Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (Isolated Drums)

This video shows the isolated drum track for one of The Who's most iconic songs, "Won't Get Fooled Again". Keith Moon's drumming here, in my opinion, is very tight, but it also sounds very good in my opinion, and his kit sounds very good. I can't really find a way to describe the kick, but it sounds a little too dampened in my opinion. But that doesn't destroy the quality of the track itself, as I think it sounds pretty great.

The Day of the Doctor - My thoughts (MAJOR SPOILER WARNING)

So after a few years of speculation, teasing, an amazing trailer, and last week's overload of Doctor Who programs and such, we have finally been able to say "I've seen the 50th Anniversary special". But, I do have a couple things to say about the special myself. I do like the chemestry of John Hurt, and Matt Smith and David Tennant, and his return to Doctor Who was totally well recieved. But there were a couple issues with continuity that honestly didn't sit well with me, to be honest. If anything, this didn't really feel like a 50th anniversary special, save for the fact that we had an AMAZING cameo from the great Tom Baker, which sort of made up for that aspect of the special for a little while, but my main problem, is that the special mostly relied on stock footage, and random props to acknowaldge the 50th Anniversary, which in my opinion, is just bull.

But besides that, I find that the special was good, despite the flaws I've stated. I mean, it's still gonna take a rewatch or two for me to fully understand the special, and see my thoughts on it. But from what I do remember of the special, it was pure genius.

The Posies - This time, with more vintage concert footage!

Posies frontman/frontman/guitarist/keys player Ken Stringfellow recently posted a video from 1996, of a vintage Posies concert, where the band looks a bit more youthful, and shows off their then new lineup, consisting of drummer Brian Young and bassist Joe Skyward. This footage shows the band during a tour probably promoting their album "Amazing Disgrace". Not only that, but the footage also gives us a clip of "Big Star" founders Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens performing with the band. This has to do with the show being held in Memphis, where Big Star was formed, and the fact that Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer were both members of "Big Star" at the time.

Deep Purple - Highway Star (Isolated Bass and Drums)

This piece comes from Deep Purple's album "Machine Head". This features both the drummer and bassist's parts soloed out, and while the instrument bleed still shows up, it kind of gives the sound sort of a roomy feel to it, sort of like the instruments are sort of there, but they're sort of not, like ghost instrumentation, if you will.

Maximo Park announce 5th album, and a premiere a song

UK Indie-Rock band "Maximo Park" are honestly one of my all time favorite bands, after finding out about them through the "Rock Band" game, (Which before Spotify, Twitter, and Youtube, was my one way to check out bands I've never heard of.) and they're a band which I've been following for a long time now. The band has announced today on their Facebook and other social media accounts, that they would be releasing a new album in February, titled "Too Much Information".

But that's not all the band has given us today. The band has also unviled the first song off the album, entitled "Brain Cells". It's a different kind of take from Maximo Park's usual sound, while keeping Paul Smith's reverb'd vocals, but oddly enough, getting rid of their usual indie rock sound that they usually keep around. Knowing the band, we'd expect more from the album, than just one song, and Maximo Park sure doesn't seem like the band to dissapoint their fans.

Another Doctor is back? But who?

A while back, I blogged about a rumor involving Peter Davison coming back to Doctor Who for the show's 50th Anniversary as the 5th Doctor. While there hasn't been news of that, another Doctor has returned to the show's 50th anniversary, but for one minisode only. "The Night of the Doctor" shows Paul McGann's incarnation of the Doctor in a new outfit and haircut trying to save somebody's life, costing his 8th incarnation in the process. This minisode is mostly to cut some loose ties to the 8th Doctor's story. In his one-off special, Paul McGann's 8th incarnation appeared for one show only, and when the show came back in 2005, we saw a new face for the Doctor, meaning there was no regeneration scene for Paul's Doctor! While it was his only televised appearance, save for this, McGann still went on to play the 8th Doctor in a series of audio specials by "Big Finish". (He even names his companions from the Big Finish serials, making his adventures officially canon! This special also sets the mood as to how John Hurt's incarnation of the Doctor, here called "The War Doctor", came to be.

Teaser Trailer for "Maleficent" released.

Now, I'm not big on film adaptions, or remakes, but I am a Disney fan myself. While I haven't seen the original Sleeping Beauty film, I can say that I am a bit interested in the reboot about the movie's iconic villain Maleficent. The teaser shows a narration from somebody who appears to be Sleeping Beauty herself, Auora talking about her encounters with the villain, as Maleficent shows herself. Now, I honestly think that a movie about the villain themselves, instead of the main character. Granted, it's been done by Wicked before, but that seems to be a bit of an unfair comparison, since Wicked was a musical that portrayed the Wicked Witch as a different person, and was a bit lighthearted. This movie shows the dark side of Maleficent, and could be a very interesting take on the character.

A Day in the Life - Isolated Bass and Drums

This isolated track is another Beatles gem from their "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album. This features Paul and Ringo's signature instrumentation as it was recorded together on the same track. (The Beatles: Rock Band tried to isolate the bass and drums from each other, to horrible effect.) What I like about Ringo's drums on this is how he does his own sort of improv in the first bit of the song, with his fills, as the second half does sort of a peppy beat, with some shaker bleeding into the mix, probably since it's a percussion track in itself.

And now all Whovians can all die happy....

Last Saturday, the BBC released what all Doctor Who fans had hoped for - The original trailer for the 50th Anniversary special shown at Comic Con back in July. The trailer shows David Tennant and Matt Smith in action as their incarnations of the Doctor, with clips of John Hurt's mysterious incarnation. Billie Piper also shows up again in her "Rose Tyler" role, and it also seems that the 10th and 11th Doctors seem to get along pretty well, which isn't surprising considering their personalities.

Eddie Van Halen's isolated guitar solo from "Beat It"

Ok, so Eddie Van Halen, and Michael Jackson are probably both an unlikely pair, but they are both musical greats, so it'd be somewhat fitting, but a bit unfitting, that they would record together, but they did. This guitar track is from Michael's famous song Beat It. Eddie had recorded a guitar solo for the song, as I have linked here, but he did it free of charge. The only thing that sucks is that he couldn't appear in the music video, due to issues with his record label, but he did go on tour with Michael to play the song in person.

Queen - Get Down, Make Love (Isolated Drums)

Now, this is probably one of Queen's lesser known songs, which kinda surprises me really, as all Queen, is great Queen. (Or, at least, in my opinion.) But anyway, Get Down, Make Love is the 7th track off of the album "News of the World" and while it's not as dynamic as their other songs, I really do like the sort of jam session that the song gives away.

"Rain" by the Beatles - The Original Recording!

I always love how the Beatles came up with interesting ways to record their music, and this is no exception, although it is something very minor. The song "Rain" was recorded with guitars and drums first, and then the bass and vocals were layed down, but not before the guitar and drums track had to be slowed down at half-speed! Honestly, I think this is an interesting take on the song, and I think it's one of Ringo's best takes as a drummer, in my opinion.

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary plot revealed!

The anniversary is almost here, and we already have our plot for the 50th anniversary, which seehs the return of the 10th Doctor and companion Rose Tyler. The BBC revealed the plot today, which you can read here:

“In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London’s National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor’s own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.”


Not only that, but there also 2 minisodes to be aired before the special itself, one already titled "The Last Day". My hopes for the minisode? We get to see Paul McGann's Doctor finally regenerate!