Rag’n’Bone Man, Weezer and Squid deliver the musical goods this week
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SQUID BRIGHT GREEN FIELD
Squid have embarked on a mission to bring ambition back to music, and their debut album is discordant and exciting.
Like Black Midi and Black Country, New Road (two members of the latter feature in a horn and string ensemble) they disdain simple song structures, and need repeated listening to uncover their depths. Squid take inspiration from the post-punk era, when anything and everything was allowed, as well as free jazz, funk, post rock, dub and other genres that encourage experimentation.
They are all scratchy guitars, dub bass, wonky time signatures, vocals that range from a whisper to a scream, as well as field recordings of ringing church bells, microphones swinging from the ceiling and a distorted choir of 30 voices.
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
To me Bohemian Rhapsody has not aged gracefully. It’s starting to sound a bit dated and corny. Would never say that about stairway to heaven
Definitely Led Zeppelin s best song. There should be more Zeppelin on the list though. Everything is great about it. John Paul Jones s keyboard playing is beautiful. Jimmy Page made the guitar sound amazing, the way he took the slow beginning and turned it into a waling solo and outro. John Bonham s drums make my heart stop. Robert Plant s vocals are probably the best ever. It s the song to end all songs. The best song in existence. Perfect in every way. They couldn t ever possibly make it any better because it is already a perfect song. And that s all I have to say about that.
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