Because this is the off season and there's nothing better to do, because there are approximately 2,357,861 days until football season (that's just a guesstimate, give or take a few), and because it's Tuesday and you need a pick-me-up, I'm presenting "Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays". Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays is an off-topic post that will feature a band playing a song by a different band each week. Some you may have heard and, hopefully, some will be completely new to you.
The Beatles need no introduction. Eleanor Rigby was originally released on their 1966 album Revolver and simultaneously as a single, and climbed to number 1 on the charts in Britain and number 11 here in the US; a modest effort in the Beatles hey-day.
Two years later, a band out of Detroit became one of the first all white bands from Motown to be hit-makers. Rare Earth is most famous for their song "I Just Want to Celebrate" and their most famous cover was a cover of the Temptations' "Get Ready". But in 1970, they released their fourth album, Ecology, which included this weeks Trademark-Infringing Tune, Eleanor Rigby. Put McCartney's great songwriting in the hands of an early '70s hard rock band with a Motown edge and you get an incredibly unique sound. Enjoy.
Tune in next week when Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays will feature........ another band playing a song by a different band!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays VOL I: No Quarter
Because this is the off season and there's nothing better to do, because there are approximately 2,357,861 days until football season (that's just a guesstimate, give or take a few), and because it's Tuesday and you need a pick-me-up, I'm going to introduce a new reoccurring post entitled "Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays". Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays is an off-topic post that will feature a band playing a song by a different band each week. Some you may have heard and, hopefully, some will be completely new to you.
One of my favorite bands of all time is the mighty Led Zeppelin. Zeppelin's thunderous style, virtuoso blues guitar, and soaring powerful vocals have been imitated by many, but none have recaptured that sound. Most of the time when a Zeppelin fan such as myself hears "...a cover of Led Zeppelin's..." there's a part of you that thinks, "fat chance this will work out." But, every now and again, there's a band that finds the ability to do it, if only for one song.
On today's episode of Trademark-Infringing Tuesdays, Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond pulls off one of those rare moments. Her background in opera makes her the perfect choice for the epic No Quarter. This live, bootlegged version doesn't have the sound quality necessary to hear the instrumentals properly, but the most important thing here is the haunting and powerful vocals Worden cranks out, reminiscent of that powerful Zeppelin sound. So without further jibber-jabber, here's Shara Worden and My Brightest Diamond's cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter.
If you liked this, I'd definitely recommend the album that got me into Worden's music, Hazards of Love by The Decemberists, a rock opera which features her as "the queen". (The plot is kind of out there, but then again, so are all rock operas. Think about The Who's Tommy. A pinball-playing, cult-leading, deaf, dumb, and blind kid?)
Tune in next week when Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays will feature........ another band playing a song by a different band!
One of my favorite bands of all time is the mighty Led Zeppelin. Zeppelin's thunderous style, virtuoso blues guitar, and soaring powerful vocals have been imitated by many, but none have recaptured that sound. Most of the time when a Zeppelin fan such as myself hears "...a cover of Led Zeppelin's..." there's a part of you that thinks, "fat chance this will work out." But, every now and again, there's a band that finds the ability to do it, if only for one song.
On today's episode of Trademark-Infringing Tuesdays, Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond pulls off one of those rare moments. Her background in opera makes her the perfect choice for the epic No Quarter. This live, bootlegged version doesn't have the sound quality necessary to hear the instrumentals properly, but the most important thing here is the haunting and powerful vocals Worden cranks out, reminiscent of that powerful Zeppelin sound. So without further jibber-jabber, here's Shara Worden and My Brightest Diamond's cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter.
If you liked this, I'd definitely recommend the album that got me into Worden's music, Hazards of Love by The Decemberists, a rock opera which features her as "the queen". (The plot is kind of out there, but then again, so are all rock operas. Think about The Who's Tommy. A pinball-playing, cult-leading, deaf, dumb, and blind kid?)
Tune in next week when Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays will feature........ another band playing a song by a different band!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Auburn Media: Learning their lesson one crappy alt rock song at a time
If you're like me and hate most of the stupid intro video songs Auburn has chosen over the past few years and are ready for something that doesn't suck, you're in luck. This year's intro song will be chosen by the fans. The voting takes place here. There are plenty of options that don't suck on that list, and I am very confident the Auburn people will pick the right one. However, I would like to enter Section 25's official write-in candidate:
If you think Auburn football to the tune of Wolfmother would kick as much @$$ as it obviously would, write in Joker and the Thief by Wolfmother, and spread the word.
YES WE CAN pick a great song.
If you think Auburn football to the tune of Wolfmother would kick as much @$$ as it obviously would, write in Joker and the Thief by Wolfmother, and spread the word.
