Saturday, August 23, 2025

Retort Weekend Tunes

OK, let's do songs you don't hear on pop radio. Or, what ever floats yer boat It is music. Have fun ...

Comments

Poco - Sagebrush Serenade (1974)
www.youtube.com

Some excellent guitar-pickin' in this tune.


imo, Poco is most under-rated.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-23 03:29 AM

Or maybe, someone from a group that went off to a solo career?

Drivin' N' Cryin' - Honeysuckle Blue (1989)
www.youtube.com

Then ...

Kevn Kinney - MacDougal Blues (1990)
www.youtube.com



#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-23 03:40 AM

Be creative, and have fun ...

It's about the music ...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-23 03:41 AM

Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1968)
www.youtube.com

OK, venturing into solo, a tribute in absentia ...

Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Steve Winwood - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (2004)
www.youtube.com

imo, an amazing performance.


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-23 04:05 AM

Wow... on the Front Page?

Rogers must be rockin' today!

Jethro Tull - Skating Away (Sight And Sound In Concert: Jethro Tull Live, 19th Feb, 1977)

www.youtube.com

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-23 12:02 PM

The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings

youtu.be

I only wish I had told my children sooner.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-08-23 12:02 PM

This song is about gracie, and people like her.

www.youtube.com

#7 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-08-23 12:04 PM

The Tragically Hip - Grace, Too (Live From A National Celebration) new

www.youtube.com

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-23 12:17 PM

nacoco - Blood Moon (Official Music Video)

www.youtube.com

nice riff 3 min in

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-23 12:47 PM

Tragically Hip - Small Town Bringdown (1987)
www.youtube.com


#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-23 01:33 PM

Jesse Welles - Join ICE

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-23 01:37 PM

#5 | Posted by Corky
I saw Jethro Tull in 1982 at the Omni. It was a very good show, refreshing and simple compared to some of the concerts of the time.
They wore animal suits and ran around in a circle under a strobe light for Bungle In The Jungle. I was tripping.

#12 | Posted by easy_meat at 2025-08-23 02:01 PM

I was tripping.

POSTED BY EASY_MEAT

Pretty sure you still are.

#13 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-08-23 02:02 PM

Hank Williams

"Why Don't You Love Me" (1950)

It was played at the end of the movie
"The Last Picture Show"; which I thought was a very appropriate ending for that movie.

youtu.be

#14 | Posted by shane at 2025-08-23 02:03 PM

The only band I saw 3 times in the 70s was Tull; Ian Anderson was the reason I started playing the flute (no, not that kind, Clowny!) with guitar and sax playing friends in college. We did a mean version of Wooden Ships, lol.

Also a Ray Thomas and Ian McDonald fan.

#15 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-23 02:11 PM

#15: Hi Corky: You boxed and played the flute in your youth? Lucky you didn't hurt your fingers or lips, Zamfir!

#16 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-23 02:48 PM

Steve Hackett - Ian Mcdonald - John Wetton I Talk To The Wind

www.youtube.com

#17 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-23 03:01 PM

In honor of Kristi Noem's wall painting project : )

The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
www.youtube.com

#18 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-08-23 03:42 PM

Frank Zappa - Black Napkins - (guitar instrumental on tv)

www.youtube.com

#19 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-23 05:57 PM

Alison Brown & Steve Martin - Dear Time (feat. Jackson Browne with Jeff Hanna)

shot Live at the Troubadour -
From the album Safe, Sensible and Sane (2025).

www.youtube.com

what a great song... the lyrics are under More at the link

Steve Martin can still play banjo, JB can still sing.

#20 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-23 08:06 PM

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (Including "Mirrors") (1969)
www.youtube.com


Another King Crimson alumnus (besides Ian McDonald)...

Pete Seinfield - The Song of the Sea Goat (1973)
www.youtube.com


#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-24 11:36 AM

Becuase it's Sunday

www.youtube.com

#22 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-08-24 11:49 AM

Two Gallants - Seems Like Home To Me (2007)
www.youtube.com

#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-24 05:54 PM

Ladyva - Epic Boogie Woogie Explosion with Big Band - Live

www.youtube.com

Turn It Up!

#24 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-24 06:56 PM

Another good boogie tune, but not big band ...

Katie Webster - C.Q. Boogie (1989)
www.youtube.com

#25 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-24 08:03 PM

Looking back at #21...

