OK, it’s official. Daron’s Guitar Chronicles will start posting again on November 10th, with a Tuesday/Thursday posting schedule. As before, any week where the Tip Jar gets $25 or more will trigger a Saturday post, as well. Sales of the ebooks through the DGC site will count toward the Tip Jar total, as well!
What we need from you folks right now is titles of your favorite songs through 1989. Actually, we can go right through 1990 at this point. So comment here, or on Twitter, or Facebook, with title of song and artist. I’ve titled most of the chapters I’ve written already, but there are always some that still need one, or need a better one. If you’re really motivated, a link to where the song can be found on Youtube or other linkable site would be awesome as well.
The first few posts will be the long-promised Remo flashback story, we’ll have some art from the fabulous Tab Kimpton, and then the Chronicles will pick up a little bit ahead of where we left off.
We last saw Daron in San Francisco as the B-tour was winding down. We’ll pick up with him at home with the A-tour — and some major decisions — looming.
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Somebody put something in my drink – RAMONES
TV Party – Black Flag
Ashes to Ashes – David Bowie
Open Your Eyes – Lords of the New Church
Just a few of the top of my head, So happy to see the return of DGC, I’ve turned a few friends onto the series and all have had rave reviews !
Cheers…
OMG, have I really not used any Ramones yet? Definitely time to fix that. These are all great, though! Thanks, Paul!
Comments collected from my many other blogs:
From Rikibeth:
Blood and Roses, the Smithereens, works as both.
Strangers When We Meet
Behind The Wall of Sleep
Only A Memory
Cuts You Up
Lips Like Sugar
This Corrosion
Nemesis
If You Leave
In Between Days
Cities in Dust
Cracking
Small Blue Thing
Undertow
Pretty Persuasion
Desperate But Not Serious
Always Something There To Remind Me (I’ll admit it)
Total Eclipse of the Heart (while I’m admitting things)
I Will Follow
Angel of Harlem
The Metro
Pleasure Victim (bet you can use that!)
Love Vigilantes
Mirror in the Bathroom
Twist and Crawl
Senses Working Overtime
Wrapped Around My Finger
Here Comes The Rain Again
The Ghost In You
Love My Way
From AlexMegami
Question of Time, Depeche Mode
Strangelove, Depeche Mode
Another One Bites the Dust, Queen
Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen
I Want To Break Free (…yeah, I’m a bit of a Queen fan)
Call Me, Blondie
Jessie’s Girl, Rick Springfield
Kiss on my List, Hall and Oates
Jack & Diane, John Mellencamp
Tainted Love, Softcell
Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jr.
Don’t Stop Believin’, Journey
Any Way You Want It, Journey
Hungry Like The Wolf, Duran Duran
Girls on Film, Duran Duran
Karma Chameleon, Culture Club
Mr. Roboto, Styx
Stray Cat Strut, Stray Cats
Rock This Town, Stray Cats
99 Luftballons/99 Red Balloons, Nena
Love is a Battlefield, Pat Benetar
Mad World, Tears for Fears
Head Over Heels, Tears for Fears
Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Tears for Fears
Rock Me Amadeus, Falco
Ummm… a lot of Clapton, but it’s hard for me to say what’s original to the 80s and what isn’t…
rmd:
Shreikback: “Nemesis”, “Shark Walk”, “On the Road (and Gunning for the Buddha)”, “Get Down Tonight”
Fine Young Cannibals: “She Drives Me Crazy”, “Johnny”
Thomas Dolby: “The Flat Earth”, “One of Our Submarines”
B-52’s “deadbeat club”
figures on a beach “accidentally fourth street”
echo & the bunnymen “bring on the dancing horses”
big audio dynamite “e=mc^2” or “the bottom line”
eurythmics: “Sexcrime” (1984 soundtrack), “Right by Your Side”
klingonlandlady
I Love Rock-n-Roll: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (1982)
Sweet Dreams (are made of this): Eurythmics
Down Under: Men At Work (1981)
She Blinded me With Science: Thomas Dolby (1983)
Mexican Radio: Wall of Voodoo (1983)
Time After Time: Cyndi Lauper (1983)
AriadneChan
1)Siouxsie and the Banshees Gun
2) Red hot chili Peppers “The Righteous & The Wicked”
3)Eurythmics “I Saved the World Today”
5) Pixies Here’s come your man –
6)Bjork (90’s; she is around since 80’s with sugarcubes band, but as bjork 90’s) “Big Time Sensuality”
7) Siouxsie and the Banshees Fireworks
8) GARBAGE (90’s) “Push It”
9) DEPECHE MODE “I Want You Now” +++ *Master and Servant*
10) Siouxsie and the Banshees Stargazer +++ *Peek-a-Boo*
11) DEPECHE MODE “In Your Room” +++ *little 15*
12) Siouxsie and the Banshees See breezes
13) Mission U.K Wasteland
14) PIXIES “Blown Away” ++++ *Levitate Me*
15) Chris Isaak “Wicked Game”
16) Portished(90’s) “It Could Be Sweet”
17) BRYAN FERRY “Sensation”
18)New order “True Faith”
19] Red Hot Chili peppers “Nobody Weird like Me”
20] Morrissey NOVEMBER SPAWNED A MONSTER
21] The Ramones “Take the Pain Away”+++ *I Wanna Be Sedated*
22] Bjork (90’s; she is around since 80’s with sugarcubes band, but as bjork 90’s) “I Miss You”
23] ERASURE “Rescue Me” +++ *I love to hate you*
24] Brian Ferry (70′-80’s Roxy music, 80’s-90’s alone, this is 80’s) Limbo
25] BRYAN FERRY “Bete Noire”
26] The cure Why I can’t be you?
