By Guest Contributor John Young from http://transparentchristina.wordpress.com:
I can’t speak to the fashion, but great songs stand the test of time and this version is raw and pure:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnVXIUyshng[/youtube]
Lou Gramm and mad synthesizers always make sweet music:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ja1i5TsMyQ[/youtube]
Carole King knocks it out…:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoHuxpa4h48[/youtube]
One of the best songs from 1982, little known, but by the fiercest lyricist to EVER live, Warren Zevon…this song is dedicated to Philip Habib of the Carter Administration:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ZVFOkx2fc[/youtube]
This song is unique:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_sEQtwNHmc[/youtube]
Check out these lyrics:
She was a systems analyst
For a dot com company
She said, “You think because we’ve kissed
I’ll be yours eternally
I’ll sign another pre-nup
And we’ll merge our P.L.C.s
That’s why most girls go belly-up
In this economy
But when it comes to a jump start
Your forecast’s pretty bleak
The NASDAQ goes by dips and starts
Like Macgillycuddy’s Reeks
The NASDAQ goes by dips and starts
Like Macgillycuddy’s Reeks
Smoothness just oozes from Player (‘Bulo comment: Say, isn’t this that mop song?):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-enjcgV1o[/youtube]
And finally: a funny series commemorating the early days of 70s smoothness, episode 1 of Yacht Rock:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTI8vg7A5U[/youtube]
A major El Somnambulo Tip of the Sombrero to John M. Young for bringing his unique musical vision to DL. ‘Bulo, who also has a picket fence that needs painting, welcomes other contributors as well. Just e-mail DL and, if the Beast Who Slumbers doesn’t despise your musical tastes (Don’t be bringing that Jack Johnson or Tori Amos or Dar Williams over here…), you too can be famous for 15 minutes. Or, at least, semi-famous.