Post Old Music you like!! !

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Yeah, that was kinda my whole point. XD Guess I was too vague about it....

Love is Strange by Mickey and Sylvia

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT002Q8_rc4[/youtube]

I'd figure for my first post, I would go with Canadian bands/singers. All of these songs I enjoy.


The Guess Who - No time.

I couldn't find one of the group playing, so I opted for a vid with good sound quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsqMzQ2x16U


April Wine - I like to Rock.

Found one with band. There is some feedback to the recording, but good enough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9EAhBI8DBQ


Rush - Subdivisions

A wonderful song worth listening to the lyrics. I can very much relate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1qnKJOhKHg


Bryan Adams - Run to you

What can I say, it is Bryan Adams. This song comes from a great album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKfQwqJ2IYw


Aldo Nova - Fantasy

Not well known, his first album was just awesome and I wish he hard more opportunity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GylirgHFqeQ


Joni Mitchell - Help Me

Her voice... her voice... is so soothing in this song. Wow. I used this version because of the sound quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdmFi1C8BKo


Corey Hart - Never surrender

Awesome song, it speaks for itself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIyv4drrgeo


The volume varies on songs, so you may need to adjust as needed.

Let's see...

Cry Me A River

Begin the Beguine

Love for Sale

And though it's really not so old, A Case of You

This part of The Decline of Western Civilization about Black Flag is pretty good:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xrno3IkcMI&feature=related[/youtube]

1950s American music
1960s British music (especially The Beatles)
1980s Australian music

Muddy Waters - He was AWESOME

and others from the old blues they're all good

Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, third movement
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jtk4ETAx8g&feature=related[/youtube]

Everyone's Gone To the Moon
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuY0ux8So_4[/youtube]

Come Saturday Morning
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3SIQvaXWBs[/youtube]

Love Is Blue
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIKpko4Ln90[/youtube]

I have an inexplicable obsession with this Flying Burrito Brothers video (my avatar made me do it??). I like all the period footage.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCqxq6xqoXI[/youtube]

Oh, and yeah, "Sin City" is a great song too.

Could someone tell me how to upload youtube vid's I'll try and find some Muddy and maybe some other old blues guys that're dead now

I can help with that.

So here's a video you might like to post:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhTCYqJsfqs&feature=related[/youtube]

Here's how you post it:
1. Copy the URL from the YouTube page on which the video plays.
2. Click on the YouTube icon, right next to the Image icon in the upper tool bar here in the WP post form.
3. A pop-up will come up, just like when you post an image or a URL - paste the YouTube URL in there.
4. Click OK.
5. Post your post.

The code looks like this (obviously w/o the added spaces):

[ youtube ] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhTCYqJs ... re=related [ /youtube ]

PS - KingOfKaboom, what other old blues guys do you like? And do you read books about the history of the blues? I'm curious because it's something I'm into as well - just not a current obsessional focus, you know how these things go . . .

Muddy Waters is good. Anyone know of Robert Johnson?

Robert Johnson, Crossroads. He's got some good stuff if you like blues in its old and original!! !

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd60nI4sa9A[/youtube]

Me and the Devil, Robert Johnson.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MCHI23FTP8[/youtube]

There's an old myth that Robert Johnson couldn't play the guitar until he sold his soul to the devil!!

Sadly I can't remember names, I'm not good about obsessions except who I'll listen too just don't know names there are a whole bunch and I would love to learn more about them. I can't remember names but one has a name for his guitar and STILL plays he's old as dirt and plays the blues awesomely just wish I was better with names

And thanks for posting the Muddy Waters

This is one of my all time dance favorites from my "disco dancing" years. Even now, it makes me want to dance!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7xY8zT9RtY[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7xY8zT9RtY[/youtube]

Yes, I have read several books on Robert Johnson and the history of blues. He was extremely influential in the history of American music, especially rock and roll - he was far more popular when he was rediscovered posthumously in the 1960's than he was during his own short lifetime.

I really like Robert Johnson's, mentor, Son House. Skip James, another of Johnson's influences, wrote a lot of great songs, but I don't care for the sound of his voice. Other noteworthy contemporaries included Bessie Smith, Mississippi John Hurt, Charlie Patton, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Lemon Jefferson (there were a lot of blind musicians back then, sort of a continuation of the ancient blind bard tradition), and many, many more.

The story goes that Ma Rainey ("Mother of the Blues") coined the term "the blues" in 1902 to describe the kind of music she was performing at tent shows. W.C. Handy ("Father of the Blues") was also instrumental in popularizing it around this time.

Robert Johnson was most active in the early 1930's. The devil myth is entertaining, but the truth is that he got involved in music at a young age and hung out at juke joints as much as possible during his early teen years. But he wasn't very good at playing anything and a lot of the older blues musicians would laugh at him. Then he left town for a while and when he came back, he could play guitar really well. No one was sure where he went. The myth about the devil arose later to explain this sudden increase in ability coupled with his mysterious disappearance, and to entertain people.

I recommend that anyone who is interested in the history of blues (or American music in general) should read a good book or two on the subject. PM me for recommendations.