Category Archive: BangShift News, BS Daily Tune Up
In Memoriam: Eddie Van Halen
Oct 07, 2020Bryan McTaggart9
This one stings. It’s not that one of the top-tier masters of not only the guitar but just about every single solid instrument he ever touched has finally left this earth after years of dealing...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Head Against The Wall” by Anew Revolution (2010)
Sep 07, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
Oh, readers…let me tell you about the fun that the last few days at BangShift Mid-West have been. You see, after weeks of heat and humidity, and a few days of outright hellish rain storms that...
BangShift Tune-Up: Live In Studio Performance of “The Shadowing” by Orbit Culture (2020)
Aug 08, 2020Bryan McTaggart5
Ok, no poetry, no prose. I’m speaking directly to you, reader. I know that this year, to date, has been nothing short of an M. Night Shyamalan horror movie, with plot twist after plot twist...
BangShift Tune-Up: “This Is Gonna Hurt” by Sixx:A.M. (2011)
Jul 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on BangShift Tune-Up: “This Is Gonna Hurt” by Sixx:A.M. (2011)
Do you know how hard it is to type with one finger bound up in bandages and Gorilla tape? I do. I’ve been doing it for the last week. I want to say that the injury was something gnarly in the...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Stick Shifts and Safety Belts – Cake (1996)
Jul 08, 2020Brian Lohnes1
We’re not sure if it is actually possible to buy a car with a bench seat anymore but if the guys from Cake could have their way, bucket seats and anything that prevented a passenger from...
Listen Up: The Awesome, Amazing, and Inspiring Story Of Operation Snowbound – How American Teamwork Saved Millions Of People and Livestock In 1949
Jun 29, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Listen Up: The Awesome, Amazing, and Inspiring Story Of Operation Snowbound – How American Teamwork Saved Millions Of People and Livestock In 1949
There can be no overstatement of just how nasty Mother Nature can get when she wants to be. The winter of 1949 on the Western Plains of the United States is virtually beyond compare. A succession of...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Turbo Lover” by Judas Priest (1986)
Jun 16, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
Oh, dear sweet lord, now we’re diving into some history here. I’m a firm believer that certain music from your history shapes you. Certain songs have the ability to do more than just...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Lord, Mr. Ford – Jerry Reed (1973)
Jun 12, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Daily Tune Up: Lord, Mr. Ford – Jerry Reed (1973)
We’ve featured Jerry Reed tunes as part of the BangShift Daily Tune Up before so consider today a refresher course on Reed-ology. This song was a number one hit for Reed on his 1973 album...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Humans Being” by Van Halen (1996)
Jun 08, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
Alright, let’s not pretend that we don’t know why this song is the one being pumped out of the BangShift jukebox today. In a year that is going to be summed up in three succinct...
BangShift Tune-Up: “When Worlds Collide” by Powerman 5000 (1999)
May 11, 2020Bryan McTaggart5
The first time I heard this song, it was like that refreshing slap to the face you never knew you needed. I can tell you exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard it: Right at the end of...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Long Tall Sally” and “Tutti Frutti” by Little Richard
May 10, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
When I think of Little Richard, what immediately comes to mind is Donald and Daisy Duck dancing in some Disney-approved music video that would appear between regular cartoons. On the surface to a...
BangShift Tune-Up: “4 AM (Adam K & Soha Mix)” by Kaskade (2007)
Apr 28, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
Most of my Tune-Up offerings are usually rock music based. It’s what I was raised on and it’s what most of my music library is composed of. But there is a strong secondary favorite,...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Goldfinger Performs “Here In Your Bedroom” Quarantine Edition
Apr 20, 2020Brian Lohnes5
This song is awesome. This performance of the song is even better. Admittedly I have been a fan of Goldfinger since high school. These guys were regularly firing out of the crummy 6×9 speakers I...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die) by Joe Diffie (1993)
Mar 30, 2020Bryan McTaggart4
Another day passes, another day that might very well feel wasted sitting at home. The world seems to have been up-ended over the last few weeks. In the thirty-six years that I’ve stood on this...