Posted on 01/03/2009 6:03:43 PM PST by andyssister
Today in music history...
2002, Zak Foley bassist with EMF died aged 31. The group scored the 1991 US No.1 single 'Unbelievable.'
2002, Liam and Noel Gallagher topped a poll of celebrities you would least like to live next to, getting 40% of the vote. Readers of Your Home magazine voted the brothers from Oasis as 'Neighbours From Hell'.
2004, Willie Nelson debuts his anti-war song ""What Ever Happened to Peace on Earth" at a fundraiser for Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich.
2004, Britney Spears marries her childhood pal Jason Allen Alexander in Las Vegas at 5:30 AM. Her record label say the singer "took a joke too far." The pair later file for an annulment.
2000, Luciano Pavarotti agreed to pay the Italian authorities $2.72 million after losing an appeal against tax evasion charges. It was reported that the singer was worth $510 million at the time.
1987, Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1981, David Bowie made his final appearance as the Elephant Man in the Broadway show in New York City.
1980, US singer & pianist Amos Milburn died aged 52. Famous for his drinking songs including, 'Let Me Go Home, Whiskey.'
1979, appearing at McGonagils, Dublin, The Hype, later to be known as U2.
1976, The Bay City Rollers went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Saturday Night.' At the height of their US success, the Scottish group signed a deal to promote breakfast cereal.
1974, Bob Dylan and The Band started a 39- date US tour, Dylan's first live appearance for over 7 years.
1970, B J Thomas started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.' The song was featured in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
1970, working on the Get Back sessions at Studio Two of EMI Studios, London, three Beatles (Paul, George, and Ringo) record 16 takes of the George Harrison song ‘I Me Mine.’ John Lennon was away in Denmark at the time. A decade later it became the title of George Harrison's auto-biography
1969, appearing live on UK TV Lulu Show, Jimi Hendrix stopped performing his new single after a few bars and instead launched into a version of Cream's 'Sunshine Of Your Love' as a tribute to the band who had split a few days earlier
1967, having received a US army draft notice, Beach Boy Carl Wilson refused to be sworn in, saying he was a conscientious objector.
1967, The Bee Gees were at No.1 on the Australian singles chart with the single 'Spickes and Speckes.'
Birthdays include...
1945-Stephen Stills, guitar, vocals, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Manassas.
1941-Van Dyke Parks, US songwriter, producer. Worked with Brian Wilson on the 'Smile' album, played keyboards on The Byrds 'Eight Miles High', produced Ry Cooder, Randy Newman, Judy Collins.
1926,-2Sir George Martin, 60's EMI in-house record producer and so-called fifth Beatle. Produced all but one of The Beatles albums as well as working with comedy acts The Goons and Beyond The Fringe. Received a Knighthood in 1996.
Happy New Year ping!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B8Qj0CnQi4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou7y8AyTwIY&feature=related
Hope this works.
Well...her hair grew back quickly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U
The original Tainted Love from 1964 by Gloria Jones,
a “Northern Soul” singer of of Cincinnati. In the 70s
she was attached to Marc Bolan of T-Rex and he produced
an album that features an updated version of the song.
She was driving when Bolan died in a car crash in ‘77.
Mark Almond of the band Soft Cell heard the Jones original
in a British nightclub and decided to cover it.
Here, you have a great soul tune (far too short, barely
over 2 minutes) —written by Ed Cobb who also did
Dirty Water.
This song has probably been posted on a previous Weekend YouTube thread because it’s so cool:
Gnarls Barkley — Crazy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LnAIQSVO38
But this is the Star Wars version which makes it extra cool.
LOL! Love Chewbacca on the drums.
Yeah, who knew Chewbacca was such a good drummer? I also like the rebel fighter pilots standing in formal stage pose with their arms stiffly at their sides.
