Currently listening to my favourite Guitarist and my opinion the best in the world Nita Strauss
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School’s out live 2025 by the living legend Alice Cooper still kicking as at 77 with the Awesome Nita Strauss on Bass -
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John Lennon would have turned 85 today. To his memory 
The Beatles - Revolution
The Beatles - A Day In the Life
On John Lennon’s 35th birthday, his second son was born. Yes, the little boy on some of the later pics of Lennon, which some of us more elderly forum members may remember from back in the day, is turning 50 today. And just like his father, he became a musician too. I’m not very familiar with Lennon jr.'s music, but I’ve passed by it a few times. And he is a decent enough singer and songwriter. So Happy Birthday to Sean Lennon
Sean Lennon - Parachute
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That’s How Strong My Love Is is a great song and a staple in the canon of soul music. The song has been recorded by many artists and bands through the years, among others Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, The Hollies, Percy Sledge, Millie Smalls, Humble Pie and Bryan Ferry.
However, the first recording of the song was in 1964, by the singer Overton Vertis Wright, known better as O.V. Wright. Although a little forgotten today, he had some success in the 1960’s and into the 70’s. Sadly O.V. Wright struggled with dr-ug addiction, and his life was cut short when he suffered a heart attack on stage during a concert in November 1980. He was 41 years old.
O.V. Wright was just as fine a singer as most his contemporaries. He deserves to be remembered. Today he would have turned 86. So here’s one to the memory of O.V. Wright
O.V. Wright - That’s How Strong My Love Is (1964)
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Another John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance
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While we’re celebrating John and Sean Lennon, we should also mention John’s first son, Julian.
When I heard Julian singing the song “Too Late for Goodbyes” on TV, I was amazed at the resemblance he had to his father in appearance and voice.
Julian Lennon - Too Late for Goodbyes
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What, that’s a guy singing that song?
Did you guys watch Peacemaker? All in all Season 2 of that show was great, even though last night’s season finale was a… odd… or shall we say underwhelming?
Anyway, this season’s intro song has really grown on me, it totally rocks. But when in this episode the band had a cameo, I was very surprised to learn that the lead singer is actually a guy.
Foxy Shazam - Oh Lord
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Oh yes, that is a cool and catchy song. And once again a new song sends me strolling down memory lane. The singer’s voice remind me of David Surkamp of the prog rock band Pavlov’s Dog. His voice can also sound like a girl. Moreover, the singers looks remind me of Roy Wood of The Move and later Wizard. The Move’s debut album was called Shazam, so even this band’s name gives me memories.
All these names are probably lost for most of you. Still I just wanted to share the way a song can open up a scrapbook of mental images and musical memories. So here we are 
If anyone wants to check out Pavlov’s Dog, I once posted this. Trust me, it is a guy singing!
I’d like to pay tribute to John Lodge, who passed away today at the age of 82. He is known as the bass player in Moody Blues, as well as one of the band’s singers and songwriters. The Moody Blues had some pretty good sucess from 1965 up until a few years ago. They biggest years were from 1967 to 1972. Five of the six albums they released in that timespan made the top 5 in the UK album charts, three of them got to number 1. And they continued to chart through the rest of the 70’s and 80’s. The band’s albums also charted high in several other countries.
The Moody Blues last gig was in 2015, and since joining the band in 1966, John Lodge has been part of all this. He was still active and had a few concerts under his own name scheduled in the US in December. So his death came suddenly. To celebrate his memory, here’s two of the songs he wrote for Moody Blues. Thank you for the music John, may you be remembered
Moody Blues - Departure/Ride My See-Saw (1968)
Moody Blues - Candle of Life (1969)
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Today it is 56 years since In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson was released. The album is often considered to be the first progressive rock album. Although arguments can be made for other albums released earlier (by The Moody Blues, Van der Graaf Generator and even The Beatles (Seargent Pepper)), I tend to agree. It was the first album to fully embrace the symphonic and experimental elements that is the characterization of what was to become prog rock in the 1970’s. So let us revisit the title track from this magnificent album
King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King (1969)
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I got inspired to do another song run-down again. Today’s song is I Thank You, written by David Porter and Isaac Hayes in 1967, and recorded by several artists through the years.
Paul Rodgers (Free and Bad Company) - I Thank You (2014)
Then the version that most of us probably know best.
ZZ Top - I Thank You (1979, number 34 in the US)
Tom Jones - I Thank You (1970)
The original recording was released in early 1968, by vocal duo Sam & Dave. It got to number 9 in the US charts. Here is video of them singing it on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Sam & Dave - I Thank You (1969)
There’s a little more to this before I shut up. The singer on the left in the video is Sam Moore, and he was born 90 years ago today. He passed away in January this year. And while we’re at it, let’s not forget Dave Prater (1937-1988), the guy on the right in the video. Together they were Sam & Dave, singers of classic songs like Hold On I’m Coming and Soul Man. So this post is to Sam and Dave’s memory 
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Would have posted this song in the particpant affiliated song-topic for Evelyne
But since the title doesn’t have a name in it, I put it here.
