It tells of a ship-wreck; they strum at more dramatic moments, illustrating the ship's moan.
The Strokes learned that brevity from punk rock, but they're not a punk band, even when their two guitars are strumming at top speed.
His left hand was tapping manically at five colored buttons on the guitar's neck, while his right hand made graceful leaps between the neck and a large black button on the guitar's body, where a real musician would be strumming at strings.
I almost expect a banjo to start strumming at the conclusion of his arguments.
Scott and Seth Avett (pronounced AY-vet), who share vocal duties in the band, strummed hard at some instruments (banjo, guitar) and pounded fast at others (piano, bass drum), changing up often; at their strongest they were joined only by the bassist Bob Crawford and the cellist Joe Kwon.
So, although he bellowed convincingly enough in a brief set that combined Soundgarden songs with stuff from his rootsy new solo album, Cornell looked stultifyingly old-fashioned as he strummed away at this year's event, held Saturday and Sunday nights at the Forum in Inglewood.
Telyegin (a softly buffoonish Larry Block) quietly strums away at his guitar in the dimness behind them, at what seems a half-mile from the action, while Vanya's mother, Maria (Waltrudis Buck), sits quietly reading in the far distance, in the fine sliver of shade cast by that bare tree, presumably.
Late at night, he strummed a guitar in the yard at Hope Road, composing the words that would appear on Guiltiness, about big fish who always try to eat up small fish.
Ooh, and that church choir, with all the ukuleles, strumming away at their heartstrings, acting like a kind of chorus?
