Let's get the ball rolling on this lovely Tuesday afternoon with The Black Keys. The featured song is "Midnight In Her Eyes" from their second album entitled Thickfreakness.
The Black Keys are, by definition, a blues-rock band. According to my music history source (Wiki), blues-rock is a combination of "bluesy improv, the 12-bar blues, extended boogie jams from the electric guitar, and a heavier, riff-oriented sound...The core of the blues-rock is created by the electric guitar, bass guitar, and drum kit. The electric guitar is usually amplified through a tube guitar amplifier or using an overdrive effect."
Jimi Hendrix was the quintessential blues-rocker. The Keys sound a lot like Hendrix, mostly because Auerbach (Keys' guitarist) also produces that distinctive growl and distorted effect on the electric guitar. Like Hendrix, Auerbach also employs the wah-wah pedal, a guitar effect used to mimic the human voice. To boot, Hendrix and the Keys have these smoky and soulful voices - they sure know how to make the girls swoon.
So give "Midnight In Her Eyes" a listen. It's a sexy and sultry lamentation of love. It's one of those songs that you wish were written with you in mind.*
*On that note, I will pay one lucky man to let me break his heart, suffer tremendous pain, and then write a song about it. I've done it before. Don't believe me? Ask Boyz II Men what inspired them to write "Water Runs Dry."
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