off their second record" in between "Oh, Me" and "Lake Of Fire" on the unplugged album. It's funny. He actually sounds happy when he talked about music he loved. The record in question is the Meat Puppets' II and man is it a journey. On first listen you might just breeze by "Plateau" and the other songs that Nirvana made famous. It's folk-y, it's grungey, it's odd. It's beautiful. High. HIGH on my recommendation list for any music lover. Like all of us at SOTD.
Doug Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk"
Dano Thornley - "Come Again"
Thundercat - "Show You The Way" feat. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins
There are so many songs out there by so many artists that there is bound to be some cross-over. We here at Song Of The Day Fridays decided to acknowledge this by picking two songs each with the same name, just done by different artists. And before you ask, No covers don't count. Some members really shone here while others seem to be struggling...let's see what they got for us....Rob?
Rob Edwin - "Alive"
Pearl Jam - "Alive"
Mr. T David Bowie - "Changes"
Tupac - "Changes"
G-Man Avail - "High Lonesome"
I will always let people introduce me to new music and if that means letting them do a huge dump of songs on my hard drive, so be it. What? Nothing wrong with that. That's how I discovered Avail, though there isn't much info about them online. Their song "High Lonesome" has made it on many of my punk mixes
The Gaslight Anthem - "High Lonesome"
The previous song helped me discover The Gaslight Anthem. I heard that they would be a band that I would dig but never heard a song by them. One day while perusing the CDs at Sunrise Records I saw their album The '59 Sound and checked it out. I saw a track on the back called "High Lonesome" and wondered if it was a cover. That curiousity and the recommendation was enough for me to purchase it and I must say I was a clever man that day. Perhaps my favourite driving CD ever...oh and it wasn't a cover. Just a great song by a great band
Doug Dolly Parton - "Jolene"
Cake - "Jolene"
Dano Metallica - "Mama Said" Note from G-Man: Decent
Rob Alexisonfire - "This Could Be Anywhere In The World"
Mr. T Charles Bradley - "Changes"
G-Man Grimes - "Genesis"
I decided recently that i'm going to be a better fan of female artists and Canadian artists. Grimes, a fantastic songwriter, producer, DJ and performer from Vancouver, BC. So she checks off both lists.
