First -- ignore the hair. Listen to the words; appreciate the voice.
Notice Tammy's approach and bearing. She does not find it necessary to crudely or falsely emote: no gesticulations, grinding of hips, wild facial expressions, flirting with the hosts, kisses to the audience.... She sings her song, which she co-wrote (in 15 minutes, reportedly) and will be remembered as long as popular music exists, acknowledges the audience with a "Thank You", and leaves the stage.
You can't find something like this in the MSM at any price.
Toral
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Mike D Leader
ID: 041831612 Wed, May 30, 2007, 23:31
I'd like to go Downtown with Petula Clark in 1964, but maybe I'll just be leaving on a Midnight Train To Georgia with Gladys Knight & The Pips-from the early 70's.
Then again, the black and white Downtown is pretty classic. Not sure which is better.
there are quite a few good Mahavishnu Orchestra videos on youtube. I'll just post this one (since a lot of people have never even heard of em). The Noonward Race (1972)
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Mike D Leader
ID: 041831612 Wed, May 30, 2007, 23:52
A Battle of the Bands.....retro style. If you can get past the Smothers Brothers, you can hear some great shortened versions of Peter, Paul and Mary's AND Donovan's greatest hits. Donovan = Stoned. Had to be.
One of the single best recorded performances in music history.
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katietx
ID: 11430613 Mon, Jun 11, 2007, 23:18
I absolutely LOVE that - thanks so much for posting. It's #1 on my iPod!
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katietx
ID: 11430613 Mon, Jun 11, 2007, 23:24
The best part:
But all I ever learned from love was how to shoot someone who outdrew 'ya."
amen.
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holt
ID: 50340153 Tue, Jun 12, 2007, 02:52
the original version of that song is from the 70's (I think) but this version is from the mid 90's (Jeff Buckley). definitely the best version by far IMO.
found this thread for the first time about 2 hours ago, and haven't been able to pry myself away since. barely made it past the first few posts, as playing one video led you to others...and others...and so on.
great old songs & videos.
just wanted to thank all the people who put them on here. props to you !
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Toral
ID: 575542418 Wed, Jun 27, 2007, 03:54
Hullabaloo was a Hollywood attempt to cash in on some trend. I can't remember what trend -- although I do remember that as a show, it was considered a big joke at the time, even by ignorant teens.
But they had money; and could buy appearances from the biggest stars around. Somebody has put up basically everything Hullaballoo ever did. Watch the props and set. A week or so ago I called up on u-tube a performance that has what i regarded as a top song/singer of the period, showcased by 25 or so girls suddenly rising out of bathtubs in the middle of a number, and go-go dancing. As God is my witness. I couldn't bring myself to link to that. But it appears there will be a lot of amazing Hullabalou clips, with fine recording artists and sometimes surreal stagery.
skinneej Leader
ID: 040625911 Wed, Jun 27, 2007, 13:31
Youtube has taken down the video from Post 65 due to copyright claims by Sony, but you can "see" the audio only version below. It was interesting that John Bon Jovi did this song recently as part of his "unplugged" program, and relayed how he had heard this song from a late singer (Jeff Buckley) several years back. Interesting that a musician of his longevity had not known of Leonard Cohen before a fellow musican told him that Buckley had covered it. I agree with many that this version done by Buckley was the best I have heard, even better than the original which is also very good.
Willie Nelson wrote it! Wow! (I'm sure everyone knows that, but I've never claimed to know anything about music.) I never had any use for Willie Nelson as a singer. He just jumped from 5 points out of 10 to 10/10 in my estimation.
Toral
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Tree
ID: 3533298 Wed, Jul 11, 2007, 08:51
man, Willie is a 20 out of 10 to me. his singing, his style, his songwriting, and his way of life or just fantastic things....
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Great One Sustainer
ID: 053272014 Wed, Jul 11, 2007, 09:16
Would it blow your mind that Lionel Richie wrote some of Kenny Rogers greatest hits?! lol...
As far as Willie goes, thats like saying Johnny Cash can't sing. Technically you are right... they can't sing a lick. But they are great singers. If that makes sense lol...
Tree, ever heard this Toby Keith song? Never smoke with Willie... The live ones are better cause the crowd is singing along, but this version you can understand what he's saying.
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Toral
ID: 575542418 Wed, Jul 11, 2007, 11:44
GO: I understand the concept. I was totally into the Johnny Cash thing from way back when "Ring of Fire" was one of my father's favourite songs, all through the rest of Johnny's life. And I deduced from the flavour of Willie Nelson's performances that he was supposed to have the same kind of thing going....I just never got it. Again, if that's bad on anyone, it's on me, not Willie Nelson. I'm just reporting my reactions....
Toral
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Tree
ID: 3533298 Wed, Jul 11, 2007, 12:23
Tree, ever heard this Toby Keith song?
absolutely. it's my second favorite song about Willie, behind "What Would Willie Do?", by Bruce Robison...
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Toral
ID: 575542418 Mon, Nov 05, 2007, 05:51
This clip was taken off for usage violation not long after I posted it.
But someone has put it up again! So enjoy it while it's here. I wonder whether there's any way to download it to my computer for good this time? It'd be happy to pay something to the rights holder if it would identify itself. -----------------------------------------
re 92 what the crap was that noise yoko was making!? OMG
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Toral
ID: 575542418 Fri, Feb 08, 2008, 03:24
Very poor picture quality...but the famous "You Fool!" episode of Gilbert Gottfried on the new Hollyqood Squares: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkkMkefwa8k
BTW...I think Gilbert could have bluffed one more time. The content of his last answer should have been used as a bluff, and would have worked.
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Toral
ID: 575542418 Thu, Feb 14, 2008, 22:59
I need the help of Gurupies here.
A very funny but rather accidentally salacious episode occurs between 1:07- 1:15 of this SGSA video.
My question is -- who is the actress/clue giver? She's clearly a smart gal and good $10K player....but who is she?
Just to answer your question Toral, it only took a couple of months, she was just one of the contestants and she was giving clues to Michael McKean. Also the link you provided wasn't right, but based on your information I was able to find the right clip here. SGSA
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Doug
ID: 321302615 Mon, Apr 21, 2008, 18:44
Simply an amazing performance/video for when it was recorded... an Italian disco song that's sung in a sort of "jibberish" English... Prisencolinensinainciusol
The whole thing is one long take on a live broadcast.
Several years later he did another performance that is also available on youtube... but there's one video which is a mash up of the two performances that has by far the best audio quality.
Too bad they don't have the uninterrupted video of the first with the improved audio of the second.
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Khahan
ID: 373143013 Tue, Nov 02, 2010, 10:34
I'd leave this one up to a guessing game, but the youtube page says it right at top: