Word: guitars
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sooner than any Sex Pistols product. Like the Stones' masterpiece, London Calling has its longueurs; but its two discs conjure the end of the '70s as unmistakably as Exile did their beginning. The title track does so best. Over the ominous bleating of Mick Jones's slightly off-key guitar and a despondent, resigned chorus that drops off into silence, Joe Strummer launches into a chronicle of the new barbarism...
...only warmth on London Calling comes from the Clash's idiosyncratic reggae tunes, songs of Kingston refracted by Brixton into an unruly, festive rainbow. They portray the down-and-out but proud, card cheats, gangsters and two-bit revolutionaries, using brass, piano, and organ to supplement the traditional guitar-bass-drums outfit...
...performance. Young sounds very alone on stage as he strums through the melodic "I Am A Child." He infuses all of his acoustic work with an honest urgency, conveying the innocence he once knew and the troubles he has weathered. His down-homey harmonica improvisation meshes well with unpretentious guitar and piano arrangements. When backed by the lastest edition of Crazy Horse, Young reveals his flair for the heavy decibels, and shows the rough, untarnished energy of his electric music...
...ACOUSTIC FIRST SET ends with "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)"--the unaccompanied version of his enigmatic tribute to rock and roll. As he did on Rust Never Sleeps, Young repeats the song later with the enthusiastic aid of Crazy Horsemen Frank Sampedro (rhythm guitar), Billy Talbot (bass) and Ralph Molina (drums...