Try the Saturday and Sunday afternoons oldie programs on RadioMalta. You hear this sort and even older ones dating back to the fifties ., and forties. Amazing stuff.
[Daphne – No thanks. I’m very particular. I couldn’t stand the way 1970s compilation CDs used to be ruined by throwing a couple of crap hits into the mix. Those golden oldie shows are just as bad. I don’t like golden oldies. I like good music, starting in the late 1960s.]
Excellent choice. Thought no one remembered Mr. Blue Sky anymore, especially people your age.
[Daphne – Pat, people my age are most likely to remember Mr Blue Sky. I was in my early teens in the late 1970s, and so the music of that time is seared into my brain. I think I even had the single.]
It was a seventies song, you were just a child. As for the Marmalade song, you must have been in kindergarten.
[Daphne – Would you believe that I remember it, though? It must have been playing so often in the background that it registered somewhere.]
Goes to show that the best music was composed in the 60s and 70s and those songs will live forever. So sad that very few (if any) good songs were composed in the last twenty five years or so. Except for Lady Gaga`s masterpieces, of course!
As recently as 2005, ELO were still getting into the top 10 album list (with “All Over the World – the very best of ELO). They’re my favourite band by far – I think they contributed so much to modern music – look how far they took synthesisers, how they incorporated an orchestra and choir and how they could play/do anything: rock, prog rock, pop, synth pop, disco.
They even have a hillbilly song (“Down Home Town” on the LP On the Third Day. Sadly, they never really received the recognition they deserved, I mean, if The Cure can get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and ELO can’t, something is wrong.
Gzira-Circa 1980’s -It kicks in around 1:00 . Imma , you must admire the post-modernism and intertextuality here of our exchange.
Seriously , this was on the Juke boxe at The Sultana Bar -Qui Si Sana a long time ago .
[Daphne – Yuk, Superfly and Curtis Mayfield. Xi dwejjaq. Total hamallu appeal. And no, I’m not surprised it was on the juke-box at Sultana Bar in Qui-Si-Sana, whatever that was. J J Cale’s Cocaine was on the juke-box at Neptunes waterpolo club in 1978, and we 13/14-year-olds had it played at every (grit your teeth) disco. Why, I even had the single, and probably still do, somewhere. It was the biggest hit of the summer. As for the rest, typical Zanzi ta’ Soho, I suppose. No offence, of course.]
[Daphne – How could I have forgotten it? I bought the LP when I was 13 (it was borrowed by my best friend and never returned…) and this was my favourite track. I played it over and over.]
and at 5′ 10” & 7’50” the best bit of guitar playing you’ll ever hear or witness (and, because we’re now friends again, I give it to you in HD.) Pure magic.
By the way D, thanks for a great show. Nice to end the week on such notes.
[Daphne – You see, this is exactly what I mean when I say that 1960s compilation CDs are ruined with crap. 1960s music didn’t all belong to the same genre, so you can’t make sweeping generalisations about ‘liking 1960s music’. This song is in the category of (shudder) Tie A Yellow Ribbon. It is HOPELESSLY uncool and would never have been played at Woodstock.]
Daphne, I’m not an expert – I’m more into classics but love pop music with a good melody. I got the idea of using that song and included honey and sugar in my video. 60s and 70s had some good stuff – 80s were horrible. Somehow I used to like the disco music in the late 70’s or so.
[Daphne – My apologies for being abrupt, but you picked the very song that I most dislike.]
No problem – as they say in Chinese, de gustibus non est disputandum plus b’hekk il-baqra tinbiegh kollha. Fuq ic-Channels taghna ghandna hafna pop b’kanzunetti b’diversi lingwi, tellajna ukoll hafna kanzunetti u ghanjiet Maltin. Hafna minnhom ninkludu rittratti ta’ veduti ta’ Malta li tiehu l-mara tieghi li m’hijiex Maltija imma li thobb hafna l-istorja u l-kultura ta’ Malta.
