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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Upcoming Feature: The Moon is for Lovers

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Next Feature: THE MOON IS FOR LOVERS

The interconnection between the moon, lovers and song has been around forever. This feature will highlight many famous songs.

OUTGOING FEATURE
TOBACCO ROAD - HIGHWAY SONGS


YouTube - Tabacco Road - Eric Burdon and the Animals
YouTube - THE NASHVILLE TEENS - Tobacco Road

"Tobacco Road" is a song written and first recorded by John D. Loudermilk in 1960 that was a hit for The Nashville Teens in 1964 and has since become a standard across several musical genres.

Originally framed as a folk song, "Tobacco Road" was semi-autobiographical tale of growing up in the rough East Durham area of Durham, North Carolina. Released on Columbia Records, it was not a hit for Loudermilk, achieving only minor chart success in Australia. Other artists, however, immediately began recording and performing the song.

The confusingly-named English group The Nashville Teens' rendition was a bold effort featuring prominent piano and bass drum parts set against a dual lead vocal; fellow countryman Mickie Most produced it with the same tough-edged-pop feel that he brought to The Animals' hits. "Tobacco Road" was a trans-Atlantic pop hit in 1964, reaching number 6 on the UK singles chart and number 14 on the U.S. singles chart. While the Teens would have further success in England, in the U.S. "Tobacco Road" became another one-hit wonder of the British Invasion.

In the 1970s, songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman claimed to have been inspired by Tobacco Road while writing Sweet's Blockbuster, after accusations of stealing the guitar riff from David Bowie's Jean Genie.

"Tobacco Road" has been performed by a great number of other artists, often with slightly altered lyrics. Notable renditions include a soul one from Lou Rawls, a rock one from Jefferson Airplane, Mind Garage, a lengthy 17-minute version by Edgar Winter and his band, a sample on dead prez's Psychology, and others from Eric Burdon & War, an unreleased version by Jimi Hendrix, Serbian rock bands Smak and Disciplin A Kitschme, Spooky Tooth, Status Quo, Steve Young, Love Affair, David Lee Roth, Aum, Tommy Cash, Blues Magoos, Blues Creation, Bobbie Gentry, Rare Earth, Jean-Jacques Goldman,.. Tobacco Road (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

THUNDER ROAD (BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN) - HIGHWAY SONGS


YouTube Links:
Thunder Road 1976 Bruce Springsteen
Springsteen - Thunder Road

"Thunder Road" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, and the opening track on his 1975 breakthrough album Born to Run. It is consistently ranked as one of Springsteen's greatest songs, and one of the top rock songs of all time.

The song underwent considerable evolution as it was written, with an early version titled "Wings For Wheels" first performed at The Main Point in Bryn Mawr on February 5th 1975. That phrase would eventually be used in the final version of the lyrics. The original version also mentions a girl named "Christine," "Christina," or "Angelina" (in various versions) rather than the studio homage to "Mary". READ MORE @ Thunder Road (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen Songfacts

GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - HIGHWAY SONGS


Song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin

Performed by Elton John

Video Links:
YouTube - Elton John-Goodbye yellow brick road

YouTube - Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1976

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1973. It is regarded by many as his magnum opus. With worldwide sales of at least 30 million it is his best selling studio album. In 2000 Q magazine placed it at number 84 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2003, the album was ranked number 91 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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(WE'RE) ON THE ROAD AGAIN - WILLIE NELSON - WRITER: ROY WOOD - HIGHWAY SONGS


YouTube Link: YouTube - Willie Nelson, On the road again

"On the Road Again" is a song made famous by country music singer Willie Nelson, and is part of the soundtrack to the 1980 movie Honeysuckle Rose.

The song, about life on tour, came about when the executive producer of Honeysuckle Rose approached Nelson about writing the song.

The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Country and on Guitar Hero: World Tour as a playable track.

In the South Park episode Kenny Dies the driver of the truck carrying the aborted fetuses sings "On the Road Again" before he crashes. On the Road Again (Willie Nelson song) - Wikipedia, the free ...

