Some days, the travelin’ music selects itself
This is a great version of a great song by a great singer. The man swings.
(and for those who didn’t notice, it’s because the girl in the G-8 photo was Brazilian)
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Angry Black Man
July 10th, 2009
4:12 pm
I can swing with that Jay…
Mrs. Godzilla
July 10th, 2009
4:18 pm
Pat Metheny Group…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avwXET5ippQ
DB, Gwinnettian
July 10th, 2009
4:27 pm
The man’s voice is pretty amazing.
Furthermore, his signature, monster hit (You’re gonna miss my lovin’), inspired countless song stylists to even greater cover versions.
DB, Gwinnettian
July 10th, 2009
4:29 pm
ABM, give yer ABD a big hug from me. Off to see mine…
(later, all.)
Brad Steel
July 10th, 2009
4:33 pm
Great funky cover.
But I have to insist that the way under-recognized Antonio Carlos Jobim, father of the bossa nova, gets mentioned with Stan Getz. I do not know if the actual girl from Ipamena is the mother of the bossa nova. She may have been both inspirational and fertile. Besides the bossa nova is likely a love-child.
josef nix
July 10th, 2009
4:36 pm
okay, crew, get to posting. The music choices y’all make is the highlight of my week.
Redneck Convert
July 10th, 2009
4:39 pm
Well, I reckon this is another Bookman swing at that poor SC guvner. Only Ipanema is in Brazil, not Argentina.
You can’t hardly do nothing these days without being called out for it. You wake up one day and decide you need some time off and maybe hike the Appalachian Trail. Then you change your mind and decide maybe you need to spend a week in South America. You’re already almost late for your plane so you forget to tell anybody you’re leaving and where you’re really going. While you’re gone the newspapers are all over it.
Anyhow, that’s how I see things. We ain’t never going to get the White House back if people like Bookman keep teeing off on our best canadates.
And oh yeah, this Rawls guy is a mighty good singer for one of Those People.
Have a good weekend everybody.
Jay
July 10th, 2009
4:41 pm
Right you are, Brad. My dad’s a big Getz fan and I heard that version all the time growing up. Still love it, but the only version I could find on Youtube with a decent sound/video was in Portuguese.
GayGrayGeek
July 10th, 2009
4:41 pm
Hmmm, based on Brad’s 4:33, how’s about this?.
DebbieDoRight
July 10th, 2009
4:42 pm
Talk about classics!!!…………..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpg-KIKD5gU&feature=related
Jay
July 10th, 2009
4:48 pm
I gotta say though, I just listened again to Lou’s version. If that don’t get you moving, somebody better call the coroner.
ByteMe
July 10th, 2009
4:51 pm
Been rockin’ to this most of today.
Tennessee Plates
Jay
July 10th, 2009
4:51 pm
And I almost posted this as the travelin’ music, but took pity on you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVdDK5psRwo
moonbat betty
July 10th, 2009
4:52 pm
this one’s for you redneck convert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3iVHxP8FQ
RW-(the original)
July 10th, 2009
4:58 pm
I’d never noticed how close crooner and coroner are until I reread Jay B’s 4:48 after misreading it the first time.
Angry Black Man
July 10th, 2009
4:58 pm
Time to go pick up the ABD. This is what we’ll ride to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPn_XUKTPxo
jt
July 10th, 2009
4:59 pm
I think of DebbieDoRight
and how she do me wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SunrKwykK_Y
Brad Steel
July 10th, 2009
5:00 pm
“Girl” is unassailable base material with myriad sweet covers. thanks for introducing Rawls cover to me.
My favorite version, pimped from Napster many years ago, feels like an impromptu living-room test-track sung in both English and Portuguese. Possibly, it is the track off of the 1964 Grammy winning album – back when a Grammy was actually significant and not the modern Milli-Vanilli joke.
Angry Black Man
July 10th, 2009
5:00 pm
RW
Depending on the singing, sometimes they’re interchangable. Will check in on everyone this evening if I get time.
jt
July 10th, 2009
5:00 pm
ABM-
There is no black dude that listens to Mettalica.
wet wiccan
July 10th, 2009
5:02 pm
Happy weekend everyone! I like your music choice tonight Jay. So, as long as we are talking about beautiful bodies in motion, or whether it is okay to look … here is my suggestion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58AH3R-6ry4&feature=related
HAHAHAHAHA
Kamchak
July 10th, 2009
5:05 pm
If the theme is oustanding covers of outstanding songs….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?V=KjL_-GWTwWw
DebbieDoRight
July 10th, 2009
5:06 pm
Oh come on Jay!!! Play something from the 80’s at least!!! It’s Friday!!! Let’s play some happy music!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eONhto0x_nI&feature=related
I Report (-: You Whine )-:
July 10th, 2009
5:07 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcwYEGdKto8
~~~~~~
Justice Ginsburg Says She Originally Thought Roe v. Wade Was Designed to Limit ‘Populations That We Don’t Want to Have Too Many Of’…
eewwww!
moonbat betty
July 10th, 2009
5:08 pm
make ‘em talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iYpboTjtoQ
Angry Black Man
July 10th, 2009
5:09 pm
jt, I’m not the average black dude. Been a drummer since 12. My collection ranges from Mozart to Metallica and all in-between
DebbieDoRight
July 10th, 2009
5:10 pm
jt: LOVED IT!!! Too funny!!! If you don’t mind, I’m gonna send that link to some of my friends, they’re gonna holler!!!
