SCREAMS IN ROCK
VA - What A Scream, The Best Screams in Rock CD1+CD2 (A Butterboy Compilation)
Screaming is an extended vocal technique that is mostly popular in "aggressive" music genres such as heavy metal, punk rock, and noise music. In heavy metal, the related death growl vocal technique is also popular. Intensity, pitch and other characteristics vary between different genres and different vocalists. Rock and roll (before the advent of heavy metal and punk rock) employed occasional brief screaming bits. In the 1950s, one principal screamer was Little Richard, beginning with his "Tutti Frutti" (1955)."Love Me" was a screamer in parts for Elvis as well as "Any way You Want Me" just to name two from '56. And even earlier in '55 at Sun on numerous cuts like "Trying to get To You" Elvis used his scream. Elvis Presley also screamed some of the lyrics to Jailhouse Rock in its original 1957 recording, although recordings of live performances of the song in Presley's later career featured him strictly singing the words, probably due to him moving toward more mature songs. By the 1960s, the first take of John Lennon's recording of "Twist and Shout" for Please Please Me was the only take, since Lennon's voice was torn up, partly by the screams that peppered the song. Lennon, inspired by Arthur Janov's Primal Scream therapy, screamed in his later songs "Mother" and "Well Well Well" on John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. (Wikipedia)
Sometimes words are simply not enough in Rock. When rockers want to convey rage, frustration, pain, ecstasy and even joy, they will go for an ear-splitting scream. They toss back their head throwing all caution to the wind for their precious and delicate larynx, and SCREAM. So, keep your earplugs nearby. Here are some of the great screams in Rock for your listening pleasure... Enjoy.
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Track Lists
CD1
01 James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) 2:49
02 Janis Joplin - Piece of My Heart 4:15
03 Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky 4:40
04 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 8:30
05 Uriah Heep - July Morning 10:32
06 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You 2:28
07 Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night 5:05
08 Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends 5:11
09 Beatles - Helter Skelter 4:29
10 Deep Purple - Child in Time 10:16
11 John Lennon - Mother 5:34
12 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song 2:23
13 Skid Row (feat. Sebastian Bach - I Remember You 5:14
14 Harry Nilsson - Jump Into the Fire 7:00
15 Prince - The Beautiful Ones 5:14
16 Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances 2:22
17 Edgar Winter - Tobacco Road 4:09
18 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast 4:51
19 Beatles - Twist and Shout 2:34
20 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love 5:34
21 Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man 3:48
22 Hole - Violet 3:25
23 Tenacious; D - Master Exploder 2:24
24 Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin 5:42
25 Doors - When the Music's Over 11:04
CD2
26 Guns 'n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle 4:31
27 Aerosmith - Dream On 4:27
28 Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly 2:12
29 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me 2:30
29 New York Dolls - Personality Crisis 3:50
31 Joe Cocker - When the Night Comes 4:48
32 Uriah Heep - Bird of Prey 4:05
33 James Brown - The Payback 7:39
34 Buffalo - Suzie Sunshine 2:53
35 U2 - Bad 5:51
36 Replacements - Bastards of Young 3:38
37 A-bones - The Life of Riley 2:46
38 Beatles - Revolution 3:25
39 Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - Cherry Bomb 2:33
40 Demons & Wizards - Fiddler on the Green 5:56
41 Northern Kings - Don't Bring Me Down 4:05
42 Arthur Brown & Vincent Crane - Faster Than the Speed of Light 7:57
43 Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster 4:50
44 Pink Floyd - Careful With That Axe, Eugene (Single Version) 5:48
45 Beatles - Slow Down 2:56
46 AC/DC - Back in Black 4:08
47 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band 2:07
48 John Cale - Mercenaries Ready for War 8:42
49 Iggy Pop - Tv Eye 4:10
50 Kirin J Callinan (feat Jimmy Barnes) - Big Enough 4:43
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Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYour welcome dc_animal.
DeleteThere is a lot of great things to listen to here.
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Nice choices, ButterBoy, to back up another fine, well-executed concept. At some point, might you also be looking at the other end of the vocal spectrum, falsetto / higher-register? Of course that would mean Frankie Valli, the BeeGees, Leo Sayer ("You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"), et al. Yet there's also, say, Deep Purple's "Child in Time", some early Uriah Heep ("Easy Living", "July Morning", etc.), and even the Stones' "Emotional Rescue". (Heh; you could circle back to Macca's "So Bad" while you're at it.) The world of recorded music ranges far beyond just these... and you're the one with the encyclopedic memory, and deep-deep vault, so I'll leave the idea with you, just in case you haven't already played with it. Thanks again for your great work, and enjoy the fine weekend!
ReplyDeleteIts always a nice feeling to open the comments section here and find a comment from your good self. You've given me something to think about.
DeleteCheers.
I admit, due to its memetic presence in the fandom portions of the internet, I had to laugh at Big Enough being in the comp. It fits well enough, it just tickled me. :D
ReplyDeleteHi Hilltopper
DeleteI was in two minds about keeping it but I though how can you go passed Jimmy Barnes shredding his lungs. He is a good sport in my books.
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Oh, shucks, Butter - you've been giving us something to LISTEN to, and enjoy, for lo these many months and years; your readers are proud and honored to give something back in whatever way we can. Here's to a great new week for all of us... salut!
ReplyDeleteSalut!
DeleteJust another brilliant pair of concept albums! I've got an old friend that loves music, too - so we'll sit back and click through your compilations, enjoying and critiquing your choices. Thanks so much for your skills and - I always say it - your good taste!
ReplyDeleteHi John,
DeleteThanks for the generous comments. Don't scream at each other when reviewing this Comp.
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Wow, good topic, great collection... Love your list, brother. I missed the scream that introduces Backdoor Man, in Doors Absolutely live, and the spectacular noises Ian Astbury produce in Electric. But that's just me. Tanx for the post. Bless you.
ReplyDeleteHi Guilherme,
DeleteThanks for your kind words and thoughts. This was a fun compilation to pull together. I am glad you are trawling through this blog to find more of my compilations. Usually I post one self made compilation per week, so plenty to find.
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Hi B... A shout Out to you on this one!
ReplyDeleteLinks are screaming to be heard again.
Hi MrRadio,
DeleteThis was screaming for a repost...
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