'As part of the session-musician collective known as the Wrecking Crew, drummer Hal Blaine left his imprint on pop music—sometimes physically, as is the case of the sheet music and concert venues marked by his customized rubber stamp: “Hal Blaine Strikes Again.” (Backed by the Wrecking Crew for “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’,” Nancy Sinatra even joked that she had Blaine’s stamp tattooed somewhere on her person.) But even if the dozens of hits that Blaine played on were lost to history, his most crucial contribution to the pop canon would remain: the booming intro to The Ronettes’ 1963 single “Be My Baby.” For three beats of a bass drum followed by a snap of snare and tambourine, the pattern has proven wildly versatile.'
From the A.V.Club Website
'I see people going down. All god's people going down.'
Song One, Side 1 - 2.50. We'll kick off here. The Jesus & Mary Chain did this doomed glamour better than anyone else. The Psychocandy album stands up remarkably well thirty years down the line though I'm not sure they themselves ever managed anything else that really even stood in its shadow. They understood however, as The Ramones did, that all of this stuff comes straight from The Ronettes and The Shangri-Las.
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