SPAM

OK... so this isn't that relevant to a music blog but according to Hormel (maker's of Spam) the rise in food prices have seen increased sales. I thought the viking invasion also had something to say. Also I rather like fried spam, with baked beans, and fried bread, for breakfast.

Janis Joplin - Summertime (Live Gröna Lund 1969)

I'm going to be a mess soon ... let me know if this is boring you ... if it's not try Miles Davis & Gil Evans cover

Billie Holiday - Summertime

..or this...

Ella Fitzgerald & Satchmo - Summertime

I can't watch this without crying .. I think because I it is so intense.. I guess.. I don't know

BEAST OUT OF CONTROL Betty Bonifassi

Betty Bonifassi ............sorry I missed you little darlin.

St James Infirmary -- Black Bottom Jazz Band 2007

I just think it wonderful that music like this transcends and that a bunch of old white guys can express the feeling.

St. James Infirmary-Cab Calloway

another hairs standing up on the neck one ....

this followed on from Marie's post (D Gary) but I can't remember why.

Music from Madagascar - D'Gary in New Orleans

YouTube - IGN II - D'Gary in New Orleans

Oh Lord!

(Betty Bonifassi lead: am I influenced by the power of her voice? Oooh yes)
When you have immersed yourself in a crowd of people all just taken away it's really quite incredible. Fuckin' amazing as the queen might say. C'est incroyable.

Ball and Chain 2

Oh I know where it's going.....

Ball and Chain 1

Not sure where this is going....

Uppity Women

Say what?

Sarah Vaughan: I Can't Give You Anything But Love

YouTube - Sarah Vaughan: I Can't Give You Anything But Love

ROSE ROYCE Love Don't Live Here Anymore

YouTube - ROSE ROYCE Love Don't Live Here Anymore

This song has been covered many times (including by a very young Kate Ceberano as well as a pretty lame version by Madonna) but this is, in my opinion, still the best version.

The lead singer is the mysterious Rose Norwalt. Although I've googled about, I can find no information about her.

Renee Geyer

Renee Geyer is a bluesy goddess. She's damn hot but unfortunately never gained the kind of international recognition achieved by other aussie women such as Olivia Newton-John, Helen Reddy or, of course, Kylie Minogue.

Renee Geyer - Country Road



Also: check out this blues track, unfortunately I cant embed it so try the link
Renee Geyer - Born Under A Bad Sign 1973:

Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody ('Ghost' Soundtrack)

YouTube - Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody ('Ghost' Soundtrack)

OMG Demi!!! OMG OMG OMG


and here is an actual Righteous Brother singing the same.

YouTube - Skyhooks - Living In The 70's (Countdown - 1974)

YouTube - Skyhooks - Living In The 70's (Countdown - 1974)
Skyhooks are a big part of growing up in the 70s in Australia. Quirky and cynical they captured the post 60s mood but also wrote snarky songs about life in the suburbs of Melbourne rather than mythic far away places like New York or New Orleans.

YouTube - John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchel

YouTube - John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchel

Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock - Clip (1971)

YouTube - Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock - Clip (1971)

Classic Australian Hippie rock band, Daddy Cool fronted by Ross Wilson

VALENTINES Build Me Up Buttercup

YouTube - VALENTINES Aussie bubblegum Bon Scott AC/DCWhat Bon Scott was doing 7 years earlier, one of the two lead singers of the soul-turned-bubblegum pop Perth band, The Valentines.

Scott is shown here standing behind and to the right of singer Vince Lovegrove. To get a sense of the times, the show was called "Turning On" with "Baby John" Burgess LOL (now bettere known as a quiz-show host).

AC/DC - Please don't go

YouTube - AC/DC
The original AC/DC line up filmed in Melbourne 1976 fronted by Bon Scott dressed in a schoolgirl outfit with pigtails in contrast to Angus Young's trademark school uniform. The outfits were a late echo of the Glam Rock period which had just passed. Angus was 21 when this was filmed but claimed to be just 17.

YouTube - More Robert Johnson sessions -1

YouTube - More Robert Johnson sessions -1: "Eric Clapton and Doyle Bramhall II"

YouTube - Eric Clapton

YouTube - Eric Clapton: "Robert Johnson Sessions"

YouTube - Eric Clapton - Traveling Riverside Blues

Try this -- sc
YouTube - Eric Clapton - Traveling Riverside Blues: "Eric Clapton plays Traveling Riverside Blues by Robert Johnson"

YouTube - Cold Chisel - "When the War is Over"

YouTube - Cold Chisel - "When the War is Over" (1982)

Maria Guttesen

Most important video in the world :-) : Wide Open

Crossroads

So what is that touches a nerve?

and then came Eric.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-twOjwBORwg&feature=related

(this may be the most re-recorded message of all time so stop me before i go on)

Google Rosedale US 61 and 49

Close your eyes, listen, don't think .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd60nI4sa9A&NR=1

LWC : my teens

Since this is my first blog I think I should show you a little about my musical background. Giving myself the hardest test of them all. Boiling 4 teen years down to 10 songs. I hate it already :-)
This time I will Stick to POP from when I was 12-16. The advanced stuff will come later...

Kate Bush:
Limahl:
Fairground Atrraction:
Flashdance:
Whitney Houston:
Aha:
Men Without Hats:
Laura Branigan:
Sheena Easton:
Foreinger: