Music recommendations

Jarlaxle · Post by **Jarlaxle** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:24 am

Aunty Entity, age 70...

Long Run · Post by **Long Run** » Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:26 am

Probably hopelessly behind on this, but recorded a best of Austin City Limits, and this was the best thing that Don Henley performed (which is saying more than nothing):

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:37 am

And here is Tina Turner, again, a few years earlier -- similarly high energy.

River Deep, Mountain High:

Long Run · Post by **Long Run** » Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:06 am

Thanks RT. One of the great power voices of all time.

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:21 pm

Long Run wrote:Thanks RT. One of the great power voices of all time.

It is one of my all time favorite renditions and performances -- and probably in the top 10.

I get mesmerized every time I play it.

John Lennon and Tina Turner -- products of an unforgettable crack in time that created sounds I'll probably be listening to in my head as I draw my last breath.

And life was good.

rubato · Post by **rubato** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:11 pm

I saw Tina Turner here at the Catalyst before the "Private Dancer" era moved her into arenas. Wow. She is nasty and I mean that in the very best way possible.

yrs,
rubato

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:10 am

I get a sweet "Otis" vibe when listening to this.

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 3:28 pm

Gracie Slick's best solo effort... IMHO. (Best with studio headphones.)

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:59 pm

Ooh, ooh, here is one that I listen to just last night.

Mark Knopfler (with Dire Straits) in all of his underrated elegance. That guitar... beautifully haunting for the piece, and stay with the fade out.

Econoline · Post by **Econoline** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:47 pm

Best. Sax. Tune. Ever.

I recently came across this on YouTube, and one of the comments suggested that, in the Trump era, this ought to be the US national anthem. Yup.

ETA: OOH! OOH! Even better: the Presidential Anthem, replacing "Hail to the Chief"!!!

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:01 am

I heard this earlier tonight and it brought back some fond, misty eyed, memories.

Earl Grant... gone too soon.

Guinevere · Post by **Guinevere** » Sat Sep 08, 2018 9:21 am

A wonderful throwback:

(The music doesn’t start until 3 mins in, but it’s worth the wait)

Guinevere · Post by **Guinevere** » Sat Sep 08, 2018 9:40 am

More Melissa (I sing this one to my Swede from time to time):

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Sun Sep 09, 2018 2:29 am

Here is a guilty pleasure -- a melancholy Freddie Fender, with an artsy, la femme, montage.

Sorry, Doris.

Sue U · Post by **Sue U** » Sun Sep 09, 2018 4:54 am

Guin, how old is that Springsteen-Melissa Etheridge clip? They look so young! That was really nice.

This is a song by St. Vincent. It's very good. Stick around for the guitar solo.

Econoline · Post by **Econoline** » Sun Sep 09, 2018 6:10 am

And now for something completely different!

Time for biology class, boys and girls. Today's lesson, Carl Linnaeus and the nested hierarchy of Linnaean taxonomy. Who knew binomial nomenclature could be so interesting, and so hilarious?

The Vox Hunters, that's who!

Gob · Post by **Gob** » Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:20 am

Saw this chap live last night. Not really my cuppa, sometimes verging on...ick....country. But a great musician, and his more trad folk stuff is worth a listen.

The video was shot at our local open air theatre,the Minack

The Minack
The Minack Theatre may look a great deal like half a Roman amphitheatre but it was actually built by one woman, her gardener and his mate. Rowena Cade originally built a small stage and a few terraces at the end of her garden, overlooking the Atlantic ocean near Land’s End in Cornwall, in 1932 to stage a production of The Tempest. It turned out to be such an ideal venue that she continued to add to and improve it as an outdoor theatre until 1983 when she died.

Sue U · Post by **Sue U** » Sun Sep 09, 2018 4:47 pm

Econoline wrote:And now for something completely different!

That was genius! Loved the shout-out to opposable thumbs!

Econoline · Post by **Econoline** » Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:50 pm

Sue U wrote:
Econoline wrote:And now for something completely different!
That was genius! Loved the shout-out to opposable thumbs!

...not to mention, at the very end of the very last verse, what some just *might* call a punchline:

- [...] let fear and hatred never TRUMP
  our consciousness again!!

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:13 am

Here's an oldie but goody.

This was performed by Leo Burt at the 1966 Monsignor Bonner High School's Senior Talent Show. After this his life got complicated.

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