And then, saving its best for last, Body sends out Brain to finish me off. Three seconds before I open my mouth, Brain completely erases the memory from my hard drive. Song is gone. Lyrics gone. Tune gone. Trembling hands unable to form chords on guitar as the memory of all that is...
dark thanks to the minor chords, but the neutral instrument tones and synthetic percussion give the song a chilly vibe that’s devoid of any real emotion, and it repels the audience more than it draws them in. Urban’s performance is no better: He doesn’t sound all that depressed as he...
so everything is very tight and on point. It's always interesting to me to hear the live versions of these songs where it speeds up and down. It's very inconsistent and very raw sounding because of that. I think it's part of what accidentally gave the ...
a generation of punk kids who wanted a little wistfulness with their power chords. The band’s rollicking debut LP,Sink Or Swim, was released by local label XOXO Records in 2007, and Fallon wrote songs for its blockbuster follow upThe ’59 Sound, during lunch breaks at his construction job...
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It took Billy Joel four years after "Piano Man" to have another hit, but after that he never had to struggle for airplay. Released Sept. 29, 1977, 'The Stranger' spotlighted Joel's knack for combining rock with Tin Pan Alley-style chords and melodies. It resulted in four Top 40 sing...
It took Billy Joel four years after "Piano Man" to have another hit, but after that he never had to struggle for airplay. Released Sept. 29, 1977, 'The Stranger' spotlighted Joel's knack for combining rock with Tin Pan Alley-style chords and melodies. It resulted in four Top 40 sing...
I wrote and illustrated it especially for people who really wanted aneasy beginningto boost their confidence. It covers holding, strumming, tuning, and playing 12 easy songs that you will most likely be familiar with. Most of the songs only contain two chords, and I drew amazing illustrations...
It took Billy Joel four years after "Piano Man" to have another hit, but after that he never had to struggle for airplay. Released Sept. 29, 1977, 'The Stranger' spotlighted Joel's knack for combining rock with Tin Pan Alley-style chords and melodies. It resulted in four Top 40 sing...
of the rest of my life. It's just me and the piano, usually late at night when I can't sleep. I'll sit there and start playing chords and singing random melodies. That's how it starts, and I'll take it down to the studio to beat it up and hopefully get a song [...