DAMN THE TORPEDOS
 

In honor of the day!https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...WWI_poster.jpg Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 'breakthrough' 3rd album> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...eTorpedoes.jpg # 1 song REFUGEE : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFnOfpIJL0M

No idea why but Petty got me to remember this:

Weird Al - Bob
https://vimeo.com/44024588

(not random in the slightest, huh?)

I love Weird Al's 'Bob', but a lot of people don't know that it's a spoof on another level, copying what Dylan did himself back in 1965.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxjIBEZvx0

It's brilliant but so are so many of weird al's spoofs.

There is another spoof on my speakers now but the language in it won't fly here with all probability :D

You can always find Dutch Rudders - In A Field laying around on the web. If you have a taste for rc helicopters then the spoof is pretty ace.

Darn hot day. Time for
Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjg6flu3zuc

Toy Dolls - James Bond Lives Down Our Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SDvb3cjPQg

"The Bed"... Lou Reed
 

...and the "Amphetamine Phantom". Great post, vienna.

Those of us who thought ourselves detached and rather superior were often attracted to the nihilistic counter-culture of the 'Velvets' and Andy Warhol.


'The Bed'

Though from a later time, later even than Transformer, this track from Berlin still gives an unnerving glimpse into that unique world. Don't listen to it in the dark:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsxhM2g1JRg

Cher & David Bowie - Young Americans Medley (Live on The Cher Show)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPlN8RBP-Ws

This appears to be an outtake from a TV performance Bowie did especially for the the late night weekly US live music show "Midnight Special" back in 1973. The show was taped at the Marquee Club in London; at the time, I recall there were people organizing viewing parties around town here in LA. The taping at the Marquee was made difficult by the fact the club, itself, was not very large and Bowie's theatrics tended to be of a larger scale. The show corresponds to about the "Pin Ups" period of Bowie's career. I always remember this show for the song "Sorrow"; the line "with your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue" reminds me of my first ex, from whom, at the time, I was in the process of divorcing...

It is really good to see Bowie performing with Mick Ronson, his fellow Spider. There are several versions of the compete show on YouTube, most of horrific quality; this is the best I could find:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvwySPk6IB0


I doubt Weird Al was able to get the same person for his video (probably a look-a-like), but in the original Dylan video, the bearded fellow in the background in the shawl is none other than the famed Beat poet Allen Ginsberg (my first ex pointed that out to me)...

About 12 years ago, I was working at an office and some of us got into a conversation about music lyrics and I recited the lyrics to "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (my memory was much better then) and when I had finished, a young African-American guy, about 21-22 years old, said "Wow, who wrote that? That guy can really rap!" Imagine his surprise when I told him that bad ass rapper was Dylan...

Here is an alternate take of the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mb3CoWwNyY

The song spawned many parodies:

Formula 1 Racing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fThuNVXVatw

Sasquatch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6U13URINew

The song and its influence is timely, even today:

SuperDelegate Sellout Blues:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsN9pu1sww

The manager of the rock club I used to work in was a huge fan of the sort of Wiemar cabaret style music; Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Lotte Lenya, etc. It was the custom to end each night with the playing of this Lou Reed song, itself a sort of homage to the Wiemar era, as the stragglers were shooed out the door:

Lou Reed - Good night Ladies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4ULAtm5PpY

Here is a taste of the real deal:

Lotte Lenya - Mack The Knife (in German):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7eO7MKEZAY



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With their amps all up to 11
Spinal Tap - Stonehenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ec1WaFrK8E

I posted some Kurt Weill on the previous incarnation of this thread, sung by Lotte Lenya and, more recently, Ute Lemper:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...3&postcount=41

Always in search of the esoteric, it didn't take me long to discover Die Dreigroschenoper... "The Threepenny Opera"... Brecht and Weill, and, unaccountably, find this stuff (even as a 20 year-old) compelling in a way that was somehow similar to the appeal of the Velvet Underground. Now I see why.

Another prized CD is from Columbia Records 'Masterworks', featuring Lenya singing a whole raft of Theatre songs by Weill, Paul Dessau, John Kander and Hanns Eisler.

http://i.imgur.com/cgLjdAZ.jpg

I'm also a big fan of Ute Lemper; I have quite a few of her recordings and a number of the videos she released in the past. I first heard of her on a 24 hour satellite TV network, Classic Arts Showcase, a local PBS station, KCET, here in Los Angeles broadcasts in the wee hours of the night, usually from about 2:00 AM to about 5:00 AM. Some years ago, as a cost cutting measure, KCET cancelled the overnight broadcast and suffered a very severe push back from the viewers; KCET grossly underestimated how popular the program was and, since the station depends on contributions from the viewers, faced a big hit to their revenue; needless to say, they reversed their decision. Classic Arts Showcase isn't just about classical music; they feature clips from rare and classic films from around the world, experimental films and music from all eras, and some just very interesting oddities and whimsies. The network was created and funded by a philanthropist who wanted to bring the best in music, art, film, and performance to the viewing public for free. I just now revisited their website and found they now offer their programming streaming over the Net, again, for free. For those of you who may be curious, here is a link:

http://www.classicartsshowcase.org/



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Wamdue Project - King of my castle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwdlqquJDK4

Wamdue Project - You're The Reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep1yzAw2Vb8

Ah, the last years of the 90's!:03:

Dropkick Murphys - Field Of Athenry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10agPj0Vzu4

Queen & Annie Lennox & David Bowie - Under Pressure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCP2-Bfhy04

Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoDh_gHDvkk

An additional Velvet Underground muse came to mind: Edie Sedgwick. She was also a muse for Andy Warhol and others in the New York underground scene. She was very beautiful and frail and deeply flawed. The Velvet's song Femme Fatale was reportedly written about Edie; many years later, she was the subject of The Cult's song Edie (Ciao Baby). She had a very tragic life, from the time she was born to the day of her death...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edie_Sedgwick


http://www.enjoy-your-style.com/images/edie-face.png



The Velvet Underground And Nico - Femme Fatale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0d5rH45Ux0

The Cult - Edie (Ciao Baby)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oRwlSIn918




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