Category Archive: BS Daily Tune Up
BangShift Tune-Up: “You Sound Like You’re Sick” by The Ramones (1981)
I’m pretty sure that families that recently adopted puppies are going to be dismayed to learn that their canine friends will only answer to Coronavirus or COVID by the time this part of our...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Dreams” by Van Halen (1986) Featuring The Blue Angels
How in the hell have we not featured this video yet? How? Before I knew everybody’s name in the band, before I knew one single album title, I knew Van Halen simply because of this music video....
BangShift Tune-Up: “Mean Man” By W.A.S.P. (1989)
No joke, hearing this song just before I wrote this piece was my introduction to W.A.S.P. And that’s a miracle, seeing how I managed to get through my teenage years without hearing a rock song...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Red Barchetta” by Rush (Live In Montreal, 1980)
Automobiles and music, they go oddly hand-in-hand with each other. Pick a car, understand the feeling that it gives you when you drive it, and the music will eventually line up to what you listen to,...
Best of 2019: BangShift Tune-Up – “Retrowave Run” by Go Harder (2019)
Before we begin, let’s come to an understanding of what you are about to hear first. It’s a style of ambient electronic music that holds a very special place in it’s heart for...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Wolf Totem” by The Hu featuring Jacoby from Papa Roach (2018)
Music is a world language. Words might not interchange, but the beat of the drum, the roll of the bassline and the highs and lows translate through culture. You can take any particular genre of music...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Hard And Loud” by Royal Bliss (2018)
Here’s a dirty little secret about a lot of the gearhead community: we ain’t the country club types. Pressed suits, manicured fingernails free of grease and grime, a shining personality?...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Die To Live” By Volbeat featuring Neil Fallon of Clutch (2019)
Every adventure starts somewhere. Right now, the current adventure has started hours before dawn as I sit inside Nashville International Airport waiting to board a 737 to head west to the land of...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Faster” by Within Temptation (2011)
Once again, readers, you are at the mercy of my need for motivation when it comes to music to enjoy. Except this time, the selected track for the BangShift Tune-Up jukebox didn’t get picked for...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Drive” by Deftones (2011)
I’ve probably spent more money on gasoline in the autumn months than any other time. It’s not that I travel much for any particular reason, those trips are usually done by early...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Shake It Up” by The Cars (1981)
Oh, MTV…how you ruined a kid like me. Thanks to adults that had anything better to do than to keep their eyes on little old me, I fell for music videos hard. And in the late 1980s, MTV was...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: The Star Spangled Banner – The Boston Crowd Takes This One Over
With today being Independence Day we thought it only right to feature the most important song in our nation’s history, the Star Spangled Banner. Our national anthem gets performed thousands of...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: The Super Stocks – Wheel Man (1963)
We’ve played you plenty of stuff from the 1960s studio group, “The Super Stocks” before and we’re going to drop some more musical fun by those dudes on your here today. The...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Nitro Sexy” by Granny 4 Barrel (2019)
Consider this more of a true test drive, because this song is about as new as it gets. In the world of new music, most automotive references can be found in rap music as a hat tip to luxury brands or...