The Best Songs of The Kaiser Chiefs and Morningwood (Finished April 19th, 2017)

Hello,

I write a lot about popular and famous 80's bands, but I like to break out of that limited framework every once-in-awhile. Now I want to write about two bands that had a brief visit to the spotlight. It looks like they won't be in the spotlight any more, in my opinion that's a shame. Those two bands are Morningwood, who only released two CDs, and The Kaiser Chiefs. The Chiefs are still together, but they've never matched their first and best CD. The reason I'm writing about two bands on one blog is to hopefully get more attention for both bands. Hopefully people will see this blog and check it out because they like one of the bands and end up liking both bands.

The Kaiser Chiefs broke out in a big way with 2005's "Employment", it was full of great, spiky rock songs. A bunch of great songs by a band that didn't take itself too seriously. That CD was full of great songs such as:

"Everyday I Love You Less and Less":

"Time Honoured Tradition":

"Na Na Na Na Naa":

Although I love this song, I hate when people take our Heavenly Father's name in vain. "Oh My ....":

"Modern Way":

"You Can Have It All":

"Saturday Night":

"Caroline, Yes":

"What Did I Ever Give You":

Those are the better songs, but truly many songs are great on this CD. "Employment" is a truly great CD. This song has taken on a timely feel with the political climate in this country, "I Predict A Riot":

I just recently discovered their second CD, 2007's "Yours Truly, Angry Mob". Not as good as "Employment", but this CD still has plenty of good songs. The two best songs are "Ruby":

and "Heat Dies Down":

but I also like "The Angry Mob":



and "Retirement":

Kaiser Chiefs have released six CDs, their most recent CD is 2016's "Stay Together". Their sound seems to be a bit poppier now, such as the bouncy first song from their most recent CD "We Stay Together". The name of the song is "Stay Together":

Another poppy sounding song from their most recent CD, "Hole In My Soul":

Below is their members since the beginning of the band.

Current members

• Ricky Wilson – lead vocals, percussion (2000–present)
• Andrew White – guitar, backing vocals (2000–present)
• Simon Rix – bass, backing vocals (2000–present)
• Nick Baines – keyboards, synthesizers, piano, organ, hammond organ (2000–present)
• Vijay Mistry – drums, percussion (2012–present)

Former members

• Nick Hodgson – drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, backing and lead vocals (2000–2012)

Morningwood probably didn't have as big of an impact as The Kaiser Chiefs, although they released their debut CD about 10 months later. Their first CD is full of solid poppish rock, songs such as

"Nth Degree":

"Jetsetter":

"Body 21":

"Babysitter":



"Televisor":



"Nu Rock":



"New York Girls":

They also released a solid remake of Anita Ward's disco classic "Knock On Wood". Morningwood's take on that song is a good tribute to the original, but Morningwood also adds their own sound to it.

Morningwood is Chantal Claret, who sings, and bassist and backup vocals from Peter "Pedro" Yanowitz. Claret is working on a solo career that hasn't been successful yet. According to Wikipedia Yanowitz is working on a Broadway play.

Their second and last CD, "Diamonds and Studs" featured such great songs as: 

"Best of Me":

"Killer Life":

"Hot Tonight":

"Teenage":

As of now, there's no video for this song "That's My Tune":

themusicaddict