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Saturday, May 2, 2009

APRIL 2009 REVIEW
Topic: Website

Most-viewed tabs for the month of April 2009 (w/ view numbers):

22 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
15 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
14 - Michel Pagliaro - Lovin' You Ain't Easy
13 - Harlequin - I Did It For Love
12 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
11 - Cry Of Love - Peace Pipe
11 - Max Webster - Battle Scar
10 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
9 - Lee Aaron - Sweet Talk
9 - Harlequin - Superstitious Feeling

Total Tab Views For April: 456

(By section: Canadian-291 Girlschool-60 Various-52 Chords-53)

Most-viewed tabs overall (stats date from Oct. 3/07 to Apr. 30/09):

258 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
192 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
180 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
156 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
144 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
139 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
129 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
112 - Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel
111 - Harlequin - Innocence
108 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns

Tabs reaching 100 overall views mark this month:

Sweet Things In Life, Battle Scar, Raise A Little Hell, I Did It For Love,
Race With the Devil (guitar), Working For the Weekend

*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:31 AM EDT
Updated: Saturday, May 2, 2009 12:34 AM EDT
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

GIRLSCHOOL - "I SPY"
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

Everything about Girlschool's most recent album, Legacy (2008) -- from the thematic concept on through to the cover art -- reflects the disc's dual personality. Legacy simultaneously celebrates and mourns. The album celebrates the band's 30th Anniversary (and there are guest appearances aplenty, as a who's who of the music industry help the band mark the occasion) while also serving as a tribute to original Girlschool guitarist Kelly Johnson, who passed away in 2007.

In keeping with the dual theme, the track "I Spy" -- a timely socio-political commentary -- is given two different treatments on the disc. The "Girlschool mix" appears early on (Track 3), and is performed almost entirely by Girlschool. Phil Campbell does a guest spot here, adding the guitar solo. Toward the end of the album the song appears once more, as a bonus track -- this time the "Dio/Iommi mix". Ronnie James Dio supplies all of the vocals on this version, with Tony Iommi contributing the guitar solos. The rest of the tracks are the same as on the first version.

The Intro, which is tabbed here, is the same for both versions. It's (to the best of my knowledge) 100% Girlschool, with Kim McAuliffe on rhythm guitar and Jackie Chambers on lead.

GIRLSCHOOL - "I Spy" (E. Williams/K. McAuliffe/J. Chambers)

https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/gsriffs.txt

Audio (Girlschool mix):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miOr0xeWO-M

Audio (Dio/Iommi mix):
http://www.myspace.com/girlschool1

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:51 AM EDT
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Monday, April 20, 2009

KIM MITCHELL - "ALANA LOVES ME"
Topic: New Chords Postings

The song "Alana Loves Me" comes from Kim Mitchell's Shakin' Like A Human Being (1986) album, a hit machine that also produced the singles "Patio Lanterns", "Easy To Tame", "That's The Hold", and "Get Lucky (Boys & Girls)". It was his most commercially successful album, earning him Juno awards for Album Of the Year and Male Vocalist Of the Year. And speaking of good male vocalists, "Alana Loves Me" features another of those fantastic backing vocal performances by Peter Fredette, impressive here just as he is on "All We Are" (from the Akimbo Alogo album).

The chord chart:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/mitchellkim-alanalovesme.txt

Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir8kauIZWhU

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Monday, April 20, 2009 1:16 AM EDT
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Friday, April 17, 2009

CRY OF LOVE - "PEACE PIPE"
Topic: New Tab Postings

90's rock with a 70's sound best describes North Carolina rockers Cry Of Love. The band's bluesy style has been compared to the likes of Bad Company and Free, and the similarity in style once landed them a touring spot as Bad Company's support act.

The band's existence was relatively brief, but successful; they formed in 1991 in Raleigh, and split up in 1997. In that time they produced a #1 Billboard hit -- "Peace Pipe", drawn from their debut album Brother (1993) -- a track that seems destined for long life on Classic Rock radio stations.

After playing the 1994 Monsters Of Rock festival, lead vocalist Kelly Holland left the group. He was eventually replaced, and a second album, Diamonds & Debris, was recorded. However, the group disbanded shortly afterward.

The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/vartab/cryoflove-peacepipe.txt

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsLkn76TQhk

Posted by planet/zerofret at 1:19 AM EDT
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Thursday, April 2, 2009

MARCH 2009 REVIEW
Topic: Website

Most-viewed tabs for the month of March 2009 (w/ view numbers):

23 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
16 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
16 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
13 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
12 - Harlequin - I Did It For Love
11 - Lee Aaron - Sweet Talk
11 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
11 - Coney Hatch - Devil's Deck
11 - Harlequin - Superstitious Feeling
11 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love

Total Tab Views For March: 449

(By section: Canadian-368 Girlschool-22 Various-27 Chords-32)

Most-viewed tabs overall (stats date from Oct.3/07 to Mar. 31/09):

243 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
185 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
168 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
149 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
134 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
131 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
122 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
106 - Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel
104 - Harlequin - Innocence
104 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns

*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:58 AM EDT
Updated: Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:59 AM EDT
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Saturday, March 28, 2009

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

I still haven't gotten my guitar into the shop, but I figured that in the meantime I might as well reattach the troublesome string to the peg, and get some work done.

1969 was undoubtedly the biggest chart year for Creedence Clearwater Revival. The band released three albums, all of which went Top Ten and achieved multi-platinum status. They also released a total of seven singles, three of which reached #2 on the pop charts, and one which climbed to #3.

