Blessed with their first full-fledged hit album, ZZ Top followed it up with Fandango!, a record split between a side of live tracks and a side of new studio cuts. In a way, this might have made sense, since they were a kick-ass live band, and they do sound good here, but it's hard not to see this as a bit of a wasted opportunity in retrospect. Why? Because the studio side is a worthy successor to the all-fine Tres Hombres, driven by "Tush" and "Heard It on the X," two of their greatest songs that build on that album by consolidating their sound and amplifying their humor. If they had sustained this energy and quality throughout a full studio album, it would have been their greatest, but instead the mood is broken by the live cuts. Now, these are really good live cuts -- and "Backdoor Medley" and "Jailhouse Rock" were fine interpretations, making familiar songs sound utterly comfortable in their signature sound -- and Fandango! remains one of their better albums, but it's hard not to think that it could have been even better.
Well, well, another "unconventional" equation caught my eye today as I was reading news on the web. This one comes in two varieties, corresponding to two kinds of . . . let's say . . . specimen:The first is: ((S + C) x (B + F)/T) - V = ?where S = Overall Shape (“including tendency to droop”), C = Circularity, B = Bounce Factor (resilience to wobbling), F = Firmness (with perfect being “like
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So first of all, Crack The Skye is amazing. I've listened to it at least three times today. I am really digging the melodic vocals and I think it fits perfectly with the album. And "The Last Baron" is my new favorite Mastodon song.Speaking of Mastodon, they teamed up with Billy Gibbons to record an extremely kickass cover of "Just Got Paid". It's on the Warner Bros. compilation Covered, A Revol...
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were dancin' to the jailhouse rock
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Well, well, another "unconventional" equation caught my eye today as I was reading news on the web. This one comes in two varieties, corresponding to two kinds of . . . let's say . . . specimen:The first is: ((S + C) x (B + F)/T) - V = ?where S = Overall Shape (“including tendency to droop”), C = Circularity, B = Bounce Factor (resilience to wobbling), F = Firmness (with perfect being “like
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