The Beat Goes On: Bass Calling Face by AV Super Sunshine

Ever run into one of those guys who fall into the category of being part of “The Older Generation” who try to tell you that when it comes to today’s music that they sure don’t write’em and record’em like they use to? Speaking as someone who’s part of “The Younger Generation” my patent reply to any fool like that is to tell them that they’re just not listening in the right places, and/or, listening hard enough. IMHO there’s never been an era that lacked great songs and artists.

To prove my point to them I will point out groups like AV Super Sunshine, and when possible, let them listen to one of their songs. Bass Face is the latest album from AV Super Sunshine (www.avsupersunshine.com) and my go to song on it is Bass Calling Face. I’ll hand the ear buds, cue up the track (#11 in this example), and then watch them as I let it rip. It’s almost always the same reaction, LOL!

As the phased out sounding bass and twitchy kick drum pattern begins in the eight bar introduction of Bass Calling Face their heads start to bob in time to the steady beat. As they’re dreamily nodding their heads up and down along with the music, with many of them their eyelids will close slowly, as if they’re too heavy to hold them open any longer. A slight smile then appears on their lips as they relax into the tune’s groove. Thus, as an acoustic guitar enters the mix, the memorization has begun.

The AV Super Sunshine lead vocalist commences to sing breathily with a staccato emphasis on his phrasing, “Bass, calling Face, call up everyone who ever listened / ’Cause I just got the taste of what it’s like to be the one in charge / Bass, this is Face, do you realize just what you’re saying? / Bass, I’ve got your back just do the things we said we’d do when we were young / And barely hanging on the bottom rung.” Now they’re hooked.

By the time Bass Calling Face is over, and once the buds have been removed from their ears, I’ve heard pretty much the same litany of comments from those I’ve turned on to AV Super Sunshine: “You know, that is really good”, “Wow!”, “How’d you ever hear about them?”, “Can I hear that again?”, “Do you have anymore of their music?”, “Where can I download that?”. I do admit that on the rare occasion I’ve had a few die hard holdouts who’ve stubbornly remarked, “Maybe they’re kind of alright, but have you ever really listened to (fill in some band name here who went the way of the dinosaurs many, many years before…)?”

Yeah, I know that you’re bound to have one or two fools that always have to be right about everything 100% of the time and just have to be a total Johnson about it. It’s then I reply to them, “That’s OK, I really didn’t think you’d get it.” Hey, it’s not like they’re going to un-friend me on Facebook or something. Because why would I even bother being friends in the first place with someone if they’re not hip enough to appreciate good music and modern day artists like AV Super Sunshine? SMH!