The last of these three albums, issued in November, was Willy & The Poor Boys. It was CCR's fourth studio album, and it became a double platinum seller. The first single, "Down On the Corner", told the story of the fictional band of the album title, and it became a #3 hit, also being certified double platinum. Tabbed here are the Intro and the Instrumental Break.

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - "Down On the Corner" (J. Fogerty)

https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/varriffs.txt

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJAjOlp4Tas

Posted by planet/zerofret at 1:15 AM EDT
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Saturday, March 21, 2009

TEMPORARY DELAY
Topic: Website

I haven't gotten any new tab posted in the past week or so, and unfortunately, it's going to stay that way for awhile. A few days ago I was all ready to get a fresh set of strings on my guitar before I moved on to the next tab. But I found that one of the old strings was refusing to come off the guitar. The ball end of the string is jammed in the under part of the bridge, and I haven't had any success in getting it dislodged. The string comes up through the back of the body and through a trem system, so accessing the trouble spot is pretty much impossible for me. I decided to leave it to the professionals. I called my local music store and asked about repairs.

I'll be taking the guitar in to the shop sometime this week. Hopefully, they can fix it there without too much trouble, so that I can be back in business soon.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 6:03 PM EDT
Updated: Saturday, March 21, 2009 6:04 PM EDT
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Friday, March 13, 2009

MAINTENANCE
Topic: Website

I spent last night cleaning up the video page. It turned out to be not quite as bad as I was expecting. One day awhile back I had clicked on a bunch of the links on that page and it seemed like almost half the videos were no longer there. I guess that's the nature of YouTube, though. A video that's there one day can be gone the next. Now you see 'em, now you don't. When the videos are gone, it's always one of three reasons listed:
a) user has removed the video
b) user has violated terms of use
c) copyright claim by publisher/record label

The day I did the test of the handful of links, it was the Various column on the lower part of the page I was testing. A lot of those videos were gone, so I expected it to be the same with both other columns. It turned out not to be that way, though. Last night I tested all of the links on that page. In the Canadian column I had to remove about four links. In the Girlschool column, it was just one. In the Various colum, I had to remove twelve links. That's the area that took the biggest hit. There's practically nothing left in that column now! On the upper part of the page where the embedded videos are, I needed to remove two of them. I'll also need to test the embedded videos on other pages (I just thought of that, so I haven't done it yet).

So right now all the links on the Video Page should be good...for awhile, at least.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 5:20 PM EDT
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Thursday, March 12, 2009

LEE AARON - "SWEET TALK"
Topic: New Tab Postings

Lee Aaron wasn't always Lee Aaron; she was born Karen Lynn Greening. Early in her career she was in a band called Lee Aaron, and she ultimately adopted the moniker as her own. But by whatever name, for years she carried the label of "Metal Queen", due to both her musical style and her song of the same name. While this gave her a distinctive and memorable image throughout the early to mid-80's, it didn't necessarily translate into chart success.

In 1987, Aaron released a self-titled album, aiming for a more commercial sound. The plan worked, as she had a successful single with the ballad "Only Human". Her 1989 album Bodyrock (pictured) continued in the same vein -- amping up the commercial aspect even more -- and produced hits that year in "Hands On" and "Whatcha Do To My Body". In 1990, a third single was released from the album, the heavy metal power ballad "Sweet Talk". The song was edited/shortened for release as a single, but I've tabbed the full album version. I couldn't find the full version online anywhere, so I've linked to the video of it at YouTube. This is the edited version, about two minutes shorter than the album version.

Bodyrock became Lee Aaron's most succesful album, selling 200,000+ copies. Since then, she's gone on to reinvent herself once more, this time as a jazz stylist, but she continues to perform songs from her full catalogue. Which is probably a wise decision, because for many people, she'll always be the Metal Queen.

The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/aaronlee-sweettalk.txt

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9y2CXHHiP8

Posted by planet/zerofret at 1:45 AM EDT
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Sunday, March 8, 2009

FIVE FOR FIGHTING - "SUPERMAN (IT'S NOT EASY)"
Topic: New Chords Postings

You don't tug on Superman's cape. I am Superman and I know what's happening. Superman never made any money saving the world from Solomon Grundy. So say/sing Jim Croce, R.E.M. and The Crash Test Dummies respectively. When it comes to comic book superheroes, the pop/rock world clearly thinks Superman is where it's at. Sure, there's a handful of Batman songs, and I can remember an old Katrina & The Waves song called "Spiderman". But overall, Superman is the undisputed champ. As a matter of fact, the Superman Homepage cites 460 (!) different songs that are either about or refer to Superman or Clark Kent. (www.supermanhomepage.com/radio/radio.php?topic=r-songs)

Then there's Five For Fighting. Here it sounds like we should be talking about Tie Domi or Donald Brashear, or some other NHL enforcer. But, of course, we're really talking about Los Angeles singer-songwriter John Ondrasik, who uses the hockey term as his performing name. His second album, America Town (2000), achieved platinum status despite not even breaking into the Top 50 of Billboard's album chart. It managed to hit the million mark in sales based primarily on the strength of the album's biggest single, "Superman (It's Not Easy)". The song emerged as a popular culture means of healing in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the US. Late in 2001, Ondrasik performed the song at The Concert for New York City. "Superman" rose to #14 on the Billboard singles chart, and it remains Ondrasik's highest charting single to date.

The chord chart:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/fiveforfighting-superman.txt

Video:
http://myplay.com/videos/five-for-fighting/superman-its-not-easy

Posted by planet/zerofret at 1:01 AM EST
Updated: Sunday, March 8, 2009 1:02 AM EST
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