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    Looking back to La Bestia TV's previous recordings, I found this gem. I had never heard of this band "A Place To Bury Strangers" before, but they certainly put on a show.

     

     

     

    Sandra Fedowitz is amazing on drums.

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    Something (relatively) new from the best Austin has to offer musically - The Black Angels. The first song is from their 2006 album "Passover"; all the others are from the 2022 release "Wilderness of Mirrors".

     

     

    I had not been aware that the Mexicans had something similar to KEXP: Live studio performances in extremely high quality A/V - La Bestia TV

     

     

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    "Framed", the 1954 Leiber & Stoller song, here not merely covered but enacted by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. And despite his awkward clown make-up and the stupid suit (well, it was the 1970s), Zal Cleminson was a very competent guitarist.

     

     

    Any Devils or Rangers fans here?

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    1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

    Any coincidence how important coaching is to the game of ice hockey? 

     

    If Lindy was the coach of the Sabres, I bet Sabres make the playoffs this year... 

     

    This is a very intriguing question. Would the Bills have won a Superbowl in 1990-1993 with a different coach? Or, even more interesting IMHO, would McDermott have had more success with the same players?

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    To follow up on the German theme: Juliane Werding (artist) - Am Tag als Conny Kramer starb (The day that Conny Kramer died)

     

    Well, they took the melody from "The night they drove old dixie down" and converted it into a German anti-drug song, which would be a good thing if the German lyrics were not so embarrassingly inane: "The day that Conny Kramer died, it was a difficult day." Well, who would have thought so? Did you expect it to be easy? 

     

     

     

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    An entry not sung in English: Udo Lindenberg (artist) - Andrea Doria (song)

     

    In the German music scene of the late 1960s/early 1970s, we had the traditional "Schlager" (trivial pop in German), "Krautrock" (mostly experimental and often electronic-based), and some "Liedermacher" (songwriters; songs were folk-like, often funny and with a social comment).  Lindenberg (who had been a jazz drummer; one of his bands had actually been called "Niagara") started something new, a more mainstream rock/pop approach, sung in German. The "Andrea Doria" in the linked song is actually an Italian luxury cruiser, named after a 16th century Genoese admiral, that sank in 1956. Thus, the complete title "All clear on the Andrea Doria" is ironic. The song also contains a line like "we celebrate Paula's birthday today and hope that she will ever get as old as she is looking already now". 

     

     

     

     

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    10 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

    Lydia Purple - The Collectors

     

    I have only met one person named Lydia.  Oddly enough from Buffalo.  Also, if you know this tune, you must have listened to a lot of radio in the late 60's.  Most of the band went on to become Chilliwack.

     

     

     

    Actually, back in Germany I had an LP with this song.  I do not remember if it was this specific version. It came from a compilation album with US psychedelia (12 bands, 12 songs) that I had found in the bargain bin of a record store (5 marks instead of the 15 - 20 for a regular LP). And the LP was not black, but multicolored - I remember red, blue and clear patches. One band I remember was Harper's Bizarre. Thanks for the memories...

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    34 minutes ago, jayg said:

    My mother loves this tune. So do I. His voice booms! His Thunderball Bond tune is epic as well. READ the lyricis to Delilah , very dark.  Apparently it has been popular since the 1960s in Wales and across the world but now being canceled, shocker! It's just a story...

     

     

    Here is a (Scottish) interpretation of "Delilah" that IMHO better reflects the menacing character of the lyrics, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band...

     

     

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    A Quick Laugh to Get By

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    Suzy, Mary, and some of their other girlfriends go to a new ice cream shop to sample their offerings. After tasting a few samples, Suzy exclaims: "Wow, this tastes like fireball!". Mary comments: "Well, we non-alcoholics call this flavor cinnamon".

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