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Friday, October 14, 2011

SPOONS - "NOVA HEART"
Topic: New Tab Postings

"Nova Heart" was the first single drawn from Arias & Symphonies (1982), the second album from Burlington, Ontario new wave band the Spoons. Released in April of 1982, the song became a Top 40 hit in Canada. It was followed by two more singles, the album's title track and "Smiling In Winter". The success of all three singles propelled Arias & Symphonies to gold status.

Singer/guitarist Gordon Deppe has described "Nova Heart" as being "a spiritual take on the end of childhood."¹ In describing the album, he commented, "We think our appeal lies in keeping the music simple, while the lyrics ask you to explore remote places and uncommon ideas...That idea runs through the whole album."²

You can see a good live version of the song here. The video is from 2007, and has the band looking and sounding a bit more 'rock-ish' than in their new wave/new romantic days. (That video had embedding disabled, though, so I couldn't include it here in this post.)

The tab is of the album version of the song, not the single edit. The album version is linked to below.

The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/spoons-novaheart.txt

Audio (studio/album version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFA5G3F2Xpw

Live version from the 1980's, with the full original line-up of the band:

1. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/walkoffame/thespoons.html
2. http://www.thespoons.ca/Images/Arias-press_release.jpg

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 8:22 AM EST
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Monday, October 10, 2011

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Topic: General

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:50 AM EDT
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Thursday, October 6, 2011

SEPTEMBER 2011 REVIEW
Topic: Tab Views

Most-viewed tabs for the month of September 2011:

31 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
22 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
21 - 54-40 - Baby Ran
20 - Harlequin - Sweet Things In Life
19 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
18 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
17 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
17 - The Poppy Family - Where Evil Grows
16 - April Wine - Just Between You And Me
16 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
16 - Toronto - Your Daddy Don't Know

Total Tab Views for September: 867

By section: Canadian-625 Girlschool-94 Various-42 Chords-106

Most-viewed tabs overall (up to Sept. 30/11):

991 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
966 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
785 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
718 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
593 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
579 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
576 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
551 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
538 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
531 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:04 AM EDT
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Sunday, October 2, 2011

THE PRETENDERS
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

Recorded in July of 1982, not long after the death of lead guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and the firing of bassist Pete Farndon, "Back On the Chain Gang" would become one of the Pretenders' most successful singles. The song was recorded by an interim line-up; Rockpile guitarist Billy Bremner and Big Country bassist Tony Butler joined Chrissie Hynde and Martin Chambers for the session.

The single was released in the Fall of 1982, and became a Top 5 hit in both the US and Canada, while charting at #17 at home in the UK.

The song was included on the band's next full album, Learning To Crawl, released early in 1984. Bremner and Butler played on a couple of other tracks, as well, but the bulk of the album was recorded by the band's new permanent line-up, which had Robbie McIntosh on guitar and Malcolm Foster on bass. The album went platinum and reached the Top 5 on Billboard.

Tabbed here is the Intro.

THE PRETENDERS - "Back On the Chain Gang" (C. Hynde)

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

Audio (studio version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzWNY1zwrjY

Posted by planet/zerofret at 3:05 AM EDT
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Saturday, September 24, 2011

MAX WEBSTER - "IN CONTEXT OF THE MOON"
Topic: New Tab Postings

"In Context Of the Moon", the closing track on Max Webster's High Class In Borrowed Shoes (1977) album, was the second in a series of moon-themed songs, one of which appeared on each of the first four Max Webster studio albums. It was preceded by "Coming Off the Moon", from the band's 1976 self-titled debut album. "Beyond the Moon" was featured on 1978's Mutiny Up My Sleeve, while "Moon Voices" -- the last of the series -- appeared on the 1979 album A Million Vacations.

"In Context" was also featured on the band's 1980 live album Live Magnetic Air, and was the B-side of the single release of "Words To Words". The musically eclectic tune - ranging from hard rock to jazz and back again -- has long been regarded as a Max classic.

