Mapping Influences Over Time
Why was there such a frenzy over My Sharona? It seemed to swoop in and capture everybody’s attention. My Sharona was a staple on the party mix tapes. The crowd would react as soon as they heard that familiar opening. I don’t know anything about The Knack. A couple fo their songs showed up on …
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Blue Öyster Cult first entered my consciousness on the beloved Heavy Metal Soundtrack with Veteran Of The Psychic Wars. It was one on my favorites on that soundtrack. The next time I heard of Blue Öyster Cult it was in Fast Times At Ridgemont High while Mike Damone is trying to sell tickets. “No I …
There is something a little bit different about Loudness’ sound. It seems to sound just a little bit bigger than it iactually is. I can’t quite put my finger on it. Maye it is the recording and mixing production. They sound like they are in some huge arena. I saw Loudness open for AC/DC once. …
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It has been interesting to do this project. I’m discovering things that may not have been so obvious as they unfolded in real time back in the 1980’s. For example, I can see my interest in Heavy Metal waning a lot faster than I remembered it. Originally it seemed that The Metal Years lasted so …
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I have to thank Aric for my introductory course in Genesis. Their latest album Genesis was kicking out the hits one right after the other and it vaulted them into an even higher plane of super group. I had long been meaning to but Genesis but so much other stuff was happening that I could …
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I bought Motörhead’s No Remorse because it had been some time since i bought anything that had the two dots over a vowel. Actually, we discovered Motörhead on The Young Ones playing Ace Of Spades and it wasn’t long after that we saw a video for Killed By Death on MTV. I had to investigate. When plunging …
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I back tracked into Madonna’s first album. I had really enjoyed Like A Virgin and her earlier hits like Lucky Star, Borderline and Holiday were attractive and energetic. As I listen to her right now, part of me smiles with warm memories of this era in my life and the seemingly uncomplicated notion of living and dancing. …
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OK so Ozzy was a werewolf on the last album. What is he this time a bug? A bat? A demonoid? I think this album was the pinnacle for Ozzy as far as the hype machine was concerned. Of course he continued to be successful and is still successful now over 25 years later. I …
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I’ve owned Live After Death in several different formats. First came the video taped copy that I got from somewhere on television. I’m still not sure if it was MTV, Night Flight or something else. We watched it a lot. Next came the vinyl double album version. I also eventually bought the video on DVD. …
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I had been playing Aric’s crappy pawn shop bass for several months. Likewise, he was becoming proficient on my cheap ass pawn shop guitar. I want to take this moment to clarify that at no point do I ever consider myself a musician. To me a musician is somebody that understands music as it applies …
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