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My own favorite from that year was from The Everly Brothers, “All I Have To Do Is Dream”

This was an utterly massive hit back in 1979. I saw a deer outside my condo this morning. This is what prompted me to post this.

From Kate Bush's 'Babooshka' to Fleetwood Mac's 'Dreams', the app's gone nostalgia crazy. We asked TikTok stars, musicians and psychologists: why?Kate Bush's 1980 weirdo-banger 'Babooshka' has filled many a TikTokker with glee. Credit: Getty You don’t need us to tell you that TikTok now has a huge effect on the music industry. With the power to launch careers with one viral clip, we’re seeing the birth of a new star every day. But how about the revival of an old one? Last year saw TikTok revive vintage hits, from ‘70s classics such as Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Dreams’ to ‘00s deep cuts...

It can be pretty troubling to learn that your musical idol might harbour views that you consider problematic. Let our columnist guide you through the processWe’ve all seen the early signs, experienced the shock and sadness of watching a close friend or relative succumb to reactionary lies. The idea that it’s immigrants that have been underfunding the NHS since 2010, perhaps, or that it’s possible to get several hundred thousand identical fake ballots counted and verified just by lobbing them through the window of a voting station in a massive sack at 4am – all because of a grainy meme...

A pro-President Trump heavy metal guitarist has been identified as one of the US Capitol rioters, according to a report. Multiple sources told the Indianapolis Star Wednesday that one of the suspects in the deadly Jan. 6 siege is Jon Schaffer, a founding member of a Florida-based heavy metal band called Iced Earth who is originally from central Indiana. Schaffer has not been charged with a federal crime as of early Friday, an FBI source confirmed to The Post. But several people have identified him as the man seen with his mouth agape in an FBI poster seeking out the...

~Favorite Middle or Last Songs~ Stuck In The Middle With You*Video* Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives *Video*

Britney Spears' ex-husband Jason Allen Alexander shared photos and videos with his followers as he attended the pro-Trump protests in Washington DC. Jason, who famously married Britney in Las Vegas in 2004 before their marriage was annulled 55 hours later, took a selfie wearing a red Trump 45 hat outside the Capitol, where protesters could be seen with flags. He captioned the snap: ‘DC. Millions showed up’, though he did not appear to have been among the people who breached the Capitol from his posts.

Please post positive or uplifting things here in this thread! I will go first: Muse: Uprising - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. FReeper Canteen Come on in, we're open Need a place just to hang out? This is it. We serve coffee, tea, hot cocoa, conversation and music.How about some homemade eggnog? A hot toddy? Our AWESOME military, our AWESOME allies, and their families are welcomed and honored here.To All of the January babies!No worries in the FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe. Pull up a chair. Grab a cup and start a...

This is me playing with Neil Young. It was a simulcast back in the 90s... hahaha. This is a song of HOPE. Don't despair -- good things will be coming. It's the start of a new beginning and a call to action. Like a Phoenix emerging out of the ashes, a stronger, freer Eagle will arise.

Bromance is a Taiwanese drama about a girl whose parents have forced her to live as a boy until her 26th birthday. This video shows off the growing relationship between the girl and her blood brother, a Triad leader, from first meeting to honeymoon. Bromance - 19 episodes on viki.com

Country music star and “The Voice” coach Blake Shelton became the latest celebrity to be targeted by cancel culture this week for his new song “Minimum Wage.” Luckily for him, fellow country star Ronnie Dunn of “Brooks & Dunn” fame stepped up with a lengthy defense of Shelton. Dunn wasn’t alone in his support as legendary Red Rocker Sammy Hagar had Shelton’s back as well.

--snip-- Although we really can’t expect things to go back to normal at the stroke of midnight, we nevertheless look towards 2021 with a sense of renewed hope. In Hong Kong, and in much of the English-speaking world, we say goodbye to the old year by singing a traditional folk song set to the words of a Scots poem. “Auld Lang Syne,” best translated as “long, long ago,” or “days gone by” is a crowd favorite, although this year it better be a virtual crowd. The song has attracted a huge number of beautiful interpretations and arrangements from musical stars...

Guitar icon Joe Bonamassa has shared security camera footage from his apartment in Nashville capturing the explosion of a recreational vehicle on Christmas morning which damaged dozens of buildings, injured three people and knocked out AT&T wireless service in and around the city. On Friday (December 25), Bonamassa — who splits his time between Nashville and Los Angeles — tweeted out the 12-second clip, and wrote in an accompanying message: "A message of love and support to my friends and family in Nashville on this Christmas Day. This was taken by my security cameras three blocks away from the bombing...

The US Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Don Cochran, said Sunday that the man responsible for the explosion that shook Downtown Nashville on Christmas morning has been positively identified. ... It was also revealed Sunday that a song played before the audio warning and countdown. The song was “Downtown,” the 1964 hit by Petula Clark. The investigation continues into a possible motive and officials are probing whether Warner was a believer of the 5G conspiracy theory. Some people believe 5G towers cause cancer or are used by the federal government for spying on citizens. According to ABC News’...

Wikipedia says he died yesterday, but didn't say what happened.

Mann had his biggest commercial success with a rocking 1959 version of ‘Mona Lisa.’Carl Mann, the rockabilly singer and pianist who was one of the last of the original rockers championed by Sam Phillips at Sun Records, died on December 16 at the age of 78. Mann, described in a 2012 book as the Last Son of Sun, had his biggest commercial success with a rocking 1959 version of “Mona Lisa,” Nat King Cole’s 1950 No.1, which reached No.25 in the US. Mann became a key part of the significant revival of interest in rockabilly that swept Europe in the...

Vintage Christmas Tree: Cool Nostalgic Xmas Songs From The 1930s & 40s (Remastered by Past Perfect)

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Traditional 18th century English Christmas hymn "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" sung by the Bach Choir, 2007, with lyrics.