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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.

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So, putting aside brain-dead pop music (Taylor Swift fans need not apply), what alternative music floats yer boat?

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-28 12:26 AM | Reply

Sugarcubes - Motorcycle Mama (1990)
www.youtube.com

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-28 12:34 AM | Reply

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Sing Sang Sung
www.youtube.com


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-28 12:44 AM | Reply

Alternative as in alt-country, alt-rock, alt-geshtalt?

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 12:56 AM | Reply

AfroCelt Sound System

www.youtube.com

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 12:58 AM | Reply

Jo-Boxers - "Just Got Lucky"

youtu.be

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-06-28 01:00 AM | Reply

www.youtube.com

Gary Moore and Phil Lynott

Don't Believe a Word

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 01:05 AM | Reply

Man, how long has it been since I've heard the Jo-Boxers! Thx!

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 01:08 AM | Reply

ABC - How To Be A Millionaire

www.youtube.com

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 01:09 AM | Reply

Johnny Hit and Run Pauline - X

www.youtube.com

#10 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 01:16 AM | Reply

Kamasi Washington - Street Fighter Mas

www.youtube.com

#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 01:18 AM | Reply

Dale Dale

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

www.youtube.com

#12 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 01:21 AM | Reply

More ska!

www.youtube.com

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 01:24 AM | Reply

m.youtube.com

#14 | Posted by Charliecharles at 2025-06-28 03:31 AM | Reply

First We take Manhattan

www.youtube.com

#15 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-06-28 06:29 PM | Reply

Alvin Lee - The Bluest Blues

www.youtube.com

#16 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-28 07:15 PM | Reply

Big Joe Turner

"Flip Flop and Fly"

youtu.be

#17 | Posted by shane at 2025-06-28 09:34 PM | Reply

Gen-Z Music Producer FLOORED listening to "Boston" for the first time

www.youtube.com

I'd forgotten what a spectacular debut album this was for Tom Scholz and his basement MIT=schooled studio. Good story:

en.wikipedia.org(band)

#18 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-28 09:47 PM | Reply

Alvin Lee

I'm Going Home

youtu.be

#19 | Posted by shane at 2025-06-29 12:28 AM | Reply

Alvin Lee

"Rock& Roll Music to the World"

youtu.be

#20 | Posted by shane at 2025-06-29 12:50 AM | Reply

Housemartins - Think For A Minute (1986)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[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)
...



#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 03:18 PM | Reply

k.d. lang & Roy Orbison - Crying (1988)
www.youtube.com

Two most excellent vocalists sing a classic tune.


#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 05:55 PM | Reply

The beginning of rock and roll (and fusion?) guitar. Didn't sound anything like this beforehand.

Paul Butterfield Blues Band, "East/West":

www.youtube.com

#23 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-06-29 05:56 PM | Reply

Thank you LAMP

K.D. Lang still gives me chills. I miss hearing to her sing.

#24 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-06-29 06:08 PM | Reply

#12 | POSTED BY LEGALLYYOURDEAD AT : Never had heard of Ska until when partying in Key West, we dropped into Sloppy Joes and the all boy ska band [all late teens, not old enough to drink] was performing, all high kicking in unison while playing!

#25 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-06-29 06:28 PM | Reply

"all high kicking in unison while playing!"

That may have been a drag queen show... :)

#26 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-29 06:35 PM | Reply

@#24 ... K.D. Lang still gives me chills. I miss hearing to her sing. ...

Yeah, she's one of the greats.

I note, as an example, in the video I posted, around the 2:35 mark, she blasts out the lyrics.

But she does not screech, as so many pop stars do in a similar situation, she just sings the song, but loudly.

Yeah, she's one of the great singers.


Lemme see if I can find another tune ...

#27 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 08:04 PM | Reply

But first ...

New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble - The Cascades (1973)
www.youtube.com

A Scott Joplin rag tune from circa 1905 ...

#28 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 08:06 PM | Reply

OK, where was I?

Oh yeah ...

Tony Bennett, k.d. lang - Because of You (from Duets: The Making Of An American Classic)
www.youtube.com

This is from a PBS fund-raising special back in the day.

An awesome performance by both.


#29 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 08:10 PM | Reply

Stereophonics - Have A Nice Day (2001)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[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
...


#30 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 08:27 PM | Reply

First time I've ever seen synchronized swimmers in a music video, but, there it is ...

Young the Giant - Cough Syrup (2008)
www.youtube.com


#31 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 09:21 PM | Reply

KD Lang's performances of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" are so over the top as to be ridiculous.

That's just me.

#32 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-06-29 09:32 PM | Reply

@#32

I do not disagree.

To wit ...

K.D. Lang sings Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah
www.youtube.com

One of the greats.



#33 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 09:45 PM | Reply

Mary Chapin Carpente - Halley Came to Jackson (1990)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[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....
...


#34 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 10:15 PM | Reply

Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew (1988)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[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?
...


#35 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 10:55 PM | Reply

A great guitar player ...

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - I Got My Mojo Working (1989)
www.youtube.com

imo, of course.


#36 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 11:03 PM | Reply

Yeah, here's a fun video that looks to be computer-generated before the likes of AI ...

Starship Groove (Animusic)
www.youtube.com

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.

#37 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-29 11:57 PM | Reply

Did I say alternative?

I think I did ...

#38 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-30 12:03 AM | Reply

Cornell Hurd Band -- Don't Wipe Your Face With Your Shirt (20002)
www.youtube.com

Wow, no lyrics seem to be available.



#39 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-30 12:06 AM | Reply

Thanks again for posting the K.D. Lang songs. She's a remarkable talent. "Constant Craving" always stops me in my track.

#40 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-06-30 12:17 AM | Reply

@#40 ... She's a remarkable talent ...

Yes, she is a remarkable talent.

#41 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-30 12:30 AM | Reply

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)
www.youtube.com

#42 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-30 12:38 AM | Reply

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

#43 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-30 02:06 AM | Reply

Ultravox ~ Reap the Wild Wind (1982)

youtu.be

#44 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-06-30 02:13 AM | Reply

What else can I say, besides ... excellent and fun musicians?

Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Tiger Rag (my guess: 1970's)
www.youtube.com

You know the lyrics already.

Sit back and enjoy the tune ...

:)

#45 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-30 02:17 AM | Reply

@#44

Yeah, Ultravox.

I also like their Vienna.

www.youtube.com

#46 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-30 02:21 AM | Reply


OK, my last one on this thread ...

Michael Franks - Popsicle Toes (1975)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
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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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.

#47 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-30 02:42 AM | Reply

Dang, I forgot to remove the genius ads ...

Oh well ...

#48 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-30 02:43 AM | Reply

OK, maybe one more that just popped up on a playlist here ...

LaTour - People Are Still Having Sex (LP Mix) (1991)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
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?
...



#49 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-30 03:04 AM | Reply

Well, the weekend is over.

It's Monday....sigh

The Mamas and the Papas

"Monday Monday"

youtu.be

#50 | Posted by shane at 2025-06-30 09:34 AM | Reply

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