To what are you listening?

No Poppy, please! You would have been about 30 years older now! ;

 

Mr T, this stuff reminds me of yesteryear. My folks had some groovy stuff on the turntable, and now I'm a freak: Timi Yuro - long as there is you - YouTube
...come to think of it, this song reminds me of Procal Harum's Conquistador Procol Harum - "Conquistador" Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (1972) - YouTube

GOTTA SEE PROCAL HARUM VIDEO-dec 11/12...just 'cause it's a great song.

 

Tony Orlando and Dawn: Tony Orlando & Dawn sing Knock Three Times - YouTube

 

When a kidlet, could not understand country...After living a whole lot - country is white dude blues....Dwight is a pretty good actor as well as an accomplished musician. Dwight Yoakam - Suspicious Minds - YouTube

 

Petula Clark - Downtown - YouTube

Hot Lady.

 

Walk On By - YouTube

They don't write or sing them like this anymore brothers and sisters. Fact.

 

Kinky afro.the happy Mondays.

 

I still havnt found what I'm looking for-U2.Very ironic for me.!

 

AC/DC For those about to rock and Back in black. Massive songs. And Black sabbath Mob rules. Country girl, turn up the night, mob rules and slipping away... Yeahh! Dio is No 1!

 

Agree. Sony Walkman tape player was high tech gadgetry when in high school. Had mine cranked playing Mob Rules. Kicked out of library by a fairly hot cougar....Mrrrowww....I recall Procal Harum's night with the Edmonton Symphony. Wasn't there but everyone was talking about it and it became a hit. Procol Harum - "Conquistador" Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (1972) - YouTube
Interesting blurb on Procal H
Procol Harum's lyricist Keith Reid told us the story behind this song: "Gary Brooker and I, before we formed Procol Harum, when we were just working together as songwriters and getting into it, we had this regular deal where he lived about 40 miles from London near the ocean, and I'd jump on a train once a week and go visit him. He'd have a bunch of my lyrics and he'd play me whatever he had been working on. This particular time, though, I'd got down there and he'd been working on a tune. He said, 'What does this sound like to you?' And I said, 'Oh, conquistador.' It had a little bit of a Spanish flavor to it. I went into another room and started writing the words there and then. 99 out of 100 of those Procol Harum songs were written the words first, and then were set to music. But that particular one, the words hadn't existed before he had the musical idea."

Conquistadors were Spanish soldiers who set out to conquer the Americas after their discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

This became a hit when Procol Harum recorded it live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra on November 18, 1971. It was released in 1972 on the aptly titled album Procol Harum Live with the Procol Harum are a British rock band, formed in the 1960s, who contributed to the development of progressive rock, and by extension, symphonic rock. Their best-known recording is their 1967 single "A Whiter Shade of Pale." Although noted for its classical influence, Procol Harum's music also embraces the blues and pop.

Based in Southend, Essex, The Paramounts, led by Gary Brooker and Robin Trower and including Chris Copping, scored a moderate British success in 1964 with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's "Poison Ivy," which reached number 35 in the UK singles chart. Unable to generate any follow-up success, the group disbanded in 1966.

In April 1967, Brooker began working as a singer/songwriter and formed Procol Harum with non-Paramounts Keith Reid (poet), Hammond organist Matthew Fisher, guitarist Ray Royer and bassist David Knights. Guy Stevens, their original manager, named the band after a friend's Burmese cat. The name has been said to be Latin for "beyond these things", but the correct Latin translation of "beyond these things" is Procul His. Alternatively, the name has been translated as "of these far off things" (harum is in the feminine, genitive, plural). However, procul would not be followed by a genitive in Latin. The name of the band is frequently misspelled; often with Procul, Harem, both, or other variations.

At Olympic Studios, with session drummer (and non-Paramount) Bill Eyden, producer Denny Cordell, and sound engineer Keith Grant, the group recorded "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and officially released on . With the sudden success of this single and The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin", their label Deram Records became known as a premier progressive rock label .

