Ask MetaFilter questions tagged with rock Questions tagged with 'rock' at Ask MetaFilter. Sun, 09 Mar 2014 11:39:15 -0800 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 11:39:15 -0800 en-us 60 What makes "Ride Captain Ride" so different? The song <a href="">"Ride Captain Ride"</a> has been in heavy rotation around my house lately. There's something about this song that seems . . . <em>different</em>. I can't quite put my finger on it because I'm not a musician myself. I am not fluent in the language of chords and notes and that sort of thing. That said, I can't help but notice that this seems to stand apart from traditional North American pop/rock music. What distinguishes this song, if anything? You need not explain this to me Like I'm Five (as they put it on another webiste) but please be aware that I don't have a music-theory background. Many thanks in advance.,2014:site.258400 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 11:39:15 -0800 bluesimage classicrock florida hippie music onehitwonders ridecaptainride rock seventies seventythreemen sixties jason's_planet Here we are now, emulators What are some successful songs that were attempts to write a song like another band? For example, Kurt Cobain was trying to sound like Pixies with "Smells like Teen Spirit" and The Offspring's "All I Want" was an attempt at a Bad Religion song.,2014:site.258105 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 15:56:04 -0800 badreligion kurtcobain music nirvana offspring pixies pop poprocks rock songwriting stupidquestions theoffspring top40 michaelh Suggest unto me more records like Ronnie Laws' Friends And Strangers. So Im sitting in this dive downtown waiting for a friend to show up, and this lady in her 60's is absolutely destroying at Jukebox. I mean Delphonics, Philly Soul, early 70s Quincy (you gotta love the modern Internet jukebox.) So then, out of nowhere, the greatest song I have never heard comes on. It's Ronnie Laws' "Friends and Strangers" and the song hits me so square-on that I'm on ebay ordering the vinyl before the song even ends. Now I can't stop listening to the album and want more. That's where you come in... Here is the <a href="">song</a> and <a href="">here</a> is the full album. Enjoy!,2013:site.254293 Thu, 26 Dec 2013 12:44:25 -0800 disco funk jazz rock smooth yacht Senor Cardgage Identify a classic rock song by outro (butchered approximation attached) I always hear the very end of this song on the local rock station, but never any other part! Since much of what the station plays (94.1 WHJY, "94 HJY" in Providence, RI) could be called "classic rock", I'm going to assume it falls into that category. A butchered GarageBand approximation of the outro is attached. (Note that the actual outro is played on an electric guitar - it's actually chords.) I don't have the time or GarageBand skills to figure out each and every chord, so this melody is just an approximation - hopefully you'll get the idea. The actual thing is electric guitar, of course, with a bit of "echoing" in the background. I believe there is bass and some type of yelling in the background. No lyrics I can catch - sorry.<br> <br> <a href=""></a>,2013:site.251907 Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:00:13 -0800 chords classicrock guitar identify outro rock song Seeking Direction Hey, Soul Sister, is that Mr. Mister? You guys have been awesome answering my <a href="">slightly weird</a> <a href="">music questions</a>, so, I turn to you again for help with another playlist. I'm looking for songs that reference other artists. I'm specifically looking for rock songs (in all of the various ways 'rock' is interpreted, including pop, classic, etc) that mention other artists. I'm *not* looking for rap/hip-hop songs calling out other artists (sorry, <a href="">Kendrick Lamar</a>).<br> <br> Some samples that I already know of:<br> <br> <ul><li>The titular song, "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train, obviously mentions seminal 80s band Mr. Mister.</li><br> <li>"Gimme Sympathy", by Metric, asks "Who would you rather be / The Beatles or the Rolling Stones?".</li><br> <li>60s and 70s iconic rockers T.Rex are mentioned in a few songs, including The Who's "You Better You Bet", Bowie's/Mott the Hoople's "All the Young Dudes", and The Ramones' "Do You Remember Rock N' Roll Radio?".</li><br> <li>New Radicals mentioned several artists, including Beck and Hanson, in "You Get What You Give".