Another band member of King Crimson, though not a subsequent solo artist...

Greg Lake.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man (1970)
www.youtube.com

en.wikipedia.org(Emerson,_Lake_%26_Palmer_song)

... Background and composition

The origin of the song, as stated by Greg Lake in interviews, is that it was the first song he wrote, when his mother bought him a guitar when he was twelve years old. ...


Lyrics excerpt that the 12-year-old Greg Lake wrote ...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1]
He had white horses
And ladies by the score
All dressed in satin
And waiting by the door

[Chorus]
Ooh, what a lucky man, he was
Ooh, what a lucky man, he was

[Verse 2]
White lace and feathers
They made up his bed
A gold covered mattress
On which he was laid

[Chorus]
Ooh, what a lucky man, he was
Ooh, what a lucky man, he was
...



#26 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-24 09:11 PM

Max Raabe und Palast Orchester - Bei mir bist du schoen

www.youtube.com

#27 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-24 09:52 PM

Max Raabe & Palast Orchester - Dream, a Little Dream

www.youtube.com

#28 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-24 09:57 PM

Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (1969)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
A late (1969) Flower Power 60's rebellion genre English hit. Produced by Pete Townshend of The Who, who also played bass guitar on the recording.

[Verse 1]
Call out the instigators
Because there's something in the air
We got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here
And you know it's right
And you know that it's right
We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
Lock up the streets and houses
Because there's something in the air
We got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here,
And you know it's right
And you know that it's right
We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 3]
Hand out the arms and ammo
We're gonna blast our way through here
We got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here

And you know it's right
And you know that it's right
We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now
...


#29 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-24 10:41 PM

imo, a most underrated band ...

Jon Pousette-Dart - Harder (1976)
www.youtube.com

My albums identify the group as the Pousette-Dart Band.

Regardless, some great tunes.

Enjoy!



#30 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-24 11:09 PM

@#5 ... Wow... on the Front Page? ...

Yeah, you noticed that also?

Thanks to RCade for promoting this thread to such an august spot on this site.

But, in less than a half-hour, the weekend will be over...

#31 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-24 11:33 PM

Ian Dury and The Blockheads -- Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3 (1979)
www.youtube.com

#32 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-24 11:46 PM

OK, my last tune for this weekend for me...

A fav movie of mine from te 80's

Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams (1984)
www.youtube.com


And, so ends the weekend ...



#33 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-25 12:07 AM

This 1980s New Wave classic is about Dummkopf Trumpf: youtu.be

#34 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-25 01:26 AM

Welcome To Paradise - Front 242
www.youtube.com
1:23:30

#35 | Posted by easy_meat at 2025-08-25 04:43 AM

Beastie Boys Shadrach www.youtube.com

#36 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-08-25 05:03 AM

Well it's Monday.....hhmmm

"Manic Monday" by The Bangles

youtu.be

#37 | Posted by shane at 2025-08-25 09:00 AM

This guy is pretty good

Changes - Yungblud

www.youtube.com

#38 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-08-25 09:22 AM

The kids are talking a lot aboot this guy

Sombr - 12 to 12

www.youtube.com

#39 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-08-25 09:24 AM

The only band I saw 3 times in the 70s was Tull; Ian Anderson was the reason I started playing the flute (no, not that kind, Clowny!) with guitar and sax playing friends in college. We did a mean version of Wooden Ships, lol.
Also a Ray Thomas and Ian McDonald fan.
#15 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-23 02:11 PM

Nice. You're classical jazz repertoire needs Rampal.:] Btw, Anderson just released RokFlote. He has such a distinctive performance style.

Jethro Tull " Ginnungagap

#40 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-08-25 10:25 AM

I had forgotten what great guitar riffs there are in this:

Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy (Official Music Video) Live

www.youtube.com

#41 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-25 07:15 PM

That's a great song.

#42 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-25 07:22 PM

Just saw Nine Inch Nails live in Detroit Friday the 22nd. Excellent show.

#43 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-25 07:24 PM

www.youtube.com

#44 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-25 07:25 PM

Mr. Fantasy: 50th Anniversary Mini-Documentary

Steve Winwood channel

www.youtube.com

#45 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-25 07:26 PM

Traffic - 40,000 Headmen

www.youtube.com

from the same concert as #41

#46 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-25 07:28 PM

Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan | The Midnight Special live

www.youtube.com

#47 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-25 08:03 PM

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