THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021 • THE BULLETIN
ALL THINGS MUSIC
Larry and His
Flask perform in
downtown Bend.
Continued from Page 3
which features some of the bands best-known
songs: “Good Times Roll,” “My Best Friend’s
Girl” and of course, “Just What I Needed.”
Brian McElhiney / The
Bulletin file photo
“The Fame,” Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga changed the face of modern
pop music with 2008’s “The Fame,” an ex-
perimental art-pop record masquerading
as dance music. Hits such as “Just Dance,”
“Poker Face” and the exceptionally weird
“LoveGame” pack surprising bite and in-
sight, and Gaga herself proved to be a singu-
lar vocal and songwriting talent.
fun, but not the
LAHF we know
and love.
EXHIBIT B: NO. 1 IS NOT THE ONE
“Queen,” Queen
Before Queen asked if this was real life or
just fantasy, it released this 1973 debut album
filled with Zeppelin-esque hard rock. While
derivative, the album pointed to what was
to come with Brian May’s distinctive guitar
tones and Freddie Mercury’s operatic vocals.
“We’re Going Dancing Tonight,”
Larry and His Flask
Here’s an example right in our backyard.
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Larry and His Flask is known today for its
energetic mix of roots, folk and punk rock,
but started life in the early-to-mid-2000s as
a more typical punk unit. Good luck finding
2006’s out-of-print “We’re Going Dancing
Tonight”; a few songs are floating around
YouTube. They’re plenty loud and plenty
“Metal Magic,”
Pantera
Likewise,
Pantera’s first
four albums are
hard to find on
streaming ser-
vices, and for
good reason.
Before gaining
a reputation as thrash-groove metallers ex-
traordinaire, the band started out as a ge-
neric glam outfit. This 1983 debut, while
showcasing some decent guitar work by Di-
mebag Darrell, is pretty embarrassing. (If
you’re really interested, you can find it on
YouTube.)
“With Sympathy,” Ministry
Known for pioneering industrial metal in
the late ’80s, Chicago’s Ministry started out
as a synth-pop band on 1983’s “With Sym-
pathy,” which sounds almost like a long lost
New Order record. This one isn’t so much
embarrassing as it is weird, especially com-
pared with the dark, unsettling riffs and lyr-
ics of later Ministry tracks.
“Bob Dylan,” Bob Dylan
Some fans will cry blasphemy at any crit-
icism toward any Bob Dylan release. But
the folk-rock luminary’s 1962 debut is noth-
ing if not embryonic, packed full of tradi-
tional songs and old blues covers from Blind
Lemon Jefferson and Bukka White. And his
two original offerings, including the Woody
Guthrie tribute “Song to Woody,” didn’t ex-
actly set the world on fire.
Bonus: “Attila,” Attila
AKA Billy Joel’s organ-drums metal duo
from 1970, a year before his proper solo de-
but, “Cold Spring Harbor.” Yes, it’s as weird
as that sounds.
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Got a tip, a live stream concert, a new album or single or
any other local music news to share? Drop me a line at
brian.mcelhiney@gmail.com.
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