A little spaced-out travelin’ music, in Neil’s honor
I had this in the queue last week, to mark the memorial service of astronaut Neil Armstrong at the National Cathedral in Washington, but unfortunate events forced a change of plans. I love the artist, Diane Krall (wife of Elvis Costello), as well as the song, and thought it was a small bit of genius to invite her to play and sing at the Armstrong service.
She does a great, wistful interpretation here, perfect for the occasion, and too good to let go by the wayside.
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They BOTH suck
September 21st, 2012
3:36 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w5sE82dKV0
Jm
September 21st, 2012
3:37 pm
What, not the Sinatra version?
Happy Friday. Music Midtown….
stands for decibels
September 21st, 2012
3:39 pm
Space dudes? This tune came immediately to mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2uq_rTNBmU
If we can sparkle he may land toni-i-ite…
(if memory serves, this was the first tune I’d ever heard from the Thin White Duke, over the FM band, as a still-young lad…)
They BOTH suck
September 21st, 2012
3:41 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhSYbRiYwTY
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 21st, 2012
3:42 pm
The only bit from the impressionist worthy of note (pun intended)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LXl4y6D-QI
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
September 21st, 2012
3:43 pm
This is for Mitt – From the 47%ers.
RESPECT — Just a little bit!
stands for decibels
September 21st, 2012
3:44 pm
it was a small bit of genius to invite her to play and sing at the Armstrong service.
indeed, it was.
Jm
September 21st, 2012
3:45 pm
Sinatra version…
yeah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQR0bXO_yI8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
They BOTH suck
September 21st, 2012
3:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2UmP6C9rcs
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 21st, 2012
3:53 pm
Song About the Moon (Simon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s__YqV7jpBM
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 21st, 2012
3:55 pm
A Trip to the Moon !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDaOOw0MEE
getalife
September 21st, 2012
3:56 pm
Ground control to Major Tom…………
Very sad .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG-ja6wpOa0&feature=related
They BOTH suck
September 21st, 2012
4:03 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rhjiVVU_cs
Normal Free, Pro Human Rights Thug...and liking it!
September 21st, 2012
4:13 pm
Here’s one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6DmtPQv7V8
Normal Free, Pro Human Rights Thug...and liking it!
September 21st, 2012
4:15 pm
Oh well….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
September 21st, 2012
4:17 pm
From Mitt TO the 47%ers –
Money Changes Everything
They shake your hand and they smile
And they buy you a drink
They say we’ll be your friends
We’ll stick with you till the end
Ah but everybody’s only Looking out for themselves
And you say well who can you trust
I’ll tell you it’s just Nobody else’s money -
Money changes everything
Money changes everything
We think we know what we’re doin
We don’t pull the strings
It’s all in the past now
Money changes everything
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
September 21st, 2012
4:17 pm
Well, if you’re going to include songs about the moon, you got to include something from old Conway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dpba4DB6-I
They BOTH suck
September 21st, 2012
4:22 pm
Redneck
Cool selection
FrankLeeDarling
September 21st, 2012
4:26 pm
This cover by Devo pretty much sums up MItt Romney for me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2M9jaulods
Normal Free, Pro Human Rights Thug...and liking it!
September 21st, 2012
4:27 pm
Since tomorrow is the first day of all, From “War of the Worlds”…”Forever Autumn…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QAf5aE-YMw&feature=fvwrel
G Mare
September 21st, 2012
4:35 pm
Thanks for the Puple People Eater, Normal. Brings back girlhood memories!
Normal Free, Pro Human Rights Thug...and liking it!
September 21st, 2012
4:37 pm
My pleasure G Mare, it did for me too!
Normal Free, Pro Human Rights Thug...and liking it!
September 21st, 2012
4:39 pm
…then there’s this,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnmCu3U09w
FrankLeeDarling
September 21st, 2012
4:44 pm
Here is my song for the amazing Mr.Neil Armstrong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhUiK6dzp-w
Tom Middleton
September 21st, 2012
5:03 pm
Later, Neil…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfievfwblfw&feature=related
USMC
September 21st, 2012
5:04 pm
Big Trouble Breaking for the Obama Camp!