‘Had never heard of this guy til Thanksgiving Eve, ‘05. AOL was my ISP at the time, and on the home page, they had a promo up inviting folks to listen to his “smooth jazz”(I kid you not), live. He may have a rep as a pop balladeer, but this is how I know him best.
Two sets from that night...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VheZyAgx_jM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pk5pc5loD0&feature=related
Frank Zappa -— Montana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJN_uWaVRfo&feature=channel_page
A bravura performance by Frank and his band. Well worth 6 minutes of your time.
Excellent - a classic!
He's a great guitar player. I just wish he would stop with the weird facial expressions!
These two English amateurs knock the song dead.
“Crazy by Gnarls Barkley (Acoustic Cover)”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vWK0rWeBYg&feature=channel_page
The sheer coolness of it is overwhelming and the song of course rocks — best song of the year maybe. When I found out that one of the guys in the group produced one of the Gorillaz albums, I wasn’t surprised. That’s some cool stuff too:
Gorillaz — Kids With Guns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyh-1p8BtKc
Great version! I’m lovin the mink shrug in the second photo. :)
Pretty impressive. She’s got a really good voice. I wonder what’s in the water these days with the English girls and the big soul voices.
Was it great? I would love to have seen Bowie in his prime.
You have FReep mail.
They have a great sound.
Here’s a review of the Cleveland show - http://mywebsite.bigpond.com/roger.griffin/goldenyears/GYjpegs/76/7602CleveReview.jpg
That’s for sure!
Here is their MySpace page from the info provided:
http://www.myspace.com/missinglink101
One of my psychedelic black and white mish-mash “what’s in your head” videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZIx40MdrOE&feature=channel
My aunt was a teenager when Kay Starr recorded that song. She had a record player with a manual needle arm. I talked her into allowing me to listen if I would be VERY careful. I almost wore the needle AND the record out. I sang along and memorized the words and sang it all the time - guess it’s a good thing we lived in a rural area at the time. lol.
Great find!
yeah and if you look on youtube under related videos you’ll see one (well, a still pic with a song) of the Bolan-produced remake of Tainted Love by Gloria Jones from 76. Also pretty good!
Both my kids are in college and they tell me Britany is back and more popular than ever with the release of this new album. She's rehabilitated!
Yeah, her new album is a huge success! It’s really quite a comeback. I personally can’t listen to her freaky voice for more than like two seconds. :)
Well done. I gave it 5 stars. Also like your version of Rockin In The Free World.
This is the week that was in matters musical … January 8, 2009
1966, the last episode of ABC-TV’s Shindig! airs featuring The Kinks and The Who … the show, which was broadcast on Thursday and Saturday nights, was among the first prime-time programs to feature rock acts … from the One Hit Wonders Department, country harmony group The Statler Brothers peaks at number four on the Billboard pop chart with “Flowers On The Wall” … founding member Lew DeWitt writes the nonsensical song and the group records it at Columbia studios when Johnny Cash sneaks them in on a recording session … none of the group is named Statler and only two of them are brothers … the name Statler comes from a box of tissues they spot in their hotel room while they are searching for a new name … the group is still going strong, but DeWitt retires in 1982 and dies in 1990 … LSD experimenter/proselytizer Ken Kesey brings his Acid Test to San Francisco’s Fillmore … 2,400 hipsters take part in a multimedia event that includes music from the The Grateful Dead and lots of LSD … police call an end to the test at two in the morning after curfew …
1967, the Polo Grounds at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco is the setting for The Human Be-In “A Gathering of the Tribes” … called the pivotal event of the hippie generation, 20,000 attendees listen to speeches from Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, poetry from Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and music from The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Big Brother & The Holding Company in addition to soaking up the peace, love, and good vibes …
1968, David Gilmour’s first gig as a permanent member of Pink Floyd takes place in Birmingham, England … the five-piece band ostensibly includes founder Syd Barrett who has become increasingly unreliable as a performer—for example, strumming the same chord all evening—prompting the addition of Gilmour … eight days later, Barrett is dropped from the lineup and Gilmour assumes his vocal/guitar duties …
