Steve Miller Band - Mercury Blues
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The English guitarist, singer and producer Mick Ronson was born 80 years ago today. He’s probably best known as the guitarist in The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie’s backing band, who was pivotal in the launch of Bowie’s career. Without this band, and especially Mick Ronson, we may not have had the David Bowie we know today.
After Bowie ditched The Spiders and went “solo”, Mick Ronson briefly joined Mott the Hoople, before following Mott singer Ian Hunter when he went solo. This collaboration lasted until Mick Ronson passed away from cancer in 1993. He was 46 years old.
Mick Ronson also released a few solo albums, and he produced records for among others Lou Reed (co-producer on Transformer) and Morrisey (Your Arsenal) to name the best known.
I had the pleasure of seeing Mick Ronson live once, when he visited Oslo in 1989 with Ian Hunter. I still remember him doing his slide guitar solo with his BIC-lighter. Shut up now Grumpy, and let the guitar do the talking on an excellent live version of Moonage Daydream. Here’s to the memory of Mick Ronson 
David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars - Moonage Daydream (live, 1973)
After Mick Ronson’s passing, Ian Hunter wrote a beutiful song to his memory. It has been posted before, but if you want to check it out…
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The American jazz musician Miles Davis was born 100 years ago today. He’s one of the greatest in the history of jazz, or for that matter, the history of modern music in general. Here’s the opening track from his classic album Kind of Blue. It’s nine minutes of superb jazz, to the memory of Miles Davis and his trumpet
Miles Davis - So What? (1959)
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I got in a jazz groove the past couple of days, and although I’m aware that jazz may not be the biggest thing for most of you guys who regularly visit this topic, allow me one more. Today I’d like to pay tribute to the American saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who passed away two days ago at the age of 95.
Sonny Rollins’ career started in 1949, and during the 1950’s he recorded with the likes of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk. He also began to establish his own career, releasing his debut album in 1953, after which 48 studio albums followed, the last one in 2006.
Sonny Rollins’ last concert was in 2012, and in 2014 he officially retired from music. The reason given was health problems, which is is a perfectly valid reason considering he was 84 years old back then. This man had paid his dues anyway. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential musicians in jazz, and he composed several song which has become standards.
I’d like to celebrate the memory of Sonny Rollins with what is generally considered to be his best known song. Thank you for the music Sonny, may you be remembered.
Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas (1957)
Just a little music history trivia before I end. In 1958 a famous picture was taken in Harlem in New York. The picture is known as A Great Day In Harlem, and it depicts 57 of the best known jazz musicans at the time, along with some children. Sonny Rollins is there and he was the last surviving musician of the 57.
If anyone is interested, among the best known of the other 56 musicians are Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Gene Krupa and Lester Young. Also in the picture is Mary Lou Williams, who I made a post about around three weeks ago.
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May is nearing an end, and I got one more song for this month. As it happens, it’s an old favourite of mine, with a very fitting title for the occasion.
Blue Öyster Cult - Then Came the Last Days of May (1972)
Now let’s see what songs June may bring.
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I was born too late. But I cannot complain, I was lucky enough to experience Bowie live a couple of times. When I discovered him and worked through his catralogue, I played the CD of this concert many times.
For the 50th anniversary of that concert they brought this restored version of the concert film to movie theatres for one night, with some live-streaming pre-show with some of Bowie’s old collaborators. The image quality was a substantial improvement over older releases and seeing this in a packed theatre with a good sound system was, though nothing close to a live concert, quite an experience.
And Ronson’s performance was something to behold. For a much longer solo you may check out The Width of a Circle which they havn’t put on the official channel.
What I actually came here to post admittedly pales by comparison. Anyway, I end up at the old Auralnauts channel ever so often. Their music is inseparable from their video edits, so is this more a good video than a good song? Maybe. But I think this cover version is fucking brilliant.
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Lola Young - Messy (2024)
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Alanis Morissette, 01. June 1974
Thank You
Crazy
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Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
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Another Family Band - Missioned Souls
Rolling in the Deep (Adele)
They have some good other songs
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It’s not really my kind of music at all, but sometimes it’s just hard to explain why you like a song anyway. Admittedly, Mia Julia Brückner (aka Mia Magma), a German party-pop singer and former porn actress - might play a not-insignificant role in that. 
Matthias Reim feat. Mia Julia - Keine Freunde bleiben (2026)
[(Lass uns) Keine Freunde bleiben = Let’s Not Stay Friends]
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Metallica has been one of my top 25 bands for quite a while, just like Rammstein, Volbeat, etc.
Metallica was in Berlin this weekend for a few concerts.
They are known for liking to play a song by a band from the country where they are playing.
So here they made a Rammstein cover of Sonne; the video starts where the music begins. If you want to see the whole video with the intro, just click on the video and go to the beginning.
Enjoy!
Metallica - Sonne (Rammstein cover) Live in Berlin
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Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight) (Radio Edit) (HQ)
Bass remix
techhouse edit
MODJO - LADY (DJ BigGrand TechHouse Edit)
Most people affiliate it to George Michael and Wham
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Sorry for the late answer, been having PC trouble for over a week now. Still, your comment led to a little Grumpy trivia 
In September(ish) 1973 I borrowed two LPs from a mate, the first two rock albums I listened to. One of the albums was Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World. The opening track on this LP is The Width of A Circle, so this is actually the first David Bowie song I heard in my life, albeit in a very different version than the one you linked.
Damn, it’s almost 53 years ago now, and when it comes to longevity, David Bowie may be my all time favourite artist. I only got to see him live once, when he visited Oslo in 1990. I remember he did an awsome version of Station To Station at that concert.
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Those early albums resonated with me a lot. The songs with their often futuristic narratie appealed to the science fiction nerd in me. Thinking of it, “Saviour Machine” from that same album seems quite timely again, in these days of AI euphoria. Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of the human mind.
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