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On a lighter note.....(boy they must have been stoned on this video!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-XzGOZHYdA

Great stuff! ...and ironically I don't think I've ever listened to this properly before. I didn't understand what this band were about at the time, but I had a lot more time for the band after Dennis Loccoriere chatted with me on the Brian Wilson message board. Here are three more favourites from the early Seventies (all still touring!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGlxdfDXdms ("Hotel Room" by the Edgar Broughton Band)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdKfHObwQf4 ("At the Crossroads" by Mott the Hoople)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ_UuPH3cyw ("Hold Your Head Up" by Argent)

I'd never heard of the Edgar Broughton Band before but I liked that song.
"Hold Your Head Up" by Argent is a classic though and Matt The Hoople I knew from their David Bowie "All The Young Dudes" cover and one other song which I can't recall at the moment(old age!)
Gosh,I'm so addicted to this thread!

Last two for now ,I hope you'll enjoy them ,they certainly bring a smile to my face.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8BWBn26bX0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfAuFAgHpzc

Kwills, these fall under music i've never heard of! Loved them both especially Since I left you, something very sweet yet odd about it.
Thanks for posting these.

M

Many people first heard Leonard singing "Sisters of Mercy" on the CBS sampler "The Rock Machine Turns You On" - released in 1968 (it was the last track on side one). Here, in sequence, are the four tracks that preceded it (all of which I really like):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHz03ZYsWK0 ("Fresh Garbage" by Spirit)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS-SE4EIIUc ("I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar" by the U.S.of A.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfwFpRnOeGg ("Time of the Season" by the Zombies)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPZXUKdP-6A ("Turn on a Friend" by the Peanut Butter Conspiracy)

Two of my favourite songs by more conventional artists:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18W9zQgGi5I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnf7ISLpQdw

John -

Rain and Tears by Aphrodite's Child has a familiar melody - a popular youtube video highlights many other songs that use the chord progression from Pachelbel's Canon in D:

Pachelbel Rant, Rob Paravonian

Here is the Canon in D:

Pachelbel, Canon in D (c1694)

Here is a personal favorite that Paravonian missed:

Streets of London, Ralph McTell, 1969

and a few of the songs that he referenced:

Let It Be, The Beatles, 1970

One Tin Soldier, The Original Caste, 1970

Cryin,' Aerosmith, 1993

Hook, Blues Traveler, 1994

Graduation (Friends Forever), Vitamin C, 2000

Hi Bequia,

I knew "Rain and Tears" was based on Pachebel's "Canon in D" but I've never particularly associated with it - probably because I heard it first, and the main melody is different. Definitely a classic, but I can pass on Demis Roussos other work!

All the best, John E

This is from Joe Jackson "It's Different For Girls". I never bought any of his stuff,but I do like some of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4CyNvEfWoE

friscogrl wrote:Kwills, these fall under music i've never heard of! Loved them both especially Since I left you, something very sweet yet odd about it.
Thanks for posting these.

M

Hi,friscogrl glad you liked them,they are a weird group to pin down though.I bought their album,but apart from those two songs and one other,I just couldn't get into it at all, but like you I really love those two songs.

Just to shake things up a bit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmHhB9zV ... re=related

kwills wrote:Just to shake things up a bit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmHhB9zV ... re=related

... singing a different "pretty" song may have helped prevent the "Grundy Incident"

I Feel Pretty, Adam Sandler & Jack Nicholson, Anger Management, 2003

I Feel Pretty, West Side Story, Natalie Wood (dubbed with Mami Nixon's vocal), 1961

This is the best that I can do!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOSY6QHgJA

Wow John,thanks for that one I hadn't heard it before.