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Friday Night Music-Happy Holidays

Friday, December 18, 2009

A holiday concert. Bruce Springsteen with a classic Bob Dylan, veering toward the bizarre. I haven’t the slightest idea if there are even any Chanukah songs out there, except the Chanakuh Song, so here’s Adam Sandler: Speaking of music, in a short while my wife and I will be going to the farewell concert, the […]

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Some great rock and roll

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

I am basically taking the night off, this being the first day in a while when there is no where I have to go and nothing I have to do. Now that I’m finished with work that is. By way of recompense, or added reward, depending on the way you look at it, let me […]

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Friday Night Music-Layla

Friday, December 4, 2009

Various incarnations, with one necessary common element. Take your pick, or watch several. Just a great song. Derek and the Dominos Acoustic with Mark Knopfler 2008 concert version Jazz version

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Friday Night Music-Doubleheader

Friday, November 27, 2009

A couple of minor stars in the 60s firmament. First, Lou Christie. Back in the 80s PBS ran an oldies special on which he appeared. He gave a great performance. Unfortunately, it’s not on youtube, so far as I could see. An interesting factoid I picked up looking through his performances: one of his hits, […]

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Friday Night Music-Them

Friday, November 20, 2009

A very young Van Morrison leads his then band mates in what I believe was their first state side hit. No doubt about this being a live performance. Sorry about the long intro.

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Friday Night Music-James Brown

Friday, November 13, 2009

Fairly sure I haven’t done James Brown yet. I’m starting with this clip as much in tribute to Ed Sullivan as James Brown. Everyone loved making fun of Ed Sullivan, but the truth was that he was great at spotting talent. Even more important, he was an equal opportunity employer before it was either hip […]

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Friday Night Music-Another Twofer

Friday, November 6, 2009

Primarily, I wanted to do a girl group this week. I actually found a good live version of the Shirelles (one of the best of breed-girl group wise) singing Will You Still Love Me, Tomorrow? I have no idea why the sides of the video are squoshed together (and yes, I know that “squoshed” is […]

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Friday Night Music-I Shall be Released

Friday, October 30, 2009

One of my rules for Friday Night Music (and all rules are for breaking) is non-repetition. I’ve tried not to repeat the same artists twice, even the sacred Beatles. Another rule is that the video has to actually be a video-no still pictures with the music in the background. Today I’m going to bend those […]

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Friday Night Triple Feature

Friday, October 23, 2009

First, for the quality, Stevie Wonder singing Superstitious, Live on Sesame Street. I’ve been putting up these videos for several years,trying not to repeat artists, and I’m fairly sure I haven’t gotten around to Stevie Wonder, which just goes to show how deep the bench is when it comes to 60s era music. That’s actually […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, October 16, 2009

I have posted less frequently than usual this week. For this the world owes a debt of gratitude to The Office. I’ve spent a good chunk of my free time watching Season 3. I noticed that a fellow named Creed Bratton was billed as a guest star at the end of each show. I had […]

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