By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China “The Rally Boys” has outlasted the rest of the tracks on Zeppelin Over China by being the only one still performed live from this album. I can’t imagine this one ever leaving the set list, and in fact I think I’d be pretty disappointed if it […]
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Send In The Suicide Squad
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China The real stars of “Send In The Suicide Squad,” in my opinion, are Robert Pollard’s vocal melody and performance (gotta love when he hits those high notes!), but there are also some great lead guitar fills and interesting chord progressions, so let’s take a look. You […]
Jam Warsong
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China “Jam Warsong” is a fairly simple song to play. For most of the song, you’ll play a “boogie woogie” style blues guitar lick in the key of G. You may have noticed some similarities between this song and “Come Together” by The Beatles—both feature that style […]
Holy Rhythm
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China “Holy Rhythm” might be one of the heaviest-sounding songs on Zeppelin Over China, at least in terms of guitar tone (as well as drummer Kevin March’s incessant pounding on the toms). To my ears, it sounds like a wall of fuzz that’s at least three feet […]
My Future In Barcelona
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China Robert Pollard stated in a recent interview that one of his favorite tracks from Zeppelin Over China is “My Future In Barcelona,” which is an opinion that’s easy to share. There’s a solid structure to the song, an extremely catchy chorus, and a majestic, triumphant ending. […]
Your Lights Are Out
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China On “Your Lights Are Out” from Zeppelin Over China, Robert Pollard uses a variety of guitar riffs, all based around open note drones (for the most part, the B on the open second string and the G on the open third string), along with some open […]
Everything’s Thrilling
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China On “Everything’s Thrilling,” Robert Pollard is once again up to his old tricks. This song is based on an open D note drone and a lot of the same chords he typically uses with this drone technique: D, G/D, and Cadd2. When you consider how many […]
You Own The Night
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China The first single from the upcoming Guided By Voices double LP, Zeppelin Over China, is titled “You Own The Night,” and it’s a full-on Pollardian suite of a tune, complete with various pieces of music stitched together as a sonic collage and an undeniable hook of a chorus. […]
