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Looking Back At Some Classics - jazzboCR - 28-04-2014
Music Head Wrote:#365 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - 1983Yes but she has such beautiful eyes and, unusually enough for an UKster, perfect teeth. Having moved 80 million units, she's not easy to dismiss: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Lennox
Annie and her butch orange hair became an MTV hit giving the song a huge push
Looking Back At Some Classics - jazzboCR - 28-04-2014
Music Head Wrote:#363 - Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives - 1977Genuinely creepy song. Not so by-the-way, his adopted last name is pronounced COS-tell-o, in the Irish manner, not cos-TELL-o, as in the Abbott-and- manner. I'll give him style points for marrying Diana Krall (finally seems to have gotten that marriage thingie right, the 3rd time around.)
Looking Back At Some Classics - jazzboCR - 29-04-2014
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:i think Eric really poured his heart out when he wrote this one(well,it appears that way anyway)I had very dark thoughts about Mr. Clapton when I heard about the tragedy--who left that window unguarded? I've long since let it go, which he can't ever, not even with solace of that beautiful song. To answer Music Head and Crazy-horse's unspoken request, here's those 2 tunes mentioned.:
great,great track IMO, and like you i also prefer the "mtv unplugged" version,i also prefer the "mtv" version of "layla"
oops, back to the track at hand...."***" from me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyk2eQcltso Alt. version--same session; much louder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSbqm7ZK_9s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y9T15kAF8U
I'm feeling generous today--whole concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrWk0sDwfig <<grab a bud/Bud and enjoy yourself--ain't nobody gonna do it for you.
Looking Back At Some Classics - jazzboCR - 29-04-2014
Music Head Wrote:#358 - Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem - 1960Never heard him express any regrets. I'll concede "...better career..." for the Drifters if you'll concede Mr. King had the more interesting and varied career not just as a music man but also his work to relieve problems in Africa and elsewhere through his foundations ( Wiki will lay out the whole deal). He had a solid album as late as '99--the Drifters not so much. Here's the hot poop on that followed by 2 cuts from other discs. Oh, and then there's a bit of a surprise.
Always wondered if King regretted leaving the group. The Drifters seem to have had the better career.
http://www.allmusic.com/album/shades-of-blue-mw0000248041ts << most def' worth looking up--it's much better than the reviewer gives credit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlivtDpZBo8&list=RDBlivtDpZBo8 << That Bobby Darin classic done to perfection.
What you might call a "Killer Kut" from a London perf in '12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cQS8L8mXig&list=RDBlivtDpZBo8 << How'd you like to be the back-up band and singers for a certified legend who also happens to be a helluva gent ? ( I was privileged to meet with him in his residence a coupla times). The riddim looks a little tight but the GTR and BU singers are loose like long-neck goose.
Oh yes--relevance and surprises: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_i-4oV3mls You think one is enough? Me neither: here's a live-in -studio (Old Grey Whistle Test perf): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_fIBAj75lY
Looking Back At Some Classics - jazzboCR - 29-04-2014
Music Head Wrote:#361 - Elvis Presley - All Shook Up - 1957Elvis liked this Suzie Quatro version (see comment #2): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCMPQiT2lNg
Looking Back At Some Classics - jazzboCR - 29-04-2014
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:i loved Freddie Mercury's version back in the day alsoSo what the hay/ Let's give it a play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbIcfFD30Ms
<< if there's one thing he absolutely was/ absolutely wasn't (6-5 pick'm) it was being a pretender. An earlier clip with Shirley & Co.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9FaOiWRciI
Here's something you'd never expect from Mr. Mercury--he was a big-league stamp and cover collector (being a Cypriot, he specialized in that neck of the woods). And not just use/ hide behind agents either--you'd see him out and about a big stamp shows or mixing with the hoi-polloi in the GenPop section at auctions. He was avid and knowledgeable hobbyist and a credit to Philately. No idea what happened to his extensive collections --I hope that they went to good hands.
Looking Back At Some Classics - jazzboCR - 29-04-2014
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:"**" from me,prefer los lobos version
I'll second that emotion. Here's a live version with a very enthusiastic audience--a little habanera in the middle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yye_ns2WwjQ
Looking Back At Some Classics - SteveO - 29-04-2014
Beautiful, Jazz! The ultimate connection between artist and fan!!!
Looking Back At Some Classics - jazzboCR - 29-04-2014
SteveO Wrote:A fun song...I like it!About Lavern Baker's "Jim Dandy": This may be her only breakout hit but that's a simple-fimple metric--she's had a long and distinguished history as an R&B and jazz singer. She's not to be judged on the basis of a novelty song or two. Give a listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRjnV0DcAwE and a short read: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lavern-baker-mn0000778344/biography << She had a solid album with terrif players as late as 1992 (Woke Up This Mornin').
This song is a prime exemplar of a long and storied tradition: R&B braggadocio tunes. See the Coaster's "Charlie Brown" for another comic take.
Looking Back At Some Classics - jazzboCR - 30-04-2014
Music Head Wrote:#350 - Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come - 1975You're not missing much--synthetic soul to the max: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8HobIuoS_Y << BTW give the movie a shot--good story of a dude trying to navigate between the LEOs and the gangs. Not easy to do in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, not then, not now.
The only cover I see charting is by Rockers Revenge, which
reached #30 in the UK. Never heard of them.