“Garageland” by The Clash is a pretty hip track off of their self-titled debut album that concludes their critically acclaimed first album. The song appears to be a reflection of the rising interest in the group as they made a name for themselves and the challenges of building and maintaining an identity that truly represented…
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What I’m Jamming To: July 1, 2011
“Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” by Squeeze is a song that just when I think I have figured out the meaning, I hear something new in the song that makes me think twice. Anecdotaly, it seems be one of the most mislabeled, misheard songs in the history of music; it is also a song that…
What I’m Jamming To: June 28, 2011
The Sweet were half-bubblegum, half-glam, all awesome. Their questionable attire and silly lyrics made them easy targets but also allowed them to sell a lot of records in the UK. While “Ballroom Blitz” is undoubtedly their most well-known song by contemporary audiences, “Fox on the Run” was equally successful, reaching number 2 in the US,…
What I’m Jamming To: June 25, 2011
“In The Morning” comes from U.K. band Razorlight‘s 2006 self-titled album, their second. It peaked at number 3 on the U.K. charts and was heard on tour as the band supported Queen+Paul Rodgers, Oasis, and the Rolling Stones throughout the remainder of 2006. Most of their records feature polished garage-rock, almost an oxymoron, but appropriate…
What I’m Jamming To: June 24, 2011
Marc Bolan and T. Rex struck U.K. commercial gold for their fourth and final number 1 hit. This beautiful, symphonic piece that begins with a beautiful, wailing salute to the rock gods stayed number one for four weeks in May and June of 1972 but did not chart in the U.S. It was displaced by…
What I’m Jamming To: June 23, 2011, Featuring the Office’s Stanley
Kansas City’s The Rainmakers‘ “Small Circles” is from their 1987 album Tornadoes isn’t what you call a hit, not even a minor hit and it has a positively 80’s music video. The band’s claims to fame are being quoted in Steven King novels and for being incredibly popular to this day in Scandinavia. This video…
What I’m Jamming To: June 20, 2011
Not particularly the biggest John Cougar fan, but this is a great song. “Ain’t Even Done With the Night” was featured on his 1980 Nothin’ Matters and What If It Did album. “AEDWTN” was his biggest hit to that date, reaching 17 on the Billboard charts, propelling the album to 37. If you liked this…
What I’m Jamming To: June 19, 2011
The Records weren’t in the public eye for particularly long but they left quite an impression in the power pop world with just one song. “Starry Eyes” has become required listening for any music aficionado or aspiring power pop musician. Though the band was from the U.K., “Starry Eyes” failed to chart there but did…
What I’m Jamming To: June 18, 2011
“5 Years Time” is perhaps Noah and the Whale‘s most notable and commercially successful single, reaching number 7 on the U.K. charts in 2008, supported by the album Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down. This five-piece outfit derived their name as a combination of the film “The Squid and the Whale” and it’s director. This…
What I’m Jamming To: June 17, 2011
“Have Love, Will Travel” by the Sonics is one of the all-time great garage rock records from the 1960s off of their 1965 album Here Are The Sonics. The tune was originally written by the same man who wrote “Louie, Louie“, Richard Berry in 1959. The Black Keys released the song as a single in…
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