The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/maxwebster-incontext.txt

Audio (studio version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx5ZFO7SL7k

You can see a video of Max Webster playing the song live here, but the version I've chosen to embed below is the video I referred to a lot while doing the tab. It's a live version of Kim Mitchell playing the song with his own band (very faithful to the Max version, with the exception of some guitar solo bits), and in several spots it gives a good, clear look at the guitar playing.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:20 AM EDT
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

AUGUST 2011 REVIEW
Topic: Tab Views

Most-viewed tabs for the month of August 2011:

29 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
29 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
28 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
26 - Harlequin - I Did It For Love
24 - Helix - Deep Cuts the Knife
24 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
23 - Harlequin - Sweet Things In Life
22 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
21 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
21 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide

Total Tab Views for August: 1,186

By section: Canadian-912 Girlschool-116 Various-61 Chords-97

Most-viewed tabs overall (up to Aug. 31/11):

960 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
947 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
768 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
703 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
579 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
569 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
563 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
533 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
516 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
515 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns

Tabs reaching 100 overall views this month: Dreamer

Posted by planet/zerofret at 4:53 AM EDT
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

LIGHTHOUSE - "SUNNY DAYS"
Topic: New Chords Postings

A mainstay of 1970's Top 40 radio (and later classic rock radio), the single "Sunny Days" has been referred to by one website (CanadianBands.com) as "Canada's summer anthem". The song went Top 40 on Billboard, and reached #4 on Canada's RPM Singles chart. The album the single came from was certified Gold, and the success of that album won Lighthouse a Juno Award for Best Group Of the Year.

The band has also gotten a lot of mileage out of the song for use as an album title. It was the title track of the album it first appeared on, 1972's Sunny Days. In 1989, the band released a greatest hits compilation entitled The Best Of Lighthouse: Sunny Days Again. And most recently, in 2009, the song was tapped once more for the title of the Lighthouse best-of CD/DVD set 40 Years Of Sunny Days. This serves as a testament to the ongoing popularity of this summer feel-good pop classic.

The chord chart:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/lighthouse-sunnydays.txt

Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxwNkY0-vUw

Posted by planet/zerofret at 3:43 AM EDT
Updated: Thursday, August 18, 2011 3:45 AM EDT
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Friday, August 12, 2011

THE TEA PARTY
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

The tag line on the home page of The Tea Party's official website proclaims: "No politics...Just Rock and Roll." I guess that reflects the state of affairs for the long-established band (broken up, but currently reunited), who have in recent years found themselves sharing a name with a somewhat controversial U.S. political party. Perhaps a lot of ultra right wing political types have mistakenly surfed into their site expecting Sarah Palin, but getting sitars, tablas, and overdriven Les Pauls instead?

The song "The Bazaar" comes from the band's third album, The Edges Of Twilight (1995), and is also included on their greatest hits CD Tangents: The Tea Party Collection (2000). It contains both defining elements that the band is most noted for: their world music (particularly Indian and Eastern) influenced sound and their use of alternate tunings. "The Bazaar" is played in Open G5 tuning (all strings tuned to either G or D). Tabbed here is the guitar riff from the Intro. To play just the riff, you can simply tune the A string down to G (rather than doing a full retuning), since the whole riff is played on one string. Or you can even play it in Standard tuning, but it will be in a different key from the recording, of course.

THE TEA PARTY - "The Bazaar" (The Tea Party)

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

Posted by planet/zerofret at 4:13 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, August 12, 2011 4:14 AM EDT
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

JULY 2011 REVIEW
Topic: Tab Views

Most-viewed tabs for the month of July 2011:

34 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
31 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
28 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
25 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
23 - Max Webster - A Million Vacations
21 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
21 - Harlequin - Sweet Things In Life
20 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
19 - Helix - Deep Cuts the Knife
17 - Harlequin - I Did It For Love

Total Tab Views for July: 1,015

By section: Canadian-767 Girlschool-90 Various-62 Chords-96

Most-viewed tabs overall (up to July 31/11):

931 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
919 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
739 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
681 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
559 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
548 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
547 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
512 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
497 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
491 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns

Tabs reaching 100 overall views this month:
I've Seen All Good People, Lookin' For Trouble, First Time For Everything, Screaming Blue Murder

Posted by planet/zerofret at 4:45 AM EDT
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Friday, July 29, 2011

SASS JORDAN - "SO HARD"
Topic: New Tab Postings

This tab started out as an entry in the riff section. The tab I was working on was giving me some trouble, so I figured I'd put it aside for a bit, and take a night to quickly work out an Intro or riff (since I haven't done one in awhile) so that I'd have something new to post. "So Hard" has a catchy acoustic Intro, so I thought it would be a good one to do. When I started working it out, it came along quickly, so I decided to add in a little more (the transition to the verse), then a bit more (the verse itself). Eventually, it just made sense to make a full tab of it.

"So Hard" was one of four successful singles from Sass Jordan's 1988 debut album Tell Somebody (the others being the title track, "Double Trouble", and "Stranger Than Paradise"). The song charted at #51 in Canada. The album was certified platinum, and it won Jordan the 1989 Juno award for Most Promising Female Vocalist.

The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/jordan-sohard.txt

Posted by planet/zerofret at 4:02 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, July 29, 2011 4:04 AM EDT
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