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Category Archive: BangShift News, BS Daily Tune Up

In Memoriam: Eddie Van Halen

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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...