[Daphne – Oh, I much prefer this, though I must admit the blue eyeshadow in Life on Mars is amazing. Blue eyeshadow: that’s one thing no number of 1970s revivals is ever going to bring back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYMCLz5PQVw ]
“Last night I heard this politician
Talking ’bout his brand new mission
Liked his plans, but they
came undone when he got
around with God and guns
I don’t know how he grew up
But it sure wasn’t down
at the hunting club
Cause if it was he’d
understand a little bit
more about the working man
God and guns
Keep us strong
that’s what this country
Was founded on
Well we might aswell give up and run
If we let them take our God and guns
Yea out here in my back of the woods
Where God is great and guns are good
You really can’t know that much about ‘m
If you think we’re better off without ‘m
Well there was a time we ain’t forgot
You could rest all night
wid’ya doors unlocked
But there ain’t nobody safe no more
So you say your prayers and
you thank the lord
For that peace maker
in the dresser drawer
God and guns (God and guns)
Keep us strong
that’s what this country, lord
Was founded on
Well we might aswell give up and run,
If we let ‘m take our God and guns.
Yea we might aswell give up and run,
If we let ‘m take our God and guns!
Don’t let ‘m take
don’t you let ‘m take
don’t let ‘m take
Our God and guns
Oh God and guns
Ye keep us strong
that’s what this country, lord
Was founded on
Well we might aswell give up and run,
If we let ‘m take our God and guns!
Try the Saturday and Sunday afternoons oldie programs on RadioMalta. You hear this sort and even older ones dating back to the fifties ., and forties. Amazing stuff.
[Daphne – No thanks. I’m very particular. I couldn’t stand the way 1970s compilation CDs used to be ruined by throwing a couple of crap hits into the mix. Those golden oldie shows are just as bad. I don’t like golden oldies. I like good music, starting in the late 1960s.]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?index=5&feature=PlayList&v=_KiU5P4ihIQ&list=PLE0E6261E0F1BEB47
Excellent choice. Thought no one remembered Mr. Blue Sky anymore, especially people your age.
[Daphne – Pat, people my age are most likely to remember Mr Blue Sky. I was in my early teens in the late 1970s, and so the music of that time is seared into my brain. I think I even had the single.]
It was a seventies song, you were just a child. As for the Marmalade song, you must have been in kindergarten.
[Daphne – Would you believe that I remember it, though? It must have been playing so often in the background that it registered somewhere.]
Goes to show that the best music was composed in the 60s and 70s and those songs will live forever. So sad that very few (if any) good songs were composed in the last twenty five years or so. Except for Lady Gaga`s masterpieces, of course!
As recently as 2005, ELO were still getting into the top 10 album list (with “All Over the World – the very best of ELO). They’re my favourite band by far – I think they contributed so much to modern music – look how far they took synthesisers, how they incorporated an orchestra and choir and how they could play/do anything: rock, prog rock, pop, synth pop, disco.
They even have a hillbilly song (“Down Home Town” on the LP On the Third Day. Sadly, they never really received the recognition they deserved, I mean, if The Cure can get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and ELO can’t, something is wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiOgPd18UmQ
[Daphne – Not my kind of thing at all. You could have gathered that by the sort of clips I upload.]
Lol-Thats why I chose it .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv7AbxqxXag
Gzira-Circa 1980’s -It kicks in around 1:00 . Imma , you must admire the post-modernism and intertextuality here of our exchange.
Seriously , this was on the Juke boxe at The Sultana Bar -Qui Si Sana a long time ago .
[Daphne – Yuk, Superfly and Curtis Mayfield. Xi dwejjaq. Total hamallu appeal. And no, I’m not surprised it was on the juke-box at Sultana Bar in Qui-Si-Sana, whatever that was. J J Cale’s Cocaine was on the juke-box at Neptunes waterpolo club in 1978, and we 13/14-year-olds had it played at every (grit your teeth) disco. Why, I even had the single, and probably still do, somewhere. It was the biggest hit of the summer. As for the rest, typical Zanzi ta’ Soho, I suppose. No offence, of course.]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXVa3ibi6i8
[Daphne – Another one of my absolute favourites. I’ve uploaded it to the playlist.]
Ah, ELO! (Just missed the TV analysis on the last touchdown!)
Forgot how much hair we could grow back then.
Working hard on what I’ve got left. Should I ask Joey’s advice?
In my teens I referred to this as “music to smash furniture to”. My father was less appreciative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC_MS-tG5vw
why nobody included this legend I cannot understand. I’m so upset.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9zj11gf9Qk&feature=related
[Daphne – How could I have forgotten it? I bought the LP when I was 13 (it was borrowed by my best friend and never returned…) and this was my favourite track. I played it over and over.]
good. now I’m speaking to you. and to show you I have no hard feelings here’s this one from all your fans this side of town.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY&ob=av2e
[Daphne – I had that LP too.]
and at 5′ 10” & 7’50” the best bit of guitar playing you’ll ever hear or witness (and, because we’re now friends again, I give it to you in HD.) Pure magic.
