Thursday, August 21, 2008

Heavy metal thunder

After several days of listening to soul music, today's threat of storms has me craving a little HEAVY METAL.
I decided to listen to SAXON and the South Yorkshire band's classic album "STRONG ARM OF THE LAW."
I have long been a fan of Saxon, one of the primary bands of the NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL. The vast quantity of unintentional and intentional humor is one of the reasons I love Saxon.
Harry Shearer famously modeled Derek Smalls' bass-playing technique (playing with one hand, so the other is free to point in the air) in "THIS IS SPINAL TAP" on STEVE "DOBBY" DAWSON of Saxon.
Did Dawson realize he was opening himself up to parody?
Perhaps not, which is another reason why I love Saxon.

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