</li><br> <li>Hootie and the Blowfish talk about Bob Dylan in "Only Wanna Be With You".</li></ul><br> <br> So... hit me with some more? Thanks!,2013:site.251571 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:25:29 -0800 music otherbands rock hanov3r Bee-doo-doo-DWEE I love epic rock guitar solos. I don't like it when singers scream rather than sing. Can you help me build a Pandora station built around these two preferences? I really don't know much about the history of rock. All I know is, when I hear a rockin' guitar solo, I think, "Wow! I really like that! I wish I could hear music like that all the time!" But, in my (paltry/sad) attempts to build a Pandora station filled with rock guitar, I've ended up with a bunch of music that is screamed at me. I really don't like screamy music.<br> <br> So, any suggestions for what songs or artists would make for a good station seed?,2013:site.250816 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:24:43 -0800 guitar music pandora pandoraradio rock meese Techno/Rock mixes? I'm trying to please a group of friends who have different musical tastes and coming up empty. I'm looking for mixes or DJ sets that blend rock and techno. I don't know what magical key word or phrase to use on soundcloud to find this, but I've had no luck and I'm pretty sure that there are DJ's that do this mix.<br> <br> Can someone please point me in the direction of DJ's or sets that are this combo of rock and techno?,2013:site.249510 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 06:49:18 -0800 DJ mix music rock sets techno newpotato Lucifer Sam loves you! Please help me find songs that sound like <a href="">Lucifer Sam</a> (Pink Floyd) and <a href="">We Love You</a> (Rolling Stones).,2013:site.247882 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:01:51 -0800 60s 60srock acidrock classicrock lucifersam pinkfloyd piperatthegatesofdawn psychedelic psychedelicmusic psychedelicrock resolved rock rocknroll rollingstones sydbarrett thestones weloveyou evil otto Acoustic guitar shredding? What are some albums that feature fast and virtuosic acoustic guitar playing/shredding? For example, I really like a lot of the <a href="">Candyrat</a> guitarists (Ewan Dobson, Gareth Pearson), and most recently I really enjoyed Paul Gilbert's <a href="">Acoustic Samurai</a> album. I also know that Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen have done some acoustic shredding. Any really good ones you could recommend?,2013:site.247614 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:59:59 -0800 acousticguitar candyrat guitar metal paulgilbert rock shredding vanhalen yngwiemalmsteen archagon Recommend music similar to the Copper theme song. Mrs. Jeffamaphone and I have a long road trip coming up. We've been watching Copper and she really likes the <a href="">opening music</a> and has asked if we can listen to "music like that" on our road trip. So please recommend some? To me it sounds a lot like the Dropkick Murphys <a href="">Shipping up to Boston</a>. I'm very familiar with DKM's catalog, but I suspect she won't like the punk vocals and other of the punky bits in a lot of their songs. I think <a href="">Amadan</a> will be a good fit for what she's looking for (but not the stuff off Pacifica which is just... disappointing).<br> <br> It's a fine line between traditional celtic which can get sort of boring and the more hardcore celtic rock of bands like DKM and Flogging Molly...,2013:site.247331 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 10:10:31 -0800 amadan celtic copper dropkickmurphys floggingmolly rock jeffamaphone What's your best tip for Burning Man? We've gone to Burning Man for a few years. This year a friend is joining us who is a burgin. We know there are things that have become automatic to us that we won't remember to pass on - and probably things we've never figured out that are great ides. What's your best tip, or tips, for Burning Man?,2013:site.246792 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:02:39 -0800 black blackrockcity brc burning burningman city man resolved rock rednikki Loverboy's "Lovin' Every Minute Of It" video -- who was the cover band? Who was the cool, female-fronted, lounge-act cowpunk band covering "Workin' For the Weekend" in the Holiday Inn at the beginning of Loverboy's <a href="">"Lovin' Every Minute Of It"</a> video from 1985? Were they a real band, or just ringers hired for the part? I get the feeling they're meant to be mocked, being kind of low-key and feminine and camp compared to the ALPHA DOG CHEST HAIR ARRRR of Mike Reno and his Canadian AOR powerhouse, who will show us the light and the way and the beer, hoser. 