YES WE CAN pick a great song.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
NCAA to pass "Auburn Rule" Part II
The NCAA released a statement today regarding recruiting practices.* This new rule will affect Auburn in particular, and has been passed as an addendum to the so-called "Auburn Rule" that passed earlier this week. This is the new rule as reported by the NCAA:
In its press release, NCAA President Mark Emmert had this to say regarding the new rule: "The blatant disregard for proper hatwear that some universities has shown is unacceptable. The NCAA stands for certain things, and wearing a hat backwards is simply not representitive of those things. Also, everyone needs to know the proper use of towels, and waving them around is not one of them. The NCAA has hired a new spokesperson to promote proper towel usage: As far as the new drug rule is concerned, the NCAA has always taken a strong stance against drug use, and coffee is a very dangerous epidemic that threatens the integrity of our sport."
When reached for comment, Trooper Taylor, who is believed to be the basis for the first section of the new rule had this to say, "I was just trying to get my Ford Prefect on. I didn't think I was hurting anyone."
Gus Malzahn, offensive coordinator and noted supporter of NORCL (National Organization for the Reform of Coffee Laws) was unavailable for comment, but sources within Auburn's Athletic Department said that, upon hearing the new rule, he was heard to say, "SCREWTHISIVEALREADYWASTEDSEVENSECONDSONTHISCRAPTHATICOULDHAVESPENDGETTINGOURTEMPOFASTERWHERESMYPLAYBOOKIMGOINGTOMAKEANEWPLAYWHERETHEWATERBOYLINESUPATQUARTERBACKANDTHECENTERLINESUPASARUNNINGBACKANDI'MGOINGTOCALLITF*&%#YOUNCAA."
*Hooray for parody!
No school shall knowingly allow any coaches to attend a high school during any
recruiting period wearing a backwards hat, or carrying a towel. In
addition, no coach will appear at any school under the influence of heavy drugs such as caffiene consumed in the form of large amounts of coffee.
In its press release, NCAA President Mark Emmert had this to say regarding the new rule: "The blatant disregard for proper hatwear that some universities has shown is unacceptable. The NCAA stands for certain things, and wearing a hat backwards is simply not representitive of those things. Also, everyone needs to know the proper use of towels, and waving them around is not one of them. The NCAA has hired a new spokesperson to promote proper towel usage: As far as the new drug rule is concerned, the NCAA has always taken a strong stance against drug use, and coffee is a very dangerous epidemic that threatens the integrity of our sport."
When reached for comment, Trooper Taylor, who is believed to be the basis for the first section of the new rule had this to say, "I was just trying to get my Ford Prefect on. I didn't think I was hurting anyone."
Gus Malzahn, offensive coordinator and noted supporter of NORCL (National Organization for the Reform of Coffee Laws) was unavailable for comment, but sources within Auburn's Athletic Department said that, upon hearing the new rule, he was heard to say, "SCREWTHISIVEALREADYWASTEDSEVENSECONDSONTHISCRAPTHATICOULDHAVESPENDGETTINGOURTEMPOFASTERWHERESMYPLAYBOOKIMGOINGTOMAKEANEWPLAYWHERETHEWATERBOYLINESUPATQUARTERBACKANDTHECENTERLINESUPASARUNNINGBACKANDI'MGOINGTOCALLITF*&%#YOUNCAA."
*Hooray for parody!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Chizik of Auburnia
Friday, April 16th, 2010:
T.E. (Tiger: Eugene) Chizik and Sharif Malzahn stand upon a precipice. Their small and unlikely band of warriors gathers behind them. Several weeks journey away, stands their quarry and the goal of their journey, Aqaba-scaloosa. With it's guns turned to the sea, they do not anticipate attack from the landward side. T.E. Chizik has concocted the perfect battleplan, but standing between them is a great desert. Some have said this desert can never be crossed. But Chizik of Auburnia is undeterred. All eyes look to him as they stand on the brink of glory.
Sharif Malzahn: There is the A-Day. And that is the summer. From here until we reach the other side, no football news but what we carry with us. For the fans, no football news at all. If the fans die, we die. And in four months they will start to die.
T.E. Chizik: There's no time to waste, then, is there?
(9:00)
The desert of summer is upon us. We turn back for no one. Good luck to you. And may God help us. God help us all.
Bloggers Note: F--- the summer.
T.E. (Tiger: Eugene) Chizik and Sharif Malzahn stand upon a precipice. Their small and unlikely band of warriors gathers behind them. Several weeks journey away, stands their quarry and the goal of their journey, Aqaba-scaloosa. With it's guns turned to the sea, they do not anticipate attack from the landward side. T.E. Chizik has concocted the perfect battleplan, but standing between them is a great desert. Some have said this desert can never be crossed. But Chizik of Auburnia is undeterred. All eyes look to him as they stand on the brink of glory.
Sharif Malzahn: There is the A-Day. And that is the summer. From here until we reach the other side, no football news but what we carry with us. For the fans, no football news at all. If the fans die, we die. And in four months they will start to die.
T.E. Chizik: There's no time to waste, then, is there?
(9:00)
The desert of summer is upon us. We turn back for no one. Good luck to you. And may God help us. God help us all.
Bloggers Note: F--- the summer.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Auburn Related Quote of the Day
Courtesy of my favorite non-Auburn blog, EDSBS.
"Ronnie Brown ran like he was paving a sidewalk and needed some concrete in the
form of your crushed bones. And he needed all of that urgently."
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