oh, she was a beauty in those days!
My little Lukas behaved bad when she was on tv with her beautifull face and dancemoves.
the Venus song is covered later by Bananrama, mostly not a fan of covers, i liked this one
Bananarama - Venus
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Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble - Pride and Joy (live 1982)
To the memory of Stevie Ray Vaughn (1954-1990), who would have turned 70 today 
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I’ve just been reminded of British folk music, and of a treasured CD I have there, “Annie Laurie” by the a-capella ensemble “The King’s Singers”. Not the stuff we usually have here, but it’s good to listen to something completely different every once in a while. Here’s my favorite from tha album, Loch Lomond, but you’ll find it all on youtube.
And I like the thought that some of these old songs are still very much alive today, Here you have another rendition on Loch Lomond, more or less as performed by the Scottish folk rock band Runrig
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When I think of this song, I somehow always hear Peter Hollens… he doesn’t need a choir, he just sings all the voices and pitches himself…
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What an absolute joy to to listen all of this. Thank you for sharing. I remember the The king’s Singers on a programme my Dad used to listen to on (I think) a Sunday nigh on BBC radio 2 called ‘Sing Something Simple’.
Quite lovely!!!
EDIT and an apology. After some research, I discovered it was in fact the Cliff Adams Singers on the programme I mentioned so I am sorry for any confusion caused. Your post still reminded me of it though, which I appreciate.
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Very nice indeed. The editing in this is outstanding and so are the vocals.
Handsome fellow too! Thank you for sharing this with us.
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Happy Birthday to Russell Mael, the singer in Sparks, who is turning 76 today. I remember well hearing This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both Us when it was released. Damn, it’s 50 years ago, and Sparks is to this day one of the most eclectic and uniqe sounding bands in the history of rock and pop. So here’s one to Russell Mael on his birthday
Sparks - This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both Us
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Happy Birthday to Bob Geldof, who is turning 73 today. This Irish singer has got a long career, first as the vocalist in the punk/new wave band Boomtown Rats and then as a solo artist. The Boomtown Rats did some pretty darn good stuff back in the heydays of punk, and I still like their more rocking songs better than that song about Mondays.
Boomtown Rats - Lookin’ After No. 1
In his solo career, Bob Geldof has sometimes been coming on as an Irish Bob Dylan, and as such a pretty decent one. So Happy Birthday, Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof - A Gospel Song
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Happy Birthday to English singer Brian Francis Johnson De Luca, better known as Brian Johnson, who is turning 77 today. He was the singer in Geordie, a glam rock band who had some success in the first part of the 1970’s.
Geordie - She’s A Teaser
Geordie broke up in 1978, and left Brian with no gig for a while. Then in 1980, he got a call from AC/DC. They were about to make it really big, but then singer Bon Scott sadly passed away. So they needed a new singer, and Brian got the job. In that situation, it would take something to fill Bon Scott’s shoes. This is how Brian, with the rest of AC/DC did it 
AC/DC - Hells Bells
The rest is rock history! Happy Birthday, Brian Johnson
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This may be blasphemy, but the one thing I was constantly thinking while listening to AC/DC here was: Why are these old men playing so slow? They have to be careful not to fall asleep on stage.
That’s probably because our liostening habits evolve just like our viewing habits in movies. Old films may sometimes seem sluggish to us, too, while people from the 1950’s would hardly be able to follow some of our movies today.
That’s an interesting point, and it’s probably correct. I’m old school, so I grew up with this music and these movies. The movies were reprises on TV though, I did not watch the 50’s movies when the premiered. I’m not that old 
As for the music, it may be slow, but it’s the groove man…the groove
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P!nk and one of her greatest Idols, Linda Perry
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Once more, brevity isn’t my strong suit…
Last night I was catching up on some movies. (Megalopolis is an overly ambitious mess, while Joker 2’s main problem may be it’s lack of ambition.) One of the more interesting parts of the evening was a trailer for a new Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown”, by James Mangold, starring Timothy Chalamet, which looks promising. I’ll definitely watch that. I like musician biopics, and I guess you guys here might like them, too. So I want to recommend another film to you. You may already know that I’m more of a movie guy.
“Inside Llewyn Davis” is a movie by the Coen brothers, about a struggling folk singer in the 60’s . It’s not about a real world musician though, it’s pure fiction. It might make a very intersting double feature with that upcoming Dylan biopic, in fact Dylan kind of makes an important appearance in this film, too.
I cannot over emphasize how much I love the movies of the Coen brothers, their body of work is just amazing. And while Inside Llewyn Davis isn’t as flashy or spectacular as some of their other films (like Fargo, The Big Lebowski or No Country For Old Men), I think this might just be their finest work yet. It is such a beautifully crafted, subtly told and empathic portrait of a man at a difficult point in his life.
This man is played by Oscar Isaac, who is a great actor. People these days might mostly know him a hotshot X-Wing pilot Poe Dameron from the Star Wars sequel trilogy, or as Duke Leto Atreides from the Dune movie, but for me he’ll always be Llewyn Davis. Not only is his acting superb in this film, his musical performances are, too.
Because I have not even talked about the music yet. It’s really the other big star of the film. And Orscar Isaac performed all of his songs life in front of the camera. Singing, playing the guitar and, of course, acting at the same time.
There is yet another whole aspect why I love this film so much, but I cannot go into that without spoiling the end, which I don’t want to. (Inasmuch as you can spoil a ten years old movie.)
If you love good films and/or good music, you should really see this film.
Well, as this is the “best song” topic, we should hear a song, shall we? So let’s take the song teased in this trailer. Within the context of the film this is an utterly brilliand scene, though lacking that context the choice of song may seem a bit weird.
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10CC, Rubber Bullets
Just crossed my mind, one of the songs many people know, but would not necessarily link up to 10cc (dreadlock holiday, I’m not in love)
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Funny you should post this one today, becauese the drummer on this song, Kevin Godley, is turning 79 today. He is also the co-writer of the song as well as one of the singers. The original 10cc were kind of a strange band, yet they had quite a few hits with their quirky and melodic pop songs between 1973 and 1976.
So here is Kevin Godley behind the drums, taking turns with Lol Creme singing Donna. Happy Birthday
10cc - Donna
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I want to celebrate the memory of American singer and songwriter Judee Sill, who would have turned 80 today. Yet another big talent lost to the music world way to early. She only did two albums, in 1971 and 73.The year after recordings for a third album began, but drugs and other health problems were beginning to get the best of her, so the album was shelved.
Judee Sill had a troubled life. She lost both her parents and her brother at a young age. She was openly bisexual at a time when that was not common. She struggled with alcihol* and drug addiction. which didn’t help when she had a series of car accidents, followed by a failed surgey for back injuries.
Judee Sill has been called a female version of the English singer and songwriter Nick Drake, both huge talents who somehow did not fit into this world and died way to young. In 1979 Judee Sill’s life was cut short by a drug overdose. Here’s to her memory, may she be remembered
Judee Sills - The Pearl
*All right, I can write drug addiction, but not ■■■■■■■ 
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This one, because I heard yesterday, that the Gallaghers want to reunite the band.
Oasis - Don’t Look Back In Anger
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The Who - Boris the Spider
John Entwistle (1944-2002) would have turned 80 today. Known forever as the bass guitarist in The Who, and one of the best (if not the best!) bassists ever in rock. Here’s one to John Entwistle’s memory
While we’re at it, might as well let John Entwistle teach us the difference between a bass player and a bass guitarist.
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John Lennon was born 84 years ago today. Gimme Some Truth!
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