How they define it as a “song”, I am not sure I will ever know. By the way, I hope you didn’t mind me posting it. I know it strays away from the original idea of ‘best song’ as much as is physically possible!
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i guess more away is the start of the longest…the 2-3 year pause 
may be 2665 there will be a player app that can speed up the whole recorded song by about 112.000.000 to here it in about 3 minutes.
No problem. We’ve had more genearal discussions about music here before, and to me it seems like a natural extension of the topic.
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Allthough he is a great entertainer and musician, i am not a big fan of Bruce Springsteen, but i support him fully on what he said in Manchester 11 days ago
And to keep this on topic one of his songs that i like
Bruce Springsteen - War
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Happy Birthday to John Fogerty, who is turning 80 today! Singer, lead guitarist and main songwriter in CCR from 1967 to 1972. Several songs written and sung by him have become staples in the rock/pop canon 
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin’ Out My Back Door
After CCR split, Fogerty had some serious legal issues. So it wasn’t until the mid-1980’s his solo career really started, a solo career that has been going ever since. John Fogerty plays live in New York today! And there’s gigs scheduled both in Europe and the US until August.
John Fogerty - The Old Man Down the Road
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Happy Birthday to the American bass player Leland Sklar, who is turning 78 today! Leland who most of you will ask. Well, he is one of the musicians you most probably have heard, even though you’ve never heard his name.
Leland Sklar is a well seasoned veteran studio musician, who first paid his dues in various local bands in LA in the 1960’s. In the early 70’s he got involved with James Taylor, and that skyrocketed his career as a musician. After that he has played bass with “everyone” on the West Coast music scene in the US. And with quite few others too! Just to mention a few, there’s Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, Phil Collins, Cher, David Crosby, Rod Stewart, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana…puh…you get the idea. Leland Sklar’s been “everywhere”.
To celebrate his birthday, here is a couple of tracks he plays bass on.
Warren Zevon - The Envoy
Lyle Lovett - Don’t Touch My Hat
Leland Sklar is still active as a musician. He is currently on tour with the Lyle Lovett Large Band.
Leland Sklar also has a YouTube channel, and I’d like to end this extravagantely long rant with a story I’ve heard him tell there. Once he toured with Phil Collins, along with other session musicians. One night Phil came into the dressing room saying he had a sore throat, and couldn’t reach the high notes that evening. So he asked the guys to play the songs in a lower key. The musicians sat down in a corner for 15-20 minutes, went out and did the show and it woked out just fine. Afterwards Phil Collins came backstage and said something like: “Thank God it was you guys. With Genesis it would have taken months to pull this one through.”
That’s session musicians for you! Among them is Leland Sklar. Happy Birthday
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3 different stiles
Brother Phelps - Anyway the Wind Blows
Soap&Skin - Me and the Devil.mp4
Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction
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Let us celebrate the memory of Gary Brooker (1945-2022), who would have turned 80 today. He was the singer, piano player and only constant member in the English band Procol Harum, a band who had considerable success from the late 1960’s and in the 70’s.
After breaking up in 1977, Procol Harum reformed in 1991, and kept going, although a little on and off, until Brooker’s death in February 2022. Which incidentially is around the time this topic was opened. And the first “obituary” back then was for Gary Brooker. So once again, here’s one to his memory
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
I’d like to include a stripped down piano version of A Whiter Shade of Pale, showing that behind the baroque and grand arrangement of the original, there is a very good song. So here is a talented Norwegian/English young girl’s version of A Whiter Shade of Pale. It is a most excellent interpretation of this classic!
Emily Linge - A Whiter Shade of Pale
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I made a post abou a great yet “unknown” bassist a couple of days ago (Leland Sklar). Since I like to give a mention to musicians that are a little forgotten, here’s another one. Today it is 45 years since the American bass player Carl Radle passed away. Carl who, you once again ask. This time I can almost guarantee that you have heard him, even though you’ve never heard his name. He was the one who played bass on the original recording of Layla, a song that is a staple in rock history!
