tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post4014413459681367641..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Eddie Cochran's "Somethin' Else" - the first Heavy Metal recordScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-67058833016140827242011-10-28T21:53:22.648+01:002011-10-28T21:53:22.648+01:00I'm just back from abroad and turned on the TV...I'm just back from abroad and turned on the TV to find The Girl Can't Help It on Sky. I haven't seen it for years but in about 30 minutes Eddie Cochran will come on singing Twenty Flight Rock, from memory just after Julie London's torching Cry Me a River and I'll have instant recall of when I first saw the same film on BBC at age 12 and determined that he was about as cool as cool could be.EX-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-89264970189904904032011-10-20T04:46:34.645+01:002011-10-20T04:46:34.645+01:00Whoever coined the phrase "two nations divide...Whoever coined the phrase "two nations divided by a common culture"could well have had Cochran's posthumous #1 hit 'Three Steps to Heaven'(1960) in mind.That voice,and that superb guitar work propelled it up the charts on a wave of sentiment after his popular UK tour.But in the USA it was a different story that payola or rather not payola fails to answer:why it never even reached Billboard's top 100.<br />Perhaps the radio stations thought that after his meteoric 'Summertime Blues' his career had been in decline and now (sadly for all his fans) it was terminal.<br />Either way,Cochran left a legacy of original and great songs,and virtuoso guitar playing that was not lost on fledgling Brit Rockers.<br />He is a seminal figure in the Annals of R&R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com