Listen to Three Dog Night
Aug 31, 2008 Bands
There are plenty of great rock and roll bands out there, but I think one of the most overlooked bands of all time is Three Dog Night. Their homepage states that from 1969 - 1974, no one sold more records than Three Dog Night. That truly is an amazing feat. I can only guess that Led Zeppelin took over from like 1974 - 1978, but I really have absolutely nothing to back that up.
Anyways, you’ve probably heard the songs ‘Joy to the World’ and ‘One’, but they have plenty of other great songs. I do love One, but also like songs like Celebrate, Shambala, Out in the Country, and The Show Must Go On. I find a lot of teenagers are liking music from the 60s and 70s these days, but for some reason none of them are listening to Three Dog Night. Does anyone know why this is? They really are a great band.
So, go download some of their music. Also, you can check out the Three Dog Night tour dates because they do still tour. I only saw them in concert once, and they really sounded great.
Music from Stillwater DOES Exist
Aug 26, 2008 Bands, Movies, Songs
You’ve probably watched Almost Famous. If you haven’t, watch it. The main band that is toured with, Stillwater, was actually a fictional band. However, if you truly want to rock out to Fever Dog, you can! Yes, that’s right, Stillwater music is available on LimeWire. Actually, it is available on the Almost Famous: Untitled Bootleg Cut if you want to buy that. There are 6 songs in total, but the best one is easily Fever Dog.
In reality, the music was written by Peter Frampton, Cameron Crowe and Nancy Wilson, and performed by Frampton (and I think Eddie Vedder), so you’ll probably like it.
I’m surprised this isn’t talked about much more, but it is really cool that they made some songs for the movie. Enjoy Fever Dog.
One of Rock’s First: Louie, Louie
Aug 24, 2008 Songs
Even if this song weren’t in Animal House, it’d still be one of the greatest songs of early rock and roll. I mean, there are supposedly over 1,500 different recordings of this song. It first started being recorded in 1955! However, most likely your favorite recording is the 1963 one by The Kingsmen. And no, the lyrics aren’t dirty, unless you want them to be (honestly, they can’t be understood).
This song was actually recorded in one take. The band was just warming up, but for some reason this ended up being the final version. It was also investigated by the FBI for 31-months because of complaints that it was dirty, but finally they said that the words could not be interpreted.
Whatever the backstory is though, Louie, Louie (The Kingsmen version preferred) is a great drunken party song. Even Belushi partied to it! So next time you are partying, make sure Louie, Louie is one of the songs played.