Archive for the ‘Rock’ Category

‘I’m Free’. The Who

Posted: March 15, 2013 in 60's Rock, Rock
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A song of almost psychedelic proportions, ‘I’m Free’ was taken from The Who’s fourth album Tommy, written mostly by guitarist Pete Townshend .  Released in July 1969 with B-side ‘Tommy Can You Hear Me’, ‘I’m Free’ is a slick operation of songwriting and guitar riffs.  Opening with a riff that will test any budding guitarist’s chord skills, it remains one of The Who’s best laid backed songs!

Buy this song at iTunes or Amazon. The official band site is here.

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‘Tie Your Mother Down’. Queen

Posted: March 15, 2013 in 70's Rock, Rock
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One of Queen’s heavier songs, ‘Tie Your Mother Down’ was the second single to be taken from their 1976 album A Day at the Races.  A series of guitar layers, and a rock’n’roll boogie riff sustain the song’s duration.

Buy this song at iTunes or Amazon. The official band site is here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTPCQ7kf-wI

Other links

  • Use our music reference database to search for information on artists, music styles or instruments (flametreepro.com)
  • Check out a music learning website  with the chords and scales audio for guitar and piano (flametreemusic.com)
  • You can also buy this music, and so much more at Rough Trade, one of the best indie stores in the world.

‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’. U2

Posted: February 28, 2013 in 80's Rock, Post Punk, Rock
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One of U2’s most overtly political songs about the appalling moments of the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry in 1972.  Taken from the aptly named third studio album War, ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ began with a martial descending riff that prefaced tribal drums and a raw bass-line.

Buy this song at iTunes or Amazon. The official band site is here.

‘American Woman’. The Guess Who

Posted: February 24, 2013 in 70's Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Rock
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‘American Woman’ is based on a riff characteristic of 1970s groove-rock. Although the lyrics of the song were largely interpreted as being chauvinistic and an anti-American statement about the country’s role in the Vietnam war, the band themselves denied such claims and said they were influenced by the urban deprivation they saw whilst touring the country.

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‘Eye Of The Tiger’. Survivor

Posted: February 24, 2013 in 80's Rock, Hard Rock, Rock
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One of the all time great, rousing guitar riffs, the song begins to the sound of a guitar pedaling gently, whilst drums build then the full force of the notes can truly be felt.  Widely associated with the Rocky film franchise, in particular Rocky III the track is simple yet effective, possibly the reason why the song is still so popular today.  On its release, ‘Eye Of The Tiger’ sold in vast quantities, shifting two million copies in the USA alone, it has since become a sporting anthem.

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‘Wild Thing’. The Troggs

Posted: February 23, 2013 in 60's Rock, Rock
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Although originally composed some years earlier by American singer-songwriter Chip Taylor, when R & B foursome The Troggs released their cover of ‘Wild Thing’ the response was phenomenal. Reaching number one in the US singles chart, the release became the soundtrack to the 1960s teenage revolution, all the time being based on a simple yet classic I – IV – V – IV guitar riff.

Buy this song at iTunes or Amazon. The official band site is here.