1970, also from the One Hit Wonders Department … Midwest rockers Crow peak at number 19 with “Evil Woman (Don’t You Play Your Games With Me)” … their first single flopped, so the producer wants to add horns to “Evil Woman” … the group opposes that at first, finally caves and—waddayaknow—Top 40 hit … the group still hates the horns and refuses to play with them live …
1976, one of the icons of Chicago blues, Howlin’ Wolf, dies of complications from kidney disease and a heart condition … born Chester Arthur Burnett on a plantation in the Mississippi Delta in 1910, the Wolf records a number of blues standards for Chess Records including “Smokestack Lightning,” “Back Door Man,” “Spoonful,” “Little Red Rooster,” and “Killing Floor” … these songs and many others are recorded and made popular by such white artists as The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Cream, and The Doors … however, Wolf receives little income, if any, from those recordings …
1978, the Sex Pistols play their swan-song show at San Francisco’s Winterland …
1981, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) donates a batch of rock albums to the Library of Congress … titles include Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde, Kiss Alive!, and Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols …
1999, claiming that Victoria’s Secret’s Metallica lip pencils constitute trademark infringement, the band Metallica files suit against the lingerie company …
2000, the renowned Chicago club Lounge Axe goes out in a blaze of glory with a surprise appearance by Wilco … the alt-country quartet plays a two-and-a-half-hour set before an SRO crowd … fans had queued up for over seven hours to catch the band …
2003, as part of a sting on users of an internet child porn site, Pete Townshend is arrested at his home and his computer is seized … the irony is that Townshend is an activist against child pornography and foolishly used his credit card to access the site merely to see how bad it was … no child porn is found on Townshend’s computer or in his house … he is given a reprimand and released …
2005, Strawberry Field, the Liverpool orphanage commemorated in the 1967 Beatles song (made plural in the title) closes as a children’s center … John Lennon played on the grounds of the Salvation Army facility during his childhood … Strawberry Field is now a church and prayer center … Kid Rock, who had been slated to play a show that’s part of George W. Bush’s inauguration festivities dubbed America’s Future Rocks Today is kicked off the lineup … Kid’s canning comes in the wake of 100,000 protest emails sent to organizers by Christian groups … Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association, whose organization spearheaded the effort to get Rock off the bill says, “Kid Rock’s whole thing is get drunk, party, free sex” …
2006, Apple introduces its new iPhone … tightly integrated with Apple’s iTunes software, the new device dispenses with micro touch buttons in favor of a large touch screen that simplifies all the phone’s music, camera, messaging, and web-surfing capabilities … Apple’s stock shoots up in anticipation of the iPhone becoming a category killer …
2007, singer Toni Braxton splits with her new record label Blackground/Universal Motown after releasing just one record, Libra, that sold a modest 431,000 copies … in a Rolling Stone interview, Mary J. Blige reveals that she wishes she could play piano like Thelonious Monk and when asked what singers she thinks have perfect voices, names Chakha Khan and Whitney Houston … Rudy Martinez, better known as Question Mark, singer with ? and the Mysterians, the legendary garage band that cut “99 Tears,” suffers the loss of his Clio, Michigan, home when it burns to the ground destroying more than four decades of memorabilia … Whitney Houston auctions off a collection of clothes and instruments belonging to herself and estranged husband Bobby Brown in order to pay off the warehouse storing them …
2008, Eddie Vedder nails a Golden Globe award for his “Guaranteed,” a song he wrote for Sean Penn’s film, Into the Wild … Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” is No. 1 on the charts with sales of 122,000 copies the group declines to announce how many digital copies it sold, with fans paying whatever price they choose for the download … many in the music industry wonder how that’s affected the sales of the physical CD … Ron Wood undergoes surgery to repair a hernia he suffered in 2007 on the Bigger Bang tour …
… and that was the week that was in matters musical.
