ABOY:Yes, that was me. I remember picking up an acoustic guitar at a very young age like 6 or 7. It was such a pure joy even though I could barely play two chords haha. But I didn't get a chance to perform on a stage until the age of 15. ’Cause that's the time I knew ...
While some of Mitchell’s most popular songs were written on the piano, almost every song she composed on the guitar uses an open, or non-standard, tuning; she has written songs in some 50 tunings, playing what she has called “Joni’s weird chords”. ...
It makes its case simply with an undeniable hook, straight-ahead drums and some simple guitar chords — not to mention that ghostly repeated vocalization that waves through the song. And for that, it is The Smashing Pumpkins' biggest mainstream hit, peaking at No. 12 on the Hot 100 in ...
Though it was actually the second single from the band’s self-titled debut album, its success on the radio and MTV — cue the “Bee Girl” in the music video — propelled them to a level of commercial success that five musicians from Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Indiana never would have ...
It’s a simple song, just two chords, the first two, in fact, that you learned the day you first picked up a guitar. But in the early Waterboys, Scott made those two simple chords sound massive, layering multiple 12-string instruments into a symphony of wood and steel. Two chords ...
“Taurus” and “Nightingale” kick things off as a sublime representation of that fusion, with frenzied percussion and fiery guitarwork backing up inviting choruses and cosmic segues. Later, “The Alphabet of Me” is synthy and quirky, “Beneath the White Rainbow” borders on BTBAM-esque thea...
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Thorngren: The first reverbs that really knocked me out were on the Beach Boys’ Surfer Girl and Pet Sounds albums, on songs like “In My Room” — what you’d hear on those guitars and drums. I mean, the beauty of those reverbs. Amazing. A lot of that stuff was done at what ...
“Taurus” and “Nightingale” kick things off as a sublime representation of that fusion, with frenzied percussion and fiery guitarwork backing up inviting choruses and cosmic segues. Later, “The Alphabet of Me” is synthy and quirky, “Beneath the White Rainbow” borders on BTBAM-esque thea...
Vince Gill and Keith Urban began with separate songs, before Brad Paisley played “Galveston.” Campbell’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis was well know by this time, so emotions in the room were at an all-time high. Many lost it when the legend picked up a guitar and played a few chords to ...