Admittedly, I only knew a few of John Prine's songs. But I went back and listened to his first album, and really liked this one...
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Admittedly, I only knew a few of John Prine's songs. But I went back and listened to his first album, and really liked this one...
This might be sacrilege to some, but this is the best version of Hey Jude ever recorded.
Don’t know if I agree about it being the “best” version but it is deluxe. I gave you a “like” just for the picture itself, one of the most iconic in musical history.
His early stuff is off the charts good. “Love Song” is one of the few EJ songs predicated on the guitar. Truly one of my favorites.
If I could have harmonized with any group, it probably would have been these guys.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...1355090ED700E48956321355090ED700E&FORM=WRVORC
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BTW @TarHeelMark, I owe you a debt of gratitude for originating this thread. And to everyone who’s chimed in, thanks. Music has always played a big role in my life. I’ve heard a lot of my favorites and gained a new appreciation for a lot of others. Sitting on my balcony with a nice buzz and reviewing some of the songs. Good memories. Thanks.
My pleasure @Archer2 . I'm with you, in that music definitely means a lot to me as well. Especially as I get older and reminisce on where and when I was when I first heard a special song.
I hate to do this, as I like your taste in music and I am also a big fan of Tedeschi (and her rendition of this song) and Trucks, but the only performer I associate with Angel From Montgomery is Bonnie Raitt. I had the privilege of hearing her sing it live in concert at Walnut Creek in Raleigh, and to me it was the single most perfectly performed live tune I have ever heard. Just stunningly beautiful and flawless. I'm thinking you probably appreciate her version also, since if you drink half a bottle of liquor and hear it with your eyes closed, you mighty not be able to tell which one is singing it.
That song brings back some awesome memories - got a fantastic hummer while listening to side A of Siren. Yeah, the album is fantastic too!
I've always thought Page was a better riff guy than soloist. He's still had incredible versatility.
That's some Yacht Rock shit right there.
Yeah, the England Dan & John Ford Coley version was big on the charts , but Rundgren wrote the song.
Todd was a very talented guy. Not many people can produce an album and do all the vocals and instrumentals.
Exactly. He is very deserving of the RnR HOF, but unfortunately hasn't gotten in yet.
Agreed, especially when you consider some of the people who have.
Peter Gabriel wrote this song about banging his wife. His daughter helps him sing it on stage which is rather strange.
Everybody's a Victim
The Proclaimers
Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the U-S-A
Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the U-S-A
I demand recompense
For sitting on the fence
Throughout my adult life
You've got to put my parents in jail
For raising me in Fife
It doesn't matter what I do
You have to say it's alright
And I need you to send somebody around
To tuck me in at night
Because
Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the USA
Well it's not my fault
That I'm positive
I just stuck a needle in my arm
And nobody told me
That sixty a day
Would do me any harm
My liver's shriveling like a leaf
But it's not the whiskey that do's it
Call me irresponsible
And I'm really going to lose it
Because
Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the USA
Wear a ribbon for this
Hug a stranger for that
Light a candle to the dead
And soon you'll forget
That you ever had
A brain inside our head
We value everythin' the same
We turn it into farce
So we don't know a crisis
'Till it kicks us up the are
Because
Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the U-S-A
Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the U-S-A
Everybody's a victim
Seems we're going that way
Everybody's a victim
We're becoming like the U-S-A
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That's not his daughter. That's Paula Cole. She accompanied him on the Real World Tour from 1993-1994 before releasing her debut album. [Eric Cartman voice]"I don't want to wait, for our liiiiives to be overrrr."
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Yes I should have clarified it’s not her on this video but that later in life she would sing with him
IMO the best diss record ever. I do like Kool Moe Dee's come back to this song but LL came out swinging after KMD referenced LL in his song "How ya Like Me Now".
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