Scooter Chronicles

The Cardigans - “First Band on the Moon”

Tracks:

1. Your New Cuckoo
2. Been It
3. Heartbreaker
4. Happy Meal II
5. Never Recover
6. Step On Me
7. Lovefool
8. Losers
9. Iron Man
10. Great Divide
11. Choke

I went out on a few dates with a young lady a couple of years before meeting Marcia. One day we stopped in Harmony House to browse around. She ended up buying this album on CD and we listened to it the rest of the evening. “Lovefool” was often played on the radio. Later I bought a copy, not sure if I really wanted to, but I took a chance....

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Joe Satriani - “Joe Satriani”

Tracks:

1. Cool #9
2. If
3. Down, Down, Down
4. Luminous Flesh Giants
5. S.M.F.
6. Look My Way
7. Home
8. Moroccan Sunset
9. Killer Bee Bop
10. Slow Down Blues, Pt. 1 & 2
11. (You’re) My World
12. Sittin’ ‘Round

Back in the late 80’s Joe Satriani’s name was being talked around. Supposedly he was the guy that taught Steve Vai how to play, and now this guitar virtuoso had his own instrumental album out. I had even heard about him from my Uncle Steve,...

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Laurie Anderson - “Mister Heartbreak”

Tracks:

1. Sharkey’s Day
2. Langue d’Amour
3. Gravity’s Angel
4. Kokoku
5. Excellent Birds
6. Blue Lagoon
7. Sharkey’s Night

While working at CHL, I sat next to Jose for a few years. We have similar music tastes, but I had never heard any of Laurie Anderson’s work. He had lost his copy of “Mister Heartbreak” and asked if I could order it for him through my Amazon.Com account. He also said that I was more then welcome to listen to it before giving it to him. I went out...

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Mary Chapin Carpenter - “Stones in the Road”

Tracks:

1. Why Walk When You Can Fly
2. House of Cards
3. Stones in the Road
4. A Keeper for Every Flame
5. Tender When I Want to Be
6. Shut Up and Kiss Me
7. The Last Word
8. The End of My Pirate Days
9. John Doe No. 24
10. Jubilee
11. Outside Looking In
12. Where Time Stands Still
13. This is Love

My former co-worker Garey is getting a lot of press from these favorite album posts. Not that he introduced me to this album, but at least to the artist. After hearing...

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Tool - “10,000 Days”

Tracks:

1. Vicarious
2. Jambi
3. Wings for Marie, Part 1
4. 10,000 Days (Wings, Part 2)
5. The Pot
6. Lipan Conjuring
7. Lost Keys (Blame Hoffman)
8. Roseta Stoned
9. Intension
10. Right in Two
11. Viginti Tres

Like many people that listened to rock radio in the early to mid 90’s, I eventually heard the weirdness that was Tool. Their first single “Sober” hit the airwaves and had a lot of heads turning. Their sound, in many respects, has remained rather constant, but their delivery has...

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Melissa Etheridge - “Never Enough”

Tracks:

1. Ain’t it Heavy
2. 2001
3. Dance Without Sleeping
4. Place Your Hand
5. Must Be Crazy for Me
6. Meet Me in the Back
7. The Boy Feels Strange
8. Keep it Precious
9. The Letting Go
10. It’s for You

I had heard of Melissa Etheridge for a while, had seen her adds endorsing Ovation acoustic guitars, but had never bought any of her albums. Then one day in 1992, I am walking around a record shop and catch the cover of her new album (this one) out of the corner of my eye. Well,...

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Premiata Forneria Marconi - “Per un Amico”

Tracks:

1. Appena un Po’
2. Generale
3. Per un Amico
4. Il Banchetto
5. Geranio

I have discovered some great progressive rock bands through ProgressiveEars.Com, which some friends of ours run. The biggest contribution they have made to my ears is the introduction of bands outside North America and England. (Read: those that don’t sing in English.) Premiata Forneria Marconi is often considered the elite of the Italian prog bands, which is saying something because Italy has been a hot-bed of prog since the early...

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Level 42 - “World Machine”

Tracks:

1. Something About You
2. World Machine
3. Physical Presence
4. Leaving Me Now
5. Hot Water
6. It’s Not the Same for Us
7. Good Man in a Storm
8. That Chant Has Begun
9. Lying Still

The great graces of MTV have introduced me to so many different musical artists. Level 42 is yet another. (Pausing to reminisce about the good ol’ days of MTV.) “Something About You” turned out to be a decent hit for them on the pop charts, and video saw a lot of airplay on MTV. It took me over...

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Rage Against the Machine - “Evil Empire”

Tracks:

1. People of the Sun
2. Bulls on Parade
3. Vietnow
4. Revolver
5. Snakecharmer
6. Tire Me
7. Down Rodeo
8. Without a Face
9. Wind Below
10. Roll Right
11. Year of tha Boomerang

During the spring of 1994, I was contracted to another company for a few months. Over my time there, one of the employees and I found our mutual tastes in music. He gave me a copy of a new band called Rage Against the Machine. Said their music was great, especially the guitarist. The lyrics and vocals,...

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Dick Siegel - “Snap!”

Tracks:

1. Downsize Blues
2. Angelo’s
3. Razzle-Dazzle
4. She’s Available
5. When the Sumac is on Fire
6. The Cave In
7. What Would Brando Do?
8. Chicago (Cast Off Alone)
9. Carry Me Away
10. Cure for Your Blues

The same guy (Garey) that introduced me to “Machine Head” by Deep Purple, also introduced me to Dick Siegel. He even told me where to get it, Schoolkids Records in Ann Arbor, MI. It was a record store...

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