OK, so this is not as poignant as the previous post, but i thought it might be fun to share, anyway.
every once in a while, dad gets tired of listening to kid music in the car and decides to play some other stuff. this past friday r and i were running errands and i chose to play some audioslave (their first, eponymous album). r immediately perked up:
r: what's that sound?
d: (looking around to see what he's talking about) what sound?
r: that sound in the music.
d: oh, that's the guitar.
pause while listening....
r: that's the guitar?
d: yes, the guitarist is making those sounds with his guitar.
r: really?
d: yep.
r: how does he do it?
d: (laughing) i'll have to show you- it's hard to explain.
r: i like this music. do you like this music?
d: yes.
r: do you have more of it?
d: yes. do you want to hear more?
r: (dancing in the back seat of the car) yeah!
next song....
r: is that the guitar again?
d: yep.
r: how does he do that?
d: we'll have to look it up online. the guitarist's name is tom morello.
the ensuing discussion covered mr. morello's playing style, the bands he has been in, the nature of the lyrics in the songs, and so on. r was very insistent that we find a video showing how he plays, so we found a three part demonstration by morello that was recorded for guitarworld. r loved it! now that we have discussed the idea of feedback, we'll have to play with it....
in the demo morello plays riffs and chord progressions from a number of RATM and Audioslave songs, including Sleep Now in the Fire. r now wants to listen to Sleep Now in the Fire and has asked repeatedly for his old man to play it for him. other events, like, you know, sleep have repeatedly subverted that request over the past few days, and i was chastised by both r and k (who also now wants to hear it) in the car this morning for not fulfilling my promise. guess i'll have to get on it.
for those not familiar:
audioslave's gasoline
ratm's sleep now in the fire (now all i have to do is explain zach de la rocha's lyrics....)
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