Something pretty unique that someone did before someone else
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:10 am
I got to thinking about this yesterday while walking and listening to a song... the idea of hearing something in music that's pretty unique, something that maybe some other folks have gone ahead and copied over the years but it generally has a really distinct sound to it.
Something like Elvis' voice, or Al Johnson's, or Tim Taylor's, or something like that. And you think you've got it attributed to the right guy, "that's the guy who did that really distinct thing first, that's his thing". But then you hear something else that predates it by a bit and you go "hrm, I guess I had that wrong."
There's this really distinct guitar sound that I hear in some Chrome songs. And I thought that because it's pretty old in the first place, it was probably Chrome that first came up with that sound. But then I heard the solo in the song "Who's That Lady?" by the Iseley Brothers, and it's damn near the exact same distinct guitar sound.
Anybody else ever do this? I know I used to do it a ton when I was like 20, where I thought that whoever I had first heard do something unique was the first person to do it, only to later find out I had no idea what I was talking about cause somebody else had done it like 10 or 20 years prior. Any good examples?
Something like Elvis' voice, or Al Johnson's, or Tim Taylor's, or something like that. And you think you've got it attributed to the right guy, "that's the guy who did that really distinct thing first, that's his thing". But then you hear something else that predates it by a bit and you go "hrm, I guess I had that wrong."
There's this really distinct guitar sound that I hear in some Chrome songs. And I thought that because it's pretty old in the first place, it was probably Chrome that first came up with that sound. But then I heard the solo in the song "Who's That Lady?" by the Iseley Brothers, and it's damn near the exact same distinct guitar sound.
Anybody else ever do this? I know I used to do it a ton when I was like 20, where I thought that whoever I had first heard do something unique was the first person to do it, only to later find out I had no idea what I was talking about cause somebody else had done it like 10 or 20 years prior. Any good examples?