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Riders on the Storm is one of the greatest classic rock tunes of all time that went on to be featured in the 1979 movie classic “Apocalypse Now." This Zelda Snargly rendition of the famous Doors tune is a cross between Easy Rider and Apocalypse Now. It presents the story of some big bad motorcycle types that head off down a desert highway to a bar where the Gnarlys are playing. Things get out of control and everything blows up in the end. The Gnarlys clip is from the Brass Monkey.
This was, of course, an incredible Kansas song. Firstly, it starts with a killer four-part acapella harmony – easy to do, but extremely hard to do right. Now, of course, these were the “Dust in the Wind” guys - harmonies were top notch! It also featured the full range of guitar, bass, drums and keys, setting it apart from the traditional three-piece rock bands in the day. The authors of the song were making a statement about inquisitors valiantly seeking to understand the true realities of life beyond the accepted convention. “Wayward” seemed to signify “thinking beyond convention.” Some souls, brave enough to do it, have changed the course of history - while suffering the persecution of convention-vested societal institutions. Cyd the kid jumped in, while at the castle, to lead us off.
Green Onions is a classic rock song released in 1962 by Booker T and the MG’s. The song’s popularity was reincarnated in the 1973 movie classic American Graffiti. In keeping with the movie thematic, the Zelda Snargly interpretation addresses the balance between fun and danger in overdosing on classic car enthusiasm.
This is, of course, a Pink Floyd classic, one of the greatest tunes in “The Wall”, which is amongst the greatest albums of all time! In the Pink Floyd sense, they were focused on the Nazi-esque “thought conditioning” during WW2. We attempted to repeat this under modern day realities – where “what to think” seems to have overtaken “how to think.” The slides flicker on and off to the frequency of a heart beat as they progress – a software manipulation that Dan-the-man latched onto pretty quickly in the course of compiling the video. We also got a chance to buy an unusually large Green Screen for the occasion, that lets us be anywhere we want to be. The Zelda Snargly castle was perfect, so off we went.
Come see us at the Castle - as a bonus feature, you get to catch up on our old friends “Friendly”, “Rusty” and “Jerome” after all these years!.
The foray into the Monkees started as an affliction suffered during youth. This made-for-TV Monkees sensation filled the airwaves beaming into households across America in 1967. The childhood memories, coupled to too much time on our hands, led Zelda Snargly to attempt three Monkees’ tunes. In fact, the plan was to add this to “The Gnarlys” repertoire just prior to the shutdown. Given that the songs were already “locked and loaded”, it seemed logical to move forward under the Zelda Snarly banner. We commandeered Cyd the kid for a brief stay at the castle that gave us the opportunity to employ our veritable potpourri of neat recording equipment in our dark and mysterious music room!