By the way D, thanks for a great show. Nice to end the week on such notes.
Don’t forget Toto’s “Africa” … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ZaSINRDGM
This is an oldie from 1969 – and it’s very romantic also :))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKGpP9QkoW0
[Daphne – You see, this is exactly what I mean when I say that 1960s compilation CDs are ruined with crap. 1960s music didn’t all belong to the same genre, so you can’t make sweeping generalisations about ‘liking 1960s music’. This song is in the category of (shudder) Tie A Yellow Ribbon. It is HOPELESSLY uncool and would never have been played at Woodstock.]
Daphne, I’m not an expert – I’m more into classics but love pop music with a good melody. I got the idea of using that song and included honey and sugar in my video. 60s and 70s had some good stuff – 80s were horrible. Somehow I used to like the disco music in the late 70’s or so.
[Daphne – My apologies for being abrupt, but you picked the very song that I most dislike.]
No problem – as they say in Chinese, de gustibus non est disputandum plus b’hekk il-baqra tinbiegh kollha. Fuq ic-Channels taghna ghandna hafna pop b’kanzunetti b’diversi lingwi, tellajna ukoll hafna kanzunetti u ghanjiet Maltin. Hafna minnhom ninkludu rittratti ta’ veduti ta’ Malta li tiehu l-mara tieghi li m’hijiex Maltija imma li thobb hafna l-istorja u l-kultura ta’ Malta.
Was at Woodstock, Daphne, My last year of graduate school. Will never forget the ‘high’. Unforgettable.
Your clips are so well chosen and so memorable.
BTW, The Patriots won! Yes!
Cool music with a cool movie scene make a great combination.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFxwq33rVAs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v–IqqusnNQ&ob=av2e
[Daphne – Oh, I much prefer this, though I must admit the blue eyeshadow in Life on Mars is amazing. Blue eyeshadow: that’s one thing no number of 1970s revivals is ever going to bring back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYMCLz5PQVw ]
You must’ve had the hots for Jimbo, Daphne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgF1StWBp2E
[Daphne – Difficult. He died when I was around five. And I really can’t stand The Doors.]
One super juke box. Enjoy
http://uwall.tv/
Smokie? Oh no.
Hi,
Mike Oldfield Moonlight Shadow if it’s your taste.
Aah Skynyrd, still going strong, believe it or not. In fact, their latest album’s title track “God and Guns” could be a new national anthem for Malta:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql49eLRRJ_E
“Last night I heard this politician
Talking ’bout his brand new mission
Liked his plans, but they
came undone when he got
around with God and guns
I don’t know how he grew up
But it sure wasn’t down
at the hunting club
Cause if it was he’d
understand a little bit
more about the working man
God and guns
Keep us strong
that’s what this country
Was founded on
Well we might aswell give up and run
If we let them take our God and guns
Yea out here in my back of the woods
Where God is great and guns are good
You really can’t know that much about ‘m
If you think we’re better off without ‘m
Well there was a time we ain’t forgot
You could rest all night
wid’ya doors unlocked
But there ain’t nobody safe no more
So you say your prayers and
you thank the lord
For that peace maker
in the dresser drawer
God and guns (God and guns)
Keep us strong
that’s what this country, lord
Was founded on
Well we might aswell give up and run,
If we let ‘m take our God and guns.
Yea we might aswell give up and run,
If we let ‘m take our God and guns!
Don’t let ‘m take
don’t you let ‘m take
don’t let ‘m take
Our God and guns
Oh God and guns
Ye keep us strong
that’s what this country, lord
Was founded on
Well we might aswell give up and run,
If we let ‘m take our God and guns!
What, no Bowie?
Keep this running in the background
http://www.virginradioitaly.it/top/webradio/player?streamRadio=VirginRockClassic&titoloRadio=Virgin%20Rock%20Classic&logo=wrlogo_100_virgin_classic.jpg
[Daphne – Thank you so much. It makes the heavy deadlines a lot more tolerable.]
Breakfast in America – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n33449L-LrU