1985, so much to answer for.,2013:site.244124 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:00:44 -0800 1985 loverboy rock video mirepoix Looking for stripped down versions of pop and rock songs I recently have become very fond of some vocal track only versions of pop and rock songs that someone had reversed engineered from DVDs and posted online, and I would like to find more music like this. What I really liked about these songs was not they were acappella arrangements (with many parts), but just the vocal tracks from the songs, creating a really simple, stripped down sound, rather like Frente's <a href="">cover</a> of "Bizarre Love Triangle". I've been playing this music to relax or fall asleep, because even relatively energetic songs are softer when they are just voices and little or no instrumentation. <br> <br> I would like to find more songs like these, whether unplugged versions, stripped down covers, or even just vocal tracks extracted from studio recordings that weren't originally acappella or stripped down. I saw the post the other day about the site with vocal tracks from Queen, etc, and that was great, but they all seemed to be in video format and I would rather find audio files or CDs that I can purchase and put on a music player.,2013:site.242945 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:08:45 -0800 acappella covers music pop rock jb In need of awesome flute solos. What are some poppy/jazzy/hard-rocky songs that feature a great flute solo? I just listened to <a href="">Who Is It by Michael Jackson</a>. It has an awesome flute solo.<br> <br> What are some other poppy/jazzy/hard-rocky songs that have an awesome flute solo?<br> <br> I can't think of many other examples off of the top of my head, but one other that comes to mind is <a href="">Spain by Chick Corea</a>, which features the flute pretty much throughout. I guess I'm looking for more pop or rock music though, and not straight-up jazz.,2013:site.242502 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:04:50 -0800 chickcorea flute jazz michaeljackson music pop rock solo 3FLryan Help me identify this symbol? I found <a href="">this rock</a> by some train tracks today. The rock could be from anywhere since the rock beds for the tracks are often laid with rocks shipped in from everywhere. A Google search hasn't been much help yet. Anyone? <a href=""></a>,2013:site.241767 Mon, 27 May 2013 18:42:07 -0800 art mystery native pictograph rock symbols SarahBellum name that song What is this music? It was a piece by a woman composer; I think she had won some sort of important contemporary classical music award or was otherwise highly acclaimed, but the piece had a very postmodern/rockish sensibility. The beginning is a repetitive, kind of Olympo-fascist horn line and I think it resolves into something messier partway through the song. It's very catchy despite being kind of cacophonous. There was a music video for it that somehow involved, I think, horses or pegasi, an MS Paint aesthetic, and things with bright red eyes. I was reminded of the piece when I heard it used as opening music at a recent Foals show, if that's any help.<br> <br> Thanks y'all! It's driving me crazy that I have to waste a question on this and haven't been able to google it successfully.,2013:site.241736 Mon, 27 May 2013 08:53:31 -0800 classical contemporaryclassical drone female foals horns music noise piece repetitive rock song woman threeants Mystical Rock Concept Albums I'm looking for rock concept albums from the 70s and beyond that veer towards the mystical, magic(k)al, and otherwise weird. Specimens so far include Poe's (no, not her) <i><a href="">Up Through the Spiral</a></i>, Black Widow's <i><a href="">Sacrifice</a></i>, and a whole lot of Hawkwind. I get the sense there was a lot more of this in the 70s, but who knows. Individual song recommendations are welcome as well. I'm looking for themes along the lines of 'dude embarks on mystical quest' or 'there's more than just reality out there'. Rock genre is important, but willing to branch out to anything that isn't harp-tinkly New Age. <br> <br> This is for an ongoing writing project. Ideally, the music would be findable on Spotify for easy playlist building.,2013:site.241124 Fri, 17 May 2013 05:27:27 -0800 conceptalbum music mystic recommendations rock