Friday Nite Tunes ...
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
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
#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 01:09 AM | Reply
Johnny Hit and Run Pauline - X
#10 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 01:16 AM | Reply
Kamasi Washington - Street Fighter Mas
#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 01:18 AM | Reply
Dale Dale
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
#12 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 01:21 AM | Reply
More ska!
#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
#15 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-06-28 06:29 PM | Reply
Alvin Lee - The Bluest Blues
#16 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-28 07:15 PM | Reply
Big Joe Turner
"Flip Flop and Fly"
#17 | Posted by shane at 2025-06-28 09:34 PM | Reply
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:
en.wikipedia.org(band)
#18 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-28 09:47 PM | Reply
Alvin Lee
I'm Going Home
#19 | Posted by shane at 2025-06-29 12:28 AM | Reply
"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) ...
[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
[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":
#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
... [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 ...
[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
... [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.... ...
[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
... [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? ...
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)
#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.
#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
... You must have been Miss Pennsylvania With all this pulchritude How come you always load your Pentax When I'm in the nude? ... See upcoming pop shows Get tickets for your favorite artists You might also like Timeless (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault] Taylor Swift Split Yeat BITTERSUITE 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 ...
See upcoming pop shows Get tickets for your favorite artists You might also like Timeless (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault] Taylor Swift Split Yeat BITTERSUITE 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.
#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
... 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? ...
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"
#50 | Posted by shane at 2025-06-30 09:34 AM | Reply
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