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OT: The Old, the Obscure, and The Forgotten - Round 2

This one is old and obscure - and a beautiful tune. If you are ever in Hawaii, be sure to play it in the background, at least once :D

 
My go-to guy, Mark Knopfler, from way back when he led Dire Straits. This song started on their Brothers in Arms album (1985), and played at various times throughout his career. I saw him do it last year in Philly, with a backup group of very accomplished musicians, and it was magnificent. This recording ain't bad, either, from 1993:

 
tomcat said:
My go-to guy, Mark Knopfler, from way back when he led Dire Straits. This song started on their Brothers in Arms album (1985), and played at various times throughout his career. I saw him do it last year in Philly, with a backup group of very accomplished musicians, and it was magnificent. This recording ain't bad, either, from 1993:

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One of my favorite albums of all time.
 
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Ozimoto said:
And here is one that I remember hearing a lot as a kid but if it weren't for youtube it would be completely forgotten. I don't think the group had any other hits that I am aware of.
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I really liked that song when it came out in 1969. The Nashville Symphony Orchestra provided the music for Morning Girl. They also had a song titled Heighdy Ho Princess which charted in 1970. But not much else that the public seemed to want.
 
The group Christie had a hit with the song "Yellow River" back in the late 60's /early 70's sometime. They also did another tune, more obscure but pretty decent: "San Bernadino"

 
Ozimoto said:
Eddie Cochran was known for "There Ain't No Cure for the Summertime Blues" and "Everybody" but this is the first time I've heard this>
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This is from the movie "The Girl Can't Help It'. Starring Jayne Mansfield and a host of 50s musical greats. Little Richard recorded the title song track. I think the maid is played by actress Juanita Moore. Crazy, silly ,musical fluff!
 
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Hope said:
surf music and white go-go boots. what more could you ask for
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Wow, Hope, some gems there....good stuff - I see you have been spending your quarantine time wisely. :D:D
 
When I was in HS, I was such a classical music snob, I didn't get pop, folk, jazz...boy what I missed (pre-rock)

Later I came to really appreciate the Weavers and sang all the songs with my kids and students...one of their songs seems really appropriate now:

 
Hope said:
My favorite Australian all-girl pop/rock group (but I think they need more guitars).
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That's kinda confusing, there is a Canadian all-girl pop/rock group called The Beaches. Somebody on this board turned me on to them. You might like them to.

 
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That surf rock song title is almost the same as this, but totally different genres. I think this one is plenty obscure.

 
nwhoopfan said:
That's kinda confusing, there is a Canadian all-girl pop/rock group called The Beaches. Somebody on this board turned me on to them. You might like them to.

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Damn, I remember both those Kaizen - and haven't heard either in eons....:)
 
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The Hooters are a Philly band from the 80s, and some folks might think of them as a one-hit wonder, that hit being "And We Danced," a really fun straight-ahead rock anthem. Of everything else they did, there's one song that remains a crowd favorite wherever the band plays. Which is funny, because the band members admit they threw it together and the lyrics have no meaning at all.

Anyway, I find it almost hypnotically fun to listen to. I dug up this 1986 video of their performance of "All You Zombies." As you can tell from the video, boy, was this the 80s.

 
HBO is offering free programming for a while. This song played at the end of an episode of Big Little Lies, that I watched last night. Never heard of these guys; twins, and in 1979 put out their only album. This song sounds like something that you could slow-dance to in high school.

 
Kaizen said:
Anyone remember this very old Mambo music (1955)?

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I was nine when my sister got married. I remember like yesterday Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White playing and my dad doing the cha cha with a young lady. He was tipsy and happy; my mom not so much! :rolleyes:
 
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