I simply don't share as much Beatles love as I should. I understand their place in the rock pantheon and all, but I haven't voluntarily put on a Beatles song in years. Not as some kiss-off to rock greats or anything, but there's nothing new there, I've heard every Beatles song literally a million times.
So, no. that's not it. I'm in full-on countdown mode for my own peculiar rock obsession: my adoration of U2. But rather than play some New Year's Day bootleg (talk about a song you've heard a million times...and I STILL LOVE IT) I'm gonna spend the rest of the week playing songs by bands that were influenced by U2. Or at least influenced by bands who were influenced by U2, if that makes sense. Which brings us to this band out of Austin, Texas - The Rocketboys. I know, I know, not the best name, but listen and you'll hear the influence of Coldplay (hipsters, quick, recoil in horror!!) and my boys from Dublin.
I know it's not hip, cutting edge, or cool, or whatever to have U2 love. I know they represent a music monolith whose output, by many, is viewed as an artistically uneven enterprise geared strictly for profit. But you know what? I don't care. So dig The Rocketboys, cause they're really good. Simple as that...
We Are A Lighthouse by The Rocketboys
Like Ice In Water by the Rocketboys
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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