THE NUMBER OF THE...

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Songs about numbers! Yes, there's that very famous Iron Maiden tune about a trio of digits, but what other number songs are there we can think about?

Deep Purple "7 and 7 Is" - a cover of mid-60s band Love's tune that was ahead of its time for its hardness and passion. Great cover of a great original... and NUMBERS in the title!

[Vyn]

If 6 was 9 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, coming at us from 1967.

I'm the one that's got to die
when it's time for me to die
so let me live my life
the way I want to.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I don;t have a list, so I probably won't start until tomorrow when I've had a think about it!

[Charger]

Well alright!

Looks like my number's up!


So I'll kick things off with a Geezer Butler tune.

This from his second album Black Science. And it's called BOX OF SIX...to this day I do not know what that song is actually about but it's still a rockn tune!

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Let's start with...

The Damned - Plan 9 Channel 7

Love this song, from the 1979 album Machine Gu Etiquette.

[Vyn]

Pantera singing about Pantera stuff like hate, violence, pain...from 1994 we have:

5 Minutes Alone

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Classic Young Ones band appearance with LOADS of numbers:

Nine Below Zero doing "Eleven Plus Eleven"

[Charger]

Here's a lovely little love song from SLAYER!

It's about a man called Jeffrey Dahmer who absolutely loved women to death.

It's called 213 and I found a cool live version from 1995!!

[Vyn]

Excellent Slayer tune!

Today's musical numeracy is a bit of stoner rock from our friends Clutch. From 2005, not only is it the song's title, it's in the refrain!

10001110101:

Notably, a guy I worked with whilst I was residing in Maryland was good friends with Dan Maines. My co-worker took me to a few house parties where the band that became Clutch played. I don't remember what they were called then, but the year I moved out of Maryland the aforementioned co-worker gave me a record by Clutch and told me who they were. They made it to the big time! Not my fave band by a long shot, but I like some of their stuff, and whatever they played back in their house party days always sounded great.

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One of the best drum tracks on a record is on Edwin Starr's "Twenty Five Miles":

The identity of the drummer is not known for certain, but there are four candidates: https://rb-soul.entmt.narkive.com/gYq9Td2V/who-is-the-drummer-on-edwin-starr-s-1968-hit-25-miles

Whoever it was, he sure knew how to lay down a beat!

[Vyn]

I say Karen Carpenter played those drums and no one can convince me otherwise!

"Karen was my secret weapon, my hidden mojo, my muse, my teacher, and my friend. There were always hushed rumors about a furtive affair, desperate and kept under wraps by the major players in the music biz that had financial interests in Rush, but it was all horseshit...we had to meet secretly so she could train me on her newest ideas concerning percussion and generating sounds that spoke to the heart. I would be no better than a silly jazz-drummer-wannabe like Ginger Baker without Karen's long term mentorship." - Neil Peart, 2001.

How can one argue with THAT endorsement?!

"I became extraordinarily adept at miming drum-playing. And to let you in on just how star-walloping great she was on a drum kit - it took all I had, every ounce of concentration, dexterity, and engagement to simply pretend to be playing all of those famous drum tracks that made me a millionaire. Much less actually create and PLAY them? Holy smokes, only Karen had that much juice. Love ya Karen, wherever you may roam!" - Buddy Rich Comes Clean, 1985

Who knew?!

"How 'bout I break yer fuckin' nose, mate?" Ginger Baker, 2001

And there you have it, proof positive that Edwin Starr snuck Ms. Carpenter into the recording studio and had her lay down the drum tracks for Twenty Five Miles.

Prove me wrong!

       

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I'm convinced!! 

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Talking of Mr Peart...

Pick number 2

Rush - Seven Cities of Gold

From their final album in 2012 Clockwork Angels... fine album, fine song!

[Charger]

My number 3 comes from the blues oriented Hard Rock outfit called EMPIRE!

This is from their Trading Souls album and eventhough it doesn't actually feature any numbers on the title it is still about a girl that is ONE IN A MILLION!!!

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I say Karen Carpenter played those drums and no one can convince me otherwise!

"Karen was my secret weapon, my hidden mojo, my muse, my teacher, and my friend. There were always hushed rumors about a furtive affair, desperate and kept under wraps by the major players in the music biz that had financial interests in Rush, but it was all horseshit...we had to meet secretly so she could train me on her newest ideas concerning percussion and generating sounds that spoke to the heart. I would be no better than a silly jazz-drummer-wannabe like Ginger Baker without Karen's long term mentorship." - Neil Peart, 2001.

How can one argue with THAT endorsement?!

"I became extraordinarily adept at miming drum-playing. And to let you in on just how star-walloping great she was on a drum kit - it took all I had, every ounce of concentration, dexterity, and engagement to simply pretend to be playing all of those famous drum tracks that made me a millionaire. Much less actually create and PLAY them? Holy smokes, only Karen had that much juice. Love ya Karen, wherever you may roam!" - Buddy Rich Comes Clean, 1985

Who knew?!

"How 'bout I break yer fuckin' nose, mate?" Ginger Baker, 2001

And there you have it, proof positive that Edwin Starr snuck Ms. Carpenter into the recording studio and had her lay down the drum tracks for Twenty Five Miles.

Prove me wrong!

       

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn, I was skeptical until Ginger Baker's quote. TRUTH

And for my 4th pick...

Wo Fat channels the spirit of Mountain on "Two the Hard Way". It's a slow-paced hard-hitter, great for those times where you want to just sit back, check out, and bounce your head to the metal beat.