piledriving
adj1
Forceful, walloping, hard-hitting
- The Nazareth specialty seems to be pile-driving cover versions of subdued folkie fare like Tim Rose's "Morning Dew," Joni Mitchell's "This Flight Tonight," Bob Dylan's "The Ballad Of Hollis Brown" (which they worked into a nine-minute metallic frenzy), and, of course, "Love Hurts."1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 238:
- The remainder of the set wasn't in cruise control either. "Julius" was infectuous, filled to the brim with kinetic energy, and "The Horse/Silent In The Morning" not only contained an inflective tone, but was just the right thing to catch my breath. I'm glad I did, as the quartet followed with a piledriving "Reba" whose big jam contained a wealth of interplay and multi-colored passages.1994 November 2, John J. Wood, “Another Halloween review”, in rec.music.phish (Usenet):
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- Screaming slide guitar, great songs and tunes, a piledriving rhythm section, superb melodeon and violin.2000 November 27, Jon, “LJE Live at Cropredy CD”, in uk.music.folk (Usenet):