LIFE IS A HIGHWAY - TOM COCHRANE


YouTube - TOM COCHRANE - Life Is A Highway

"Life Is a Highway" is a song written by Tom Cochrane, from his 1991 album Mad Mad World. The song was Cochrane's most famous song, as it was a number one hit in his native Canada, and was ubiquitous on Canadian radio in 1991. The song also peaked at number six on the Billboard charts in the United States in 1992. The song has been covered and released by Chris LeDoux, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Rascal Flatts. In the 1990s Cochrane took his family to West Africa where he helped to raise awareness and money for the World Vision famine relief organization. That experience shaped his next album Mad Mad World which contained "Life Is a Highway".

The song was Cochrane's only Top 40 hit in the United States, although he continued to have significant hits in Canada. Prominent Cincinnati disc jockey Brian Douglas was the first American DJ to play this song on air.

KING OF THE ROAD - ROGER MILLER


YouTube Link: King of the Road - Roger Miller

"King of the Road" is a 1965 song written and originally recorded by country singer Roger Miller. The lyrics tell of a man with a nomad or perpetual traveler lifestyle (possibly a struggling road musician, as the composer was himself) who, although he lives in a hand-to-mouth existence, also feels free, and describes himself with joking introspection as the "king of the road". It was written at the Idanha Hotel in Boise, Idaho. In an interview with Drake-Chenault host Robert W. Morgan in the early 70's, Miller mentioned writing it while in the Chicago area. The highly popular crossover record hit #4 on the Billboard Top 100, and #1 on their Country and Easy Listening surveys.

The song has been covered by several other artists, including Dean Martin, Jack Jones, Boney M., R.E.M., Johnny Paycheck, Boxcar Willie, Randy Travis, Rangers, James Kilbane, John Stevens, the Statler Brothers, Rufus Wainwright and Teddy Thompson, Giant Sand, The Proclaimers, Ray Conniff Singers and The Reverend Horton Heat during live performances...

READ MORE @ King of the Road (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Roger Miller, King Of The Road Lyrics
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PREVIOUS POST FEATURE

THE BEST SONGS OF ALL TIMES - SEGMENT ONE



Songs are from multiple genres, and while they may not be your favorite songs or even songs you know, they are worth noting and perhaps will become one of your favorite songs.



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"Everyday" - Buddy Holly








Video Link:
Buddy Holly - Everyday
Everyday - Buddy Holly and the Crickets

' "Everyday" is a song written for Laura Elizabeth Coxon, by Charles Hardin (Buddy Holly) and Norman Petty, recorded as a single by Buddy Holly and the Crickets on May 29, 1957 and released on September 29, 1957. Holly plays acoustic guitar; drummer Jerry Allison slaps his hands on his lap for percussion; Joe B. Mauldin plays a standup acoustic bass; and producer Norman Petty's wife, Vi, plays the celeste (a keyboard instrument with a glockenspiel-like tone, used in such classical pieces as "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" from The Nutcracker). The song length is an economical 2 minutes and 5 seconds. The song is ranked #236 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

A cover version recorded by James Taylor was released in 1985, becoming a huge AC hit, and performing moderately well on the Pop and Country charts. Don McLean also covered the song as did Erasure on their 2002 album Other People's Songs. John Denver and The Trashmen have also recorded it, as did indie rock band Rogue Wave. Rock band Pearl Jam performed a rendition live in Lubbock, Texas (Holly's birthplace); it has also been performed live by Deep Purple. A cover version was also recorded by hellogoodbye and released on their 2008 EP, Ukulele recordings. Phil Ochs covered a portion of the song as part of his 'Buddy Holly Medley' which appeared on 1974's Gunfight at Carnegie Hall LP. ... '
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyday_(Buddy_Holly_song)

Lyrics
Everyday it's a-gettin' closer
Goin' faster than a roller coaster
Love like yours will surely come my way
A-hey, a-hey-hey
Everyday it's a-gettin' faster
Everyone said, go ahead and her
A-hey, a-hey-hey
Everyday seems a little longer
Every way love's a little stronger
Come what may
Do you ever long for, true love from me
Everyday it's a-gettin' closer
Goin' faster than a roller coaster
Love like yours will surely come my way
A-hey, a-hey-hey

