Posted on 03/02/2017 5:48:50 PM PST by fatima
While The Allman Brothers “Live at the Fillmore East” has my vote for best live album ever, having seen The Who live, nothing compares.
Their performance of “The Punk and the Godfather” in 1981 was epic.
I saw them in 2000 or so with a full orchestra and I like some of their lesser-known songs, like Haunted and English Sunset. More tea, Vicar?
Let’s Moondance Beautiful Hugs.
Moondance...Van Morrison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lFxGBB4UGU
Life in Germany was exciting and adventuresome, but it presented some challenges for a young American whose life's soundtrack was the Top 40. Armed Forces Network's AM radio station broadcasting out of Frankfurt played mostly Adult Contemporary music. For example, the number one song on AFN Frankfurt for the first week of June, 1966 was Dominique's Discotheque. Why it appealed to expatriates in West Germany is a mystery. The record didn't even chart stateside and became a super-rare collector's item. I would not hear it again until Youtube came along four decades later.
On weekends you could hear Hawaiian music, polkas and "Oldies" played by Jim Pewter. It was Pewter's Saturday afternoon "Oldies" show that first stimulated my interest in popular songs of the past.
However, Top 40 rock was strictly taboo unless Ira Cook played it on his morning show, which was streamed in from Los Angeles. My portable transistor radio couldn't reach Radio Luxembourg, which played the British and European Top 40 hits, so I was out of luck when it came to getting my musical fix over the airwaves.
However, the American Youth Activities (AYA) snack bar had a jukebox that was stocked with the latest hits from the States, and "Double Shot' was one of them.
I like Richard Carpenters song “She Ain’t Heavy; She’s My Sister.”
I’m amazed...Someone mentioned Spanky and Our Gang. One song wonders, The Vogues, Five O’clock World.
You are a very bad man.
Saw them with Boston, badass show, I prefer Godzilla.
A lot of good music came out in 1967. One of my favorite singles is My World Fell Down by Saggitarius
The Highwaymen- Johnny, Willie, Chris and Waylon.
Ah...thanks.
I have a special place in my heart for Van Morrison. A friend of mine played sax with him on two of his albums.
Aeon’s promise, zero hour, man don’t know a thing
Jimmy spherris..lsle of view
Yes, it's still very listenable even after all this time. McLean has more poet in him than the average lyricist, but the American Pie album was exceptional even for him.
Where are they from? You’ve seen a LOT of bends, though!
We saw the Moody Blues at the old Chicago Stadium in 1979. Moody Blues songs were like original Star Trek episodes. The good ones were really really good and the bad ones were really bad.
My faves were Lovely to See You, It’s Up To You, The Actor, and thier best song, Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?) Justin Hayward could flat sing.
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