New Scaratings

By some unique confluence of events, the last five songs I've heard are:

Family Affair by Mary J. Blige
Her Arms Embrace the Sun by Purple Overdose
Come A Little Closer by Cage the Elephant
Make the World Go Away by Eddy Arnold
and clarinet quintet in b minor by Johannes Brahms

a little something there for everyone to hate...

How these songs keep finding me is a complete mystery.
I blame the internet.
It's evil.

Interesting, the Purple Overdose song sounded like Bowie as lead singer of early Pink Floyd..

They do a spot on effort recreating the psychedelic sound of the early 70s.
I would even go so far as to say they're the greatest retro psychedelic band I've ever listened to that hail from, wait for it.... Greece.
A retro psychedelic band from Greece... ah, that old chestnut.

Beatles etc.

Rory Storm & The Hurricanes was the top band in Liverpool 1962
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iuvv828F5I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYAL-eBfBno

Stuart Sutcliffe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYAL-eBfBno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irwulu0x ... 6AI3SqAx-6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIUIAvuf ... 6AI3SqAx-6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Vw8fPd ... 6AI3SqAx-6

Beatles The Cavern Club 1962
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Li7n56uU8

Here are five Bobby Rydell songs from the last CD I ripped to Windows Media Player:

1- "Wild One"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax-6U-KaBAY

2- "Kissing Time"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EclSZVDJ5E

3- "We Got Love"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lXlq1utdmY

4- "Volare"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyBIx01yU8

5- "Good Time Baby"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXJ3Ak5gv8Q

Bobby Rydell was my teenage idol in junior high school, and I wore my hair to look like his. I bought every 45 he put out into my high school years. I never thought that I would ever get to see him perform live, but son-of-a-gun, Bobby came to the Kentucky State Fair sometime around the year 2000, and I got to see his show. He was great, and sang most of his hit songs from my teenage years. It was one of the great moments of my life.

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Gonna Get Over You - Sara Bareilles
Ordinary Day - Vanessa Carlton
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen

Here are five from the "Eric Clapton Unplugged" album, that I just ripped to Windows Media Player on my computer.

1- "Before You Accuse Me"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBsWS8OShdc

2- "Hey Hey"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLXD2A9uXPg

3- "Tears in Heaven"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilKorIJTlWM

4- "Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3mtsBFe2Us

5 "Layla" (It's very different from the original Derek and the Dominos rendition.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgM7sBz40-M

(This is one of my favorite albums.)

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The "Golden Throats" album has some unlikely people covering the hits. Here are five that aren't too bad:

1- "Proud Mary" by Leonard Nimoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv-TAhHQXmY

2- "Blowin' in the Wind" by Eddie Albert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uWu-vIUC80

3- "House of the Rising Sun" by Andy Griffith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_2gdg17rtw

4- "White Room" by Joel Grey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE91rEmsTeU

5- "Twist and Shout" by Mae West (Believe it or not, Mae could sing, even though she was no spring chicken when she recorded this song. Listen to it.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Eol9g_TT4

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Even though Fabian couldn't sing his way out of a wet paper bag with a chainsaw and a blow torch, if his life depended on it, I still like some of his songs. Tonight I ripped the Fabian CD, "This is Fabian", and couldn't resist listening to his songs from my teenage years. Here are the five I liked best:

1- "Tiger"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJYKwXh5YgE

2- "Turn Me Loose"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdaZ7N-W9vw

3- "Hound Dog Man"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED7Uoe-H8fo

4- "Long Before"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg7rQK_VRBM

5- "Kissin' and Twistin'"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7oXAyBptyw

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1. Maps---Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2. Shine On---Raveonettes

3. Hope I Never Loose My Wallet (live)---Mighty Mighty Bosstones

4. River Otis---Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers

5. No Rest For The Wicked---Cage the Elephant

Some light music to get the school day started...

Scroll up a bit, and check out "Golden Throats". Especially listen to Mae West singing "Twist and Shout". I think you mae be surprised how well she sings.

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Here are five I like from Jim Croce's album, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" that I just ripped to Windows Media Player on my computer:

1- "You Don't Mess Around With Jim"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTuypQ0k3QQ

2- "New York's Not My Home"

http://www.eyeneer.com/video/rock/jim-c ... ot-my-home

3- "Photographs and Memories"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg21KWhocNg

4- "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5NwG6klB60

5- "Time in a Bottle"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpyGO1TFV_E

(What a loss it was when Jim Croce died.)