Everyday seems a little longer
Every way love's a little stronger
Come what may
Do you ever long for, true love from me
Everyday it's a-gettin' closer
Goin' faster than a roller coaster
Love like yours will surely come my way
A-hey, a-hey-hey
Love like yours will surely come my way



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"Pure Love" - Ronnie Milsap








Video Link
Ronnie Milsap - Pure Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhnVdpCJTBw

"Pure Love" is a song made famous by country music singer Ronnie Milsap. Originally released in 1974, the song became Milsap's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the late spring of the year. Although Milsap had two previous top 15 hits—"I Hate You" and "That Girl Who Waits on Tables," both 1973—"Pure Love" is largely credited as being his career-breaking hit.

The song also marked the first country chart-topping single by its writer, Eddie Rabbitt, who had tasted previous success with 1970's "Kentucky Rain" by Elvis Presley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Love

Lyrics

Ronnie Milsap

Pure love, baby it's pure love
Milk and honey and Captain Krunch and you in the morning
Pure love baby it's pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love
Pure love You're the picture of pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love

I wake up with sunshine (sunshine)
Laying beside me
And bluebirds singing right outside my window
Soft warm kisses (kisses)
Say good morning
Then I get breakfast in bed
You know you make me so happy (make me so happy with)
go to chorus, lead, key change

Pure love, baby it's pure love
Milk and honey and Captain Krunch and you in the morning
Pure love You're the picture of pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure lov-ov-ove



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'Wonderful Tonight' - Eric Clapton









Video Links:

Dire Straits feat Clapton : wonderful tonight wembley 1988

Eric Clapton 'Wonderful Tonight' live

"Wonderful Tonight" is a song written by Eric Clapton. It was included on Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand and released as a single the following year. Clapton wrote the song about Pattie Boyd, and it is mentioned in her autobiographical book Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me.

In 1988, Clapton appeared in the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert as a guest guitarist for Dire Straits. The group became his backing musicians for a surprise performance of "Wonderful Tonight" during their set. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderful_Tonight

Lyrics

(by eric clapton)

Its late in the evening
Shes wondering what clothes to wear
She puts on her make up
And brushes her long blonde hair
And then she asks me
Do I look alright
And I say yes, you look wonderful tonight

We go a party
And everyone turns to see
This beautiful lady
Thats walking around with me
And then she asks me
Do you feel alright
And I say yes, I feel wonderful tonight

I feel wonderful
Because I see the love light in your eyes
And the wonder of it all
Is that you just dont realize
How much I love you

Its time to go home now
And Ive got an aching head
So I give her the car keys
She helps me to bed
And then I tell her
As I turn out the light
I say my darling, you were wonderful tonight
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight



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"MISSING YOU" - JOHN WAITE (WAITE / KRAUSS RECORDING)



VIDEO MISSING YOU - ALISON KRAUSS

"Missing You" is a song by British musician John Waite and was included in the album No Brakes. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week on September 22, 1984, and number nine on the UK Singles Chart.

John Waite re-recorded the song with country/bluegrass artist Alison Krauss which appeared on her album A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection, and released it to country music radio in 2007. The re-recording peaked at #34 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It was also featured in the popular '80s inspired video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.




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"LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS" - THE HOLLIES







Many mistake this song as being performed by CCR.

VIDEO LINKS
 THE HOLLIES - 'LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS'
 LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS - THE HOLLIES

"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" is a song by the rock and roll group The Hollies. It was released on February 1, 1972, as a single on the Parlophone Records label.

The song's first-person lyrics tell a story of an FBI agent (the narrator) who is scouting a speakeasy in advance of a raid. Prior to the police's arrival, the narrator meets the "long cool woman" of the title, a singer at the bar described as "5'9", beautiful, tall", and immediately falls in love with her. The raid results in a shootout during which he protects her. The narrator is given congratulations by the District Attorney ("the DA man") and, presumably, a relationship with the woman when he gets legal immunity for her.

