So we hit November and where's the year gone? It's about eight weeks to 2009, but forget that, last night was Halloween and that meant a big party at the pub I DJ at, including some dodgy make up, me being seen in a bow tie and of course some rather splendid music. I played a lot more rocky stuff than usual which I really enjoyed, so here are the seven songs from last night that I really enjoyed, and rarely play.
Guns and Roses Welcome to the Jungle
I'm wrong alright. I always thought of this as the shit that Bill and Ted types listen to and should be locked up for. Cock Rock always belonged to the other kids at college. It had no heart and soul to it, it was just about doing as many bitches and drugs. I was listening to James and Blur at the time, wearing my cardigan and Bretton fisherman's jumper, reading Salinger and drawing with a twig dipped in ink. I was a twat, this is ace. And I was proved to be a twat last night when I had a pub full of people dancing like spaz's. It's ace.
Def Leppard Let's Get Rocked
Sheffield has given us some great bands, and for some reason I always forget about the Lep. It's really tongue in cheek cock rock, but you know the lad's would rather have a brew and a bag of chips than groupies and coke. And like most of Sheffield, it has the subtlty of a kick in the knackers by Big Daddy, if he was still alive.
Hole Celebrity Skin
It's wrong, I know. It's very wrong, but loathed as I am to give Courtney Love any publicity, I play this every week for Sarah the barmaid who loves Angry Woman Rock (TM), and it is ace, but the only time I want to mention her is when she admits she killed her husband and faked his suicide. Alledgedly.
Atreyu You Give Love A Bad Name
Fans of the Jovi might want to look away now as this is is a bit of a change from the original. Screamo replaces poodle rock and purists may not like it, but I think it's great. It's what a cover should be like, noticably different yet instantly recognisable.
Spunge Kicking Pigeons
I like kicking pigeons, it should be a demonstration sport in the 2012 olympics. I'd win and finally make my mum proud. This however is a great skanking tune, and a regular crowd pleaser, even if it has my natural nemesis - the false ending. Why do they do that. Spunge are on of those strange bands who are good fun but go nowhere. Their cover of Centrefold is great, as is the skanking version of Ray Parker Jr's Ghostbusters, but they seem to be penned up in the novelty act section. Anyhoo, enjoy.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones The Impression That I Get
Play it every week because of one reason, it's bloody great. Do you need anymore?
Tenacious D Tribute
Because if you're playing a rock set, there's nothing better to finish with than a wig out song about selling your soul to the devil.
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Nice selection there sir, well Hole, Bosstones and Tenacious D, not Def Leppard. Seem to recall you rating Live Through This and slating Celebrity Skin, but I reckon they both have their merits, even though she's the most loathsome bitch on the planet.
Chinese Democracy's supposed to be finally coming out this month. I'll believe when I see (and ignore) it.
Like many things in life I have been proven very wrong on many occasions, and this selection proves it. I will stand by the Lep though, they're great. About five years ago I saw them at the world famous Doncaster Dome and they had 3000 people eating out of their hand for two hours with fun cock rock. Sure they were fat old men but they actually played for the punters, not to look cool and show their rock credentials.
If I rated Live Through This it must have been donkeys back. I ain't listened to it in over a decade. Celebrity Skin was originally put on the set list because I play songs for the bar staff as I feel they have as much right to hear what they like as the punters do. And I actually came to realise that it's a good song. It's obviously been done to be a hit and bring in cash to pay for Love's smack habit but it is the best thing she's done. Ever.
I couldn't care less about Chinese Democracy, but then again it's not really GNR, it's Axl and his backing band. It aint gonna be a Second Coming.
Glad to see you finally come round to GnR. The Jovi cover didn't work for me though.
Agree that Chinese Democracy can only be a disappointment after all this time... but Axl's still got something.
I agree that Atrwyu is a taste many don't have, including myself, as it belongs to co-dj Jon, but I don't have any whitesnake so what's a boy to do?
And yeah, Axl still has something, a stupid hairstyle and an overblown sense of self importance. I still don't know if my liking to GNR will get past Welcome, Sweet Child and Paradise City
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