then there's this...hilarious, and impressive if you're familiar...

My son’s band has a new one out. Pennyroyal and the song Woodshed.

Quote:Robert Lee "Chan" Romero (July 7, 1941 – April 2024) was an American rock and roll performer, best known for his 1959 song "Hippy Hippy Shake", which he wrote when he was just 17 years old. Romero said Elvis Presley's 1956 performance of "Hound Dog" on The Steve Allen Show was a turning point in his life. He hitchhiked to East Los Angeles, California, in 1958 while still a teenager, where he wrote "Hippy Hippy Shake" and launched his career. An uncle introduced Romero and his music to an A&R representative from Specialty Records: Sonny Bono. Bono was particularly taken with a song called "My Little Ruby" and asked Romero to polish the song and to return in a few weeks. But since Romero needed to return to school in Montana, he never returned to Specialty.

Romero's career skyrocketed with the release of "Hippy Hippy Shake" in July 1959. Released first in North America and later in Australia and the UK, it soon came to the attention of Paul McCartney who liked the song and sang it at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and the Star Club in Hamburg during his early years with The Beatles. It also did well enough in Australia for Romero to do a tour there with Jerry Lee Lewis. The 1964 version by The Swinging Blue Jeans hit number one across Europe. Romero's daughter stated in 2023 that Chan no longer received royalties for his music. Romero became the first Latino to be inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Artist: Chan Romero
Song: "Hippy Hippy Shake"
1959 Del-Fi Records

(04-18-2024 11:42 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

(04-17-2024 10:15 PM)sierrajip Wrote:  One of those nights reminiscing.

Just pulled out a few golden oldies for a nice drive...



Artist: Tom Jones
Album: What's New Pussycat?
Song: "What's New Pussycat?"
Songwriters: Burt Bacharach and Hal David,
June 5, 1965 Decca Records

My sister was a super fan of Tom Jones back in my day. She changed over to Donnie Osmond later on which was crap (sorry sis). one of my favorites was Rare Earth Long version song back in the day.

"No static at all"

Going Japanese:









Watch until the end.





Loop that last song. Rock and Roll

He11 yeah.

I like them classic Japanese songs:

Artist: The Vapors
Album: New Clear Days
Song: "Turning Japanese"
January 1980 United Artists Records



Artist: Alphaville
Album: Forever Young.
Song: "Big in Japan"
January 1984 WEA Records

They're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

(04-29-2024 03:32 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  



They're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

Nice, hadn't heard that one. Plus, I was a big Frederick Forsyth fan, so Dogs of War is a good title.

(04-13-2024 01:08 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Artists: Lonzo & Oscar with the Winston County Pea-Pickers
Song: "I'm My Own Grandpa"
Songwiters: Dwight Latham and Moe Jaffe
1947 RCA-Victor Records

I just saw the chart and then I listened to the song and couldn't stop laughing for a good while. This deserves 50 rep points.

I heard this in the grocery store today and got a little choked up.

"The lyrics of "Who Are You" were inspired by an incident Townshend experienced. After going out drinking with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, Townshend was found in a "Soho doorway" by a policeman, who recognized him and said he would let him go if he could safely walk away."-wikpedia

No one will ever convince me that this isn't the greatest rock song ever written and performed. This is the long version with a missing second verse added back in.

It's The Who, so play it max volume.

Speaking of the Sex Pistols...
Back in the '80s I was hanging out in downtown Greenville with friends at a bar/restaurant called the Treehouse. We would stay up drinking cheap beer from plastic pitchers, stacking them into pyramids until the staff would come and and tell us they were running out of pitchers and needed them back. Local bands would play on the floor between the tables. Three guys were playing one night and I yelled out, "Play Anarchy." To my surprise, they stopped and then cranked right into it.

This one was released in 1977, just in time for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. It was promptly banned from the radio in the UK. The talk was that it was actually the best selling record but was officially kept out of the number one spot.



Of course this didn't stop the boys from taking a riverboat named the Queen Elizabeth down the river Thames and playing the song, until the police came and broke it up. They had death threats and calls to be tried for sedition.

The 1989 Skid Row version played in Moscow wasn't half bad either.

Artist: A Taste of Honey
Album: Twice as Sweet
Song: "Sukiyaki"
Songwiter: 中村 八大 (Hachidai Nakamura), 永 六輔, Ei Rokusuke (Rokusuke Ei),
Janice-Marie Johnson (English lyrics)
March 1981 Capitol-EMI Records




Artist: 坂本 九 (Kyu Sakamoto)
Album: Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits
Song: "I Look Up as I Walk (Ue o Muite Arukō)"
October 15, 1961 Toshiba-EMI Records




credit to JRSEC for bringing this one up...

well...those sure are just about every 80's sound cliche in one song....

Artist: Robin George
Album: Dangerous Music
Song: "Heartline"
1984 Bronze Records




Much-travelled guitarist and producer Robin George dead at 68