27]Bjork “Hidden Place”
28] PORTISHEAD “Numb”
29] Bjork(90’s; she is around since 80’s with sugarcubes band, but as bjork 90’s) “Play Dead”
30] Eurythmics “I Need You”
31]Duet with Siouxie Sioux of Siouxie and The Banshees and Morrisey Interlude
32] New order “Bizarre Love Triangle”
33] Depeche Mode “I Feel You” +++ * Behind the wheel*
34] Mission U.K Love Me To Death
other bands that I love from the 80’s
The Smiths, Dead can dance, Joy Division, Gary Newman, Echo and the Bunny man, Duran Duran, Spandau ballet, Ultravox, Ximox, Human League. 😀
ellid
Anything and everything by Bruce Hornsby and the Range.
Avalon, by Roxy Music.
The Whole of the Moon, by the Waterboys.
A Girl like You, by the Smithereens.
Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen.
She’s So Unusual, by Cyndi Lauper.
Aliens Ate My Buick, by Thomas Dolby.
Almost everything by the Police.
Buggles – Video killed the radio star (1979)
A-Ha – Take on me
Kim Carnes – Bette Davis eyes
Visage – Fade to grey
I think I used Video Killed the Radio Star already.. but maybe not. WIll have to check! These are great!
She’s like the Wind – sung by Patrick Swayze for Dirty Dancing (grin)
I never saw Dirty Dancing but it’s apropos. 🙂
King of Pain, Beds are Burning, I Don’t Like Mondays, Hey Nineteen, Genius of Love, Another One Bites the Dust.
Some great ones there. Need more Steely Dan, for sure!
Some late-era Grateful Dead song titles:
Feel Like a Stranger – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ef1X8LDMEo
Lost Sailor / Saint of Circumstance – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eslYA6BZ7yU
Touch of Grey – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TVqMMeq74c
Hell in a Bucket – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUiutKkMeiA
When Push Comes To Shove – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caFskaDDjpw
Foolish Heart – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPu9AcplkJU
West L.A. Fadeaway – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WIzGAYotsg
Throwing Stones – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROWyn8zAVh4
Built to Last – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tToI90hNQU
Victim or the Crime – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0FK_VJVS6c (lyrically this is particularly apropos if there are some dark passages coming our way)
Lazy River Road – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sREDvZTOFp4
Days Between – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqmUdnZsHiA
So Many Roads – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sFyRQPraJ8 (another lyrically apropos song, perhaps for an overly dramatic Daron, thinking he’s given his all, that he’s done; this is from their final show — I think Jerry knew it was the end, his playing was beautiful and it still gives me chills watching it)
Styx titles
(Practically anything from Paradise Theater):
Rockin’ the Paradise
Too Much Time on My Hands
Nothing Ever Goes As Planned
The Best of Times
Lonely People
More as I have time…
I was so into Styx as a teenager. Always loved Tommy Shaw’s guitar playing and *almost* got tickets to the pre-shows of the Mr. Roboto rock opera in NYC when they did a warm-up run in a smaller theater. Almost. Sigh. (I think I had final exams or a wind ensemble concert or something…)
Forgot about the Dead. Definitely will look into that! Thanks for the links!
I wear my sunglasses at night – Corey Hart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_HlTGzkKeE
You spin me round (like a record) – Dead or Alive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJv5qLsLYoo
Tell me Why – Bronski Beat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzA-V0YN3QA
Small Town Boy – Bronski Beat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuz94ZIPfJk
I feel love – Bronski Beat / Marc Almond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUPk8dWES8c
Never can Say Goodbye – The Communards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGLA6FRMkjE
Don’t leave me this way – The Communards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyI-ZWWi5Jo
Run Away – The Communards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV2ggqJz4us
Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UP3JyZMA-0
The Power of Love – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdnAbtIF3YM
Dancing with tears in my eyes – Ultravox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuB3uY5K7Kg&ob=av2e
Vienna – Ultravox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WdUgn0XkU&ob=av2e
Burning for You = Blue Oyster Cult
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiHUSxQUECA
What have I done to deserve this – Pet shop boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmvsGvUHDl8
It’s a Sin – Pet Shop Boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-3jf3Vj850
Always on my mind – Pet shop boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2aMaMkDwTA
Love Resurrection – Alison Moyet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJDrLVAjgd8
Sometimes – Erasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga4h0L6RKKE
Loud Love – Soundgarden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xjVIc_5jPM
Hands all over – Soundgarden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itYmOS9BeCU
Master of Puppets – Metallica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z-hEyVQDRA
How many do you need? Cause I can keep going for another week or so. Teenager in the 80s and all that.
You and me both. I’ve been waiting to use “Small Town Boy” but the time for it never seems quite right… I”m sure it’ll come up eventually though.
Iggy: Instinct.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPFNRuLnLbU
Nice one.
I have a weak spot in my heart for Transvision Vamp’s 1988 “Tell that girl to shut up”.
Nice one!
Assuming you still need suggestions, anything from Throwing Muses pre-Real Ramona is 80s (and with a Providence-to-Boston tie-in!), but maybe “Mania” or “Delicate Cutters” would be particularly useful.
Oh yes love some Throwing Muses. Kind of amazed I haven’t used any yet. Daron’s fond of them, too, especially the old stuff.
Well, he probably played with them once or twice in Providence!
Since I’m more caught up now (just read the date/hookup/whatever it was with Johnathon), maybe you can actually use one of the songs with a title that DOESN’T sound like he’s insane and life is awful. “Call Me”?
Ahhaha. Life is often not insane or awful. But those aren’t as interesting to write about. 🙂