Frequencies of the Month: July 2010

I have always been a fan of Guitar Solos and a testimony of that is my proud possession of a six string acoustic guitar from Ibanez, that I excitedly bought around five years ago, but never had the luck of mastering it 😦 Whatever, I won’t give up!

JS

Joe is also known for never using cursive in his autographs

Anyways, of all those virtuoso-inspirations, the one that stands top on liking list is Joe Satriani (well, admittedly after Jimi Hendrix of course). Born July 15th 1956 in Westbury, NY, Joe Satriani began playing guitar at age 14. By 1971, he was teaching guitar to others, one of his students being Steve Vai. Ah, how very orgasmic!

Since his emergence in 1986 with a self-released, self-titled debut album, Joe has become the most recognizable guitar voice of his time, earning his place alongside the great masters of rock guitar.

My frequencies for this month are exclusive Joe Satriani’s limited 20 only favourites, in no particular order, which just leave me with an insatiable feel for a command on strings like that!

  1. Love Thing from Crytal Planet
  2. Top Gun Anthem Cover from OST Top Gun
  3. Raspberry Jam Delta – V from Crystal Planet
  4. Until We Say Goodbye from Engines of Creation
  5. I Believe (Live Version) from Flying in a Blue Dream
  6. Just Look Up from Is there Love in Space
  7. A Train of Angels from Crystal Planet
  8. Champagne from Engines of Creation
  9. The Forgotten from Flying in a Blue Dream
  10. Engines of Creation from Engines of Creation
  11. The Extremist from The Extremist
  12. Is there Love in Space from Is there Love in Space
  13. Echo from Surfing with the Alien
  14. Tears in the Rain from Time Machine
  15. Summer Song from The Extremist
  16. Day at the Beach from Flying in a Blue Dream
  17. Memories from Not of this Earth
  18. Always with me, Always with You from Surfing with the Alien
  19. Satch Boogie Surfing with the Alien
  20. A Piece of Liquid from Crystal Planet

Enjoy, and Happy Listening 🙂

The Great(est) Song of Indifference!

This song hands-down takes all the accolades from my side for justifying its title and lyrics! It’s such a catchy, diddly melody that I feel tapping my feet every time I listen to it (I’m stumping my feet writing this now!) I love the way the band cracks up laughing at the end of the song, it sounds so cute. 🙂

The song was featured in Bob Geldof’s 1990 Album, tastefully titled as The Vegetarians of Love. Happy Listening! 🙂

“I don’t mind if you go, I don’t mind if you take it slow
I don’t mind if you say yes or no, I don’t mind at all
I don’t care if you live or die, couldn’t care less if you laugh or cry
I don’t mind if you crash your flight, I don’t mind at all
I don’t mind if you come or go, I don’t mind if you say no
Couldn’t care less, baby let it flow, ’cause I don’t care at all
Na na na etc.
 
I don’t care if you sink or swim, lock me out or let me in
Where I’m going or where I’ve been, I don’t care at all
I don’t care if the government falls, implements more futile laws
I don’t care if the nation stalls, and I don’t care at all
 
I don’t care if you tear down trees, I don’t feel the hotter breeze
Sink in dust in dying seas, and I don’t care at all
Na na na etc.
 
I don’t mind if the culture crumbles, I don’t mind if religion stumbles
I can’t hear the speakers mumble, and I don’t mind at all
I don’t care if the third world fries, it’s hotter there I’m not surprised
Baby I can watch whole nations die, and I don’t care at all
I don’t mind, I don’t mind, I don’t mind, I don’t mind, I don’t mind,
I don’t mind, I don’t mind at all!
Na na na etc.
I don’t mind about people’s fears, authority no longer hears
Send a social engineer, and I don’t mind at all
I don’t mind at all!”