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Fri. April 08.2005 12:00 AM EDT |
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Bowling for Soup: Who Can It Be Now?We spin 'em discs without revealing the artists. Do the Soupsters know Run-D.M.C. and Judas Priest? by Jim Macnie |
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Bands with a sense of humor are always fun to interview, and Bowling for Soup knows not to take life too seriously. Get a glimpse of the way guitarist
The Replacements "Black Diamond" Let It Be (1984) Chris Burney: Hmmm... Gary Wiseman: Sounds like it was recorded in someone's garage. Chris: It's KISS! I saw KISS a couple years ago and I cried. Made me very nostalgic. I've seen 'em twice since the comeback. KISS rocks, they're timeless. Gary: When you see a KISS concert, it's an overwhelming experience. We got to meet Gene Simmons right before he went on. It took me back to sixth grade. VH1: Actually, that wasn't KISS, it was the Replacements doing a KISS tune. Chris: Really? Paul Westerberg just played Dallas; I wanted to go, but I couldn't. Love his stuff. The Beach Boys "Dance Dance Dance" Today! (1965) Gary & Chris in unison: Beach Boys! Gary: I just bought their new greatest hits disc -- thirty three songs of pure bliss. Is there such a thing as a BAD Beach Boys song? That's $10 I know is going to be well spent. Thirty three songs you've heard a million times and you're still not tired of. Chris: Love it. They were the first band that my parent's listened to that made me think, "God, that's awesome." You usually hate your parents stuff, but the Beach Boys were great. VH1: Name a group your parents played that you thought was garbage. Chris: Dan Fogelberg...or Leo Sayer. Both of 'em, really. And my dad's a redneck, so I don't know how he got those mellow tapes. Gary: I remember my dad listening to Randy Travis. I didn't like it then, but now I do! Chris: "I'm digging up bones..." Van Halen "Hot For Teacher" 1984 (1984) Chris: [hears the drum solo opening] The big question about this song is whether that's the drums or a motorcycle. Some say it's the sound of a Harley, and then Alex's drums come in. I go with that theory. I'd hope it's true: it sounds like something Van Halen would do. Gary: We wanted to do a video like this one; get a bunch of kids who look like we did when we were young. Chris: There's not a bad song on this album, and the solo is so ripping. I miss David Lee Roth. I think he should do a whole album of standards. "Just a Gigolo" was the right move for him -- he needs more stuff like that. He should head to Vegas for two years and do a fat-ass Vegas show. Roth in Vegas? Are you kidding me? I'd love to hear him do "Mack the Knife." George Jones "Why Baby Why" All-Time Greatest Hits (1981) Chris: I've heard this song a million times. Who is it? Hmmm...George Jones! VH1: I could see your brain at work, Chris. You were eliminating who it couldn't have been? Chris: I just couldn't tell until the verse came in. George Jones has a very distinct voice, though. In the beginning he sounds like a million others, but when the lyric takes off it's obvious. If you like country music, you gotta like George Jones. I love things that rock, and the real country stuff, like Willie, Merle, and Johnny Cash, they rock. They were about 80 times more punk than guys I know who don't shower and wear a leather jacket and all that. Those guys would kick your ass if you messed with 'em. "Well, I gotta get drunk/and I sure do dread it." RUN-DMC "It's Tricky" Raising Hell (1986) Chris: [starts singing the rhymes in perfect coordination with the music]. I know it all. Love this song. I got Sugarhill Gang back in the day, Kurtis Blow and Doug E. Fresh. But Run-DMC was awesome, a real band. The first album cover, remember? It looked like their cousin shot the picture -- fantastic. They broke lots of ground. When I first heard "Rock Box" I felt it right away. I bought every record after that. I had pals I played sports with who said "Man, Ah don't know how y'all can listen to that garbage, man." Gary: All my friends liked Run-DMC, but we didn't' have much of an outlet for that -- they were the only rap group we really knew, until Beastie Boys came along. Judas Priest "Turbo Lover" Turbo (1986) Chris: Whoever it is, it's definitely '85 or '86. Hmmm...is it Priest? Is it "Green Manilishi"? No, no. What is it? VH1: "Turbo Lover." Chris: I kinda stopped listening by then. I was more British Steel, and Defenders of the Faith. Gary: Boy, snare drums used to sound funny in the '80s. I never was a huge Priest fan. Chris: I bought their new one last week. Pretty good. They probably said, "Listen, we're not going to do a whole lot more albums, so let's make this one count." It's a bad-ass Judas Priest disc. There's stuff that ballady, and there's stuff that shreds- really heavy riffs. And Rob Halford never sang better; he's in a lower register now. VH1: You just walk into stores and pick up with you want? Chris: I'll go to Best Buy and go crazy. Gary: I dropped $100 the other day. Chris: At four in the morning last night, I was on iTunes. Gotta get filled up. |
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