On this mornings podcast Adam Carolla and crew discussed one of my favorite bands,
The Jayhawks.
Then, by way of comparison, he played a clip of Hall & Oates hit song Maneater and a clip of The Jayhawks "hit", Blue.
"Maneater" is a single recorded by American duo Hall & Oates from their 1982 album H2O. It reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on December 18, 1982.[3] It remained in the top spot for four weeks, more than any of the duo's five other number-one hits, including Kiss on My List, which remained in the top spot for three weeks.
"Blue" = In 1995 The Jayhawks went into the studio to make Tomorrow the Green Grass. It was released on the renamed American Recordings label. Lead track "Blue" turned out to be a Top 40 hit in Canada (peaking at #33). The record's production had been very expensive and the album did not to sell as was expected in the U.S. Among the album's songs is "Miss Williams' Guitar," a love song for Olson's then-girlfriend, singer-songwriter Victoria Williams (the pair later married, but divorced in February, 2006). Drummer, singer and songwriter Tim O'Reagan joined the band for the 1995 tour.
If you really want to march back in time, check out the top rock songs for 1995.
But be warned, you will
A.) be embarrassed by your listening choices
B.) feel very old
http://tunecaster.com/years/year-end/rock1995.html
If you look up Rock Hits for 2013 you will find that Imagine Dragons have 2 songs in the top 10: Radioactive and Demons.
Good for them and their success (seriously) but they're not really "rock" songs are they?
I mean, had I not had them on YouTube I would have thought they were just Coldplay or a CP rip off band.
Compare these 2 songs, Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive" with The Firm's hit, "Radioactive", and tell me which sounds more like a rock song and which sounds like adult contemporary(?)
Not much comparison right?
Plus, listen to how much production is in ID's version.
The studio should be given song writing credits.
Very un-rock n roll.
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