Unemployment rates rise in some election swing states…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/21/us-usa-states-employment-idUSBRE88K0WD20120921
skydog
September 21st, 2012
5:08 pm
…….sorry, this is the only celestial song that was`nt already taken.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZjxoZdWblI
TITPB
September 21st, 2012
5:08 pm
Not going to be it today…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 21st, 2012
5:09 pm
Turd in the punch bowl at 26.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxcmnG6ogUw
Tom Middleton
September 21st, 2012
5:13 pm
LOL
skydog
September 21st, 2012
5:15 pm
Georgia boys on the moon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hKSYgOGtos
godless heathen
September 21st, 2012
5:19 pm
Well DDR hocked a luggie into the punch bowl at #6.
USMC
September 21st, 2012
5:22 pm
Hooker-Gate gets closer to the White House…
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/21/federal-investigator-white-house-personnel-may-have-been-involved-in-colombia/
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
September 21st, 2012
5:23 pm
Hey at least I posted MUSIC! Duh
Anyway, i don’t know any “moon songs”. My generation just liked to jam out.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
September 21st, 2012
5:25 pm
And stop tattling godless — you’re worse than my 9 year old nephew!
godless heathen
September 21st, 2012
5:26 pm
It came out of the sky!!!
http://youtu.be/eF9y7qmyHKo
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
September 21st, 2012
5:26 pm
OMG! Faux News……….
skydog
September 21st, 2012
5:27 pm
Here`s a bad moon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H06_0ApzkzY
They BOTH suck
September 21st, 2012
5:27 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nazyvzJYPv8
Normal Free, Pro Human Rights Thug...and liking it!
September 21st, 2012
5:29 pm
back in the day I used to fly to the moon on this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyPYM5uUViI
They BOTH suck
September 21st, 2012
5:29 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAgFR_wmLiY&feature=related
They BOTH suck
September 21st, 2012
5:31 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9zcLAUp5E0&feature=related
godless heathen
September 21st, 2012
5:34 pm
Debbie, it was great song though.
How about this one for the 47% ers.
http://youtu.be/NM4-DPitl68
skydog
September 21st, 2012
5:34 pm
There is some little green men in there somewhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCdS7O248g
godless heathen
September 21st, 2012
5:35 pm
BOTH: +1 for Doctor Hook
godless heathen
September 21st, 2012
5:39 pm
Normal: Great tune. But —-
http://youtu.be/-tJXjt5D4zY
Tom Middleton
September 21st, 2012
5:41 pm
DDR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ToCOlIjgO9U#!
Atlanta Mom
September 21st, 2012
5:42 pm
A while back Jay put up music by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. If you enjoyed it, they will be at the Variety Play House November 30. That’s in Little Five Points, an excellent venue for music
http://www.variety-playhouse.com/page/4/
They BOTH suck
September 21st, 2012
5:44 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ3DWa_QLO4
Everyone have a great night and an even better weekend.
Peace
later
godless heathen
September 21st, 2012
5:47 pm
Thanks for the Heads-up Mom. I would love to see them.
Tom Middleton
September 21st, 2012
5:49 pm
Atlanta Mom
Saw ‘em here in Birmingham a little while back and got all their autographs. They are awesome and still getting better!
G Mare
September 21st, 2012
5:50 pm
Sky dog, thanks for Bad Moon – one of my favs!
Atlanta Mom
September 21st, 2012
5:53 pm
Rocketman!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LX7WrHCaUA
skydog
September 21st, 2012
6:02 pm
I played this one last week and it`s been stuck in my head all week. Van makes songwriting seem so easy. Get a piece of paper, walk down the street, and add a little music, so simple a Bill Orvis could do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYyVxQgnhDo
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
September 21st, 2012
6:03 pm
godless – that welfare song was deep! Thanks.
Tom — I’m a big Aretha fan, I hadn’t heard that one though. Thanks to you too!
G Mare
September 21st, 2012
6:03 pm
Tom M., WOW! Don’t know what is has to do with the moon, but JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH gets me out of the recliner! Thanks. And I thought the movie was hilarious, too.
skydog
September 21st, 2012
6:11 pm
2 brothers from North Carolina.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I83llca5mf0
G Mare
September 21st, 2012
6:12 pm
SEXY EYES put me in mind of HUNGRY EYES from DIRTY DANCING.
Tom Middleton
September 21st, 2012
6:13 pm
DDR
Yeah, Aretha had a preacher father and learned to sing in church. There is something spiritual about every note she sings (and writes).