robocop is bleeding Obscure 80's Indie New Wave songs Hello. I am trying to locate a few recordings by obscure indie new wave bands that got stuck in my head in the 80's that I've been trying and failing to locate ever since. I have no idea the names of the bands or artists that recorded the songs, but hopefully I can provide enough information that someone who is familiar with them can identify them. The songs are "Genghis Khan," "Watch out Franco," and "Heart of a Boxer." On "Genghis Khan": A friend bought the album this song appeared on after he heard the band play when they opened for Peter Gabriel in the early 80's. (The Gabriel concert was probably in the SF Bay Area.) It has a very danceable beat with huge, rollicking drums that I imagine are meant to evoke the sense of Mongol Hordes galloping across the plains. The production values and feel remind me of, say, <em>Remain in Light</em>-era <strong>Talking Heads.</strong> The lyrics of the chorus, as I recall, sound something like "Run/The high wire/Lives fall/To the edge/Keep on/Don't look back/To the edge/Genghis Khan."<br> <br> The next two songs I heard on a college radio station, again this was in the SF Bay Area in the early 80's. These are both more raw and low-fi than the previous song -- think <strong>The Fall</strong> or <strong>Violent Femmes.</strong> <br> <br> "Watch Out Franco": and the chorus lyrics were something like "Watch out Franco/Fall foreign aid (? Fall for an egg?)/Watch out Franco/You might end up Eva Braun's slave".<br> <br> "Heart of a Boxer": The singer has a delightfully demented, garbled delivery, and the only lyrics I can recall, which were repeated several times throughout the song, were "she's got the heart of a boxer/And I just can't stop her!"<br> <br> Thank you Ask MetaFilter. You're my only hope.,2013:site.238505 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:48:00 -0800 80's music new punk rock wave glennonymous Help me identify this music video I'm thinking of a music video by a Japanese rock band that starts with a long tracking shot of a huge guitar effects pedal chain. I know it is an amazing song but I can't for the life of me recall the name.,2013:site.237801 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 03:23:22 -0800 band chain effects gfx guitar japan japanese music pedal rock video mhjb How much do successful, but not megasuccessful, musicians make? I'm curious about the real-world economics of being a musician who "made it" but is not, say, Sir Elton John or Bruce Springsteen or Jay-Z. For instance, how's James McNew, bassist of the incomparable Yo La Tengo, doing? Is Ken Bethea, guitarist for the Old 97's, comfortable? Ian Matthews, drummer for Kasabian, are you sorted for a comfortable retirement? Obviously, how well or poorly an individual artist is doing is anyone's guess, and possibly to a large extent on whether the artist has a songwriting credit and whether their catalog has been licensed for soundtracks or ads or whatever, and whether they have a bad contract with a major label vs. put stuff out themselves, etc., along with the usual financial costs (health, children, aging parents). <br> <br> But I've always wondered about the day to day lives of musicians who I think are great and incredibly talented and have a fantastic body of work, but are not getting invited to the White House and don't have six mansions and their own vanity brand of tequila.<br> <br> Sort of the "musical middle class"--maybe not destined to go ultra platinum, but also someone who is well past the opening-act-for-karaoke-night-at-the-local-dive stage. <br> <br> Question has been with me for years ever since seeing a picture of Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth sitting on the floor of their kitchen in a really unremarkable NYC apartment.<br> <br> Could your average indie darling simply retire--maybe not to luxury, but to an average "middle class" life without punching a clock--after three or four albums (particularly if not the leader of the band)?<br> <br> Conjecture or personal experience are both welcome.,2013:site.234680 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:57:27 -0800 artists economics music musician rock royalties standardofliving Admiral Haddock Is there a 70's rock song with the same sentiment as Lisa Loeb's 'Stay'? Sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but I'm not TOO familiar with many songs of that era and genre. I'm looking for a song that conveys a sentiment similar to Lisa Loeb's 'Stay' (link to lyrics <a href="">here</a> if it helps). The song would ideally be by one of the following bands: The Doors, Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin or Talking Heads.