Check out Miley Cyrus’s cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You.” Can we forget the tongue and the nudity and the rest of the circus for a minute and check out the music? Now once you consider the music: she nails it. I think Page and Jones should forget about recording with PlantContinue reading “Miley Cyrus Covers Led Zeppelin”
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Song du jour: John Bonham Drum Tracks…
Yep, isolated drum tracks by John Bonham, on the off chance you’re into that kind of thing. The first one is “Fool in the Rain”: Here’s “Whole Lotta Love” — starts out with the guitar riff, which fades into the background when the drums kick in at about :45. “Ramble On”: Finally, BBC 2’s The JohnContinue reading “Song du jour: John Bonham Drum Tracks…”
Song du jour: Heart, “Stairway to Heaven”
When the members of Led Zeppelin give you a standing ovation for your performance of their song, you’ve done alright. Heart has been playing this and Zep’s “Rock and Roll” since the 70s, so I think they have it pretty much down by now.
Song du jour: “Communication Breakdown”
I’m going to keep my promise and not post another Springsteen song today, but man, I don’t want to keep that promise. “She’s the One” from Born to Run is playing on my iPod this very minute (okay…it’s over…now). I’m posting a Led Zeppelin song today because I had a conversation recently with a pretty, youngContinue reading “Song du jour: “Communication Breakdown””
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 