Guano Apes - Lords Of The Boards
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Here’s a tribute to Kris Kristofferson, who passed away two days ago at the age of 88. He’s really one of the greats, a truly legendary songwriter, with songs like Me and Bobby McGee, Help Me Make It Through the Night and Sunday Morning Coming Down to his name. I can’t think of much more to say at the moment, except thank you for the songs Kris, you will be rememberd!
Kris Kristofferson - To Beat the Devil (live 1989)
Back in the latter part of June this year, I made a post for Kris Kristofferson’s 88th birthday. And here we are, a little more than three months later.
https://forum.spyhub.tv/t/whats-the-best-song-you-have-heard-today/14671/1619?u=gladngrumpy
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Thank you Grumpy for these memories. On UK TV this morning it was mentioned that he landed a helicopter (Yes he was an Helicopter Pilot) on a certain lawn belonging to Johnny Cash. As Kris left the cockpit in his cowboy boots he held a demo tape so Johnny Cash could listen to his music. RIP Kris 
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Yes, there’s so many memories with these songs. I came to think of The Highwaymen now, probably the most super supergroup ever. The only one still with us is Willie Nelson. At 91 he’s got a new record coming at November 1. The title track was released as a single in mid August. In light of Kris Kristofferson’s passing, this song got an even deeper meaning now.
Willie Nelson - Last Leaf
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Udo Juergens would have had his 90th birthday today.
He sold millions of records, was from Austria, and the first Austrian to win the Eurovision song contest in 1966. (Grand Prix de l’Eurovision de la Chanson at the time).
He loved the ladies and had kids outside his marriage, and said he doesn’t regret anything.
He sang in different languages, mostly german.
He passed away in 2014
One of his best songs amongst many, that I like most:
Udo Jürgens - Merci Chérie
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This one is for my wife, who passed away some 2 months ago. I’m a little melancholic over it today, and I know I posted the song from Simply Red in a previous post.
This is the original by the Stylistics.
The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New
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I remember Kris Kristofferson mostly because of the best Trucker movie ever…
He was named Rubber Duck as his nickname, i will never forget the sadness in my heart as he seemed to die at the end
the music he made came later on to my ears
this is the titelsong of the movie by C.W.McCall
C.W. McCall - Convoy
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Wow, I remember seeing that movie too back in the day. Great movie! And just like you, his music came a little later for me. Except for one song, but then sung by a certain lady sometimes called Pearl.
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I saw the movie in a Theater when released
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me too, Netflix was not yet available 
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Certainly not.I remember well this coz i was back in Brussels from a month vacations in USA…great memories…
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I’m not a regular in this topic simply because most of popular music is pretty much interchangeable to me. Around '96-'98, at age 20, I discovered 3 musicians of whom I became a really big fan, and that seems to be enough for me. No one else ever managed to ascent into their ranks.
So let me preach to you the Gospel According to Nick Cave. Because I’ve been having a wonderful week, having been to two of his concerts, both times in the very front rows of the floor, and I need to vent some enthusiasm. I’ll try to keep it short and only show you two things now.
First is the song that got me hooked. Back in '97 I sometimes had the radio on late at night, falling asleep to it. On night, in between the rock/pop mush of the radio came this song and I was suddenly wide awake, hoping for the radio guy to tell me the name of this artist. He did. And the next weekend I bought my first album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. You may know this from the radio, and your first reflex might be to consider this mawkish (?), try to shove that away for the moment. The writing is simply beautiful and the sound is so rich, yet so simple. Just add a bass guitar to the piano and that’s all you need. And the whole album “The Boatman’s Call” is like that, musically held back, warm, and beautifully written. Only later would I learn that the Bad Seeds are also very much capable to blow the roof of a concert hall. But what got me hooked first is Nick Cave’s wonderful writing.
And then here’s one of my favorite Nick Cave things these days, which isn’t actually performed by Nick Cave. The Mercy Seat is an earlier, iconic Bad Seeds song and a concert favorite. The song of a death row inmate waiting for his execution on the electric chair. Here it is covered by the great old Johnny Cash, in the American Recordings era, similar to Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt”. This song and Johnny Cash are a perfect match. And it gets even better, some guy on youtube made a brilliant video to this, starring James Gagney as the condemned. I’m a movie guy and I just love that old Film Noir imagery. There’s just so many good things coming together here to form the perfect storm.
Edit: Dammit, why doesn’t it display the thumbnail?
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that is because the uploader did not set a thumbnail, then YT takes the first screen of the movie, which is black
shame because its is a very nice video
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Hah! Spotted myself in this video. Also recognize the guy who took it from his profile pic. One of the more touching moments of these concerts, a song for Anita Lane, who passed away in 2021. A founding member of the Bad Seeds. She and Nick werre lovers for a while.
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Thinking of it, not having set a thumbnail doesn’t explain why the title of the video isn’t shown either. When you search for it on youtube, you get a thumbnail in the search results. I had the same problem with another youtube video before. Maybe it has something to do with how the discord software, that the forum runs on, displays these videos. Maybe it uses some data that doesn’t exist for older youtube videos, this one is 11 years old.
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also 11 years old( the upload)
just to try that
Elvis Presley - Can’t Help Falling In Love
so that works, I have really no idea why yours does not work
I will try yours too, so sorry for the double upload
Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat
does not work…
@Kaya any idea why this video does not get a thumbnail?
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Most likely video settings
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As some may have noticed, I am a hopeless music nerd, with an eclectic taste in music and loads of favourites. So I post a lot here 
I also get these “black screens” with no thumbnail ever so often. Like most of you, I have no idea why.
My guess is that both Lukas and kaya may be on to something here. So I suppose this is something we’ll just have to live with. At least the videos are working 
Thank you for your post on Nick Cave, by the way. I really like hearing how others experience music and the stories about how the discover the music they enjoy. Nick Cave is one my (many) favourites. I got his first album back in 1984, but it wasn’t before Kicking Against the Pricks (86) and Tender Prey (88) I really got into him. Good songwriter and a superb storyteller!
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Let us celebrate the memory of Dutch singer Maria Elisabeth Ender, best known to the world as Mariska Veres. She was the singer in Shocking Blue who had a smash hit in 1969 with Venus. The song got to number 1 in the charts in 14 different countries, including the US (but for some reason not in Holland) and to number 2 or 3 several other countries. It’s been estimated the single sold around five million copies worldwide.
Shocking Blue - Venus
Mariska Veres passed away from cancer in 2006, aged 59. Today she would have turned 77. So here is another one by Shocking Blue. They were more than Venus! Here’s to the memory of Mariska Veres 
Shocking Blue - Never Marry A Railroad Man
As a bonus, I came upon this song a while ago. It’s a 16 years old Mariska Veres singing Summertime in 1964, when she was the singer in a band called Les Mystères.
Les Mystères - Summertime
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