Tom Middleton
September 21st, 2012
6:14 pm
G Mare
Didn’t see the movie, but the clip is almost legendary.
skydog
September 21st, 2012
6:22 pm
Way back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15eWj6VDbI&feature=related
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 21st, 2012
6:23 pm
Did someone say Autumn?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnpxTS0E4Gs
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
September 21st, 2012
6:30 pm
Well, it’s the time of year sorta between summer and winter. Most of the best days are behind you and you’re almost dreading the months to come. People you never thought of dying do, and young people you always thought of as young get old. After a while you get a few years on you, and sometimes you get up in the morning with a feeling you forgot to do something in your life. Or maybe you just want a do-over. Anyhow, this song sorta says that to me. It’s been running thru my head for the past couple weeks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVLonpBtkH0
Tom Middleton
September 21st, 2012
6:32 pm
These guys used to come to Birmingham when I was in high school. That was a loooong time ago and there must have been many incarnations of their group since, but the music is still good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkcd9Ps25eA&feature=related
godless heathen
September 21st, 2012
6:32 pm
Kam By far the best time of the year. Superb A/V experience in that 6:23 posting.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 21st, 2012
6:40 pm
gh
Just got my seeds for greens in the ground. Already starting to get cool mornings up here in the Mtns. and acorns been falling for a couple of weeks now. Pretty soon the leaf peepers will be wandering around up here. Definitely my favorite time of the year.
godless heathen
September 21st, 2012
6:45 pm
I haven’t been deer hunting in at least 10 years, but for some reason, I’m getting the hankering to go this year. TomorrowI will be up at the farm completing a nice comfortable deer watching/observing/photographing/and maybe shooting perch. I miss sitting in the woods on a clear October evening with a good book, binoculars, and a rifle. The good book may be the reason I don’t have any trophies on the wall.
skydog
September 21st, 2012
7:03 pm
My favorite bass player. She knows how to pick guitar players too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeT1sXLzAko
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 21st, 2012
7:11 pm
My favorite bass player. A babe that played for the Prez.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loHQdupqcFY
skydog
September 21st, 2012
7:24 pm
The Jimi Hendrix of bass players. Bootsy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oeaeGmqL2M
Erwin's cat
September 21st, 2012
7:34 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFwaf1uXtUM
I am reacquainting myself with these Brits
BTW thanks everyone for keeping me sharp, dinner party politics is a more fun compared than what it used to be…for fun I can take either side of an argument
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 21st, 2012
7:44 pm
A cat in a box at a dinner party?
Only by opening the box may we determine if the cat even drinks the apéritif.
G Mare
September 21st, 2012
8:06 pm
Hey, Heathen, how about posting MOON RIVER again? Yeah, I could probably find it on my own, but it’s more fun (cooler?) to experience it here.
BTW, I don’t know the why of your blog name, but I like it.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 21st, 2012
8:14 pm
G Mare
Not Moon River, but I believe you may enjoy this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKB_RpYvDNM
Mick
September 21st, 2012
8:18 pm
How’s about a little dark side?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcG47CpsU6c
moonbat betty
September 21st, 2012
8:21 pm
For RC:
Walkin’ after midnight.
Out in the moonlight…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RICeErc0ni8
moonbat betty
September 21st, 2012
8:23 pm
Forever beautiful, Mick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8trIULNRguM
moonbat betty
September 21st, 2012
8:28 pm
Neil was the man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1YK2a-B9zk
RIP
moonbat betty
September 21st, 2012
8:33 pm
booyaaa
its a wonderful night for a moondance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lFxGBB4UGU
Mick
September 21st, 2012
8:34 pm
honeymooners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOw0qDQLPn8
moonbat betty
September 21st, 2012
8:35 pm
had fun, moonbat out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3C7DECI0jU
godless heathen
September 21st, 2012
8:37 pm
mb betty: Great Patsy Cline. The queen of country.
This one G?
http://youtu.be/uirBWk-qd9A
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
September 21st, 2012
8:39 pm
And speaking of beautiful, this one was one of the weirdest songs ever to come out of the early 70s. I was alot younger then, and I recall people couldn’t get enough of it. It helped make Neil Diamond’s career. Anyhow, wish y’all could be up here at Billy Bob’s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDR5oRVarq8
Mick
September 21st, 2012
8:39 pm
Bye moonbat-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBZ8ulc5NTg
godless heathen
September 21st, 2012
8:42 pm
Where the ef is josef? I had this one picked out for teach.
