I mentioned a couple days ago, I had a few glaring holes in my 30 day list that were giving me trouble. Today and tomorrow were a couple of them. As I looked through the thousands of songs in my library, I quickly learned, the majority of the music I listen to is by individuals, not bands or groups. Being a purist on these things, it makes matters worse that some of the possible groups that I could have tried to use, are not really bands but singing groups, and thus did not qualify here. I do not want the 30 day challenge gods to disqualify me because of a technicality. So I kept searching for a good fit for today.
I briefly considered Fleetwood Mac, but that was cheating because I really only liked them because of Stevie Nicks, and the selections I would have used (Rhiannon, Silver Springs, Landslide) could easily have been solo efforts. That then disqualified my next choice of Matchbox 20, who even as I sat down just now to type this I was going to use. If Rob Thomas had not have gone solo, they are who you would be reading about right now, and listening to Back to Good or Unwell. I guess, maybe I am being too picky. Bon Jovi went into the pile too for the same reasons.
So I was down to Def Leppard and Boston, both of which are admittedly polar opposites from the first two I mentioned, but sometimes, hit the spot just perfectly. At this point it is a flip of a coin. For Boston, it is the fact that in an age of synthesizers and auto tune, this band was 100 percent pure. It is pretty incredible what these guys were able to make their instruments do. The Third Stage album is really an amazing showcase of skill and musical ability going to an all new level. For Def Leppard, it is the stadium rocking anthems (Pour Some Sugar On Me, Photograph, Armageddon It), plus a nitty gritty ballad here and there (Love Bites). Add to the fact that due to a tragic accident, Def Leppard's drummer lost an arm in an accident, but quickly returned to performing with the group, an act of sheer determination that is quite an inspiration, even today.
LOL....I still do not know which way to go.
Ok, YouTube made the call for me. Boston I guess was not a video kind of band. So we go with the one armed drummer! (However, now I am off to ITunes to add both Third Stage by Boston and Hysteria by Def Leppard to my IPOD). Guess I will be rocking tonight at work.
Def Leppard- Armageddon It
Ahh the big hair 80's bands.. He He as ashamed as I am to admit it, I do like some of that, tho way over played. I think I was more into the british invasion bands. Still big hair band category tho.. he he.
ReplyDeleteD'oh....I could have gone with Duran Duran. I do like them too
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