Alright it’s on. These are my summer holidays. Last day of work today before two weeks off for Christmas. I am home and just had some left-over Mongolian beef and rice. Then I had a dirty great smoke and I’m currently running a cultural experiment.
I recently acquired four Rage Against The Machine albums – about 75 songs – and I was so pleased with it I went out and got the Linda Ronstadt 4 CD Box Set. I’m now listening to all eight albums on random.
The Eagles-like 70’s high-desert rock, Spanish ballads and pure soulful voice of Linda Ronstadt juxtaposed with Rage’s bass-driven Metal/Hip-hop/Skater fusion goodness. Linda does an a cappella cover of Queen’s We Will Rock You which is breathless and eerie. Meanwhile Rage does Bob Dylan’s Maggie’s Farm in a way I suspect Dylan would have if he could of back then without people passing out from fright.
I suppose the difference is with Linda if you take away the music the voice carries on just fine, with Rage if you got rid of the jams it would sound like someone yelling at a dog.
This is my conclusion. Experiment over. More beef…
1 comment:
You are such a weirdo.
Post a Comment