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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.

Once more Alex Harvey - There's No Lights On The Christmas Tree, Mother; They're Burning Big Louie Tonight" A/V quality leaves much to be desired, but Alex Harvey always knew how to put on a show. Sadly, he died in 1982 at the age of 46 from a heart attack.

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?

Watch out for them this year...

As a German, my second favorite NHL team (a mile behind the Sabres) are the Oilers with Leon Draisaitl. It seems somewhat unfair to everybody else that two of the best forwards are on the same team, but such is life. Go Leon! Go Connor!

I have no idea how authentic this is regarding Inuit culture. However, it is stunningly beautiful...

Randy Newman - Putin The song was written and recorded in 2017, well before the current Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Here is another Welsh band: Gorky's Zygotic Mynci "Can Megan" means "The song of Megan". The pics show characters of the famous German cartoonist Janosch.

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?

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".

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...

Fairport Convention - Matty Groves As the uploader said: An (almost) heavy metal version...

The Beatles - Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite!

Well, here are two more versions of the song. First, Dr John. Then, the Grateful Dead...

Ry Cooder - Goodnight Irene

Well, Elvis might be more of a sex symbol than the author of this song, Tony Joe White, but White's version is IMHO far superior...

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

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - Caleb Meyer In retrospect, it is unbelievable that at the beginning of Gillian Welch's career some critics doubted that a Californian girl could play Appalachian folk.

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".

Death of Samantha - Yoko Ono While Yoko's voice leaves a lot to be desired, she could certainly compose beautiful melodies. This is IMHO one of her best songs, and her backing band, "Elephant's Memory", is pretty competent.

Virginia Plain - Roxy Music This is now more than 50 years old...

Another one from 50 Foot Wave - Sally Is A Girl

50 Foot Wave - Clara Bow "Bones were meant to be broken". It is amazing how much energy a person looking as fragile and innocent as Kristin Hersh can provide.

Bongwater - David Bowie Wants Ideas

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