Carl Radle got his big break in the mid 1960’s, when he played bass in Gerry & The Playboys, a group who is forgotten today, but who had a few big hits back then. However, Carl Radle is arguably best known for his work with Eric Clapton (solo and Derek & The Dominos) between 1970 and 1979. In addition he worked with among others George Harrison, J.J. Cale, Joe Cocker and Kris Kristofferson.
So Carl Radle was a musician with a solid resume. However, as many of his contmporaries, he was no stranger to alco-hol and drugs. Sadly this was what cut his life short in 1980, three weeks before he would have turned 38. Here is Derek & The Dominos’ excellent version of the Hendrix classic Little Wing, live from 1970 (with pics only). And here’s to Carl Radle’s memory
Derek & The Dominos - Little Wing
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Happy Birthday to the American keyboard player Augie Meyers, who is turning 85 today. He is probably best known as co-founder of The Sir Doglas Quintet, who had a hit in 1965 with She’s About A Mover. The song peaked at number 8 in Canada, number 13 in the US and at 15 in the UK. It has since become a staple in the Nuggets/garage rock canon. Augie Meyer’s simple and catchy Vox-organ riff is prominent in the song.
Sir Douglas Quintet kept going more or less regularly until singer and co-fonder Doug Sahm’s death in 1999. In addition Augie Meyers has been running small record labels and has worked as a studio musician for among others Bob Dylan, Tom Jones and Tom Waits. So Augie Meyers has paid his dues. Happy Birthday 
Sir Douglas Quintet - She’s About A Mover
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Okilly Dokilly - White Wi-ne Spritzer
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Led Zeppelin - How Many More Times
Here’s a Zeppelin song, just because today is John Bonham’s birthday. He would have turned 77 today
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i’ve seen…some metal fans here 
that’s just fun, when you search with ‘little girl death metal’
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but now, to something completely different
Belle Stars - The Clapping Song
Mother’s Finest - Baby Love
Dixie Chicks - Sin Wagon
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Tracy Chapman
her first real mentioned appearence was at the ‘Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert’ 1988.
she initially performed a short set in the afternoon. she was quite unknown when she came on stage.
but she performed a second time, as a last-minute stand in to fill a gap, due to Stevie Wonder had technical problems. solo with the acoustic guitar.
when she left the stage, she has been a world star.
Talkin’ bout a Revolution
Give Me One Reason
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why did i not find this one anywhere 
ACDC - Thunderstruck
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The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (live from sometime in the 1990’s)
Here’s a most excellent version of this Stones classic, with Mick Jagger and Lisa Fischer owning the stage, together with Keith. So what is the reason for this post? It is a question. Where would the Stones have been today without the simple, reliable and steady drumming backbeat of Charlie Watts (1941-2021)? Today it’s 84 years since he was born. So this one’s to the memory of Charlie 
Reminds me of something Charlie said once in an interview I saw with him. When asked what he felt when he saw the huge audiences at the Stones’ shows from behind his drum kit, he answered: “I don’t really see them. All I see is Keith and Ronnie in front of me, and then Peter Pan prancing around at the front of the stage.”
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f you’ll allow me, I think they wouldn’t have done it without Watts, but with Taylor they’d have done it better. I recommend listening to the live performances of the same song with him on guitar. And I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your excellent contributions to this thread; you’re a true rock encyclopedia 
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Thank you very much. This thread has become a bit of a hobby to me, even though I sometimes feel a little awkward for turning it into my personal music blog. I’m always happy to hear that someone’s actually appreciating it
About the Stones, they probably would have made it without Charlie Watts, but I don’t think it would have been the band we know today. There is someting in the “chemistry” between certain musicians that can’t be replaced. Also, I agree about Mick Taylor. Those years were Stones at their peak!
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