After "A Whiter Shade of Pale" became a hit, the band set out to consolidate their studio success by touring; their live debut was opening for Jimi Hendrix in 1967.
The group's follow-up single, "Homburg", with a lineup change of former Paramounts B.J. Wilson on drums and Robin Trower on guitar, was almost as successful in the UK as it reached #6, but the LP Procol Harum, was less successful (it was recorded soon between the two hit singles, but was held back until early 1968 and in mono and phony stereo, which was unusual by that time). A series of singles charted lowly in the US and UK, though rarely both at the same time. A Salty Dog (1969; see 1969 in music) was popular among fans, and was their first album to sell well in the UK; it is still regarded as one of their finest albums. The title track in particular gained a good deal of US FM radio airplay, with Reid's ominous lyrics in the forefront. However, Fisher, who produced this album, departed the band soon after its release.

Procol returned to success on the music charts in the following years with a distinctly symphonic rock sound, often backed by symphony orchestras. At this they were one of the first groups to achieve success; Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra was a #5 gold album in the U.S. in 1972, as well as reaching #48 in Britain. "Conquistador" (a track from their first album, recharted for accompaniment by the Edmonton Symphony in 1971) was a hit single in 1972, getting to #16 in the U.S. with considerable additional FM radio airplay, while reaching #22 in the UK. Their follow-up album, Grand Hotel, did fairly well, reaching #21 on the U.S. Billboard Chart in

 

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More Procol H...Not sure what "This is a stereo sync-up mix made by Tom Moulton using the backing track and a clean mono master" means, but I likee.
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale - 1967 (Tom Moulton's Sync Stereo Mix) - YouTube

 

Feels like deja view all over again...San Francisco - Scott McKenzie - YouTube
Is that the electric cool aid bus- Ken Kesey?...Book by?...anyone.
How Ken Kesey's LSD-fuelled bus trip created the psychedelic 60s | Film | The Observer
The blurb: "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" is a song, written by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, and sung by Scott McKenzie. It was written and released in June 1967 to promote the Monterey Pop Festival.

McKenzie's song became an instant hit. The lyrics tell the listeners, "If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair". Due to the difference between the lyrics and the actual title, the title is often quoted as "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)". "San Francisco" reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and was number one in the United Kingdom and most of Europe. The single is purported to have sold over 5 million copies worldwide. The song is credited with bringing thousands of young people to San Francisco, California during the late 1960s.[citation needed]

In Central Europe, young people adopted "San Francisco" as an anthem for freedom, and it was widely played during Czechoslovakia's 1968 Prague Spring uprising against Soviet rule.[citation needed]

The song has been featured in several films, including Frantic, The Rock and Forrest Gump (Wikipedia).
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In utero all over again or not..love it baby..The Archies - Sugar Sugar ('69) - YouTube

 

Song made a friend of mine shed a tear after a few. Not me. Fellow can play guitar. Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - YouTube
Just saw this for the first time... HD..squeee. Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - YouTube

 

Are there still punks?...CBGB's is legend...Only thing I could come close to is Lee's Palace, Toronto....Saw the Meat Puppets there. Took a plane from Edmonton. Met up with an ex, and my awesome ex brother in-law. He took me on a walk downtown Toronto...Super hungover, hair of the dog. Went to a few really dirty bars on Young street. Was carrying around my backpack. The bouncer wouldn't let me in, but the guys talked him into it.....The Meat puppets were incredible... Two brothers harmonizing. ...Like the Everly Brothers.meat puppets backwater - YouTube

 

Rod Stewart - The killing of Georgie - YouTube
Rod explains the "sailor stomach pump" story:http://www.1063frankfm.com/print_page.php?contentId=11672571&contentType=4

 

Nice vintage vid...love it baby..Rod Stewart - Maggie May (Original Video 1971 Totp) - YouTube
Great seeing Ron wood jumping around....He'd break a hip today...Gotta love the Rolling Bones.

 

Nice video of the Blind Boys of Alabama Run On - Blind Boys of Alabama - YouTube

 

Saw these guys when 15 @ Edmonton Coliseum . Lindsey Buckingham broke a string, but carried on, fixing as he played in another chord. Awesome..Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (HQ) - YouTube