i love the whole ‘when the morning light comes streaming in I’ll get up and do it again’ ethos, it makes me feel good about being an average person and finding meaning in regular stuff and loving relationships…kinda like
Shine up the old brown shoes
Put on a brand new shirt
I’ll get home early from work
If you say that you love me
Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me (from Budokan!) [Official Video] - YouTube
That’s why Muddy is/was so important to me. You hear the delta and electric Chicago in his tunes. His version of Mannish Boy kills. Got that muddy voice nobody got.
For sure. When you steal the show at the Last Waltz, that says a lot!
That’s true, but he doesn’t have Son House’s voice
Son House “Death Letter Blues” - YouTube
or Blind Willie Johnson’s
Blind Willie Johnson ~Motherless Children Have A Hard Time~. - YouTube
or to take a different angle
Happy labor day weekend…
ZZ TOP - Just Got Paid (HIGH QUALITY) - YouTube
Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money - YouTube
Working Class Hero (Remastered 2010) - YouTube
The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night - YouTube
Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It (Audio) - YouTube
Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 - YouTube
Bachman Turner Overdrive-Taking care of business - YouTube
The Clash - Career Opportunities - YouTube
Loverboy - Working for the Weekend (Official Remastered HD Video) - YouTube
After watching Country Strong, I’ll post this one.
My favourite crooner - Vic Damone with ‘One Love’
Vic Damone “After The Lights Go Down Low” on The Ed Sullivan Show
I just got done baking a cake for a cookout my girlfriend and I are going to tomorrow, I’ll frost it in the morning. When I was a little boy, my mom would always sing this song whenever she baked a cake. So my poor girlfriend is subjected to hearing me attempt to sing this every time I bake a cake.
Eileen Barton - If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’D 'VE Baked a Cake
Glenn Gould playing Bach’s piano concertos. You may recall one of the them in the soundtrack to Slaughterhouse Five.
I miss this.
A nice slice of my college soundtrack.
