After yesterday's way-too-long exposure to the 70's music on XM's "Seventies on 7" channel, I decided to listen to channel 40 this afternOon, the Deep Tracks channel. Here's a list of 5 notable songs that I heard amongst the other very good stuff they always play...
~~~"On Top Of The World"---Cheap Trick
I like to say that Cheap Trick sounds like a slightly heavy tribute to the style of the Beatles, but the closing section of this song sounds so much like the Electric Light Orchestra that it could fool Jeff Lynne. Of course, ELO's modus operandi was always to emulate the Beatles more grandiose aspects, so it makes sense.
~~~"Bad"---U2
When Bono & Co. performed this song at Live Aid they established themselves as a musical force to be reckoned with, and it's to their credit that they have gone on since then to release so much quality material. This atmospheric number gives me goose-bumps every time. It's one of Bono's most powerful, impassioned vocals.
~~~"Eminence Front"---The Who
It's not the same without Keith Moon, that's a given, but the Who sound pretty good to me here. I recall seeing the video back when MTV was still about music and marvelling that Roger Daltrey was toting a guitar, playing that mean (and no doubt extremely difficult) 2 note motif. What a messed-up bunch these guys were before hitting big with "She's A Beauty" and "Talk To Ya Later". Fee Waybill took theatricality to a new level during the early days of the Tubes, and this was one of their signature songs.
~~~"I Am the Walrus"---Spooky Tooth
First time I've heard this cover, and I actually thought it was some modern heavy music outfit like A Perfect Circle for the first few measures before checking the display and finding out it was Spooky Tooth. Kinda lost the modern feel not too long after that, but still a very intriguing re-working of the Beatles' original.
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