Re: El Camino - The Black Keys, 2011.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:41 pm

Very strong hints of Momma Miss America on Macca's first album.

The bass, chords and piano sound seem to be taken straight from it.

by Nightjar Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:42 pm

This is a better track, but still echoes infinitely with unoriginality.

There's nothing - absolutely nothing - I've not heard before, countless times and better.

by Nightjar Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:43 pm

The worst thing I can say is that I can't think of anything to say.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:44 pm

Despite their protests, it is over.

That whole album is great. It's basically just a machine for getting you dancing round your bedroom. The only flaw with it is that it has a sound, and every track has that sound, meaning that, by the final two or three tracks, you start to feel you don't need to hear any more tracks that have that sound.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everyone else made of it. Excited

by Guest Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:45 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Very strong hints of Momma Miss America on Macca's first album.

The bass, chords and piano sound seem to be taken straight from it.

by Guest Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:45 pm

Interesting drums on that McCartney one. shifty

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:45 pm

I have given it four stars, as the lack of variety stops it being perfect.

by Guest Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:47 pm

Of course in 1969 that was still generic rock.

by Nightjar Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:48 pm

I'm going to give it 3 stars.

These are faintly sad - dare I say even cynical - stars.

It never failed to be everything or anything it wanted - NEEDED - to be; i.e. fodder for those who seem to have missed the popular musical period '68-'82 - who couldn't go, oh yeah, sleazy-sounding rock - kewl!

Still, like I've said before "targets".

A near bullseye of boredom for my jaded tastes.

by Nightjar Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:50 pm

Oops!

I gave it 2 stars by purpose. evil2

by Guest Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:51 pm

Well, they're nothing wrong with it as such, I can't hate it, but I think I'm too old for this sort of thing these days. At least they kept the tracks short, and it wasn't over run with self indulgent solos and the such like.

Probably good live, I would say I might have liked them when I was 15 or so, but I don't think I would. Too Meat and potatoes.

It's just occurred to me, Jack White now sounds like the Black Keys.

The Ironing is delicious!

by Guest Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:58 pm

I have given it 3 * because bell curve.

by Guest Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:13 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Is that a Frampton Tube?

El Camino - The Black Keys, 2011. - Page 8 Peter_Frampton%27s_Talk_Box-3-2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_box

A talk box connected to an iPad running an effects program was used to create the voice of the character BB-8 in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[28]

gasp

by Guest Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:15 pm

Nightjar wrote:
Nightjar wrote:
Nightjar wrote:I like this kind of AC/DC back-to-basics/bargain bin rhythm combo.

Phil and Cliff...

If Angus and Malcolm were stomping and shrieking about and Bon was singing lyrics about possibly sh*gging his sister then it'd be brilliant

Something something too much perspective

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