Planet Rock - USA (2020-04)

28 PLANET ROCK

On the wings of
love: Those Damn
Crows (Shane
U Greenhall, centre).
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1

BAD COMPANY

Feel Like Makin’ Love

(on Straight Shooter, 1975)

Paul Rodgers... what an incredible

voice! I’m actually more of a Free fan

than a Bad Company fan, but I’ve

always gravitated towards this song,

and it’s always been a song that I

thought the Crows could do a fantastic

cover of, making it heavier. In terms of

being seductive, it’s a lyric that makes

your feelings crystal clear.

2

LED ZEPPELIN

Whole Lotta Love

(on Led Zeppelin II, 1969)

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back to being a teenager, sitting on the

sofa watching Top Of The Pops. I

remember watching it with a girlfriend

once and thinking it was cool to tell

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Not sure how impressed she was. But

what a great tune. Zeppelin were

always brilliant with their choices of

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songwriting.

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THE BEATLES

Something

(on Abbey Road, 1969)

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Beatles in music class in school,

because they’re the ‘go to’ band

when you’re learning about how to

construct a song, with the chord

changes, and the instrumentation

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this song I thought, “Another Lennon

and McCartney masterclass”, and

then I found out it was a George

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even the third songwriter in this

band is incredible!” As a singer

myself, I can hear how these vocals

are straight from the heart, and

it’s just beautiful. The Beatles

weren’t afraid to

try anything.

LET IT BE

ME WAS MY

WEDDING SONG.

MY MARRIAGE

ENDED IN

DIVORCE...

4

AC/DC

You Shook Me All Night

Long (on Back In Black, 1980)

Again, there’s no mistaking the

message here. I probably

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Thunderstruck, and then went

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with past girlfriends as much as

some of the other artists I’ve

mentioned, but you can’t help being

physically moved by Angus and

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Johnson has one hell of a voice.

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RAY LAMONTAGNE

Let It Be Me

(on Gossip In The Grain, 2008)

I was brought up listening to

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big country music fan and he’d listen

to Johnny Cash and all the country

legends. Ray Lamontagne is a great

storyteller, and you can tell this song

is completely from the heart, as all

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and vulnerable here, and the power of

the song shines through with it being

so stripped back. This was actually

my wedding song... but that marriage

ended in divorce, so I can’t say it’s a

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AEROSMITH

Love In An Elevator

(on Pump, 1989)

What a band! I already

have my ticket to go see

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I’ve seen them live.

Whenever I’m in a lift, and

a pretty woman gets in, this song

enters my head! I discovered

Aerosmith via Wayne’s World 2,

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you go back and discover this

incredible back catalogue.

Steven Tyler is one of rock’s

greatest ever frontmen.

SEDUCE YOUR

SOULMATE

Six songs to...

With Valentine’s Day upon us,

Those Damn Crows frontman

Shane Greenhall chooses his

ultimate romantic playlist.

THOSE DAMN CROWS’

second album, Point Of No

Return, is out now on Earache.

They headline the opening

night of the Winter’s End

festival on February 28.

George Harrison:

straight from the

heart.