{"id":332,"date":"2006-10-26T21:30:07","date_gmt":"2006-10-26T20:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=332"},"modified":"2006-12-06T22:10:33","modified_gmt":"2006-12-06T21:10:33","slug":"grand-mal-whyd-ya-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=332","title":{"rendered":"grand mal &#8211; whyd ya do it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">recently the music that&#8217;s been provided by this  establishment has been of the spiky electronic and beats variety. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">so today i thought it was time to go back to the  song. and to whom do i turn to in these times? well my old fave <STRONG>grand  mal <\/STRONG>of course.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">i realise i&#8217;ve harped on and on about the latest  album, <A href=\"http:\/\/www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/rock\/grand_mal.htm\"><EM>love  is the best con in town<\/EM><\/A>, but as that is yet to be made available in the  uk, i thought i would give a taster here. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">however, rather than a standard album track i  decided to drop an exclusive.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">you see, sometime prior to the album getting  released, i was lucky enough to receive a 6 track demo cd from bill whitten of  the band. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a couple of these songs grew up and became &#8216;proper&#8217;  versions, whereas the others have remained in their unreleased demo  form.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">now, when it comes to demos i am anything but a  collector. to me the whole concept of strapping&nbsp;a demo track onto special  edition re-releases is an unwanted extra. demos are an essential part of the  process, but rarely do they actually need to be released and heard.  <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">or so i thought. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">as these back to basic tracks actually became my  favourite disc of the year. there was something about the whole ambience and  mood that up till that point i was missing in my ongoing quest for the perfect  song. the love of glam was there in the fuzz guitars and piano, the sheer craft  of the song and genuine chill up the spine moments eg the layered vocal chorus  in the epic <EM>year of the pig, <\/EM>meant that these throwbacks to classic 70s  late night rock-n-roll were timeless in so many ways.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">so, having checked, i have been given the all clear  to post one of the best unreleased songs by one of my favourite  bands.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">favouritism by yours truly ?<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">too bloody right. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">it&#8217;s my blog.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>grand mal<\/STRONG> &#8211; <A href=\"http:\/\/www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/music\/grand_mal6.mp3\">why&#8217;d ya do it  (unreleased demo)<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.grandmal.com\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">stay tuned<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">mark e<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><STRONG><EM>ireallylovemusic<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; recently the music that&#8217;s been provided by this establishment has been of the spiky electronic and beats variety. so today i thought it was time to go back to the song. and to whom do i turn to in these times? 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