OK, I'll start with a song from the nineties (1991, to be specific) that you likely will never hear on your local "classic hits" station or stream.
Gen-Z Music Producer FLOORED listening to "Boston" for the first time
I'd forgotten what a spectacular debut album this was for Tom Scholz and his basement MIT=schooled studio. Good story:
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Housemartins - Think For A Minute (1986)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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[Verse 1]
Something's going on, a change is taking place
Children smiling in the street have gone without a trace
This street used to be full, it used to make me smile
And now it seems that everyone is walking single file
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And many bow their heads in shame
That used to hold them high
And those that used to say hello
Simply pass you by
[Chorus]
Think for a minute (think for a minute)
Stop for a minute (stop for a minute)
Think for a minute (think for a minute)
Stop for a minute (stop for a minute)
[Verse 2]
I always said it could, they never thought it would
The people look so pitiful, I'm thinking that it should
And now it's almost here, now it's on its way
I can't help saying told you so and have a nice final day
[Pre-Chorus 2]
'Cause nothing I could say
Could ever make them see the light
Now apathy is happy that
It won without a fight
[Chorus]
Think for a minute (think for a minute)
Stop for a minute (stop for a minute)
Think for a minute (think for a minute)
Stop for a minute (stop for a minute)
[Pre-Chorus 3]
And many drop their heads in shame (think for a minute)
That used to hold them high (stop for a minute)
And those that used to say hello (think for a minute)
Simply pass you by (stop for a minute)
[Chorus]
Think for a minute (think for a minute)
Stop for a minute (stop for a minute)
Think for a minute (think for a minute)
Stop for a minute (stop for a minute)
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k.d. lang & Roy Orbison - Crying (1988)
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Two most excellent vocalists sing a classic tune.
But first ...
New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble - The Cascades (1973)
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A Scott Joplin rag tune from circa 1905 ...
OK, where was I?
Oh yeah ...
Tony Bennett, k.d. lang - Because of You (from Duets: The Making Of An American Classic)
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This is from a PBS fund-raising special back in the day.
An awesome performance by both.
Stereophonics - Have A Nice Day (2001)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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[Verse 1]
San Francisco Bay, past pier thirty-nine
Early p.m, can't remember what time
Got the waiting cab stopped at the red light
Address, unsure of but it turned out just right
[Verse 2]
It started straight off: Coming here is ----
That's his first words, we asked what he meant
He said, "Where you from?" we told him our lot
Ya take a holiday, is this what you want?
[Chorus]
To have a nice day
Have a nice day
Have a nice day
Have a nice day
...
First time I've ever seen synchronized swimmers in a music video, but, there it is ...
Young the Giant - Cough Syrup (2008)
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@#32
I do not disagree.
To wit ...
K.D. Lang sings Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah
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One of the greats.
Mary Chapin Carpente - Halley Came to Jackson (1990)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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[Verse 1]
Late one night when the wind was still
Daddy brought the baby to the window sill
To see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky
The one and only time daddy saw it fly
It came from the east just as bright as a torch
The neighbours had a party on their porch
Daddy rocked the baby, mother said, "Amen"
When Halley came to visit in 1910
[Verse 2]
Now back then Jackson was a real small town
And it's not every night a comet comes around
It was almost eighty years since its last time through
So I bet your mother would have said amen too
As its tailed stretched out like a stardust streak
The papers wrote about it every day for a week
They wondered where it's going and where it's been
When Halley came to Jackson in 1910
[Verse 3]
Now daddy told the baby sleeping in his arms
To dream a little dream of a Comet's charms
And he made a little wish as she slept so sound
In 1986 that wish came round
It came from the east just as bright as a torch
She saw it in the sky from her daddy's porch
As heavenly sent as it was back then
When Halley came to Jackson in 1910
Late one night when the wind was still....
...
Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew (1988)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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[Karel Fialka]
I was sitting with Matthew, we were watching TV
I said; Hey Matthew, what do you see?
Do you see the guns? Do you see the bombs?
See those people throwing all of those stones?
Do you see the cars going up in flames?
See their faces, do you know their names?
Hey Matthew, when you're watching TV;
Hey, Hey Matthew, what do you see?
Do you see the tension in a rich man's house?
Do you see the cat? Do you see the mouse?
Do you see the beauty or the big bad beast?
Do you see the famine? Do you see the feast?
In this world of villains do you see the crime?
Is a superhero waiting at the edge of time?
Hey Matthew, when you're watching TV;
I said Hey, Hey Matthew, what do you see?
...
A great guitar player ...
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - I Got My Mojo Working (1989)
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imo, of course.
Yeah, here's a fun video that looks to be computer-generated before the likes of AI ...
Starship Groove (Animusic)
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If your smartphone can deal with it, there's 4K version available at the link.
My current video infrastructure, however, is limited to 1080 HD.
That may change next year, but, for now, I'm OK with 1080 stuff.
Cornell Hurd Band -- Don't Wipe Your Face With Your Shirt (20002)
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Wow, no lyrics seem to be available.
I first heard this song as a song in a movie. And it introduced me to the Jawhawks, a group I have since come to enjoy...
YMMV ...
Jayhawks - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (2000)
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Wanna wake up your sub-woofer?
OK, not a real test, but a fun ~rattling the windows~ test ...
Marianne Faithfull - Wherever I Go (feat. Billy Corgan) (2002)
www.youtube.com
What else can I say, besides ... excellent and fun musicians?
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Tiger Rag (my guess: 1970's)
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You know the lyrics already.
Sit back and enjoy the tune ...
:)
OK, my last one on this thread ...
Michael Franks - Popsicle Toes (1975)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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You must have been Miss Pennsylvania
With all this pulchritude
How come you always load your Pentax
When I'm in the nude?
...
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Billie Eilish
You got the nicest North America
This sailor ever saw
I'd like to feel your warm Brazil
And touch your Panama
But Your Tierra del Fuegos
Are nearly always froze
We gotta see saw
Until we unthaw those
Popsicle toes
...
"pulchritude" ? wow.
OK, maybe one more that just popped up on a playlist here ...
LaTour - People Are Still Having Sex (LP Mix) (1991)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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Have you noticed that people are still having sex?
All the denouncement had absolutely no effect
Parents and counselors constantly scorn them
But people are still having sex and nothing seems to stop them
Hello lover
Hello lover
Do you realize that people are still having sex?
They've been told not to, perhaps they are perplexed
When you see them holding hands, they are making future plans
To engage in the activity; do you understand me?
...
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