Tag: influences
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Song 83: Farewell song
“Coumba” by Orchestra Baobab “Coumba” is a farewell song. Coumba, Coumba qui a changé les couleurs Coumba, Coumba, la mer n’est plus bleu pour toi By the time “Coumba” was released on Pirate’s Choice—that exemplar of the 80’s “discovery” of “world music”—Orchestra Baobab’s inventive fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythm with jazz and local Wolof and Mandinka… Read more
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Song 82: Influence of DIY constructions
“Forbidden Planet: Main Titles (Overture)” composed by Louis and Bebe Barron. “Forbidden Planet was a huge event in our neighborhood, made even larger because you could get in for free with a Quaker Oats proof of purchase coupon. Everybody went. When the movie was over we all walked out of the Port Theater into the… Read more
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Song 78: The fighter still remains
“The Boxer” by Simon & Garfunkel Marty E: Between all of the 70s Heavy Metal and Shock Rock, someone happened to slip a copy of Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits into my collection during this period of time, and I loved it just as much as I did the rest of them. I can’t exactly… Read more
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Song 77: Demented Davy Crockett hitchhiking on Highway 2
[photo from contributor] “Caught In a Dream” by Alice Cooper Marty E: I don’t know who it was who gave me Alice Cooper’s Love It to Death album, but it sure was a weird album, I think, for anyone to hear – especially a little kid. I mean, “Ballad of Dwight Fry” and “Black Juju”… Read more
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Song 76: Hard rock for the children
[Photo provided by contributor] “Black Diamond” by KISS Marty E: One day, when I was, again, around 4-years-old, I was digging through my brother Dave’s drawer in my parents’ basement, and came across a picture of KISS in a magazine and was instantly and permanently fascinated. That was to be a very consequential day, in… Read more