MUSIC
KEITH RICHARDS, A MASTER OF THE UNEXPECTED YET COMPELLING INSIGHT, OBSERVED THAT MUSIC RANKED – IN ORDER OF ITS PERVASIVENESS IN HUMAN ACTIVITY – THIRD, AFTER ONLY FOOD AND SEX . FOR MY GENERATION MUSIC WAS THE PLATFORM, THE GLUE THAT HELD US TOGETHER. IT SPOKE TO US, INSPIRED US. EVEN WHEN THE ALL THE PROMISES SEEMED TO FALL APART, WHILE SOME DISTANCED THEMSELVES AND OTHERS MOURNED THE PASSING, EVEN THAT WAS CHRONICLED THROUGH “THE MUSIC.” BELOW IN NO ORDER ARE LINKS TO A VAST ARRAY OF MUSIC. USE THE “SEARCH” BAR TO FIND MORE.
JOHNNY B. GOODE
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JIM MORRISON “5 TO 1” 1968
This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See out link policy) Jim Morrison didn’t leap off the page for me when I saw him at London’s Roundhouse in 1968. There were many reasons, all perfectly valid, that might—in a different view—classify under “Opinions are like…. everyone […]
THE ROLLING STONES “GIMME SHELTER” 1969
This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) The Rolling Stones’ 1969 tour was not given a formal name although it could certainly have been the “Let It Bleed” tour since it was promoting the album of that title. But if I had […]
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL 1969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzAEtLPSzRg This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) The “trap” I am forever pointing out to others — how Americans took what the British were singing and doing at face value (and in particular The Rolling Stones) was of course, a trap […]
FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY 1965
This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See out link policy) “The Beatles’ first film, A Hard Day’s Night, came out. I could barely understand their accent. Pursued everywhere by screaming fans, the Beatles never stopped running. In the United States in 1965 The Beatles […]
JIMI HENDRIX AT MONTEREY POP 1967
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JOHN LENNON “IMAGINE”
This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) In early August, Neil Aspinall called to tell me The Beatles needed another photo session, and I immediately started ambitious plans for the shoot. I recalled the many sessions with The Beatles that had become […]
PAUL SIMON “DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES” 1987
All copyrights remain with the original rights holders. “My business remained a satellite of the music business: I directed music videos — Paul Simon “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”‚ kd lang in Canada “Trail of Broken Hearts”, Vonda Shepherd (about to be a mainstay on Ally McBeal), even a heavy metal all star […]
ELVIS’ ROTATING LEG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xlqtTZ27ms&feature=youtube_gdata_player This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. FROM AN AMERICAN STORY
ELVIS PRESLEY “LOVE ME TENDER” 1956
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZBUb0ElnNY&feature=youtube_gdata_player This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. I was ten when Elvis came along. Before Elvis I used to lie in bed at night with the lights off, and listen to country music very low on the radio, the tiny orange lights of the tube […]
