ROCK Art: MAGRITTE = The Beatles > Jeff Beck > THE EXORCIST > Jackson Browne > Styx > TWIN PEAKS

Today, ROCK Sex spotlights some of the massive influence that Surrealist painter Rene Magritte has had on popular culture.

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Rene Magritte, "The Son of Man" (1964)

Rene Magritte, "Le Jeu de Mourre" (1966)

The Beatles, "Abbey Road" album label (1969)

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Rene Magritte, "Golconda" (1953)

The Beatles, YELLOW SUBMARINE film (1968)

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Rene Magritte, "The Listening Room" (1953/1958)

The Jeff Beck Group, "Beck-Ola" (1969)

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Rene Magritte, "The Empire of Light" (1954)

"The Exorcist" movie poster (1973)>

Jackson Browne, "Late For the Sky" (1974)

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Rene Magritte, "Carte Blanche" (1965)

Oregon, "Out of the Woods" (1974)

Styx, "The Grand Illusion" (1977)

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Rene Magritte, "The Mysteries of the Horizon" (1955)

The Firesign Theatre, "Just Folks -A Firesign Chat" (1977)

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Rene Magritte, "The Pleasure Principle" (1937)

Gary Numan, "The Pleasure Principle" (1979)

"TWIN PEAKS: The Return",
by David Lynch and Mark Frost (2017) >

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Rene Magritte, "La Reconnaissance Infinie" (1963)

BEING THERE movie poster (1979)

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Rene Magritte, "La Parade" (1940)

The Black Lodge, "TWIN PEAKS" (1991)>

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Rene Magritte, "The Nite Owl" (1927)

The Red Room, "TWIN PEAKS" (1990)>

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Rene Magritte, "La Lumiegravere des Coincidence" (1927)

BOXING HELENA by Jennifer Lynch (1993)>

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Rene Magritte, "Portrait of Edward James" (1937)

THE HANDMAIDEN by Park Chan-wook (2016)

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PAUL SIMON -"Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War" (1983)


JOHN CALE -"Magritte" (2003)





© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• Magritte>ROCK Sex: Rene Magritte > THE EXORCIST > THE POSSESSION

• TWIN PEAKS: Its Influence on 25 Years of Film, TV, and Music!, with 5 Music Players


• Astounding Science Fiction > Queen

• PLANET STORIES - Whip It Good!

• "Electric Ladyland" - Peggy Moffitt > Janelle Monae


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "Evil Hearted You" - The Yardbirds > Pixies

ROCK Sex is squinting in a poncho with this song.

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The Yardbirds did this hard-hitting classic, "Evil Hearted You", with its echoes of Italian Western themes in the jarring chords, anthemic chorals, and the almost flamenco blues of Jeff Beck's solo:

THE YARDBIRDS -"Evil Hearted You" (1965)



Pixies extended that cinematic connection by singing it in Spanish. Black Francis had to hustle extra hard to come up with a translation that pleased the song's original composer, Graham Gouldman (of 10CC), who spoke it fluently:

PIXIES -"Evil Hearted You" (1991)



© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• THE BRITISH INVASION!, with Music Player!

• DON'T TREAD ON ME: The Original Punk of 1960s Garage Rock, with Music Player!

• How SPAGHETTI WESTERNS Revolutionized Rock Music!, with 3 Music Players


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN" - Tiny Bradshaw > Johnny Burnette Trio > The Yardbirds > T.Rex > Aerosmith

I'm going to throw in a new feature to the Blog today: ROCK Sex, about how everything intersects together in great and surprising ways.

Culture isn't a fixed tradition owned by a few. It's actually an intersection of ideas from everyone that is constantly fluid and opening up more possibilities. Someone tries something, someone else is inspired to add something, some third party adds both together into something else.

This relay race is actually how true creativity runs and always will.

Here's an example...

Rhythm'n'Blues band leader Tiny Bradshaw first did "The Train Kept A-Rollin" as a jump jive number in 1951:

TINY BRADSHAW -"The Train Kept A-Rollin'" (1951)



The Johnny Burnette Trio, fueled by the busted amp of guitarist Paul Burlison, redefined it entirely as a Rockabilly blaster in 1956...

THE JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIO -"The Train Kept A-Rollin'" (1956)



With the benefit of the British Invasion's popularity, The Yardbirds (featuring Jeff Beck on guitar) crystallized it into the Garage Rock anthem covered by everyone else...

THE YARDBIRDS -'The Train Kept A-Rollin'" (1966)


They then retooled as it as "Stroll On" performing in Antonioni's classic film BLOW UP (1966), with Jimmy Page and Jeff Page duelling on guitars.




Here's Marc Bolan and Mickey Finn rollin' on a similar track.

T.REX -"Jewel" (1971)




From there it "trucked on down that old fairlane" as a standard, covered by everyone from Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Motorhead, Guns'n'Roses, and Metallica, to the "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" video games.

AEROSMITH -"The Train Kept A-Rollin'" (1974)


© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• THE BRITISH INVASION!, with Music Player!

• DON'T TREAD ON ME: The Original Punk of 1960s Garage Rock, with Music Player!

• "Last Child" - The Meters > Aerosmith > Rufus Thomas > Wu-Tang

• "Evil Hearted You" - The Yardbirds > Pixies


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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