And this may be the saddest, most unreasoning, gurgling fanboy silliness that has ever been posted in my LJ.
Grace Slick was the most powerful female voice in rock and roll. The two songs she is best known for are still spine tingling examples of the pure intensity that is rock and roll. Listen to White Rabbit ... the way that she builds and builds the energy in that song is brilliant. That final note in Somebody To Love, that she holds and holds and then cracks like a whip. It's one of the most exciting moments in rock and roll ever ... up there with Bop bopa-a-lu a whop bam boo (or the 100o other ways that it's translated) and the guitar intro to Johnny B Goode, and WAY DOWN INSIDE from Zep.
Sandy Denny was a brilliant singer, but, in some frothing at the mouth fanboy silliness to say this about Grace Slick ... it's just sad.
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Grace Slick was the most powerful female voice in rock and roll. The two songs she is best known for are still spine tingling examples of the pure intensity that is rock and roll. Listen to White Rabbit ... the way that she builds and builds the energy in that song is brilliant. That final note in Somebody To Love, that she holds and holds and then cracks like a whip. It's one of the most exciting moments in rock and roll ever ... up there with Bop bopa-a-lu a whop bam boo (or the 100o other ways that it's translated) and the guitar intro to Johnny B Goode, and WAY DOWN INSIDE from Zep.
Sandy Denny was a brilliant singer, but, in some frothing at the mouth fanboy silliness to say this about Grace Slick ... it's just sad.