Arrivals:
January 8: Johnny Cash guitarist Luther Perkins (1928), legendary rock concert promoter Bill Graham (1931), Elvis Presley (1935), Shirley Bassey (1937), Little Anthony (1940), Robbie Krieger of The Doors (1946), David Bowie, born David Jones (1947), Terry Sylvester of The Hollies (1947), Mike Reno of Loverboy (1955), Wall of Voodoo guitarist Marc Moreland (1958), R. Kelly (1967), Jeff Abercrombie of Fuel (1969), reggae singer Sean Paul (1975)
January 9: Delta bluesman Ishman Bracey (1901), Joan Baez (1941), Roy Head (1943), Jimmy Page (1944), Scott Engel of The Walker Brothers (1944), Steeleye Span’s Tim Hart (1948), Lynyrd Skynyrd backup vocalist Cassie Gaines (1948), David Johansen of New York Dolls and Buster Poindexter (1950), country singer Crystal Gayle (1951), Eric Erlandson of Hole (1963), Carl Bell of Fuel (1967), Dave Matthews (1967), Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth (1967)
January 10: bluesman Sam Chatmon (1897), Buddy Johnson (1915), Aretha Franklin producer Jerry Wexler (1918), Johnnie Ray (1927), Domenico Modugno of “Volare” fame (1928), Ronnie Hawkins (1935), Scott “If You’re Going To San Francisco, Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair” McKenzie (1939), Jim Croce (1943), Rod Stewart (1945), journeyman drummer Aynsley Dunbar (1946), Donald Fagen of Steely Dan (1948), Cyrill Neville of the Neville Brothers (1948), Pat Benatar (1953), guitarist Michael Schenker of UFO and The Scorpions (1955), Shawn Colvin (1956), Brad Roberts of Crash Test Dummies (1964), Aerle Taree of Arrested Development (1973), Chris Smith aka Kris Kross (1979)
January 11: bluesman Slim Harpo, born James Moore (1924), trumpet great Don Cherry (1924), Chuck Barksdale of The Dells (1935), pop singer Bobby Goldsboro (1941), sax man Clarence Clemons (1942), Janice Pought of The Bobettes (1945), Naomi Judd (1946), Lee Ritenour (1952), Vicki Peterson of The Bangles (1960), Tom Dumont of No Doubt (1968), Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands (1971), Mary J Blige (1971)
January 12: Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904), Tex Ritter (1907), country singer Ray Price (1926), folk singer Glenn Yarbrough (1930), Oak Ridge Boys’ William Lee Golden (1939), British bluesman Long John Baldry, who launched the career of Rod Stewart (1941), Sly & The Family Stone trumpeter Cynthia Robinson (1946), Chris Bell of Big Star (1951), Charlie Gillingham of Counting Crows (1960), Rob Zombie, born Roberty Bartleh Cummings (1966), Raekwon of Wu Tang Clan (1968), Melanie Chisholm of the Spice Girls (1974)
January 13: singer-comedian Sophie Tucker (1888), record label founder Lester Sill (1918), The Moonglows vocalist Bobby Lester (1932), The Dells’ original lead singer Johnny Funches (1935), Trevor Rabin of Yes (1954), Earth, Wind, and Fire drummer Fred White (1955), Slaughter guitarist Tim Kelly (1963), Zach de la Rocha of Rage Against The Machine (1970)
January 14: big band vocalist Russ Columbo (1908), doo-wop/R&B record label owner Al Silver (1914), soul man Clarence Carter (1936), songwriter-producer Alain Toussaint (1938), Contours’ singer Hubert Johnson (1941), soul singer Linda Jones (1944), Allman Brothers bassist Lamar Williams (1949), Jim Croce guitarist Maury Muehlelsen (1949), jazz guitarist/trumpeter Mark Egan (1951), Geoff Tate of Queensryche (1959), Chas Smash, born Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth of Madness (1959), Patricia Morrison of Sisters of Mercy (1962), LL Cool J, born James Todd Smith (1968), Dave Grohl (1969)
Departures:
January 8: Grinderswitch bassist Joe Dan Petty (2000), Louisiana bluesman Silas Hogan (1994), Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark (1991), Archibald, born Leon Gross, New Orleans pianist
January 9: Lou Rawls (2006), Lynne Denicker of The Aquatones (2001), Howie Johnson, original drummer for The Ventures (1998)
