Sunday, November 13, 2016

5 Songs to Get You Through the Week #96

5 Songs to Get You Through the Week is a feature I run on Young Ears, Fresh Perspective on Sundays/early hours of Monday morning where I pick out 5 tunes that I think are notable and tell you a bit about them. The point is to give you some rocking music to help you deal with your weekday blues. You can either listen to one each day, listen to them all at once, or any other combination that you feel. As long as you can get through the week without the man getting you down, that's all I care about. Without further ado, here are the 5 tracks I've picked out for this week:

1. Exist, by Avenged Sevenfold

This is by far one of the most progressive and adventurous songs I have ever heard Avenged Sevenfold do. I knew that there was more to these guys than just Top 40 main stream metal giants, but I NEVER expected them to go so far as to make a tune that is 15+ minutes with so many distinct sections. The best part about this however is they got esteemed astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson to record a spoken word segment about the human race and its very nature. How much we squabble and have problems for no real good reason at all.



2. Emerald Sword, by Rhapsody of Fire

If you're still riding the metal vibe but want something a bit more digestible, try this epic power metal anthem from Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. This will DEFINITELY get your blood pumping, especially if you're enough of a geek/nerd to be enthralled by subject matter like swords, sorcery, dragons, etc. It's a fun song to jam to and get yourself feeling like you are the biggest badass to ever grace the world with their existence.



3. Before the Kiss, a Redcap, by Blue Oyster Cult

This is a fun little tune to jive along to. It feels a lot like an upbeat 50's jazz song in some ways, though in others you can very much hear the blues influence on the band. There is definitely an abundance of great bluesy guitar licks in here for any guitar player who is interested in learning the style at all to pick up on. Even if you're not though, it's fun to just crank and move and sing along to. It's pretty darn catchy to say the least.



4. Seven Nation Army, by Postmodern Jukebox

Postmodern Jukebox in my opinion is one of the coolest things to come from the internet in the past few years. They take modern popular songs (of a variety of genres) and then turn them into songs that sound like they came out of the 20's-50's. Usually in a rather jazzy style. I absolutely adore this cover of The White Stripes' iconic Seven Nation Army. Makes it sound like it came out of New Orleans in the 1930's. It works surprisingly well. You should give their other stuff a listen to. It's pretty rad.



5. Baby Boy, by Rival Sons 

This is a mild return for Rival Sons to some of their surf rock sound from earlier albums that their previous album had a distinct lack of. It's about sending young men to die but not wanting to protect them and go instead even because of just how young they really often are. It's rather bone chilling while at the same time rather grooving. You're not sure whether to have a good time or to be deep in thought about the subject. In essence, that is kind of what makes this a good piece of art work.

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