The Juke Box II

[TrinityPower]

Ahh music to my ears...Have this 45 too

 

[ChrisL]

Ok what I want to hear are mini-concerts...5 awesome songs by the same band. Live recordings are best. I will start

Forgotten Legends Vol I - Mini Concert

APRIL WINE

I had a kick ass mix of April Wine on two CDs and loaned them to a student of mine who was of the millennial generation. She had never heard of April Wine so I loaned her my CDs. At the end of the semester I asked for them back and she said "oh you aren't getting them back ever. Fuck you. Just forget it. Flunk me, I don't fucking care. It's about all my friends and I listen to now." It was worth the loss of the CDs to turn on a millennial to classic awesomeness.

I also haven't heard of that band before, although a couple of the songs sound vaguely familiar.

Maybe later I'll do a Led Zeppelin mini concert. They are one of my favorite oldies rock bands.

 

[ChrisL]

Here is a song that came up on a game I play. I remember really liking this song but had been so long since I heard it that I looked it up on youtube. Had no idea there was a group called The Babys but I sure recognized the lead singer. First song I ever associated with him was Change in the very vintage MTV days

"The Babys" is a pretty funny band name! They should have a song called "Ga-ga, goo-goo."

 

[ChrisL]

Another great one not many probably remember. I have this on a 45

Never heard that one before. Thanks for sharing it!

 

[ChrisL]

 

[ChrisL]

More 80s dance music! I love it!

 

[ChrisL]

I think this might be one of my favorite dance songs from the 80s by a female. It's a great song, IMO. I LOOOOVE it!

 

[Vandalshandle]

WARNING! DO NOT WATCH THIS WHILE DRINKING A COKE!

 

[ChrisL]

WARNING! DO NOT WATCH THIS WHILE DRINKING A COKE!

I liked the little guy in the knickers.

 

[ChrisL]

WARNING! DO NOT WATCH THIS WHILE DRINKING A COKE!

This one rivals it for silliness, I think.

 

[TrinityPower]

WARNING! DO NOT WATCH THIS WHILE DRINKING A COKE!

I think I saw Jimmy Walker twice, the guy that played Isaac on Love Boat, a black version of Gene Simmons, and I must say those big bow ties were something to see and the guy in the red shirt and black pants was really happenin'

 

[TrinityPower]

Here is a song that came up on a game I play. I remember really liking this song but had been so long since I heard it that I looked it up on youtube. Had no idea there was a group called The Babys but I sure recognized the lead singer. First song I ever associated with him was Change in the very vintage MTV days

"The Babys" is a pretty funny band name! They should have a song called "Ga-ga, goo-goo."

I have not heard the group name before but I remember the song from back when I was about 9ish? The lead singer is John Waite who had a solo career along with being the lead for the band Bad English. He sure had that late 70's early 80's look though lol

 

[TrinityPower]

WARNING! DO NOT WATCH THIS WHILE DRINKING A COKE!

This one rivals it for silliness, I think.

That was the craze of the time...to d mime and the robot well was huge. It was liken to people voguing in the late 80's early 90's. The outfits fit the genre of early 80's. And remember this sort of thing was at the predawn or dawn of videos so there were no budgets. This looks like it was on a show like Dance Fever or something similar

 

[TrinityPower]

Ok I will play...here is my mini concert. My most favorite country band ever!! Their harmony and sound is like a sweet breeze on a hot day to me.

 

[BluePhantom]

Some classic Jethro Tull

 

[BluePhantom]

 

[BluePhantom]

 

[BluePhantom]

I posted the version with lyrics because this song is so brilliant. The music is incredible and uses a lot of unorthodox tonality. But the lyrics tell the story of "Aqualung" (an old man breathing off an oxygen tank while he watches children play on the playground in the park) who everyone thinks is a pedophile, but in reality he has no such thoughts. He is just a sick, homeless, dying, old man that deserves compassion instead of contempt. The harder music sections at the beginning and the end are what other people see...the softer music in the middle is what he is really doing according to someone who sees reality (btw...a dog end is a cigarette butt). The song is about making assumptions to rid yourself of the burden of helping someone in need.

 

[ChrisL]

I posted the version with lyrics because this song is so brilliant. The music is incredible and uses a lot of unorthodox tonality. But the lyrics tell the story of "Aqualung" (an old man breathing off an oxygen tank while he watches children play on the playground in the park) who everyone thinks is a pedophile, but in reality he has no such thoughts. He is just a sick, homeless, dying, old man that deserves compassion instead of contempt. The harder music sections at the beginning and the end are what other people see...the softer music in the middle is what he is really doing according to someone who sees reality (btw...a dog end is a cigarette butt). The song is about making assumptions to rid yourself of the burden of helping someone in need.

Hmm. I would have to disagree. I believe the song is about a pedophile. In the second line of the song, it says "watching little girls with bad intent."

Sitting on a park bench
Eyeing little girls
With bad intent.
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run.
Feeling like a dead duck
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck.

Sun streaking cold
An old man wandering lonely.
Taking time
The only way he knows.
Leg hurting bad,
As he bends to pick a dog end
Goes down to a bog to
Warm his feet.

Feeling alone
The army's up the rode
Salvation a la mode and
A cup of tea.
Aqualung my friend
Don't start away uneasy
You poor old sod
You see it's only me.

Do you still remember
December's foggy freeze
When the ice that
Clings on to your beard is
Screaming agony.
And you snatch your rattling last breaths
With deep-sea diver sounds,
And the flowers bloom like
Madness in the spring.

Sun streaking cold
An old man wandering lonely.
Taking time
The only way he knows.
Leg hurting bad,
As he bends to pick a dog end
Goes down to a bog to
Warm his feet.

Feeling alone
The army's up the rode
Salvation a la mode and
A cup of tea.
Aqualung my friend
Don't start away uneasy
You poor old sod
You see it's only me.

Aqualung my friend
Don't just start away uneasy
You poor old sod
You see it's only me.

Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls
With bad intent.
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run.
Feeling like a dead duck
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck.

 

[ChrisL]

I'm going to have to post my mini concert tomorrow. I'm beat and I just don't feel like doing that right now!