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THE FIVE BEST SHOOTIN' SONGS OF THE LAST CENTURY
There's nothing like the sound of gunfire to really get your attention. The real trick is to incorporate gunshots into a song and not be a hip-hop guy. Hip-hop guys use live fire sounds in songs like the Stones used a guitar in 'Jumpin' Jack Flash'.
Guns in hip-hop songs are like living next to a busy highway-you get used to the noise.
But this list is all about mainstream 20th Century music that just happened to have a little bit of gunplay built into the song.
In essence, a different backbeat-an American Bandstand "good beat I'll give it a five because you can dance to it moment".
SIX SONGS THAT CONNECT WITH YOUNG AND RECKLESS BEHAVIOR
Every generation has its own anthem. We needed these motivational songs to guide us through the obstacles of good decisions so we could reach the golden plateau of bad decisions.
Let's face it, bad decisions are generally more fun when you're seventeen.
So let's discuss the youth anthems of the past five decades.
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SUMMERTUNES 'EIGHTEEN WITH A BULLET': TOP 20 SONG FROM 1975 OR JUST A REALLY BAD IDEA?
I first heard 'Eighteen with a Bullet' during the long hot summer of 1975. It gradually moved up the charts and peaked at # 18 in November 1975.
The song is a soulful lament about a young guy with girl trouble and my natural conclusion was that the singer was a young African-American.
The actual artist was a 27 year old white British guy with a strong attachment to the American rhythm and blues scene.
Read more: SUMMERTUNES 'EIGHTEEN WITH A BULLET': TOP 20 SONG FROM 1975 OR JUST A REALLY BAD IDEA?
SUMMER TUNES Summer Holiday Cliff Richard Charted #1 May 31 1963
This was a Cliff Richard home run “we’re all going on a summer holiday, no more working for a week or two,”
This song should be required listening for worker drones around the northern latitudes because… summer is so criminally short.
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Summer Tunes “Whole Lotta Love” Led Zeppelin Recorded May 1969.
So far our “Summer Song” series has focused on the "feel-good” pop standards that actually celebrate summer in a benign, positive family-friendly package.
Nothing wrong with that but this song doesn’t.
The first time I heard this song was from the back seat of a brand new 69 Plymouth GTX 440 doing 120 miles per hour…
Read more: Summer Tunes “Whole Lotta Love” Led Zeppelin Recorded May 1969.
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