Thursday, April 21, 2022

Song of the Day: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana


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My song of the day, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, song is a symphony of rage and angst by a band with an innate sense of dynamics and a pile-driver beat. Hooray, posthumously, for Kurt Cobain, an anti-hero who screamed so that we should not have to scream. (Although most of us still scream along.)


With David Grohl's head-banging, hair-tossing, full-body drumming and Kurt's tragicd good looks and "I was over it 20 years ago" delivery, it's easy to lose track of bassist Krist Novoselic, whom I just learned co-founded the band,

He's integral too, supporting the song with four-chord equations so simple and catchy that the only possible answer is a mosh pit.

--Sarah Torribio


Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Song of the Day: "Wheel's on Fire" by Siouxsie and the Banshees

 

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I've only just discovered that my song of the day, "Wheel's On Fire" by Siouxsie and the Banshees is a cover by a song Bob Dylan performed with The Band. that then leads me to understand every song on "Through the Looking Glass"  and consequently many on the live album "Nocturne" are covers. 

Their version of "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop is a revelation, by the way. Anyhow,  I like the Bob Dylan version, the original well. It's very slow and lonesome and western and low-fi. It must have been influential for lonesome-sounding Andrew Byrd. 

But at the moment I prefer Siouxsie's version, probably because I heard it first. It's got momentum.