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Just finished ripping this 50 song (2 CD) album to my computer. It's kind of tough to pick out just five of them, but here goes:

1- "This Land is Your Land"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G60PfjeTh9Y

2- "House of the Rising Sun"

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xu7931 ... -sun_music

3- "John Henry"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RoKl6YBXvw

4- "Sinking of the Reuben James"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcgRUSxXIaI

5- "New York Town"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04oLVcAVpV4

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PETER, PAUL & MARY ~ The Great Mandella ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpIh68Kh_-s

The Combenashuns - Hey! Uncle Sam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgCtUpijT58

I FEEL LIKE I'M FIXIN TO DIE - COUNTRY JOE AND THE fISH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRXrQMamdzQ

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY

Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGaoXAwl ... GaoXAwl9kw

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An4uDegHB8s

Peter Green - Albatross (Splinter Group Acoustic Set)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK78mamhF3k

Jefferson Airplane - Embryonic Journey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IzoiqDaG4A

Mason Williams - Classical Gas (Acoustic)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeHgNqbdBKs

The Viscounts - Harlem Nocturne [HD]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuvGP2_RQ50

Jim, you're going instrumental on us. Good tunes, keep them coming. (Yep, I listened to them all.)

p.s. I listened to your previous five too. Good again...

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Another duplicate post that could not be deleted...

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Here are five from the "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book" album I ripped tonight:

1- "A Foggy Day"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRtq0l37gsc

2- "But Not for Me"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7IPqcVKFRM

3- "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj_O2FCl0Xs

4- "Nice Work if You Can Get It"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu0JjhbaVbE

5- "They All Laughed"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4QIqC70zaI

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"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A

Tony Rice ~ Midnight On The Stormy Deep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ooe3Qpez4c

Donovan - Epistle to Derroll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0nRF9tYYqI

The Byrds - John Riley (Mono Remaster)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjwYkp9WbZw

Peter Paul and Mary, Don't Think Twice It's Alright
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQZI0fZO ... 103A78058C

Infomercial Bonus
Poo~Pourri
http://www.youtube.com/user/poo?v=b38JALqnEKk

Gert Wilden is known for German soundtracks, many of them "that type of film".
Gert Wilden - Tage hängen wie Trauerweiden (Instr.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u7BbhyTISY
Gert Wilden & Orchestra - Step In the Dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1phZTlXkRg
Soundtrack - Sophie Scholl - Mother And Son - Gert Wilden jr.]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da5Ug2CjgX4
Gert Wilden - Blue Mood (Der Fluch des Schwarzen Rubin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXiq-XNoKuE
Gert Wilden & Orchestra - Gaslight mood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKlapM5GpbQ

Flim and the BBs was in the early 80's the group to play to test your speakers.

Flim & the BB's – Tricycle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zmQK94LGaI
Flim & the BB's - View from 7th Heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiQMXgfnUVI
Flim & the BB's - At The Hop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccav4qNrDvE
Flim & the BB's - Born to Love You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOgti2zs0MM
Flim & the BB's - Invisible Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBcVZkPUIXo

(I deleted my previous post here of Geno Washingon and the Ram Jam Band, because I was unable to find any of the music on Google to paste here.)

So we get the Righteous Brothers.

These songs come from the CD album, "Best of the Righteous Brothers":

1- "Unchained Melody"

http://vimeo.com/25559229

2- "You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling"

http://en.musicplayon.com/play?v=468987

3- "(You're My ) Soul and Inspiration"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjuaVo74meY

4- "Little Latin Lupe Lu"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzWYk5Tg8N4

5- "Georgia on My Mind"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg_3ELiO8SA

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The Flares
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmKw1ebNxH8

A bit of Memphis Soul
Green Onions - Booker T. & The MGs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnRIm8py9DM
Pain In My Heart - Otis Redding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6juvqVCMByU
Laundromat Blues - Albert King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOQhr3ZUaPY
You Got Me Hummin' - Sam & Dave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pBTcdTWG-E
Down To My House - Rufus Thomas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkYl8jJW_U0

1- "Ring of Fire"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbo6WhbNRsc

2- "I Walk the Line"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyS12e4-zTs

3- "Folsom Prison Blues"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gV5C5mB7A

4- "Jackson"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGhCsznO0S8

5- "A Boy Named Sue"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rleFAS_B04

(These are not the exact versions I listened to off of the CD I just ripped, but you know what...? I listened to these other versions tonight.)

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"The game is afoot."