"This is a song by the Black Keys", "It's from an album called Brothers", etc. "Frank has a profile on eHarmony." "He is a puppet, not a real dinosaur." This goes along the same direction of using sort of "obvious" or "simple" ways to say things like the album cover does e.g. The video shows him dancing and miming the words a little, whilst subtitles go on explaining different facts about the video, the band, and Frank e.g. The original music video for the song was a low budget clip starring a puppet dinosaur named Frank who is standing beside a plant. Musically, the song is in the key of F sharp minor. At the 53rd Grammy Awards in 2011, the song won Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, while also receiving a nomination for Best Rock Song. Rolling Stone put the song on its list of the 15 Best Whistling Songs of All Time. The song has become one of the most successful Black Keys singles in the United States, being their first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching number one on the Alternative Songs and Rock Songs charts. We always have a blast when the three of us get together." We had a couple of days off and so did Brian ( Danger Mouse) and since we are friends and like hanging out with each other we thought it would be fun to go into the studio and see if we could come up with a tune. Dan Auerbach told The Sun how the song originated: "That was the last song we did for the record. It is the third track on their 2010 album Brothers and was released as the record's first single on April 23, 2010. Beautifully done." Tighten Up" is a song by American rock band The Black Keys. Guest vocalists helping out on the project include Bush's teenage son Bertie (Albert McIntosh) on the opening track "Snowflake," tenor and counter tenor Stefan Roberts and Michael Wood (on the otherworldly "Lake Tahoe"), Andy Fairweather Low ("Wild Man") and Elton John ("Snowed In At Wheeler Street"). The brilliant, singular 50 Words for Snow has as much to do with Schubert Lieder or Elizabethan art song as anything being put out today.īush uses snow and winter landscapes as a thematic background for much of this Christmas record that never comes close to mentioning Santa. Kate Bush: 50 Words for Snow (Noble & Brite Records) Rating: 9 (out of 10)Īt my iTunes digital dinner table Kate Bush is seated unceremoniously between Kasabian and Katy Perry but the material on her new album is completely unconcerned with current pop trends. The Black Keys have been steadily growing in popularity and this album should propel them into a whole new league. Behind him is the ever steady drumming of Patrick Carney, who never misses a beat. Eleven tracks fill the collection with powerhouse rock that grabs you from the brilliant opening number, "Lonely Boy," and doesn't let go until the final chords of "Mind Eraser."ĭan Auerbach enjoys a number of different styles with his guitar playing on El Camino, like the swamp boogie feel of "Gold on the Ceiling" to the back porch acoustic intro of "Little Black Submarines" before it kicks off into a howling tempo. Joining forces with Danger Mouse as the producer has resulted in their most mainstream album to date and they have transitioned without giving up their unique sound. The last two albums, Attack and Release and 2010's Brothers, have moved them closer to the house but now with their latest album, El Camino, the band has taken over the living room and is blasting out of the stereo. This has worked well for them but was keeping their music in the garage.
They've experimented and distorted their songs while maintaining a full speed ahead approach. The Black Keys have long been known for their fuzzedout garage band sound. The Black Keys: El Camino (Nonesuch Records) Rating: 9 (out of 10)