Kamchak
July 10th, 2009
5:16 pm
One more time….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuRS9iM9IZQ
jt
July 10th, 2009
5:19 pm
moonbat betty -
About two years ago, I saw a Marquee sign advertising Dr. Hook in front of a honky tonk 40 miles north of Panama City.
Angry Black Man
July 10th, 2009
5:20 pm
jt, if that had you scratching your head, this one is even better,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA
Born and raised in the great state of Alabama.
and I used to see the lead singer and bassist of this group quite often growing up. They used to visit the hospital where my aunts worked. They were all on first name basis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYtJIFVxQXY
Angry Black Man
July 10th, 2009
5:21 pm
Now I’m really out, can’t have the ABD throwing a fit. See y’all later.
Hillbilly Deluxe
July 10th, 2009
5:22 pm
Jay, I’m dedicating this one to you. If I had to play blog referee I’m sure this is how I’d feel some days. (R-rated language)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKrpaFw_CsA
DebbieDoRight
July 10th, 2009
5:25 pm
It’s Friday!! It’s the weekend BABY!!!! And It’s payday!!! Let’s have some fun!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTtelwOgscM
Jay
July 10th, 2009
5:25 pm
I appreciate the thought, Hillbilly. I get a kick out of Junior, but his daddy was better.
jt
July 10th, 2009
5:28 pm
ABM = Darius Rucker
Jay
July 10th, 2009
5:34 pm
Now JT, no personal attacks! :>)
Hillbilly Deluxe
July 10th, 2009
5:34 pm
Jay, I agree about Daddy being much better. This one is for all those straying politicians out there.
You fellers never seem to learn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgpRvYCm6Oc
josef nix
July 10th, 2009
5:35 pm
Ah! Now this restores my faith in humanity…just when you think you may have “pegged” the regulars hereabouts, comes Friday night and you get to see who they REALLY are…Let’s be honest now, shall we and no hyperole ,Jay, my hat’s off to you for this feature…
@@
July 10th, 2009
5:35 pm
I don’t like this guy’s version. There’s a tall, dark latino guy that sings a version but when I look, all his videos have thong-clad, topless latina women str-o-o-o-lling down the beach.
Dang!
I Report (-: You Whine )-:
July 10th, 2009
5:35 pm
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 30% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-seven percent (37%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –7 (see trends).
For the second straight month, voters are more likely to trust Republicans than Democrats on the economy. A Rasmussen video report notes that most Americans say the efforts of the G-8 leaders are not likely to help the economy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FqA2WINPF4
Hillbilly Deluxe
July 10th, 2009
5:39 pm
By request:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O53wg24FAT0
TUESDAY VANDY GIRL
July 10th, 2009
5:40 pm
Long And Lean And ears so floppy, the obama from Illinois goes gawkin and each rear end that he gawks by sarkozy gives a big high 5.
Hillbilly Deluxe
July 10th, 2009
5:43 pm
Another for the Lothario type politicians:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu4Fg5Me-z0
Scooter
July 10th, 2009
5:45 pm
Whiner @ 5:35,
Please don’t post something like that again. My beer came out my nose! Whew!
DebbieDoRight
July 10th, 2009
5:45 pm
C&W for the younger generation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlpzrN8OmhA
wet wiccan
July 10th, 2009
5:46 pm
Hillbilly – LOVED your choice at 5:34!!
I Report (-: You Whine )-:
July 10th, 2009
5:52 pm
This New Journalism, if you can call it that, exhibited in 2008 was epitomized by an eradication of the lines between fact and opinion – and, even more troubling, between reporting and propaganda. Some journalists were content to repeat Democratic Party talking points or bloggers’ rumors as though they were established fact, interspersing them with ideological commentary in a kind of toxic stew.
huh
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/07/08/sarah-barracuda-palin-and-the-piranhas-of-the-press/
Hillbilly Deluxe
July 10th, 2009
5:56 pm
Since somebody posted Johnny Russell, did y’all know he wrote this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg67-CIasMg
DebbieDoRight
July 10th, 2009
6:00 pm
Happy Friday Music for the over 30 somethings……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEq62iQo0eU
Hillbilly Deluxe
July 10th, 2009
6:08 pm
A list of all the blues, country, and rock pickers who haven’t lifted licks from Chuck Berry:
The End