<br> <br> Its basic idea is captured in these few lines: <br> <br> You said that I was naive,<br> And I thought that I was strong. <br> I thought, "hey, I can leave, I can leave."<br> Oh but now I know that I was wrong, 'cause I missed you. <br> <br> You said, "I caught you 'cause I want you and one day I'll let you go." <br> You try to give away a keeper, or keep me 'cause you know you're just so scared to lose.<br> And you say, "Stay."<br> <br> You say I only hear what I want to.<br> ------------------------------<br> <br> Thanks much, Mefites.,2013:site.234305 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:20:40 -0800 70s lisa loeb rock songs Everydayville British Guitar Fakebook, 1975-today I love playing guitar, and I love British rock/pop/punk (esp. 90s Britpop era). If you were compiling a list of awesome UK music to play on guitar from, say, 1975 to today, what <em>specific songs</em> would you include? It doesn't need to be virtuosic--I'd certainly include "Should I Stay or Should I Go" by the Clash, or "Connection" by Elastica (or Wire...)--but more complicated stuff (e.g., "Natwest Barclays Midlands Lloyds" by the Manics, or "I Am the Resurrection" by the Stone Roses, or "There's No Other Way" by Blur," or "This Charming Man" by the Smiths) is also very welcome. Looking for the songs you might want to play on a lazy afternoon, or coming back from a drunken night out.<br> <br> Old or new, it's all good.,2013:site.233666 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:26:42 -0800 british britpop guitar pop punk rock rockandroll UK Admiral Haddock Help me join my generation or at least get more cultural references. This ranks up there with "non-anonymous embarrassing questions." If you wanted to feel hipper than someone today, here's your big chance. The last time I really listened to newly-produced rock music of any kind was somewhere between Casey Kasem and Nine Inch Nails. I don't even own a radio right now. I have an iTunes account....I use for free podcasts. How do the kids (and grownups) these days discover new artists, hear new songs, hear the latest bands? (I'm not talking about bubblegum pop or stereotypical top 40 music, necessarily). Especially if you don't already have your bearings or know what's out there or what you're looking for--Pitchfork is not a great starting point for this situation, neither are shows out in Brooklyn. Budget is relatively low (no Apple devices). Looking for specifics (i.e. not, I listen to radio and subscribe to podcasts and go to shows but, I listen to X radio channel and this podcast which is found X).<br> <br> Next week maybe I'll hang my head in shame and ask about twitter and instagram.,2013:site.233330 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:06:52 -0800 discover music podcasts popular radio rock availablelight Iconic Album Covers featuring the band Looking for well known album covers that feature the members of the band. A friend asked me to shoot some pictures of his band. He'd like to recreate some famous album covers such as this Crosby, Stills, and Nash album (<a href=""></a>, Abbey Road, etc. I'm trying to come up with other potential sources that will be well known enough that will be recognized (e.g. Who's Next), but relatively easy to at least partially recreate (i.e. Sgt. Pepper's is out). In addition to the above, I've come up with Meet the Beatles, The Ramones' first album, and U2's Joshua Tree. Other thoughts?,2013:site.232799 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:40:50 -0800 album music photography resolved rock robverb Help me identify this rock. Help me identify this rock! I figured this is one of those ask-metafilter-and-have-an-answer-in-ten-minutes situations.<br> <br> <a href=""></a><br> <br> I had a student show up with this rock and ask me if I could tell them what it is. I have a passing interest in geology but this isn't something I've seen before. My first guess was some sort of halite but it seems too soft (the thin crystal pieces break easily and are scratched with a fingernail). It has a satiny feel to it when you rub along the grain.<br> <br> Thanks in advance, you guys are awesome.,2012:site.231134 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:03:47 -0800 identification rock _DB_