The Beatles were such a prolific album act that it’s sometimes hard to abstract their later singles; here, they ride their roots as a bar band in Liverpool and Hamburg to a new kind of glory.
~Dave Marsh (The Heart of Rock & Soul)The opening circular riff, played on 12-string guitar by George Harrison, was a signpost for the folk-rock wave that would ride through rock music itself in 1965.
~Richie Unterberger (allmusic.com)
Continue reading Feb 15: The Beatles recorded “Ticket To Ride” in 1965
Rolling Stone [Magazine] hailed it as the best ever live album, and they may still be right…
~Chris Jones (BBC – 2007)
The only clips from this fantastic concert:
Continue reading Feb 14: The Who recorded “Live At Leeds” in 1970
Holland-Dozier-Holland’s greatest triumph?
~Dave Marsh (The Heart of Rock and Soul)While it wasn’t her biggest hit, it’s maybe Martha Reeves’s single best recording. Her vocals more than hold up with the song’s great melody and instrument backing.
~Richard Gilliam (allmusic.com)
Continue reading 50 years ago Martha & The Vandellas released “Nowhere to Run”
From the opening minor chords to the upward key change near the end, ‘Pinball’ is a rock tour-de-force, brimful of ideas, powerchords, great lyrics and tight ensemble playing.
~From “The Who – The Complete Guide To Their Music” (Charlesworth & Hanel)
Today we celebrate one of The Who’s best songs – Pinball Wizard.
Continue reading Feb 07: The Who recorded “Pinball Wizard” in 1969
The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.
~Bob MarleySome people feel the rain. Others just get wet.
~Bob Marley“Marley wasn’t singing about how peace could come easily to the World but rather how hell on Earth comes too easily to too many.”
~Mikal Gilmore (Rolling Stone Magazine)
Bono inducts Bob Marley into the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:
Continue reading Feb 06: The late Bob Marley was born in 1945, 70 years ago