By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. The Elements of Style at Martyr’s on Tuesday night.
Posted on November 4, 2011
Song of the Moment: White Riot
By The Beachwood Occupation Affairs Desk
Not too chicken to try it anymore . . .
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Song: White Riot
Artist: The Clash
Recorded: February 1977
Released: March 1977
Format: 7″
B-Side: 1977
Length: 1:58
Wikipedia: Lyrically, the song is about class economics and race and thus proved controversial: some people thought it was advocating a kind of race war. Rather, lyricist Joe Strummer was trying to appeal to white youths to find a worthy cause to riot, as he felt blacks in the UK already had. It contains a positive message in the lines “Are you taking over / Or are you taking orders? / Are you going backwards / Or are you going forwards?”
Posted on November 3, 2011
When KISS Played Fremd High School (With Rush As An Opener)
A Palatine Gym Drenched In Blood!
It was a Saturday night in April 1975 when the Fremd Vikings’ booster club got a little more than they bargained for. The boosters had hired KISS to play a fundraiser – see more on that below – and while the boosters were aghast they had also unknowingly contributed to local rock history.
ChicagoArchive just uploaded these photos along with audio from “the kid who took the pics” at a meet-and-greet” and apparently recorded the soundcheck.
Posted on November 2, 2011
Songs Of The Occupation: Johnny 99
By The Beachwood Occupation Affairs Desk
Debts no honest man could pay.
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Song: “Johnny 99”
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Recorded: January 3, 1982
Released: September 30, 1982
Length: 3:44
Album:Nebraska
Wikipedia: Like several other songs on the Nebraska album, “Johnny 99” is a song about complete despair. It has direct links with certain songs on Nebraska: the protagonist in “Johnny 99” notes that he has “debts no honest man could pay,” repeating a line used by the protagonist in “Atlantic City”, and, like the title song, “Johnny 99” is about a murderer – though rather than being a psychopath like the protagonist in the title song, “Johnny 99” is motivated by his economic circumstances.
Posted on November 1, 2011