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[John Marston]

"Don't quit your day job" Edition

 

[NeverYouMind]

Magic Show:

Spoiler: That Old Black Magic - Margaret Whiting & Freddie Slack Orchestra (1943)

Spoiler: I Put A Spell On You - Screaming Jay Hawkins (1956)

Spoiler: Pinball Wizard - Elton John & The Who (1975)

Spoiler: Voodoo Woman - Koko Taylor (1975)

Spoiler: Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band (1982)

Spoiler: She Don't Use Jelly - The Flaming Lips (1993)

Spoiler: Witch Doctor - Cartoons (1998)

 

[John Marston]

Montreal's own Aldo Nova.
Had a bit of success in the early 80's.

I played pool with him in a bar in 1997 and he offered me cocaine.
I don't like cocaine so he got me a beer instead

 

[John Marston]

 

[John Marston]

 

[T8SC]

90's party vibe!

 

[NeverYouMind]

90's Weekend Medley:

Spoiler: Thunderstruck - AC/DC (1990)

Spoiler: Good Vibrations - Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch (1991)

Spoiler: Don't Sweat The Technique - Eric B. & Rakim (1992)

Spoiler: The Sign - Ace of Base (1993)

Spoiler: Basket Case - Green Day (1994)

Spoiler: How Bizarre - OMC (1995)

Spoiler: Your Lucky Day In Hell - Eels (1996)

Spoiler: Criminal - Fiona Apple (1997)

Spoiler: One Week - Barenaked Ladies (1998)

Spoiler: My Name Is - Eminem (1999)

 

[Hypereides]

 

[John Marston]

 

[John Marston]

 

[Audiophile]

Perhaps two of the greatest songs ever made...

 

[NeverYouMind]

Christmas Special:

Spoiler: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1892)

Spoiler: Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson (1948)

Spoiler: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Bing Crosby (1951)

Spoiler: White Christmas - The Drifters (1954)

Spoiler: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms (1957)

Spoiler: Rocking Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (1958)

Spoiler: Run Rudolf Run - Chuck Berry (1958)

Spoiler: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin (1959)

Spoiler: Last Christmas - Wham! (1984)

Bonus Track:

Spoiler: Merry Christmas - Ed Sheeran & Elton John (2021)

 

[BillMaxwell]

One of the best videos ever done.

 

[John Marston]

 

[Unknown?]

How bout some blue eyed soul? At least that's how I've heard Hall and Oates described.

 

[John Marston]

How bout some blue eyed soul?

In an interview with Bill Maher Darryl Hall said that term pisses him off

 

[NeverYouMind]

Flirting With Reggae:

Spoiler: So Lonely - The Police (1978)

Spoiler: Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley & The Wailers (1980)

Spoiler: Tell Me When My Light Turns Green - Dexy's Midnight Runners (1980)

Spoiler: It Must Be Love - Madness (1981)

Spoiler: Stricken - No Doubt (1995)

Spoiler: Beer - Reel Big Fish (1996)

Spoiler: Santeria - Sublime (1997)

Spoiler: This Is The Day - Ivy (1997)

Spoiler: True Love Is Not Nice - Jonathan Richman (1998)

 

[Chuck Berry]

 

[MrCunningham]

Might as well post this here:

After 44 Years, MTV Is Officially Dead

After 44 years, MTV is shutting down all music-only channels globally. Here’s what you need to know about the end of an era.

collider.com

By today (December 31st 2025), MTV has finally shut down its reaming 24 hour music video channels. MTV will no longer be known as Music Television, as it originally rolled out as in 1981. It will still keep its main flagship channel, but only focus on entertainment and reality TV slop.

The writing was on the wall, and MTV has been in a slow decline since like 2008. With Youtube, TikTok and other social media sites hosting the majority of music videos, I don't think anyone cares.

MTV's 24-Hour Music Channels Shut Down Across the Globe

As of today (December 31st), MTV's remaining 24-hour music channels worldwide are going dark.

consequence.net

Just to add more:

The decision to shut down MTV's music channels comes as Paramount Skydance seeks to cut costs across its global portfolio following its merger earlier this year.

That sounds about right.

 

[John Marston]

From the Point Break soundtrack

 

[NeverYouMind]

Synth Pop Wave 103 Extended Mix:

Spoiler: Der Kommissar - After The Fire (1982)

Spoiler: The Look of Love - ABC (1982)

Spoiler: Valerie - Steve Winwood (1982)

Spoiler: Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins (1983)

Spoiler: Living On Video - Trans-X (1983)

Spoiler: Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat (1984)

Spoiler: Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds (1985)

Spoiler: Tarzan Boy - Baltimora (1985)

Spoiler: Don't Leave Me This Way - The Communards & Sarah Jane Morris (1986)

Spoiler: Walking Away - Information Society (1988)

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[uncreativename]

I usually think of Old Music as anything roughly before Punk and Metal began.

Francoise Hardy - Si Mi Caballero (1971)
This album was composed in collaboration with the Brazilian guitarist Valeniza Zagni da Silva (Tuca). It's really mellow.


Serge Gainsbourg - Chez les yé yé (1964)
Serge Gainsbourg is kinda like a French Cole Porter. He was a musical genius. This is one of his earlier songs. I found out about it because April March did a cover of it.


Frank Sinatra - How About You? (1956)
This song was originally written for a 1941 film that I've never seen called Babes On Broadway, starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. I really like the song, the lyrics are cute too.


Audrey Hepburn - Moon River (1961)
This is the original version of the song, written for Breakfast At Tiffany's. Audrey Hepburn wasn't a singer (this was the only song she ever recorded), and so the song was written with her limited range in mind. The Frank Sinatra version's great, too, in a different way, but I prefer rhis one.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Django Reinhardt doing with just two fingers what most can't do with infinity fingers.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Audrey Hepburn - Moon River (1961)
This is the original version of the song, written for Breakfast At Tiffany's. Audrey Hepburn wasn't a singer (this was the only song she ever recorded), and so the song was written with her limited range in mind. The Frank Sinatra version's great, too, in a different way, but I prefer rhis one.

I am a bigger fan of the Andy Williams version that released at the end of the same year.

Django Reinhardt doing with just two fingers what most can't do with infinity fingers.

That performance does not really show it off. In fact, when others musicians take lead the melody remains the same and he can barely be heard.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

I am a bigger fan of the Andy Williams version that released at the end of the same year.



That performance does not really show it off. In fact, when others musicians take lead the melody remains the same and he can barely be heard

Show what off?

 

[NeverYouMind]

Show what off?

His instrumental mastery. He just hits some notes over two other guitars, a double bass, and other instrumental accompaniments. It is like Snoop Dog "covering" another artist's song.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

His instrumental mastery. He just hits some notes over two other guitars, a double bass, and other instrumental accompaniments. It is like Snoop Dog "covering" another artist's song.

Check out the run he does around :42 if you haven't.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Check out the run he does around :42 if you haven't.

It is not too different from decent guitarists that play the full neck of a six string and those strings are on the lighter end of the spectrum. Numerous famous guitarists can do that and more on heavier strings and even play 12 string guitars. It is kind of odd actually that he plays a six string more like a four string ukulele. Granted, he could still be a great composer.