January 10: Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden (2005), guitarist Bryan Gregory of The Cramps (2001), Kenny Pickett, singer with Creation (1997), Beach Blanket Bingo lyricist Guy Bonson Hemric (1993), Addie (Micki) McFadden of the Shirelles (1982), blues giant Chester Burnett, better known as Howlin’ Wolf (1976), organist Earl Grant (1970)
January 11: Jimmy Griffin, co-founder of Bread (2005), Sean McDonald, singer and guitar player with Surgery (1995), Barry Kramer, founder of Creem Magazine (1981)
January 12: harpist-pianist, wife of John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane (2007), Michael Brecker (2007), singer Randy VanWarmer (2004), Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees (2003), Brazilian composer-guitarist Luis Bonfa (2001), Robert Peterson, Grateful Dead songwriter (1987)
January 13: Brian Keenan, drummer with the Chambers Brothers (1985), soul singer-songwriter-keyboardist Donny Hathaway (1979), Stephen Foster (1864)
January 14: Jerry Nolan, drummer, New York Dolls (1992), bluesman Rube Lacey (1969)
What is Handlebars about? What’s the deal?
From Jonny 5’s lips:
Here’s the deal. A few years ago, I was talking to a friend.
“Hey man, I’ve never understood how you can ride your bike with no hands on the handlebars.” I said, “I can barely even put one hand in the air!”
“It’s easy.” He said, “Just put all your weight in your butt and focus on guiding the bike that way.”
So I tried it. And it worked. I was riding my bike a lot those days, to and from the sushi restaurant where I worked as a busboy. So I practiced riding with no hands on the handlebars and got pretty good at it.
On one particular day, I was riding home from work across this field next to my old middle school. The sun was setting. The sky was beautiful. My hands were in the air. It was such a simple thing, but it gave me such joy to feel a sense of accomplishment! It was good to be alive.
As soon as I had that thought, though, I had another thought. It’s good for ME, but what about everyone else? I thought about all the civilian in Iraq and all the violence around them. Was it good to be alive for them?
I thought about the tens of thousands of US troops who were stationed in Iraq as a result of the President’s decision to invade. I thought about how young so many of these soldiers were. I thought about the military in general, how people with incredible talents, abilities, and courage volunteer to be a part of something larger than themselves with dreams of accomplishing great things for humanity.
Then I thought about the politicians who send the military to war, and wondered what exactly it is they hope to accomplish. I began to wonder about this idea of “accomplishment”. As a child, every accomplishment is likely to be celebrated! As we get older, there are more conflicts about our accomplishments. At the extreme, some people gain the ability to “accomplish” horrific things, to create death and destruction.
Up until that moment, the Invasion of Iraq had made me angry. At that moment, I realized that it made me sad. With all our creative abilities, war struck me as the ultimate tragedy.
So, when I got to my apartment, I put my bike away, got out a three sheets of computer paper, and wrote the lyrics to handlebars. When I finished writing it, I called my mom and left it on her answering machine. Then I called Stephen (Brer Rabbit) and read it for him. He liked it. We brought it to the rest of the band, and the rest is history.
Pretty cool song — but the lyrics, message and artwork simply represent the triumph of left wing paranoia in the artistic community.
Just another 58 seconds (if you please) for her 15 minutes of fame.....”Tenderly”.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNA2TdfsQhg&feature=channel_page
I think your interpretation is more accurate than that of the guy who wrote it! LOL.
It surely fits Obama better than Bush, imo.
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