OT: ABC's of Music

[bantamlaker]

Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball
A little trivia about Bobby Vee. He got his break at 15 filling in on the Winter Dance Party tour following the plane crash which killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper in 1959. Later that year he hired a kid named Elston Gunn to join his band. Elston’s real name was Robert Zimmerman who would become better known as Bob Dylan.

 

[bantamlaker]

Junior Walker - What Does It Take
Pretty good work on the saxophone by Junior

 

[Beemer]

Y "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks or Van Halen

 

[TerpWomenFan]

XO by Beyonce

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Zendaya - Replay

 

[Scud49]

A is for Alex Taylor. His brother wrote "Highway Song", but Alex really nails it:

 

[Ozimoto]

B is for the B-52's. They had a number of good songs, but I pick this one for inclusion hear. "Roam."

 

[Ozimoto]

C for Creedence Clearwater Revival. "Born on the Bayou."

 

[TerpWomenFan]

The Delfonics

 

[ClifSpliffy]

ALL music matters, Clif.

As evidence, outside the current thread genre but something that did bring a smile to my face at a couple of Senior Nights. So for this site, I think it has earned its bones.

Good Riddance

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

read my post closely. it says 'quality' (then, period. full stop. obviously just a hook to use 'q.')
NOT 'quality music matters.'
to review: 'Quality. music matters.' as in, a good tune can sometimes be way more than just a good tune. punctuation matters.

 

[meyers7]

E is for

Everclear - Santa Monica

 

[meyers7]

F is for

Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Good Times - Chic

 

[bantamlaker]

Richie Havens - Handsome Johnny
This seems timely as it was 50 years ago tomorrow that Richie Havens went on stage as the opening act at Woodstock.

 

[Beemer]

I "Is There Life Out There" by Reba McEntire

 

[Rappin'Rodney]

Joy Division - She's Lost Control

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Jam Oi It - Newcleus

 

[Rappin'Rodney]

Kim Wilde - Cambodia

 

[Rappin'Rodney]

Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night

 

[Rappin'Rodney]

Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized

 

[Ozimoto]

Harry Nilsson. "I Think the Lord must be in New York City."

 

[JDuro]

Orange Crush - R.E.M.

 

[Scud49]

Harry Nilsson. "I Think the Lord must be in New York City."

Thanks Ozi - I had forgotten all about this very fine Harry Nilsson song.

 

[Bigboote]

Anthony Phillips -- Um and Aargh . Ant Phillips was a founding member of Genesis. He left after, I think, the second album. His solo albums were almost all instrumental and largely solo (no guest/studio musicians). This is from one with vocals and other musicians. The whole album is fantastic; this is the first cut and a great way to start an album.

 

[Bigboote]

J. J. Quantz -- Flute Concerto in E Minor. Quantz was an instructor of Frederick the Great and a buddy of CPE Bach. He wrote the classic book on baroque/rococo flute playing.

 

[Scud49]

Riki Lee Jones - the exquisite Traces of the Western Slopes:

 

[Bigboote]

Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized

Still pissed that Bob Welch was the only significant member of Fleetwood Mac not to be inducted into the R&R HoF. It makes the HoF that much less respectable and significant.

 

[Bigboote]

Richie Havens - Handsome Johnny
This seems timely as it was 50 years ago tomorrow that Richie Havens went on stage as the opening act at Woodstock.

I saw a show in probably the mid-late 90's during a PBS beg-a-thon -- Possibly 25th anniversary of Woodstock? It had Richie Havens, Joni Mitchell, a couple others. Richie Havens was introduced by Louis Gossett, Jr. Lou was talking about how he was a starving actor in New York and was tight with Richie Havens. Lou was about ready to call it quits and go back home when he opened an envelope from a music publishing company. It was a royalty check from this song, which he co-wrote, and allowed him to keep acting till he made it.

 

[Scud49]

Still pissed that Bob Welch was the only significant member of Fleetwood Mac not to be inducted into the R&R HoF. It makes the HoF that much less respectable and significant.

I read once that Mick Fleetwood was behind it....very irritating though, a snub of this magnitude. Bob Welch was a great, great, contributor to Fleetwood mac.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I keep missing this when F comes around, so I'll use it for S. I think that's where we are at.