The Loudini Rock and Roll Circus

On this Devil's night 2019, we bring you the top ten songs of all time about the prince of darkness himself...Lucifer, Beelzebub, Satan... a.k.a. the devil!

Topics Include:

- the origin of the devil in rock The Devil Has the Best Tunes

-Alister Crowley

-Ozzy, Mick, & Keith, Bowie, Jimmy Page

-sympathy for the devil

-devil went down to georgia

-running with the devil

-devil inside

-Number of the Beast

-Shout at the Devil

-Crossroads Blues

-Deal with The Devil

-You're the Devil in disguise

-Bohemian Rhapsody

On today's lyric talk we explore Iron Maiden's first single, "Flight of Icarus"

Topics covered:

-the mythology

-meaning and metaphor

gifts vs ego

wisdom of elders

-influences and production

-holy diver influence

-Nicko McBrain.... Piece of Mind was his first album with Iron Maiden

-Dave Murray played the solo

-#3 on Billboard Album Singles chart

On this week's lyric talk we tell the incredible true story about one of rock's most famous songs. "Funky Claude", "The grand hotel", "some stupid with a flare gun".... it's all true!

Topics Include:

-December 4, 1971... a day that shall live in infamy

-Claude Nobs

-"the grand hotel"

-"the rolling truck stones thing"

-frank zappa concert

-"swiss time" running out of time to finish machine head

-band didn't think much of the song

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We all love a great story, especially one with a happy ending. There are lots of folks who struck it rich in rock and roll but who were the rockers who overcame to most to achieve the most? This week we will count don't rock's greatest rags to riches stories Featured Loudini Artists: State of Mind Silk9 Lou Lombardi 13 SaintsTopics Include: -John Reznik Goo Goo Dolls-Dolly Parton-Issac Brock Modest Mouse-David Geffen-Elvis Presley-Johnny Cash-Ringo Starr, The Beatles-Jimi Hendrix

Like what we do? Show us how much we mean to you by supporting our Patreon Page. Just $5/month would be a HUGE help, plus you get some cool perks! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/loulombardiOn this week's lyric talk we uncover the meaning behind one of the MOST misquoted songs of all time; "Blinded By The Light". If you're feeling all "wrapped up like a douche" over this one, then you're not alone! Check out this week's podcast where we will get to the bottom of all the "go cart Mozart" business!Topics Include: -the musical equivalent of a rorshack test-childhood...desire to do something bigger... go to the light-drugs?

-analogous to Dylan's Tangled Up In Blue-effort to write something for the radio-rhyming dictionary...-collection of images from his life-metaphor

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Let's talk about lyrics! Every one loves to sing along with their rock and metal songs, but how often do we stop and really THINK about the words that we are singing along with? In this series we discuss meanings behind the classic rock & metal songs that we love to sing to our steering wheels. On our maiden voyage we dig into a classic rock and prog rock classic. "Tom Sawyer" is arguably Rush's crowning moment. It's unique song structure, chord progression, melody and interplay between drums, bass guitars and synthesizers is only matched by it's cinematic and metaphoric lyrical content. But what the hell is it about?Topics Include: -Max Webster's Pye Dubois "Louis the Warrior" or "Louie the Lawyer"-Freedom and rebellion i.e. "Freewill"-celebrating the individual i.e. Ayn Rand

Like what we do? Show us how much we mean to you by supporting our Patreon Page. Just $5/month would be a HUGE help, plus you get some cool perks! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/loulombardi These are the best of times... and the WORST of times.https://youtu.be/KnH35woY18ATopics discussed-Self assessment & goal setting -what are your "SMART" targets? Specific Measureable Attainable Realistic Time based

Like what we do? Show us how much we mean to you by supporting our Patreon Page. Just $5/month would be a HUGE help, plus you get some cool perks! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/loulombardi Before you can connect with an audience you need to know who YOU are! In today's podcast we give you the first 4 steps to help you define yourself as an artist. This a great way to not only define who you are and what you do, but this will help you define your message to you audienceTopics Include:-Start from you home base-Make the music that you want to hear more of in the world-Look at your life... what else are you into other than music?-What artists and experiences came a long that changed your way of looking at the world and music-Listen to your fans-what is the experience that you bring to your audience?

Like what we do? Show us how much we mean to you by supporting our Patreon Page. Just $5/month would be a HUGE help, plus you get some cool perks! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/loulombardiThis will be a week of shock and awe for our podcast listeners as we countdown the most shocking revelations in rock & metal Featured Loudini Artists: L.Y.A.N.E. 3 Minutes to Live Lady Beast Lou Lombardi

Topics Include:-Rob Halford Comes out on MTVKurt Cobain plate goes for 20kOzzy did not snort antsDavid Lee Roth out does Ozzy on cokeSteven Tyler adopts a groupieAlice Cooper is a born again christianJerry Lee Lewis marrys his 13 year old cousinPrince caused rock albums to be rated with warning labels with the song Darling NikkiThe PMRC's "filthy fifteen"Guns 'n Roses were nearly killed before they even got startedBon Jovi wanted to call the band "Johnny Electric"