(plus the assistance of various Nine Inch Nails) that ultimately put teeth behind the album’s leering smirk. Driven by the throbbing swirl of tom-tom and hi-hat, the searing, feedback-tinged slash of power chords, and the ingenious use of movie dialogue (much of it from John Waters ...
This Magic Moment: “Ohhhhhh.” With one word and three descending guitar chords, you know you’re already basically done for over the next three and a half minutes. Gimme More: The second high was nearly as good as the first for Tommy James and the Shondells in 1969, as the simila...
” look no further than The Crystals’ “Da Doo Ron Ron.” Given the purposefully inane chorus and simple rhyme scheme, the barnstorming production on “Da Doo Ron Ron” takes the spotlight, with cascading piano chords and a screeching saxophone demonstrating that girl group hits frequently rocke...
That, Michael said, was the only way he could write: "If I sat down at a piano, if I sat here and played some chords. . .nothing happens." Even more remarkably, the singer imagined the full arrangements for these songs as he wrote them, working from the basic rhythmic elements all ...
“The Stranger Song,” first heard over the credits, is McCabe; the restless surge of its tremolo acoustic chords suggests a man doomed to drift, uncertain behind his bravado, his existential foundations shaky. “Sisters of Mercy,” despite its title nodding to a Catholic organization of nuns,...
Chimes, bells, and guitar plucks drift over brusque kick drums like spirits over water; dulled gongs and chords echo into chasms of rumbling bass. As Ghost Dog stoically carries out his masterful hits, the score voices his inner peace. His life is a loop but it is not a bore. The ...
Their own brand of anarchy lives on, echoed in the chords of every punk rock band to follow, forever preserving the transcendent energy of this groundbreaking genre. Most divisive: L7 Over 3.9K Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of Punk Rock Bands HOW R...
“power chords”. But what The Kinks really have going for them is their longevity. Few bands existed from 1964 to 1996, and it’s only a tiny few that cranked out hit after hit like The Kinks did. And it wasn’t just the power chords that brought the fans, either. Ray Davies ...
Cigar put out one of the best skate-punk albums I have heard in years. It makes sense due to this band making its return this year on Fat Wreck Chords, the label that defined that sound in the 90s. I have this working theory that this kind of punk will resurge in the next few ye...
- The Beach Boys - Caroline No (1966) - Prince - 1999 (1982) - Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart (1953) - Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World (1989) - The Chords - Sh-Boom (1954) - The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic (1965) ...