what song are you listening to right now?

[Limehouse]

Here is Paul Jones in his 'pop music' mood. A very good 'pop' track. However, Mr Jones is also a highly respected blues performer. I saw The Paul Jones Blue Band live a few years back. They were excellent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBQ_nJGXaB0&feature=player_detailpage

[Robert]

A bit of audience participation there!

A strangely neglected track :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DjCeug46No

[Limehouse]

A bit of audience participation there!

A strangely neglected track :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DjCeug46No

Yes, and didn't it make him smile in an engagingly bashful way!

That was a nice track Robert.

Manfred Mann certainly nurtured a lot of talent. Some members of the band morphed into Manfred Mann's Earth Band and had a few hits in the 70s and, of course, Paul Jones went on to have a very sucessful solo career as a performer and radio presenter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIkAX2bIzGI

[Robert]

Nice track. I'll have to investigate them (I was put off them by the lumbering "Joybringer." I told my friend's dad it was based on Jupiter from The Planets and he said, 'Well it certainly sounds like nothing on earth.') And Blinded By The Light was very repetitive.

[Rubyretro]

Listening to some old favourites tonight....

http://youtu.be/hI5FAwhjrNE Al Jolson ‘you made me love you’

http://youtu.be/NXQPrtJYCJs Josephine Baker ‘bye bye blackbird’

http://youtu.be/PUz6f7xiVmM Frank Sinatra ‘Blue Skies’

http://youtu.be/3VscVP_Gt_s Peggy Lee ‘Is that all there is ?’

http://youtu.be/kxWWnkUeHD4 Julie London ‘Besame Mucho

http://youtu.be/yoXdoV1IER4 Actually it was a complete lie to cite the Julie London version of ‘Besame’ –this is the version that has personal meanings…

http://youtu.be/OVFDfzGJ_ik M -'Triplettes de Belville'

[Limehouse]

Ruby - 'Is That All There Is' - a wonderful track. I like most versions but Peggy Lee's is the best female one.

[Limehouse]

I really need a calming background today and have re-visited this exceptionally beautiful classical piece (not really 'classical' as it's 20th century) that I have loved for many years.

You may recognise it as the theme tune to The Onedin Line but I was familiar with it prior to its use in the programme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6784n_4QCI&feature=related

[Limehouse]

Dancing round the study to Tom Petty. He always makes me want to dance and dance..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BJXwNeKsQ

Owch! There go my hips!

[Rubyretro]

http://youtu.be/6SkT6vflu3M I read the news…(a Day in the Life)

http://youtu.be/hobkFHJTut4 Strawberry Fields

http://youtu.be/Whcgt_NBT30 sometimes spoofs are better than the original !!) (Fame)

http://youtu.be/PaLfDnShEn0 (a beautifuly romantic song -a worrying line though… » ’I never mean’t’ to cause you sorrow and pain » ).

http://youtu.be/ziwsjE1O4Ow One of the best songs ever. Nobody else in the world could sing it with the last line, straight up…..

Never mind Strawberry Fields, it was John Forever…

[Rubyretro]

THE KINKS !!

http://youtu.be/p_u0gn1I8xQ Autumn Almanac

http://youtu.be/fvDoDaCYrEY Waterloo Sunset

http://youtu.be/n9KaI5T0zRw Sunny Afternoon (provocative !)

http://youtu.be/FKv9FP3FzoQ Dedicated follower of Fashion

http://youtu.be/Xnqf_UXmHmo Death of a clown

http://youtu.be/b_mH9Mdlua0 Mr Pleasant

[Robert]

Poor sound quality but one of their finest moments :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYp5Vpvi_4c

[Beowulf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svZVh19gmNY

Besame Mucho Joao Gilberto, really a better version on the album itself,

but that version you posted is very beautiful, and I am honestly surprised anyone could do it justice...besides Joao.

Here is an actual song from Amoroso, you will see how beautiful that album is:

Zingaro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhOHlyuct2g&feature=related

[Beowulf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbs_EBRnuBw

Days of future past was such a great album. A touch of class in the rock world and genius.

Oh those days of future, passed.

[Limehouse]

I have fond but hazy memories of doing a kind of 'heel toe shuffle' to this ta a family wedding nearly fifty years ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPkKgrmgFTw

[Robert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbzmX0BDpC4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck8nhq7Juak