image link Dave’s assignment this time was, “If you could safely go back in time and move about for one day, what one concert or live performance would you choose to go to?” The restriction of narrowing it down to one made it next-to-impossible. I would have loved to see The Beatles at The Cavern…
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Turntable Talk Round 10 — Poetry in Lyrics – Achtung Baby (album) by U2
image link This is another one of those daunting prompts from Dave, like the one asking us to choose a favorite year in music. Lyrics are probably what leaves the lasting impression in music for me, with many exceptions. Also like other prompts Dave has given us, the song I wanted to use came to…
Happy New Year. It’s 2023! (wasTurntable Talk Round 9: Favorite Holiday Song, George Harrison, Ding Dong, Ding Dong) (repost)
image link The first time in memory that I heard Ding Dong, Ding Dong was when I bought the 2014 George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75 box set. Not only were there the first six of Geo’s solo albums but one DVD that had over 30 minutes of this and that, including two videos of…
Turntable Talk Round 8 Those Were The Days My Friends — Best Year of All Time for Music?
Dave has come up with creative ideas for posts on and around music, some easier to write about than others. This time he has given us the challenge to come up with what we each think was the best year for music. If that isn’t a tall order that runs the risk of being also…
Turntable Talk – One Hit Wonders – Angel Eyes by Jeff Healey and The Jeff Healey Band
Jeff Healey (full name Norman Jeffrey Healey) (b. 3/25/66 – d. 3/2/08) was a Canadian blues, rock and jazz singer, guitarist, and songwriter per wikipedia. Jeff and The Jeff Healey Band first came to my attention in the 1989 blockbuster movie, “Road House,” starring Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, and Ben Gazzara. In Road…
Turntable Talk: Cover Me — “Comfortably Numb,” by Roger Waters & Company on the In the Flesh Tour on June 27, 2000 at The Rose Garden Arena in Portland Oregon, featuring Doyle Bramhall II and Snowy White on lead guitars.
Instead of an essay on cover songs that gives a rationale of what kind I like or don’t like and why, I want to take it in another direction. What I want to talk about in today’s essay on cover songs is what I will dub a semi-cover or modified cover of an original, which…
Turntable Talk, Friday, May 6, 2022 — Pearl Jam’s Live at Benaroya Hall
album cover for Live at Benaroya Hall by Pearl Jam Turntable Talk, Friday, May 6, 2022 My Choice of Live Album: Pearl Jam’s Live at Benaroya Hall on 10/22/03 The moment Dave named the topic of live albums, I knew that I wanted it to be one of Pearl Jam’s, but I wasn’t sure which…
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