Comments for Pantheon Songs

Comment on Booker T. & the M.G.’s by Sam & Dave : Pantheon Songs

Sam & Dave : Pantheon Songs — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:17:54 +0000

[...] during their Stax stint by virtue of the fact that they had access to Stax’s house band Booker T. & the M.G.’s as well as the label’s prolific songwriting duo Isaac Hayes and David Porter—two things [...]

Comment on My Bloody Valentine by The Jesus and Mary Chain : Pantheon Songs

The Jesus and Mary Chain : Pantheon Songs — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:25:05 +0000

[...] the previous post on My Bloody Valentine was all about the idea of taking layers of noise and performing mutations with tremolo bars and [...]

Comment on New Order by The Stone Roses : Pantheon Songs

The Stone Roses : Pantheon Songs — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:38:27 +0000

[...] of the ’80s” I mean that it is easily in the top 5, probably in the top 3 along with “Blue Monday” by New Order and “London Calling” by The Clash.[1] I will go one step further and say [...]

Comment on DJ Shadow by The Chemical Brothers : Pantheon Songs

The Chemical Brothers : Pantheon Songs — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:42:56 +0000

[...] Because if people were attracted to exploratory electronic music then Entroducing….. by DJ Shadow would be a much more recognizable album, in my opinion.) Though “Block Rockin’ [...]

Comment on Led Zeppelin by John Merkley

John Merkley — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:58:40 +0000

Here, here. Great post. I strongly agree with what you have said about Zeppelin. And the 40 seconds or so you refer to in “When the Levee Breaks” is, yes, that kind of stretch that a listener revisits over and over in one sitting and then suddenly, after some time passes, the listener asks himself, “What the hell am I doing?” But the question is asked without a tinge of regret.

Comment on Ministry by David

David — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:52:26 +0000

Hmm I dunno … tbh this one is not a standout Ministry track for me. (It feels rather sleepy compared to some of their other tracks). I enjoyed this entry nonetheless :)

Comment on Nine Inch Nails by Ministry : Pantheon Songs

Ministry : Pantheon Songs — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:40:50 +0000

[...] Nine Inch Nails enjoyed the most mainstream success employing this technique, with Marilyn Manson probably coming [...]

Comment on The Kingsmen by Pavement : Pantheon Songs

Pavement : Pantheon Songs — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:17:53 +0000

[...] and its high-quality lo-fi sound makes it groundbreaking in early ’90′s terms. If The Kingsmen had arrived thirty years later their album would have probably sounded like Slanted and Enchanted. [...]

Comment on Madonna by Sinead O’Connor : Pantheon Songs

Sinead O’Connor : Pantheon Songs — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:38:46 +0000

[...] aftermath that the entertainment industry piped in about was 1) interviews with Lorne Michaels, 2) Madonna chiming in with her opinions (because she was the musical guest for the following week on SNL), and [...]

Comment on The Velvet Underground by Desmond Dekker : Pantheon Songs

Desmond Dekker : Pantheon Songs — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:58:22 +0000

[...] Dekker falls into the category of artists (such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and The Velvet Underground) in which you could quite literally pick any song from their early catalog and use it to explain [...]