(Remember, if detected early diastema is curable.)
http://youtu.be/g5FnGoheN94
stands for decibels
September 21st, 2012
8:48 pm
Anyone post the Beatles’ “Mr. Moonlight” yet? Well, in any case, here’s the original, which (I’m a little ashamed to admit), I’ve never heard, until now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1CXyJntsZg
godless heathen
September 21st, 2012
8:55 pm
sfd: Very nice. So much has happened in music since the days of the Beatles that it seems that today they are under-appreciated.
stands for decibels
September 21st, 2012
9:01 pm
I’m a little ashamed to admit I knew nothing of this “Piano Red” fella who’d performed that original version linked @ 8.48. Per wiki, he was an Atlanta-area native who was performing from the 30s through the 80s (!), and he’d been a popular local DJ.
Wonder if anyone here ever saw him live?
stands for decibels
September 21st, 2012
9:05 pm
Anyway, learning that Piano Red was a.k.a. “Dr. Feelgood,” got me thinking of the British pub-rock band of the same name, which is a good excuse to post one of their tunes…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvCRKJc8xF4
(yes, I’m very fond of British bands popular in their home country, that couldn’t get urinated on if they were on fire here in the States. yer Jam, yer Buzzcocks, etc…)
stuff-to-do awaits. Excellent rest-of-the-evening, all.
skydog
September 21st, 2012
9:18 pm
Hey stands – When you posted above about Piano Red and Mr Moonlight I got to remembering one time about 15 years ago. My son was involved with the Atlanta Blues Society and a teen music program.
They would bring in a guest each month for the jam. One time an old black guy came in and sang with the kids. He told a story about about writing Mr Moonlight and how the kids needed to concentrate on writing music, not just playing. He said. “I wrote one song that got big and it has kept me in Cadillacs for 40 years”.
At the time I had heard of Piano Red and I would have remembered seeing him. It was this guy.
http://clatl.com/cribnotes/archives/2010/08/12/remembering-piano-red-roy-lee-johnson-pays-homage-to-an-old-friend
G Mare
September 21st, 2012
9:27 pm
Kam, MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT was never a favorite, but if memory serves, he was among, if not the first of his race to have his own show – 15 minutes! Yeah, even the network news was only 15 minutes. Thirty minute shows were quite the innovation, back in the day. Of course, all THREE networks/channels signed off at midnight with the inspirational poem, HIGH FLIGHT. No, I wouldn’t go back to those days; I like the myriad choices I have now, 24/7. But then, I guess I couldn’t miss what I didn’t know. But since I DO know, I would miss sexy Mark Harmon on NCIS & Chris Matthews & Rachel Maddow, & Colbert, & Stewart. Okay, end of trip down Memory Lane. Suggestion: do search for poem HIGH FLIGHT.
G Mare
September 21st, 2012
9:34 pm
Yeah, that one, Godless. Thanks.
Old Goober
September 21st, 2012
9:34 pm
. . .I would miss sexy Mark Harmon on NCIS, , ,
Oddly, few people know that Mark Harmon, before he began his acting career, was the starting quarterback at UCLA.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 21st, 2012
9:47 pm
Anyone seen Aquagirl ?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 21st, 2012
9:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LUYsFZ6ECc (Sail Along Silvery Moon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAxJ93LzaaA (Moon Glow)
Liberal Pariah
September 21st, 2012
9:52 pm
Piano Red was a staple in the original Underground Atlanta.
G Mare
September 21st, 2012
9:54 pm
Old Goober, I think that was his dad, Tom Harmon. I could be wrong, of course. Sexy nevertheless.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 21st, 2012
9:57 pm
MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT was never a favorite
OK, my bad.
I was first exposed to that song in the 1987 film Baby Boom, and I always enjoyed NKC’s lyrical style, but — whetevs.
Ellington and Coltrane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCQfTNOC5aE
skydog
September 21st, 2012
10:00 pm
It was Mark, G Mare. I remember right after his UCLA days he was a substitute teacher in a movie.
Liberal Pariah
September 21st, 2012
10:03 pm
Old Goob is right. He quarterbacked at UCLA and then married Mindy of Mork and Mindy. Some people just live right.