Driving Wheels is one of my favorite songs, this is because my Dad liked to listen to it when I was young and it brings back memories of my childhood. Jimmy Barnes is an artist that my Dad listen to a lot when I was little, and he still listens to him. By default, I enjoy Jimmy Barnes' music, because of the memories I have associated with each song that I listened to when I was little.My father listened to Jimmy Barnes through out the eighties and the nineties, coming into the two thousands. Jimmy Barnes is Australian Icon, his voice and music has lasted throughout decades.
Driving Wheels
Record label : Mushroom
Year : 1988
Genre : Rock
Style : Blues Rock, Pub Rock
Producer : Jonathon Cain, Mike Stone
Written By : David Roberts, Jonathon Cain, Jimmy Barnes
Recorded At : Rhinoceros Studio
- http://www.jimmybarnes.com/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Barne
- http://www.coldchisel.com/band/jimmy-barnes/
- http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/barnes_jimmy
- http://www.discogs.com/Jimmy-Barnes-Driving-Wheels/release/1777071
In my last post, I am going to analyse the song Driving Wheels by Jimmy Barnes. He is a performer that is down to earth, and relates to the people that listens to him. He is very popular among truck drivers because of his husky and rough voice. He sounds like the typical Aussie bloke.
Driving Wheels is a pub rock sounding song, a type of genre that Jimmy Barnes is well known for. Pub Rock typical performing media includes electric guitar, drums, and piano. Driving Wheels is an upbeat song, with the time signature of four four, or simple quadruple time.
The intro of Driving wheels lasts for forty-two seconds, this is played by an electric guitar This gives the listeners an idea of what the rest of the song is going to sound like. The intro is rather drawn out, the electric guitar plays long notes to make his listener feel as if they are out on the open road. He does this by playing long, strong notes and following them with chords.
The next sound evident is the percussion, building into the rhythm. A piano comes in and makes the texture thicker. At a minute into the song, vocals begin. Jimmy's voice is quite high pitched, but it still has this rough and manly quality to it. In the chorus Jimmy is accompanied by female back ups for a few sentences.
Barnes generally sings in a high pitch, this allows the song to build into the chorus. The song is in a major scale, it is upbeat and happy. The melody is present through out the song and is kept in time with the percussion. The song flows, it doesn't sound disjointed, because it moves in steps, in four four timing.
The beat is easy to follow as it is common time, four four. The timing is mostly kept by the drums and percussion. The different instruments play at the same type of rhythm. The note values are very similar, they don't sound misplaced or strange. The timing of the song is not too fast or too slow, it keeps in good time with the melody which makes it a catchy song likely to get stuck in your head.
The music builds towards the high point in the chorus. After the first chorus, the song continues in a higher tone than as it began, this means that the next chorus has even more power. The second chorus does have more power and this is evident because Jimmy puts in more strength with his voice, making the sound stronger as well.
The sound is rather thick, there is mostly the percussion and guitar evident through out the song, as well as the piano. These three instruments are easy to identify because they are louder and well known.
