Madonna – Get Together
Madonna’s Get Together with Stuart Price on Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005): club grammar, steady kick, cool vocal.
Led Zeppelin – The weight of a riff
Led Zeppelin turned Yardbirds leftovers into Atlantic-era riffs, Headley Grange sessions, and a catalogue that still defines hard rock radio.
Jamiroquai – Love Foolosophy
Love Foolosophy sits as track five on Jamiroquai’s fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey, released in August 2001 on Sony Soho Square. Jay Kay and keyboardist Toby Smith write it; Ric…
Daft Punk – One More Time
Daft Punk’s One More Time (Discovery, 2000): Eddie Johns sample cleared, Auto-Tune made audible.
Afterlife Interview with Jeff Buckley
Riffs and Beats finds Jeff Buckley by the Mississippi at night, Telecaster on his back, treating the afterlife like an unfinished take of Grace.
The Harder They Come
The Harder They Come (1972) stars Jimmy Cliff and sends reggae worldwide on an Island soundtrack that still defines the film.
U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name
U2’s Where the Streets Have No Name (Joshua Tree, 1987): Edge delay intro, Eno/Lanois, Bono’s location sketch.
The Regal 1964 – B.B. King
In November 1964 B.B. King recorded Live at the Regal in Chicago, a set that became the blueprint for electric blues showmanship.
Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
The Ramones open 1976 with Blitzkrieg Bop: Hey! Ho! Let’s go!, Sire debut single, under two and a half minutes of bar chords and chant.