Topic: Currently listening to... (Read 597142 times)

Normandie · « **Reply #13000 on:** October 11, 2021, 11:40:41 PM »

An unexpected, and great, cover, in my opinion:

https://youtu.be/AWUxmMW2X1c

Normandie · « **Reply #13001 on:** October 12, 2021, 12:08:54 AM »

https://youtu.be/Dh4b4c-RzE8

Awwww, Mick Jones's middle name is Geoffrey (Jeffrey).

Normandie · « **Reply #13002 on:** October 12, 2021, 12:56:31 AM »

This makes me weepy on so many levels. . .

And yes, I know the backstory to the song.

https://youtu.be/L0BUsDf0dxY

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #13003 on:** October 20, 2021, 12:43:17 AM »

Lovely Rita...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHp1DoZAyh8" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHp1DoZAyh8</a>

Ooops, I mean...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysDwR5SIR1Q" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysDwR5SIR1Q</a>

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #13004 on:** October 20, 2021, 04:04:50 AM »

Take Me Home, Country Roads

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4jxUVhR1X8" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4jxUVhR1X8</a>

The writers, John Denver and Bill and Taffy Danoff, singing in perfect harmony.

I hope you enjoyed that, Todd.

Normandie · « **Reply #13005 on:** December 18, 2021, 08:18:46 PM »

It wouldn't be Christmas for me without this beloved song (only Bing's version, of course!):

https://youtu.be/bNHSO3k30Ow

Normandie · « **Reply #13006 on:** January 07, 2022, 02:34:50 AM »

I had completely forgotten about this song until I just came across it in a biography of Phil Spector I'm reading.

I used to sing this to my babies in the car:

https://youtu.be/pZT__JFMUgU

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #13007 on:** January 09, 2022, 12:54:38 AM »

^

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoDUGeq-Ic4" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoDUGeq-Ic4</a>

Doo Wop will live forever!

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #13008 on:** January 09, 2022, 01:14:01 AM »

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on January 09, 2022, 12:54:38 AM

Doo Wop will live forever!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BhMm7Yzrsk" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BhMm7Yzrsk</a>

See what I mean?

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #13009 on:** January 09, 2022, 07:12:01 AM »

Sha Na Na keeping Doo Wop alive in 1978...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJaKv9dgQPU" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJaKv9dgQPU</a>

And from Germany, Jeepers Creepers keeping it alive in 2015...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpyGldv6tA" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpyGldv6tA</a>

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #13010 on:** January 09, 2022, 07:18:19 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on January 07, 2022, 02:34:50 AM

I used to sing this to my babies in the car:

https://youtu.be/pZT__JFMUgU

Here's your chance to sing it again, Kathy...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7bBZMr6D5o" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7bBZMr6D5o</a>

Normandie · « **Reply #13011 on:** January 09, 2022, 03:40:27 PM »

^^^^^

I like those different versions, Barry; thanks for sharing them.

Hm, wonder if I could master Sha Na Na's dance moves. Yeahhhh, not likely.

I sent the song to my daughters the other night just before I posted here, and they both immediately remembered it.

Euan Buchan · « **Reply #13012 on:** January 13, 2022, 12:37:14 PM »

Rubber Soul the US version

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #13013 on:** January 13, 2022, 01:17:53 PM »

Quote from: Euan Buchan on January 13, 2022, 12:37:14 PM

Rubber Soul the US version

I'm Looking Through You with the false start...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke26Z4DZCsg" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke26Z4DZCsg</a>

Normandie · « **Reply #13014 on:** January 21, 2022, 02:13:07 AM »

https://youtu.be/OuC519ni1aE

Normandie · « **Reply #13015 on:** January 21, 2022, 07:40:44 AM »

https://youtu.be/B7FrIt352VE

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #13016 on:** January 22, 2022, 04:01:39 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on January 21, 2022, 02:13:07 AM

https://youtu.be/OuC519ni1aE

The Dixie Cups said it was their "original song," however in 1953 James "Sugar Boy" Crawford wrote JOCK-A-Mo and recorded it with his Cane Cutters...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgOrIar_qGk" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgOrIar_qGk</a>

James Crawford took the matter to court and ultimately it was decided that The Dixie Cups' Iko Iko was a completely different song.

And the courts decided that George's My Sweet Lord was the same song as He's So Fine. Go figure!

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #13017 on:** January 22, 2022, 05:50:45 AM »

This video explains how James Crawford wrote Jock-A-Mo and what the lyrics mean...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj6-irrsnsw" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj6-irrsnsw</a>

Normandie · « **Reply #13018 on:** January 22, 2022, 03:54:59 PM »

^^^^^

That was fascinating, Barry; thanks for posting it. I've been meaning to look up the meaning of the lyrics. I love anything related to language, etymology, etc.

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on January 22, 2022, 04:01:39 AM

James Crawford took the matter to court and ultimately it was decided that The Dixie Cups' Iko Iko was a completely different song.

Now that is bizarre. To me, they sound identical.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #13019 on:** January 23, 2022, 01:24:25 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on January 22, 2022, 03:54:59 PM

^^^^^

That was fascinating, Barry; thanks for posting it. I've been meaning to look up the meaning of the lyrics. I love anything related to language, etymology, etc.

That's precisely why I posted that video, Kathy. The author researched the topic very well. He was in error at the end when he wrote that Creoles and Indians have left New Orleans forever. They're still there.

Quote from: Normandie on January 22, 2022, 03:54:59 PM

Now that is bizarre. To me, they sound identical.

Anyone listening to both recordings would agree. The courts awarded James Crawford shared songwriting credit. This was one insult heaped on another.

The Indian chants James Crawford heard at Mardi Gras went something like this...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s8EC1Xh3I4&t=633s" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s8EC1Xh3I4&t=633s</a>

James Crawford wrote a melody to the chants he heard.

The Dixie Cups' Iko Iko "songwriters," Barbara Hawkins, Rosa Hawkins and Joan Johnson, clearly plagiarized James Crawford's song.

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