Regular readers will know that music (typically, but not exclusively, of the metal or punk genre) is an often covered subject on adrianbaldwin.com. Perhaps it won’t surprise you that musical matters are the focus of this post – the title borrowed from an album by the recently deceased Prince.
Prince’s death at only 57 was a shock and, you might be surprised to read this, I felt a genuine sense of sadness. Don’t get me wrong, Lemmy’s departure had a much deeper impact, but Prince was a cool cat whose albums (quite a lot of them in fact) feature in my CD collection, and who I had seen live.
In his quirky and funky way, Prince rocked and he’ll be missed.
A funk-rock miss to hard-rock mistake
It has been announced that Axl Rose is going to replace Brian Johnson on the current AC/DC world tour. As a fan of the antipodean rockers, I have to be frank, that appointment doesn’t work for me. When Rose takes to the stage in place of the legendary Geordie, there will probably be AC/DC fans all over the place empathising with Johnson’s hearing limitations…
…by putting their fingers in their ears.
For AC/DC, I guess the band was between a rock and a hard place. How else could it keep the revenue generated from the ticket sales? The band stated it was lucky to get Rose – certainly lucky to keep the tour income and to find an available, admittedly ‘B’ list, rocker. But less lucky for the fans.
Hard luck to a hard read
One of three books I am concurrently consuming is Steven Tyler’s (Aerosmith) autobiography “Does the noise inside my head bother you?”
To be frank, the book isn’t good. I had hoped that it might be as entertaining a read as Lemmy’s “White Line Fever” or Ozzy’s “I am Ozzy”, but sadly not.
I don’t know if Tyler thought he’d come across as some kind of enlightened “guru” but from what I have read so far, he just comes across as a space cadet. Or the rock equivalent of a stoned David Brent. The pseudo psycho/psychedelic/spiritual/sexual drivel is infuriating and badly written too.
I started this music related post with an ology and I’ll end it with an apology.
Sorry Mr Tyler, in answer to your question, my response is “well yes, in fact enough for me to doubt my will power to make it to the end of your book.”
Hopefully we don’t find out that Prince was reading a copy of DTNIMHBY in the lift when his body lost the will.
Prince Rogers Nelson – RIP
AC/DC - RIP
DTNIMHBY – rip to pieces
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Prince’s death at only 57 was a shock and, you might be surprised to read this, I felt a genuine sense of sadness. Don’t get me wrong, Lemmy’s departure had a much deeper impact, but Prince was a cool cat whose albums (quite a lot of them in fact) feature in my CD collection, and who I had seen live.
In his quirky and funky way, Prince rocked and he’ll be missed.
A funk-rock miss to hard-rock mistake
It has been announced that Axl Rose is going to replace Brian Johnson on the current AC/DC world tour. As a fan of the antipodean rockers, I have to be frank, that appointment doesn’t work for me. When Rose takes to the stage in place of the legendary Geordie, there will probably be AC/DC fans all over the place empathising with Johnson’s hearing limitations…
…by putting their fingers in their ears.
For AC/DC, I guess the band was between a rock and a hard place. How else could it keep the revenue generated from the ticket sales? The band stated it was lucky to get Rose – certainly lucky to keep the tour income and to find an available, admittedly ‘B’ list, rocker. But less lucky for the fans.
Hard luck to a hard read
One of three books I am concurrently consuming is Steven Tyler’s (Aerosmith) autobiography “Does the noise inside my head bother you?”
To be frank, the book isn’t good. I had hoped that it might be as entertaining a read as Lemmy’s “White Line Fever” or Ozzy’s “I am Ozzy”, but sadly not.
I don’t know if Tyler thought he’d come across as some kind of enlightened “guru” but from what I have read so far, he just comes across as a space cadet. Or the rock equivalent of a stoned David Brent. The pseudo psycho/psychedelic/spiritual/sexual drivel is infuriating and badly written too.
I started this music related post with an ology and I’ll end it with an apology.
Sorry Mr Tyler, in answer to your question, my response is “well yes, in fact enough for me to doubt my will power to make it to the end of your book.”
Hopefully we don’t find out that Prince was reading a copy of DTNIMHBY in the lift when his body lost the will.
Prince Rogers Nelson – RIP
AC/DC - RIP
DTNIMHBY – rip to pieces
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