Nickelback - Skinny Little Missy (Official Visualizer)
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Barry McGuire - Child of Our Times (1965)
Happy Birthday to the American singer and songwriter Barry McGuire, who is turning 90 today. He was pretty big for a moment in the mid-1960’s, with a couple of hit singles, and being referenced by The Mamas and the Papas, Frank Zappa and The Temptations. To celebrate his birthday, here’s one of his best known songs.
I mentioned a couple of hits, and the biggest of them were Eve of Destruction. And when I say big, I mean big. Eve of Destruction sold over one million copies. It knocked The Beatles down from the number 1 spot in the US charts. The song also got to number 1 in Canada, Norway, Sweden and Germany, number 2 in Ireland and Australia and number 3 in the UK and the Netherlands.
One can safely say Eve of Destruction is Barry McGuire’s signature song. And sadly it’s just as relevant today as it was 60 years ago. So why didn’t I post it for this? Well, it’s been posted already a few times above in this topic, so I’ll just leave a couple of links here for you to check out. It is well worth a listen, or a re-listen.
Barry McGuire faded away when the 1970’s emerged So what happened to him? One thing is that music trends changed, and people got less interested in artists like him. However, the main reason is probably thay he became a born-again christian in 1971, staying active on the christian music scene and releasing albums with titles like Anyone But Jesus and Let’s Tend God’s Earth.
Still, Barry McGuire has made appearances in secular music thrugh the years, performing his signature song, sometimes with slightly changed lyrics to reflect the then current problems in the world. And today he is turning 90! So once again, Happy Birthday to Barry McGuire
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction (2008)
Ok, once again, Eve of Destruction, from the year Barry McGuire turned 73.
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The German singer Christa Päffgen (1938-1988) was born 87 years ago today. She is best known to the world as Nico, one of the singers on The Velvet Underground’s influential debut album, where she sang three songs which have become part of the canon in rock music. Here’s one of them.
The Velvet Underground - I’ll Be Your Mirror (1967, written by Lou Reed)
Prior to Velvet Underground Nico did some modelling and acting. In 1965 she arrived in London and met Brian Jones, and got to make her debut as a singer on a single produced by a Jimmy Page, who also played guitar on it. Here it is.
Nico - I’m not Sayin’ (1965, written by Gordon Lightfoot)
Nico split with Velvet Underground after only one album to pursue a solo career, which resulted in seven studio albums between 1967 and 1985. Several of these albums where produced by John Cale, her old bandmate from the Velvets. These albums are not for everyone. There’s things on them that even pushes my very wide and eclectic taste in music. Nico’s voice has been described as “something like a cello getting up in the morning”.
Still, Nico can at times be a fascinating and captivating listen, so to honour the memory of this iconoc and almost mythical figure in rock history, here is a song from her debut solo album. And it is one of her more accessible songs. Here’s one more for Nico
Nico - The Fairest of the Seasons (1967, written by Jackson Browne and Gregory Copeland)
Just to end on a personal note, I got to see Nico live in 1986. I remember it was on a Friday, I had been to work and I had hardly slept the night before. And there was Nico, behind her trademark pump organ, with her deep and droning voice. It is a weird memory, one that I wouldn’t want to be without. Cheers again
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Yesterday, on October 16, 2025, founding member of Kiss, Ace Frehley, passed away at the age of 74.
R.I.P. Ace
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a bit german with english lyrics
Seeed - Ding
Seed - Augenbling
Peter Fox - Haus am See
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Today I’d like to pay tribute to someone who was “only” a songwriter, because today Cynthia Weill would have turned 85. Along with her husband Barry Mann, she has written many songs that today are staples in the history of pop and rock. The best known song written by them is probably You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling by The Righteous Brothers.
In addition Weill/Mann has written well known songs recorded by among others, The Drifters, Dusty Springfield, The Everly Brothers, Bette Midler, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and The Walker Brothers. So to celebrate her memory, here’s two more songs written by her and her husband. Here’s to Cynthia Weill’s memory 
The Animals - We Gotta Get Out of This Place (1965)
Slade - The Shape of Things To Come (1970)
Cynthia Weill was married to Barry Mann from 1961 until she passed away in 2023. It beats my grandparents, who were married for “only” 58 years. Cynthia Weill and Barry Mann had one daughter. He was born in 1939, and is still alive.
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