This
cassette is split into four live songs on the first side and two studio songs
on the second side. Of these six songs,
only one of them repeats and it is called “Bette Midler”, as it appears on both
the live and studio versions of the cassette.
People
in Cars are a guitar based rock funk outfit that is primarily instrumental (The
first of the two studio songs has vocals) and they cross so many genres I feel
like they need to be scolded, yet somehow they manage to make it work. One of the first things I heard coming out
was math rock, as it has that complex feel to it, but there is also this
chomping bass and dreamy guitar riffs.
On many levels, the first song reminded me a lot of “Beverly Hills 90210”.
After
that though, the guitar work just shines like nothing else. I begin to hear things from Santana to Kings
of Leon, but mainly just the all around spectacular guitar playing. The song “Bette Midler” has this funky bass
riff that I’m not sure if it’s somewhere between “Higher Ground” or walking the
dinosaur.
As
much as I heard the math rock to begin this cassette, it quickly went into some
older influences of what would be that funky guitar based classic rock that
could even stretch so far as something like George Clinton. It is definitely refreshing to see a band so
focused on the guitar playing, and obviously whoever is playing here has some
real talent,
This
is just another fine example of how music can be instrumental because the
guitar seemingly does all the work. And
in the way that cassettes were introduced in the 1980’s and dominated most of
the 1990’s, yeah, this is the perfect way to experience this music because it’s
too modern for vinyl but a tip of the hat enough for it to precede the compact
disc.
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