It was released soon after Allan Clarke, who was featured on both lead guitar and lead vocal, had left the group. It appears on their album Distant Light (1971). As the group had just left EMI/Parlophone and signed with Polydor, they did not promote the song. However, it became a No. 2 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and No. 1 on Cash Box in the United States, their most successful single there, it was also No. 1 in Canada. It was inspired by, and in the style of, the rock and roll group Creedence Clearwater Revival, especially their song Green River. On being reactivated by EMI in Britain a few months later, it reached No. 32 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song is notable in that it features Clarke playing rhythm guitar, something he rarely did. Clarke came up with the signature guitar rhythm that opens the song. In the light of the song's success, Clarke rethought his solo career and rejoined the group in 1972. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Cool_Woman_in_a_Black_Dress

LYRICS

Saturday night I was downtown
Working for the FBI
Sitting in a nest of bad men
Whiskey bottles piling high

Bootlegging boozer on the west side
Full of people who are doing wrong
Just about to call up the DA man
When I heard this woman singing a song

A pair of 45's made me open my eyes
My temperature started to rise
She was a long cool woman in a black dress
Just a 5-9 beautiful tall
With just one look I was a bad mess
'Cause that long cool woman had it all

I saw her heading to the table
Well a tall walking big black cat
When Charlie said I hope that you're able, boy
Well I'm telling you she knows where it's at
Well then suddenly we heard the sirens
And everybody started to run
Jumping under doors and tables
Well I heard somebody shooting a gun

Well the DA was pumping my left hand
And she was holding my right
Well I told her, "Don't get scared
'Cause you're gonna be spared"
Well I'm gonna be forgiven
If I wanna spend my living
With a long cool woman in a black dress
Just a 5-9 beautiful tall
With just one look I was a bad mess
'Cause that long cool woman had it all
Had it all, had it all, had it all...






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"NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN" - MOODY BLUES







VIDEO LINKS
THE MOODY BLUES - 'NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN'
 THE MOODY BLUES - NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN - 67

"Nights in White Satin" is a 1967 single by The Moody Blues, first featured on the album Days of Future Passed.

"Nights In White Satin" was not a popular song when first released, mainly due to its over seven-minute length. There are two edited versions of the song, both stripped of the orchestra and poetry from the LP version. The first version, with the songwriter's credit shown as "Redwave", was a hasty sounding 3:06 edit of the main song with very noticeable chopped parts. For the second edited version (now credited to Justin Hayward), the main track was kept intact, ending at 4:26. Both versions were backed with a non-LP release, "Cities". The song was re-released in 1972 after the success of such longer-running dramatic songs as "Hey Jude" and "Layla", and it charted at #2 on Billboard magazine and #1 on Cash Box in the United States, earning a gold single for sales of a million copies and was also #1 in Canada. The song also holds the dubious distinction of falling off the Hot 100 from the highest position (#17). It was also released in Spanish as Noches de Seda at the same time. Its original release in the United Kingdom reached #19; in the wake of its US success, the song re-charted in the UK in late 1972 and climbed ten positions higher, to #9. The song was re-released yet again in 1979, and charted for a third time in the UK, at #14.

Band member Justin Hayward wrote the song at age nineteen in Swindon, and titled the song after a friend gave him a gift of satin bedsheets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_in_White_Satin

LYRICS

Nights in white satin, never reaching the end,
Letters I've written, never meaning to send.
Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before.
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore.

'Cos I love you, yes I love you, oh how I love you.

Gazing at people, some hand in hand,
Just what I'm going through they can't understand.
Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be, you will be in the end.

And I love you, yes I love you,
Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.

Nights in white satin, never reaching the end,
Letters I've written, never meaning to send.
Beauty I've always missed, with these eyes before.
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore.

'Cos I love you, yes I love you,
Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.
'Cos I love you, yes I love you,
Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.

Breath deep
The gathering gloom
Watch lights fade
From every room
Bedsitter people
Look back and lament
Another day's useless
Energy spent

Impassioned lovers
Wrestle as one
Lonely man cries for love
And has none
New mother picks up
And suckles her son
Senior citizens
Wish they were young

Cold hearted orb
That rules the night
Removes the colours
From our sight
Red is gray and
Yellow white
But we decide
Which is right
And
Which is an Illusion