Old School Musicianship… Rock and Roll.. Jazz… Blues… Big Band even…

[Newbieincali]

Adam Levine sings with the Master...

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

I always liked this video with the very pretty blonde gal, and father guido of course

Way too much LSD

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

That was a fantastic album!! It just makes you want to take off your clothes and dance!!!!

 

[Rj_1954]

Waterloo - 1974
Song by ABBA

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

I could be wrong... but I would guess it's been a while since hearing this.... (certainly had been for me)

Bad Company - Young Blood

Young Blood by the Coasters a (Who sang it first!)

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

Jan and Dean - Dead Man's Curve

Drag racing and car crashes, what more do you want from a song?

When I was a teen we had a road called 7 sisters, which reminds me of that road every time I hear the song!

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

....Soprano's Theme..."Woke up This Morning"....not sure who performed this one yet!

OH you won't see Frankie any more!

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

I like Plain old...Rock & Roll​

Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll (Live at Knebworth 1979) (Official Video)​

The drummer rocks but this is a bad version of the song!

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

That's one of my all time favorite songs! Have you seen this cover?

The fiddle solo!

Far out MAN!!!!! ( What the hell was that?)

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

Here is a sobering thought - Elvis has now been gone 4 more years than he was alive.

OMG

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

And we all did the "Hand Jive".

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

Freddy Fender - Wasted Days & Wasted Nights

Didn't he play with the Texas Tornados?

 

[BrendaBear]

Didn't he play with the Texas Tornados?

Yep!

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

Here's one I'm betting most haven't heard before. Xmas in Sept.

Hey Baby I'm Santa Clause by Gary US Bonds

 

[bonnietaylor200a]

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I was in the Navy!

 

[BrendaBear]

Hey everyone - just a quick reminder.... Besides being about old school musicianship, this thread is about the songs we knew and loved and maybe haven't heard in a while. It is not about different versions of songs, or new music, or new versions of beloved songs.

It's about getting to hear from old friends again. Like...

Donovan - Atlantis

Oh yeah - the reason that I ask everyone to post the name of the song and the artist when posting a song is so that people who are in different countries where they may be blocked at least know what was posted.

edit: The song name and artist also means you can search the song for the text and find a song you saw here. That can't be done otherwise.

 

[BrendaBear]

...and if you aren't feeling great? This should help. It always makes me feel better about.. whatever....

The Doobie Brothers - Black Water

 

[Rj_1954]

I like this song; it reminds me of my younger days. Nothing to worry about except sunburn...

Under the Boardwalk - 1964
Song by The Drifters

 

[BrendaBear]

And... now I'm going to break my own rules.... because ... I need to hear this right now... loud!!!!!!!

G3 - My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

OK Kiddies, gather around and Grandpa Tan will tell you a tale of Rock and Roll, Rap, and Mel Brooks...and a buncha good Canadian Boys

The song is "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith, my favourite Aerosmith song after "Big Ten Inch Record". Just a sec, I have to go and listen to that...

I'm back.

Legend has it that Aerosmith were opening for "The Guess Who* when Steve Perry improvised the basic riff while warming up. Steven Tyler just sang a stream of consciousness to figure out where the song would go. But the couldn't finish it.

A little while later they took in a movie together: "Young Frankenstein!" You will recall that Dr. Frederick Frankenstein is met at the Transylvania Station by his servant Igor. Igor starts off, limping and leaning on a short cane and says "Walk this way..." He then hands the doctor the cane and mimes for him to actually "walk this way", repeating a joke that's even older than me (from Groucho Marx maybe).

They were still laughing about Mel Brooks' masterpiece and long story (not too) short, that was the inspiration for the rest of the lyrics...

Walk This Way:

*Oh, the Good Canadian Boys: by a coincidence "American Woman" from the Guess Who was also improvised. Randy Bachman had to change a string on his guitar. As he tuned it he started playing a "new" riff; basically a blues riff in A. Anyways, Burton Cummings the lead singer started improvising the lyrics, and the band joined in. They were just warming up, so they didn't have a tape running, but they noticed a kid in the audience with a tape recorder trying to make a bootleg. They asked for the tape which had Randy's riff and Burton's lyrics and the rest...is a Gold Record I guess. (Twice)

Here's a nice version...

Now, on to Lenny Kravitz... (maybe later)

 

[Rj_1954]

Release Me - 1967
Song by Engelbert Humperdinck

 

[Rj_1954]

Quando Quando Quando - 1968
Song by Engelbert Humperdinck

 

[Rj_1954]

Ten Guitars - 1967
Song by Engelbert Humperdinck

 

[BrendaBear]

Okay... a morning like this deserves something extra tasty. Like... blow our little minds good musicianship.

So... we need... Roundabout.

Yes - Roundabout

 

[Elmo_Lincoln]

And... now I'm going to break my own rules.... because ... I need to hear this right now... loud!!!!!!!

Hey, it's your thread so we'll cut you some slack... this time