Here we have Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles singing ‘Spirit in the Dark’, I feel like this performance should have brought about a new age of understanding and enlightenment for the human species:
This version is different than the one that ended up on the vinyl record of Aretha live at the Fillmore West with King Curtis, which I think is from another night in the same concert series. I recommend both.
SJ
I love Lisa Hannigan’s voice and her overall style, and her version of Depeche Mode’s ‘Personal Jesus’ says a bit about both:
Enjoy your Sunday!
SJ
This live version of Nina Simone singing ‘Ain’t Got No’ always defies my feet to not tap:
Her band here is so good, this is how it’s done.
SJ
Here is your song for this last Sunday morning of 2012:
Best,
SJ
The first album I ever bought was by The Doors, I was very young but I bought it for this song, I played my brother’s copy of it all the time and he finally got mad and took it away from me.Â
Happy Birthday Jim Morrison.
Love,Â
SJ
PS. My brother has since bought me numerous albums and more than made up for denying me this initial musical pleasure.
Elvis Costello has always been one of my favourite songwriters, and here he is with Ron Sexsmith performing Everyday I Write The Book (note the first minute of the video is just jibber-jabber, skip to the 1 minute mark to get to the song). Hearing Ron sing it and this new style of playing it reminds me of how songs can be changed and given a new life. I like the honesty and the tone of this one, there are a lot more varied emotions in it, it sounds more conflicted to me.Â
It also reminded me that it’s very easy for me to lose a whole morning while finding cool tracks on YouTube.
