Seattle isn’t like New York or Los Angeles. Maybe it’s because it rains a lot … maybe it’s because it’s close to Canada (that’s perhaps a bit harsh on Canada) … Seattle life just isn’t all about the now, now, NOW!
It never has been. Things didn’t up all that much when a software start-up out of Redmond set up shop in town before taking over the world. It didn’t when a little-known local coffee shop company became an international phenomenon either.
Maybe it’s the city’s “we’ll get to that tomorrow” kind of mentality that lends Seattle (the stunning image above is by .Bala) its creativity. Maybe it’s something else. What isn’t in dispute is the number of talented and acclaimed musicians who were born out of the city and its kinetic music scene.
Seattle boasts a serious rock’n’roll of honour. Jimi Hendrix in the 60s … Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys in the 70s … Nirvana, Pearl Jam and their peers of the Grunge era … latterly Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses and Modest Mouse.
Unfortunately none of these greats is playing the city’s Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival this Labor Day weekend. So we’ve put together a Seattle greatest hits play list for you to enjoy.
1. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. Black Flag – TV Party
3. Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles
4. Alice in Chains – Would?
5. Nirvana – Pennyroyal Tea
6. Pearl Jam – Jeremy
7. Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
8. Death Can for Cutie – Summer Skin
9. Fleet Foxes – Your Protector
10. Band of Horses – On My Way Back Home
11. Modest Mouse – Float On
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