Showing posts with label rock and roll. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rock and roll. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

The Edge of Manhood: Chest Hair, Bicycles, and Rock 'N' Roll

1973. 

Coming of age, 12 years old and just discovering the power of music, when, low and behold, Grand Funk unleashed this epic anthem! We all threw our shoulders back, mustered up our adolescent testosterone and swore we would "Walk Like A Man." Having absolutely no idea what that meant, we  strutted, grew our hair, and careened headlong into manhood. Man, I can still feel the wind in my hair on my ten-speed bike.

Grand Funk - Walk Like A Man (You Can Call Me Your Man)

From ultimateclassicrock.com:

‘Walk Like a Man’

From: ‘We’re an American Band’ (1973)

‘Walk Like a Man,' the second single from the band’s career-changing ‘We’re an American Band’ album, captures Grand Funk in transition as they moved from hard-rock crunch to more pop-oriented sounds. The song starts with a choppy riff that gives way to a full swing. From that point out, ‘Walk Like a Man’ is a strutting and swaggering slice of ’70s rock ‘n’ roll. Todd Rundgren’s crisp production helped send the song into the Top 20.


Read More: Top 10 Grand Funk Railroad Songs | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/grand-funk-

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Rock on, you funkers!

Monday, January 18, 2016

We Salute You...

  1. in me·mo·ri·am
    ˌin məˈmôrēəm/
    noun
    1. 1.
      an article written in memory of a dead person; an obituary.
      "in memoriam notices in the paper"
    preposition
    1. 1.
      in memory of (a dead person).
      "an openly revolutionary work in memoriam Che Guevara.


The last few weeks have been kind to the Iudices Barbarorum. First, Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, bassist/vocalist of Motörhead and the last Roman of rock and roll, died quickly after a cancer diagnosis.  This one hurt.  As he sang in the later live shows, "I don't want to live forever...but apparently I am."  I think we all thought he never had to go.

The best tribute ever follows:

http://www.spin.com/2016/01/lemmy-motorhead-jack-daniels-whiskey-special-edition/


Next year was Alan Rickman, who is best known for his roles in the Harry Potter films, and also as Hans Gruber in Die Hard.





 Last but not least, Grizzly Adams was definitely a man to be reckoned with.
 Who else hangs around with a bear? And what a beard!







Finally, I think Josh Schaffer hit the perfect note in this article:

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/josh-shaffer/article54893045.html

Monday, June 29, 2015

Inspiration...

Wake The Sleeper - Uriah Heep

Wikipedia: Wake the Sleeper is the 21st studio album by the progressive rock band Uriah Heep. It is their first studio album since 1998's Sonic Origami. It is also their first album since 1980's "Conquest" without long-time drummer Lee Kerslake, who had to withdraw from the band due to ill health in 2007, putting an end to the band's longest-lasting lineup (which existed for 21 years).