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Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 04-12-2009
CMB1888 Wrote:starts at 3.15pretty cool.....thanks
YouTube - Say Anything- Sure baby... Hold back
- Can't beat the Four Tops version though
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 04-12-2009
Iota Wrote:YouTube - Songs you should listen to: Red House Painters - Have You Forgottenvery nice
love that steel guitar
thanks
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 04-12-2009
carbon_psycho Wrote:Deer Mouth - Song about a man.nice song. Still out on the vocals
YouTube - KEXP inStudio 10.2 - DEER TICK
thanks
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 04-12-2009
YouTube - dee dee sharp - mashed potato time
from wikipedia
The Mashed Potato is a dance move which was a popular dance craze of 1962. It was danced to songs such as Dee Dee Sharp's "Mashed Potato Time". Her song reached #2 on the Billboard charts for that year. Also referred to as "mash potato" or "mashed potatoes", the move vaguely resembles that of the Twist, by Sharp's fellow Philadelphian, Chubby Checker.
The dance begins by stepping backward with one foot with that heel tilted inward. The foot is positioned slightly behind the other (stationary) foot. With the weight on the ball of the starting foot, the heel is then swiveled outward. The same process is repeated with the other foot: step back and behind with heel inward, pivot heel out, and so on. The pattern is continued for as many repetitions as desired. The step may be incorporated in various dances either as a separate routine or as a styling of standard steps.
James Brown had two Mashed Potato-related chart hits, "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" (1959; sung by King Coleman and performed by Brown's band under the pseudonym Nat Kendrick and the Swans) and "Mashed Potatoes U.S.A." (1962); Brown also featured the dance prominently in his live performances during the 1950s and '60s. The dance was also referred to in Connie Francis' 1962 hit "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N" ("...we'll Mashed Potato to a jukebox tune..."), "Do You Love Me" by The Contours, "Let's Dance" by Chris Montez, "Harry the Hairy Ape" a 1963 Top-20 pop and R&B novelty hit by Ray Stevens, and "Land of a Thousand Dances", a song made popular by Wilson Pickett. Bill Haley & His Comets had a Latin American hit in 1963 with "Pure de Papas", a song based on the dance craze.
A variation on the Mashed Potato was danced to Bobby "Boris" Pickett's novelty hit "Monster Mash," in which the footwork was the same, but monster gestures were made with the arms and hands.
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 05-12-2009
YouTube - JIMMY WEBB - RICHARD HARRIS - MacArthur Park
from wikipedia
"MacArthur Park" is a song written by Jimmy Webb. Originally written as part of an intended cantata rejected by The Association, it was first recorded by Richard Harris in 1968 and then covered by many other performers. One of the best known covers of the song is Donna Summer's 1978 disco hit. Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton, and Woody Herman all performed dynamic big band jazz versions.
The song is named after MacArthur Park, a park in Los Angeles, California, although the title on the disc and record cover art is spelled with a space between Mac and Arthur. Its lyrics, which include the memorable line "Someone left the cake out in the rain", are more symbolic than descriptive, beginning as a poem about love, then moving into a lover's lament.
The song was first recorded by Richard Harris on his album A Tramp Shining in 1968 and was released as a single. It was an unusual single, running for more than seven minutes, with a long, climactic orchestral break. Harris's topped the music charts in Europe and peaked at number two on the U.S. charts. The song peaked at #10 in Billboard's Easy Listening survey, and was #8 for the year on WABC's overall 1968 chart.
Harris sings the song's final chorus at an elevated pitch near the top of his falsetto range.
Throughout his recording, Harris can be heard using the incorrect possessive form, "MacArthur's Park". Webb has said he tried correcting Harris during re-takes, but gave up when he simply could not (or would not) sing the correct words.
The song has been covered by many artists over the years with the most notable being by Donna Summer who did a disco version of the song which topped the U.S. charts for three weeks in 1978.
"MacArthur Park"'s odd metaphors and sentimentality have made it a frequent target of parody and ridicule over the years.
In 1992, humorist Dave Barry conducted a poll among his readers (as recorded in Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs) of the worst songs ever. Barry's readers selected Harris's version of "MacArthur Park" as the worst song ever recorded, both in terms of "Worst Lyrics" and "Worst Overall Song".
The song was also once parodied in a 1981 episode of SCTV, in which Dave Thomas, playing Richard Harris, sang a version of the song that appears to never end.
Songs People Should Hear - carbon_psycho - 05-12-2009
Cranberries - Zombie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJEySrDerj0
Songs People Should Hear - trbc08 - 06-12-2009
YouTube - Smoke gets into your eyes-The Platters
Songs People Should Hear - Kazz - 06-12-2009
Highway To Hell - AC/DC
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 06-12-2009
trbc08 Wrote:YouTube - Smoke gets into your eyes-The Platters
yes, a true classic
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 06-12-2009
YouTube - Roses Are Red (My Love) - BOBBY VINTON (1962)
from wikipedia
"Roses Are Red (My Love)" is a popular song composed by Al Byron and Paul Evans. It was recorded by Bobby Vinton and was a number-one song in the United States during the year 1962. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on July 15, 1962, and remained there for four weeks. The recording was his first hit. He found the song in a reject pile at Epic Records. He first recorded it as an R&B number but was allowed to record it with a new arrangement including strings. The single was also the first number one hit for Epic.