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A lifelong lover of music and a former programmer at WBCR-LP California native Chris Meyer has lived in Colorado, Chicago and New Jersey before permanently settling in the Berkshires to begin a new career and raise his family.
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The Clash “Hitsville USA”
This song from The Clash’s 1980 LP Sandinista is a nod to Motown records and the emerging British Indie music scene of the late 70s and early 80s. About the song Chris said, “It's just such a great bouncy song. It's got to improve anyone's mood. It has a very different sound overall from their standard punk-ish stuff but is just a great tune that shows off the band. I wonder who produced it (the band self-produced it). It features Mick Jones' girlfriend on vocals. Maybe this was an early indication of more interesting things to come from Clash members like Big Audio Dynamite.”
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The Hollies “Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)”
This song, from the Holly’s 1971 LP Distant Light was their highest charting hit in the US. Chris wrote this about the song “I have loved this song since it came out. I bought the album with it not knowing much about the Hollies only to discover that it was totally unlike everything else. I think this may be the only song they made with no harmonies - just the awesome lead vocal. Their next album has a song that mimics this one, but it’s not nearly as good. I think it also dragged the singer and songwriter back into the band when it became a hit.”
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Guns N’ Roses “Patience”
Popular belief is that Axel Rose wrote this song from there 1989 LP G ‘N’ R Lies during a difficult time in his marriage. About the song Chris writes, “Who would have thought that these guys would start a song with some melodic whistling? It's a great song and I didn't realize it was them until someone pointed it out to me, which is a great sign of genre jumping. Also has some great melodic, mellow guitar tones.”
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Stevie Ray Vaughan “Riviera Paradise”
This slow, instrumental song is the last track from Stevie Ray Vaughan’s final studio album, 1989’s In Step and is also one of the last songs he played live before his tragic death on August 27, 1990 fittingly marking a career peak of sobriety and musical mastery. Chris was succinct into the point with his summarization of the song writing, “The guitar tone is just lovely”.
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Blondie “Heart of Glass”
From their career changing album, 1978’s Parallel Lines, this song was written three years before it ever made it to vinyl. About the song Chris said, “This is another deviation from punk/new wave / ??? style, like Hitsville UK. Some rock snobs look down their noses at this song, given the disco sound and the way Debbie Harry puts that ethereal feel in her voice instead of belting it out, but I like it.”
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