It’s a little annoying that at the beginning of several tracks the mix is panned hard right until all the instruments enter to fill it out. Great low-frequency body, even though the bass does get a bit floppy at times. Listen to Peace, Love And Understanding (Whats So Funny Bout) by Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 131,428 Shazams, featuring on Elvis Costello Essentials, and Alternative Hits: 1979 Apple Music playlists. O’Brien found a simple, organic sound that invites you to keep listening to the next tune. The mixes allow ample peripheral space around each instrument. Songkick is the first to know of new tour announcements and concert information, so if your favorite artists are not currently on tour, join Songkick to track. Unfortunately there are no concert dates for Pete Droge scheduled in 2021. Big, round, warm & fuzzy guitar tones are featured throughout. Pete Droge (born Main Seattle, Washington) is an American alternative/folk rock musician from Vashon Island (he grew up Bainbridge Island) in Washington State's Puget Sound. Find information on all of Pete Droge’s upcoming concerts, tour dates and ticket information for 2021-2022. Elaine Summers contributes heart-breaking backing vocals. The Break Up Song (They Dont Write Them Like That Any More) Written by Greg Kihn, Steve Wright & Gary Phillips.
Beautiful Girl by Pete Droge (and the Sinners).
Neil Young’s, “Helpless” would fit comfortably on this record, and if Leonard Cohen had grown up in Washington state during the heyday of FM radio, he might have written the suicide-watch slow grinder “4th of July.” By the way, it really takes balls to bury the best song on the record in the #8 slot - “Hardest Thing to Do” simmers with desperation in the verse until it boils over with longing in the chorus. Free printable and easy chords for song by Pete Droge - Beautiful Girl. “Straylin Street” evokes the vocal stylings of the late Ronnie Van Zandt (think, “Simple Kind of Man”). Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers echo all over this quasi-radio track. “If You Don’t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself)” is as touching a call for help/marriage proposal as I’ve heard. Sounds like: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Replacements, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Old 97sĭeeper Thoughts: If you’ve got the fever for more cowbell, look no further than the single from this debut release by one of the less-celebrated artists to come out of the Pacific northwest during this period. A mid-tempo walk through the Hall of Fame of radio-rock styles with beefy, vintage guitar tones. Necktie Second is classic-rock songcraft from the heart, transmitted through a delicate, fragile brain. That’s how it looked when Droge saw the first draft from the song’s co-writer, Dave Stewart, best known for teaming up with Annie Lennox in the group Eurythmics.The Skinny: During the 1990s, if someone’s cat wrote a song by walking on a Casio keyboard - as long as it happened in Seattle - that shit got recorded and released. Billy Preston (en) King Floyd (en) Pete Droge & the Sinners (en). Originally, the song was supposed to be about New York. Beautiful Girls is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Ted Demme. The opening lyric has a reference to Center City’s best-known park: “I woke up near Rittenhouse Square/There was noise in the hall snow was flowing in the air.” The song is Seattle native Pete Droge’s “Beautiful Girl,” featured on the soundtrack of the 1996 film “Beautiful Girls,” starring Natalie Portman, Matt Dillon, Uma Thurman, Michael Rapaport and whole bunch of actors who disappeared come Y2K. Pete Droge The Sinners - Beautiful Girl by Beautiful Girls Soundtrack. Unlike most of the others that showcase a relaxed or gritty Philadelphia, this one is a love song and references its glitziest place. Ween - Ill Miss You lyrics by Beautiful Girls Soundtrack on Beautiful Girls. On all the lists people use to highlight these Philly songs - and there have been many of them - one song mentioning Philadelphia has largely gone forgotten. Albums include Dumb and Dumber, Necktie Second, and Beautiful Girls. Genres: Alternative Rock, Americana, Power Pop. A few songs always come to mind when we talk about Philadelphia shout-outs in the music scene: Natives like Will Smith and Boyz II Men have “Summertime” and “Motownphilly.” Bruce Springsteen did “Streets of Philadelphia.” Pete Droge discography and songs: Music profile for Pete Droge, born 11 March 1969.