This was a gut check for me and my kids. My son went into drums / percussion because of Taylor. This is the first musical loss they have encountered in their lives which reminds me of the effects I had when I first heard SRV had died in the helicopter crash. Just hit different eventhough had experienced Elvis, Skynard crash, and many others.
RIP Taylor. Hell of a musician and underrated technical drummer that was the rare drummer that could be the center of attention during a show instead of lead guitar or front man singer. IMO he held that attention like Peart, Bonham, Copeland and Moon.
Letâs get off this,
And get on with it,
if you wanna change the world
shut yer mouth and start to spin it
Get off this
Get on with it
If you wanna change the world
shut your mouth and start this minute
All these cats with holey jeans,
Dirty hair and titty rings
say âwhatâs your scene man? We got these questionsâŚ
Is it true that you have sold your soul?â
I say âhey man, I donât know
Lend me a quarter wonât you?
Iâll call my accountant.â
Yeah the ranking order is kind of nuts. That Mariah Carey song is a straight up ripoff of Tom Tom ClubâŚno way is that #1. It wasnât even all that popular (it was well known but not the defining song of the decade).
I was glad to see a bunch of my favorite artists on that list, including several songs from Elliott Smith. I remain thoroughly convinced that he is the best songwriter of his generation (Gen X). I mean that. No one else is even a close 2nd. He wrote hundreds of songs, and died with an unreleased catalog that was even bigger and just as high quality as his formidable released catalog. And theyâre all good. All of them. Even the ones he hated. He was an amazing, unique and special talent.
Oh, and I like the Tom Tom Club song a lot more than Mariahâs song.
