DrW

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

Pepperoni, extra pepperoni, peppers, onions, anchovies, olives

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

Of all of The Beatles offspring, I would consider Sean Ono Lennon as the most talented. I love what he does with Les Claypool in the Claypoool Lennon Delirium. Less well known is the GOASTT ("the goast of a saber-tooth tiger"), the band he fronts with his girlfriend, Charlotte Kemp Muhl. I do not know if they are still active, but their older stuff is certainly worth listening to.

Although The Monkees were generated as TV act, Mike Nesmith had success as musician after the TV career was over. He died 4 years ago at age 78. RIP.

On my list of favorites there are a few bands which I would classify as "pop". However, I always liked The Sparks. They produced some memorable songs, and their live performances were based on the contrast between the hyperactive vocalist Russell Mael and the very stoic keyboarder with the Hitler moustache, Russell's brother Ron (alhough he can be seen smiling on rare occasions). Here they are introduced by Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. They also could rock harder, as in "I bought the Mississippi River". The song even has two guitar solos. Unfortunately, it is a bit too short for my taste.

Great!!! Aside from the music, my personal favorite is the old (1950s) Mercedes-Benz (probably a 180 or 180D) in the Snakedriver video.

When "jazz-rock" became a style of its own toward the end of the 1960s, the US had Chicago (Transit Authority); Blood, Sweat and Tears; and a whole bunch of less well known acts (some of my personal favorites: The Flock, Paul Butterfield). In the UK, Colosseum probably was the best known. Personally, my favorite is the Keef Hartley Little Big Band. In this clip, Barbara Thompson's sax solo (~5:30) is the stuff dreams are made of.

Lucid tentacles test and sleeved And joined, and jointed, jade pointed diamond back patterns Neon meate dream of a octafish Artifact on rose petals And flesh petals in pots Fact and feast, in tubes, tubs, bulbs In jest, *****, in jest, in just, in feast, ***** And specks, and speckled, speckled Speckled speculation

If you see something that looks like a star And it's shooting up out of the ground And your head is spinning from a loud guitar And you just can't escape from the sound Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you We were children once, playing with toys And that thing that you're hearing is only the sound of The low spark of high-heeled boys

I'm a-gonna dance with my princess By the light of the magical moon I'm a-gonna dance with my princess By the light of the ma-magical moon As I go along my way I say hey-hey As I go along my way I say hey-hey-ay-ay-ay-ay

The song is great, but the video looks awful. Here is another "official" video of the song.

There's no way you'll get by me With the slightest sleight of hand I'm joining the professionals I want to be a man look! I wave my wand watch the rabbit disappear Join the professionals and learn to fight Animal magic

Another great Beatles song, "I am the walrus", here as a "heavy" cover by the Spooky Tooth. I actually prefer the cover over the original.

One of my favorite Beatles songs, covered here very competently by one of the first all-female bands, Fanny. I have presented this video before in this thread. However, I just learned that Fanny is still performing the song, 50+ years later. Especially June Millington on guitar (75 years at the time of the concert) still has it. They would make an awesome opening act for the next Rolling Stones tour.

Animals came from miles around So tired of walking, so close to the ground They needed a change, that's what they said Life is better walking on two legs! But they were in for a big surprise They didn't know the law! What is the law? No spill blood What is the law!? No spill blood! Who makes the rules? Someone else Who makes the rules!? Someone else!

I am a sucker for songs in triple time. Here is the Claypool Lennon Delirium...

The island of doubt Is like the taste of medicine Working by hindsight Got the message from the oxygen Making a list Find the cost of opportunity Doing it right Facts are useless in emergencies The feeling returns Whenever we close our eyes Lifting my head Looking around inside

When my love Stands next to your love I can't compare love When it's not love It's not love It's not love Which is my face Which is a building Which is on fire On fire