Songs I Like

[hardrockminer]

This is a raucous song by a guy with a funny looking guitar and some great dance footwork.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFpv1LKrA9s

[hardrockminer]

This song is sung by a singer with great range.  He sings about being shot down by his lover and is now turned off on love.


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

[hardrockminer]

Happy birthday to Billy Shears!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C58ttB2-Qg

[hardrockminer]

Here's an interesting group for a change of pace.  You have to wonder how they got rich with that many players in the band.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT5NKGgKjyo

[Steve G.]

On this day in 1978, the Gerry Rafferty LP “City to City” went to #1 on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart, July 8th.

It was Rafferty's first solo release in six years—and first release of any kind since 1975—due to his tenure in the band Stealers Wheel and subsequent legal proceedings which prevented Rafferty from releasing any new solo recordings for the following three years.

The album also went to #3 in Australia and Germany, #5 in the Netherlands, #6 in the UK and New Zealand, and #9 in Sweden and Austria.

“Baker Street” was the worldwide smash hit that drove the album to the top, but it also produced two other US Top 40 singles, "Right Down the Line" (#12), and "Home and Dry" (#28).

Click on the link below to watch the classic “Baker Street”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUKsXMtXiYM&pp=ygUbZ2VycnkgcmFmZmVydHkgYmFrZXIgc3RyZWV0

[hardrockminer]

This is a timely song for this time of the year.  Not one of my favourite artists but it was a very popular song back in the day.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBqiC5ox8Bw

[Steve G.]

July 6, 2024, RIP to Joe Egan, co-founder with fellow member Gerry Rafferty,  of Scottish Rock Group Stealers Wheel.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjoqBaW6OMk    Stuck in the Middle with You


Chart (1973)   Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[13]   16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[14]   6
Canada RPM Top Singles[9]   2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)   8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)   8
New Zealand (Listener)[15]   16
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[16]   5
UK Singles Chart   8
US Billboard Hot 100[17]   6
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[18]   13
US Cash Box Top 100[19]   3

[hardrockminer]

This song was used in a movie.  The singer has a fantastic voice.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqNEZ_QgvI4

[Galactica]

Some more great advice from Corb Lund.

This song is great advice for road trips.

https://youtu.be/5S00y75ebq8?si=GmOt7EybD6u5lFVD

[hardrockminer]

This band could sing anything they chose to sing.  This song is about finding a girl to dance with that makes dancing fun.  It almost sounds like acapella in the beginning but there is a slight sound of a guitar in there somewhere.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO2BKiFpMVc

[hardrockminer]

I find this song to be the epitome of a country song.  It's a simple tune with some great songwriting about feelings.


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

[hardrockminer]

This song is about a guy who has a girlfriend with a nasty disposition.  But he realizes his own disposition is just as nasty.  Some great guitar work.


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

[hardrockminer]

Every so often a song comes out that defines a dance style, like the conga.  This is one of the more popular ones from the sixties.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CCgDvUM4TM

[Steve G.]

 One hit wonder!!!

On this day in 1975, the Pilot single “Magic” debuted on the Australian charts at #77 (July 14)


The song went to #1 in Canada, #5 in the US, #8 in the Netherlands, #11 in South Africa and the UK, and #12 in Australia.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASGgn8bNQuA&pp=ygUFUGlsb3Q%3D
 

[hardrockminer]

Some people would call this group punk.  But I think they are more than that.  This is an example.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