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How much do looks play a role? Here is the (virtually unknown) Bevis Frond with Nick Saloman on lead guitar and vocals, and he writes most of their original songs. His guitar skills are extraordinary. Unfortunately, he looks like an offspring of the hunchback of Notre Dame. Would they have more success outfitted like Kiss or Cheap Trick? Or imagine Taylor Swift presenting these songs...

Another often overlooked gem: Kingfish. While they certainly benefitted from Bob Weir's presence in the line-up, the concert clips show that he was just one of the guys. The stars were Robbie Hoddinott on lead guitar, Dave Torbert on bass and lead vocals (he also wrote most of their original songs), and Matt Kelly on harmonica.

Interestingly, The Black Keys have an album named "El Camino", but the car is not mentioned in any song. The cover of the album does not feature a Chevrolet El Camino, but shows a rather decrepit Plymouth Grand Voyager.

Considering the ubiquity of Japanese cars, songs mentioning them are rare. Here is one by my favorite obscure band, the Scaramanga Six. Hanging 'round, 'cos there's nothing to do And I love you In your dirty Subaru In your dirty Su-ba-ru I'll do whatever you do 'cos I love you In your dirty Subaru In your dirty-dirty-dirty-dirt-

I like the band very much, and Lincoln is a nice addition. I can give you a Lincoln Continental, featured by Tony Joe White. Now the jailer had been a poor man And now his pockets were stuffed with money And he was sitting outside in a brand new Continental Lincoln With famous skirts on it

The thread title says it all. Let's find out which car brands are mentioned most frequently. I start with "Maserati GT (I Ain't Got You)" by the Blue Oyster Cult. I got a Maserati GT With snakeskin upholstery I got a charge account at Goldblatt's But I ain't got you

I wanna tell you how it's gonna be You're gonna give your love to me I wanna love you night and day You know my love will not fade away You know my love will not fade away Not fade away My love's bigger than a Cadillac I try to show you but you drive me back Your love for me has got to be real You're gonna know just how I feel Love's real, not fade away Not fade away

The world's a tiny blue-green ark Afloat in darkest space. And every creature lives his time And knows his special place And each of us is Noah With a life all in our care To keep against the darkness That's flooding everywhere

I like SF shows in general, but what put "Farscape" above all others for me was Gigi Edgley as Chiana.

Talking Head's "Girlfriend Is Better" which contains the line that gave Jonathan Demme's 1984 concert movie masterpiece its name "Stop Making Sense". And here a surprisingly competent version by the cover band "HeartByrne".

I got a girlfriend that's better than this But you don't remember at all As we get older and stop making sense You won't find her waiting long Stop making sense, stop making sense Stop making sense, making sense I got a girlfriend shes's better than that And nothing is better than this (Is it?)

Joachim Löw, ex-manager of the German national soccer team, used to scratch himself in his pants and then sniff his fingers. He also picked his nose, all on TV during matches. On the other hand, he won the 2014 World Cup. If this is the price you have to pay...

They call her name at 7:30 I pace around the parking lot Then I walk down to buy her flowers And sell some gifts that I got Can't you see It's not me you're dying for? Now she's feeling more alone Than she ever has before She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

Eight miles high, and when you touch down You'll find that it's stranger than known Signs in the street, that say where you're going Are somewhere just being their own Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground Rain gray town, known for its sound In places, small faces unbound

A while ago, we had another thread about "all-star bands". This one would certainly qualify. A rock'n'roll medley fronted by Leslie West (Mountain) and Alvin Lee (Ten Years After), with Steve Hunter and Stewart Copeland (Police) on drums. But you can also catch glimpses of Steve Howe (Yes) on acoustic guitar and some others, such as Robbie Krieger (Doors), Pete Haycock (Climax Blues Band), Ted Turner and Andy Powell (both Wishbone Ash), and Randy California (Spirit) on tambourine (they probably ran out of guitars).

There've been so many girls that I've known I've made so many cry and still I wonder why Here comes the little girl, I see her walking down the street She is all by herself, I try and knock her off her feet 'Cause she'll never break, never break, never break, never break This heart of stone Oh, no, no, no, this heart of stone

I bought the Mississippi River Of course that don't include the towns Or the people Around the Mississippi Well, to cinch the deal the man threw In a boat with crew And then I knew I'd better grab that River fast It wouldn't last They never do, they never do It wouldn't last, last, last

For many bands 50+ years ago it is difficult to find live clips in good A/V quality. Here is one of the Jefferson Airplane.

Another underrated band: Family Here the same song in better audio quality...

… I'm a-gonna raise a fuss I'm a-gonna raise a holler About a-workin' all summer Just to try to earn a dollar … Every time I call my baby Try to get a date My boss says, "No dice, son You gotta work late" … Sometimes I wonder What I'm a-gonna do But there ain't no cure For the summertime blues

Seventy-three men sailed up From the San Francisco Bay Rolled off of their ship, and here's what they had to say "We're callin' everyone to ride along to another shore We can laugh our lives away and be free once more" But no one heard them callin' No one came at all 'Cause they were too busy watchin' those old raindrops fall As a storm was blowin' out on the peaceful sea Seventy-three men sailing off to history

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The Fugs - the anarchists of the 1960s. Some of them remained active. Here is Tuli Kupferberg in 1999 with his interpretation of the 10 commandments. Still, their best opus was the "nothing" song, here live in 2016.

Reading, nothing Writing, nothing Even arithmetic, nothing Geography, philosophy, history, nothing Social anthropology, a lot of nothing Poetry, nothing Music, nothing Painting and dancing, nothing The world's great books A great set of nothing Audy and Foudy, nothing

A heart that's full up like a landfill A job that slowly kills you Bruises that won't heal You look so tired, unhappy Bring down the government They don't, they don't speak for us I'll take a quiet life A handshake of carbon monoxide And no alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises Silent, silent