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The Polack MSgt

(13,188 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:15 PM Feb 2019

For a generation of garage bands this song was a godsend

Last edited Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:57 PM - Edit history (1)

One of the very coolest riffs around - but even 2 kids with cheap amps and poor skills could play a passable version of it to impress the girls in the neighborhood...

You're like a sledgehammer baby - you've been hitting on my mind



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For a generation of garage bands this song was a godsend (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Feb 2019 OP
Is this post ... uh ... autobiographical at all ;) mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #1
It is - and I was the rythm guy 'cause even this song was too hard The Polack MSgt Feb 2019 #2
Garage bands rule. All great bands started in a garage. argyl Feb 2019 #3
I may as well get this out of the way - Tell us about it Frank! The Polack MSgt Feb 2019 #4
And that's the definitive on garage bands. Many thanks. argyl Feb 2019 #5
- The Polack MSgt Feb 2019 #6
:) stevil Mar 2019 #7
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. Is this post ... uh ... autobiographical at all ;)
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:36 PM
Feb 2019

I remember this album ... I was real young, but I remember it.

argyl

(3,064 posts)
3. Garage bands rule. All great bands started in a garage.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 12:01 AM
Feb 2019

Or a crowded room. Certainly not a fully equipped studio.

argyl

(3,064 posts)
5. And that's the definitive on garage bands. Many thanks.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 12:17 AM
Feb 2019

Haven't heard that one in ages. And I'll be listening to it a few more times before I file it away again.

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