The Rock Curator

Part one of 'The er Project' about performers, song titles and album titles featuring names and words ending in the letters 'er'

Part two of my review of rock music released in the first half of 2021 and a preview of upcoming releases.

When I decided that this was going to be the year that I did something about my love of rock music and create a podcast, website, Instagram and Spotify account I didn’t expect that the first half of the year would be filled with so much great new music.
As we race past the halfway mark of the year, I thought it would be a great time to review the music released in the first half of the year. 

This episode is about songs with the word ‘night’ in the title and is not a rankings list but a collection of interesting tidbits about songs in this category.
 I have been strict on the wording so they are all ‘night’ not ‘tonight’, ‘midnight’ or even ‘nightrain’ (sorry Guns N’ Roses fans). 

This episode features twelve songs that feature the word ‘road’ in the title that have a personal meaning for me.
We’re all about rock music so rock plus road means this one’s called Rocky Road.

Is there a more rock ‘n’ roll name than Mick? I put it to you that there is not.
If you believe there is, please head to the website therockcurator.com to enter your suggestion and I will cover the most popular choice in another episode of this podcast.
For this episode though it is all about famous Micks of rock and that’s why it’s titled ‘Mick Lovin’' 

Much to the dismay of promoters, managers and bands, and to the great disappointment of fans, concerts, and sometimes entire tours, do not go ahead as planned and advertised.
 Sometimes this can be due to a serious matter but at times throughout rock’s history this has occurred due to a unique and occasionally humorous reason.
 In this edition we’re going to look at some of those reasons in the latter category and along the way we are going to debunk one story that I have been telling friends, family and fellow rock fans for around 30 years…welcome to concert consternation. 

If you could only listen to one musical artist for the rest of your life who would you choose?

In this podcast we will look at the greatest-selling greatest hits albums.
We’ll also look at the best new bonus tracks that were added to these compilations and went on to become hits in their own right. After that we’ll look back at the Soundwave Festival of 2011. 

Ep.4 2021 – A Rock Odyssey

1:41 KISS – KISS 2020 Goodbye Finale -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvk6athkHVA

2:16 Foo Fighters – ‘No Son of Mine’ -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gnvQWwwoTg

4:36 Walking Papers – ‘Divine Intervention’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yku7F_CWgu4

5:29 Kings of Leon – ‘The Bandit’ -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtJCnm88_cU

6:23 Greta Van Fleet – ‘Age of Machine’ - 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAGNTWmVOAo

7:16 Royal Blood – ‘Typhoons’ -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9SQ2xfHEiM

8:29 Weezer – ‘All My Favourite Songs’ -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGPdXYG1msg

9:12 Cheap Trick – ‘Light Up the Fire’ -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2volrJQ0p2U

10:17 Alice Cooper – ‘Social Debris’ -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U0QhxO2kjQ

12:01 Jason Bieler & the Von Bielski Orchestra (ft. Devin Townsend & David Ellefson) – ‘Bring Out Your Dead’ -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHalXckrjDc

12:31 Movie clip: Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Bring Out Your Dead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcbR1J_4ICg

Upcoming album release dates
Alice Cooper – ‘Detroit Stories’ (February 26)
Kings of Leon – ‘When You See Yourself’ (March 5)
Evanescence – ‘The Bitter Truth’ (March 26)
Cheap Trick – ‘In Another World’ (April 9)
Greta Van Fleet – ‘The Battle at Garden’s Gate’ (April 21)
Royal Blood – ‘Typhoons’ (April 30)
Weezer – ‘Van Weezer’ (TBA)
AFI – as yet untitled (TBC)
 
Artists with albums already released in 2021
Foo Fighters – ‘Medicine at Midnight’
Walking Papers – ‘The Light Below’
Weezer – ‘OK Human’
The Black Crowes – ‘Shake Your Money Maker’ (30th Anniversary edition)
The Pretty Reckless – ‘Death by Rock And Roll’
Jason Bieler & The Von Bielski Orchestra – ‘Songs for the Apocalypse’
 
2021 A Rock Odyssey Spotify Playlist link
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3kPxApTaVFJLCxk33D6WdS?si=FlKgOjEAT_qqHqRpVvaX9g