You know what time it is: TX/OU Weekend, sun! Every October, 2 arch rivals travel to Dallas to battle it out in the Red River Shootout. Not since Brown v. The Board of Education has there been a more anticipated matchup. Not since Sam the cat v. JZ "This Time It's Personal" has there been a battle so fierce. But what song to choose from? What song truly articulates the mayhem that will certainly ensue in full purview of Big Tex? Showdown Biatch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_IYTTSLsWw
Yes, you've heard it before and you'll hear it again. Electric Light Orchestra ("ELO") brings us the ultimate in battle anticipation: "Showdown"
Songs like "Showdown" just aren't written anymore. Quasi-Anthemic blues tunes like this with orchestral arrangements? Who's doing this? Don't say Polyphonic Spree. They have more in common with the Hale-Bop comet than ELO. Seriously though, I heard a Nicki Menaj song the other day. Are we all familiar with the Menaj. All the youngsters are talking about it. See below for an excerpt from the chart topping "Superbass":
"And he ill, he real, he might got a deal
He pop bottles and he got the right kind of build
He cold, he dope, he might sell coke
He always in the air, but he never fly coach"
Case closed...
Something I often discuss in SOTW is the aspect of "Business Time" in great songs. I'm referring to that opening lick that let's you know what time it is. ELO's "Showdown" is the perfect example: The strings start low, get higher, and with more layers, then they slip into this funky / bluesy feel. Oh man...so much f'ing business...
Stay tuned the next several weeks for a very special SOTW. I've been working on this particular SOTW for nearly 2 years, and I think it may just be ready. More on this later...
Hope you Dig,
JZ
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