Description: Great Video links for the Flame Tree Book.
Considered to be his last foray into Glam Rock, ‘Rebel Rebel’ opens with Bowie playing a riff which is known and loved for its overdrive and arpeggiated chord sequence. Bowie himself has said of the riff “It’s a fabulous riff! Just fabulous! When I stumbled onto it, it was ‘Oh, thank you!”. ‘Rebel Rebel’ has become Bowie’s most covered track, with versions released by artists ranging from Bryan Adams to The Smashing Pumpkins.
Buy this song at iTunes or Amazon . The official band site is here .
‘Purple Haze’ set the rock scene on fire, thanks to Hendrix’s marvellous guitar manipulation. Central to the all-round amazingness of ‘Purple Haze’ is a chord made so famous by Jimi that pundits even refer to it as ‘the Hendrix chord’ to this day. Many musicians have covered the song but Hendrix’s original version will always be sensational.