Motley Tunes is a weekly segment featuring an assortment of 2-4 songs I find worth sharing.
1. Hong Kong Garden by Siouxsie & The Banshees
Their first single: shiny, compact, a perfect post-punk song; was a shocker. Because it was too poppy, too perfect, given their otherwise uncompromising unconventional take on post-punk. Nevertheless, a brilliant if underrated song - faux Oriental riff (played edgily on a xylophone), Siouxsie's commanding vocals, sinister lyrics - concluded with a resounding gong to remind you just how Oriental it's trying to be.
2. November Rain by Guns N' Roses
Why? Because no November is complete without this epic pretentious melancholic masterpiece (thankfully) by a band otherwise known for foolhardy pretensions (just why, why the hell was Axl Rose braying like an ass on your trashy cover of Knocking On Heaven's Door?). Anyways, GnR do hold their shit here for 9 minutes (their only noteworthy achievement since Appetite For Destruction). Watch out for Slash's eargasmic solos on this one.
"Nothing lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
Nothing lasts forever
In the cold november rain."
1. Hong Kong Garden by Siouxsie & The Banshees
2. November Rain by Guns N' Roses
"Nothing lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
Nothing lasts forever
In the cold november rain."
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