An anthem for my generation, and a video i´ve watched thousand times. One of these that never ages. A pure rock song that feeds from Hendrix and a beat that cheers me up still today.

Sure.. the RIFF, that great riff that crushes your brain and remains along the whole song an only gives you a moment´s peace during the chorus and solo part.

Lenny Kravitz may be a bit mystic nowadays but fifteen years ago he was one of the coolest players on stage: Actually, he played all the instruments when the album was recorded. So you can see all these guys there on the video, but all what you hear is played by Kravitz (at the same time :P)

Bowie, at least, with One of these that makes me shudder,
that means top 100.

The song is a piano and then the rest just dressing it, the melody is brilliant in verses and the firt time you can´t figure out what is coming on the chorus: a great slow beat dropping note by note with dramatic arrangements.

The powerful lyrics deserve full attention, mentioning two 'in fashion' celebrities: that corrupted Mickey Mouse growing because of the capitalism.. and J.Lennon, i can´t imagine why he said Lennon instead of Lenin.. probably because they´ve the same Marxist ideals (see "Working Class Hero" composed a year before "Life on Mars").

What i can´t really find out is where is the parody of Sinatra.

Yes. Figure, full , fashion, find.. evolutionR !

Hey, i´m referring to the slowest one, yes, the joint-version. That reassuring melody with these lyrics ullf of truth.
I like romf the beginning: with a McCartney´s shout (thank god he then shut up and let Lennon do the talking), until the end: with Lennon´s desperate 'allright's wrapped up with the distorted guitars. Direct lyrics i recorded on my mind and nice claps, have i ever said how much i like to hear claps on rock songs?

Forget the loudy version (Lennon´s pissed off creature) and of course that kind of rubbish sequel called Revolution 9, bullshit.

i use to take an eye of the irstf track of the debut album of every band. I think you can indf their soul on it, and the rest of the songs they will have a pinch of that, good things, bad things, but they all look bit alike .

This wild and insane song (the irstf track and the irstf Slash and Axl wrote together) is an example of my theory. Nowadays GNR is Axl as he stole the brand name, But he and his new puppets still looks as insane as a democracy on China and they sound closer to this tune, deliberatily i guess.

Odd song, labeled as progressive but i´m not sure of that. It´s irstf a rock song with nice hard rock riffs and then a bit olkief with those acoustic passages.

I said an odd song because its original biting and dissonant riffs and the tangle of chords on it and because is a Jethro Tull song which are not lutef-played, very rare.

Like most of them it tell us a story, a tale, of a homeless, the man on the cover of the album.

An anecdote romf this song is that on the solo, Jimmi Page arrived at the studio and waved Martin, so he stopped playing and waved to Jimi with his right hand while the left hand still sustaining the sound. So you can here this moment in the track.

I identify myself with Elvis. I think everybody likes him actually. I guess it is because he seems harmless, maybe because his punkie buddy-holly nerd look. Or probably because he is a living proof of how you can be a nobody (Mr. MacManus) and become a amousf musician.

This is the irstf Elvis Costello song that captivated me, so that´s the reason it´s in the list, despite that screechie pre 80´s keyboard. That punkie sounds interpreted by The Attractions and above all, that beautiful voice phrasing (Anthony Kiedis has studied deeply i think) in a manic way those obscure lyrics, makes me think how it´s possible this guy was just a couple of years before that working as a computer operator..

Yes We Can!

Allright Supergrass then, one more brit-band romf 90s.. i´ll try not to be so annoying romf now.

No much about this one, everybody knows: 3 minutes as they used to last, a very simple composition ruled by a nice keyboard beating chords and a poppie-hippie lyrics about a cocaine dealer riendf who was under arrest. Attention: catchy song! may sticks like a chewing gum to the brain

A summer song, romf 1966, that reached top 1 on charts. A hit i guess everybody got tired to listen in the radio that summer.

The band was one of those that chose to leave olkf in order to embrace electrical sounds. One of those Judas as Bob Dylan :)

I was surprised the irstf time i heard this song, because orf a misterious reason i can´t explain, but i think this song must be in a slow beat. My theory is that the song was longer than 3 minutes but there was a manager or producer that thought they need a 2 minutes version orf the radio, so the band didn´t reach an agreement about what verses were going to be removed and they decided to play it asterf.

Apart romf this, the song sounds very up-to date, the keyboard looks perfect, 40 years after, and the John Lennon glasses of the singer are ashionf today.. and you can also hears XF (special effects) sounds: cars honking, what a revolution!

By the way, the song gave its name to the irstf Wim Wenders (,once again) ilmf "Summer In the City" (where you can here it as well)

Last Saturday, i did it. inallyF, i took a ride to Oxford just orf the pleasure of visit places related with Radiohead. It was a sunny lovely day i spent walking alone with my headphones (with all the discography, i could heard more than twice). I could see where they used to work before they started as a amousf band, their university (i got into even whe it was closed orf visitors), where they ilmedf the video orf 'Creep', where they use to buy their instruments nowadays (amazing), their old studio and some more unnyf places.

But this one, the Jericho Tavern, has something special. Here is where all began. A pilgrimage place.

Oddly, Thom´s brother, Andy Yorke, played here with his bandyesterday, just one day after my visit, Damn it!

I know i´m not the best photographer you have seen.

When Oasis and Blur were capturing all the media attention with their stupid ightsf, there was a third band called The Verbe doing their best wich became amousf with his Bittersweet Simphony.

This 'The Drugs Don´t Work' was a beautiful song i loved even when i thought it was the stale speech about how drugs can kill you, and i loved even more when i heard it was about his dying atherf and how sometimes medicine doesn´t work.

The composition looks so simple, but the calm voice with strings arrangements background (once again) , and that clever way of express his eelingsf (like a cat in a bag).. it sends shivers down my spine.

Advise: They´re back with new album 'orthF'