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The awesome Mavis Staples and The Band as captured by Martin Scorsese.
Thanks to YouTuber Zvankli Militorovic
20 Friday Apr 2018
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The awesome Mavis Staples and The Band as captured by Martin Scorsese.
Thanks to YouTuber Zvankli Militorovic
16 Monday Apr 2018
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Monday, I had Friday on my mind.
The Australian Easybeats’, with their hit 1966 pop song that had something extra-Kinksish about it.
Got to love the energetic joyous performances.
Thanks to YouTuber рлин Вълчев
12 Thursday Apr 2018
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Willie Nelson, with his beloved guitar, Trigger; Emmylou Harris assisting on vocals; and Willie’s sister, Bobbi, on keyboard. The poignant lyrics are by Mr. Nelson.
More Willie Nelson at WillieNelsonVEVO
02 Monday Apr 2018
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music, Rick Danko, song, songwriting, The Band, When You Awake
…you will remember everything
…which would be a welcome change this Monday morning.
Rick Danko on lead vocals and The Band.
Thanks to YouTuber MelkortheMorgoth
12 Monday Mar 2018
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Hang on Sloopy, Liz Brewer, music, RIckDerringer, rock, song, songwriting, The McCoys
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Monday morning The McCoys urge Sloopy to hang on.
The woman in the video is Liz Brewer who was once married to the lead singer of the McCoys, Rick Derringer.
Who was Sloopy? So far I’ve tracked down four stories:
Thanks to YouTuber TransatlanticMoments
05 Monday Mar 2018
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Hard Work, jazz, John Handy, music, performance, saxophone, song, songwriting
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The alarm clock rings Monday, and you’re ready to tote that barge, lift that bale. John Handy’s 1976 surprise hit jazz recording in its original longer album version.
Thanks to YouTuber Marc Leroy
23 Friday Feb 2018
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Beatles, If I Fell, MonaLisa Twins, music, performance, song, songwriting
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Gotta love Lisa’s cello part and Mona’s harmony on this McCartney-Lennon cover.
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01 Thursday Feb 2018
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Bleep Hole, music, parody, People, performance, Roy Zimmerman, shithole, songwriting, Trump
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Singer/songwriter Roy Zimmerman‘s response to the State of the Union address (NSFW).
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29 Monday Jan 2018
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Monday morning, giving thanks: Brian Wilson’s beautiful song.
Covered by the Austrian MonaLisa Twins, who really are; with Dad, Rudolph Wagner, on bass.
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25 Thursday Jan 2018
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More than the great subway settings and the heartfelt sentiments, this Roy Zimmerman tune is probably the only song you’ll hear today that uses the word Weltschmerz. (For those like me, who had to look it up, ever-reliable Wikipedia tells us that Weltschmerz means “world-weariness, the kind of feeling experienced by someone who believes that physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind.)
More Roy at RoyZimmerman
22 Monday Jan 2018
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autotune, Believe, Cher, music, performance, song, songwriting
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Okay, Monday morning, granted that maybe you have the Bob Mackie gowns hanging in your wardrobe, like Cher; and granted that maybe you have the glam wigs sitting on your dresser, like Cher; and granted, too, that maybe you even have the adoring audience, like Cher; but what you don’t have, Buddy, that Cher has, is the set of freakin’ dancers, bouncing insanely above you, suspended on bungee cords.
Cher with the first ever auto-tuned hit.
Thanks to YouTuber CherLiveInConcert
18 Thursday Jan 2018
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Complicated Deep and Sentimental, music, performance, satire, song, songwriting, Taylor Ferrera, Taylor Swift
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Taylor Swift…uh, Taylor Ferrera with a brilliant meta-song about writing the perfect teen tune.
Ever since I discovered her wicked Walmart song on YouTube, I’ve been listening to everything I can find of the talented and satirical Ms. Ferrera.
More Taylor at TaylorFerrera
15 Monday Jan 2018
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En El Ultimo Trago, Eugenia Leon, La Santa Cecilia, Marisoul, music, performance, song, songwriting
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Monday morning and you don’t even realize it yet, down to the last drop of the last bottle. Marisoul of La Santa Cecilia and Eugenia Leon sing “En El Ultimo Trago”:
11 Thursday Jan 2018
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The 17-year-old Judy Garland with All The Things You Are, a lovely rendition.
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29 Friday Dec 2017
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apocalypse, Leonard Cohen, music, performance, song, songwriting, The Future
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Here at Shalblog Industries®, we generally strive to keep an upbeat tone. However, every once in a while we indulge in a darker mood. But not to worry, soon it will be a whole brand new year, and the little midget from Annie will be belting out “Tomorrow” yet again.
Leonard Cohen, with a song more prescient than even he could know, back in 1992 when he wrote “The Future.”
Thanks to YouTuber a1000kissesdeep
28 Thursday Dec 2017
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comedy, music, performance, satire, song, songwriting, Taylor Ferrera, WalMart
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In this holiday season, singer-songwriter Taylor Ferrera’s rollicking ditty reminds us of a much overlooked oppressed minority group.
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25 Monday Dec 2017
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Monday morning, there by the Dryad opening up presents under the tree, the classic Dar Williams comic miniature, “The Christians and The Pagans.”
Thanks to YouTuber sethpdmusic
05 Tuesday Dec 2017
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animation, cartoon, comedy, Got any grapes?, music, song, songwriting, The Duck Song
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Don’t knock it. It’s got 289,000,000+ YouTube views.
Got any grapes?
Thanks to YouTuber forrestfire101
04 Monday Dec 2017
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About eight of us were crushed together in my cousin’s small bedroom watching the 45 RPM seven-inch record revolve. It was the song we had heard the week before on Sunday’s Ed Sullivan Show. Monday morning, the world would be different.
Thanks to YouTuber Racheldr
27 Monday Nov 2017
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Monday morning, you jump out of bed onto a lamppost for the opportunity to make a splash.
The wonderful title song from the movie, performed and choreographed by the effortless Gene Kelly, and brilliant direction by Stanley Donen.
Favorite part: the explanation to the cop at the end.
Thanks to YouTuber ozabbavo77
18 Saturday Nov 2017
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music, Paul Simon, performance, song, songwriting, Still Crazy After All These Years, Willie Nelson
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Willie Nelson’s sadder but wiser take of the Paul Simon classic.
Thanks to YouTuber willietribute2000
16 Monday Oct 2017
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13 Friday Oct 2017
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Baby It's Cold Outside, Dionne Warwick, Frank Loesser, music, performance, Ray Charles, song, songwriting
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Here’s a song that’s been performed by many duos, but It’s hard to get better than Ray Charles and Dionne Warwick. The song was written by Broadway composer Frank Loesser as a party novelty song, but it went on to become a standard despite its never appearing in any of Loesser’s Broadway shows.
Thanks to YouTuber Lennart Ljung
18 Monday Sep 2017
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Monday morning, you said you’d never compromise.
Bob Dylan, Manchester, England, 1966, no secrets to conceal.
Robbie Robertson on guitar.
Thanks to YouTuber Zack
11 Monday Sep 2017
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comedy, I am the very model of a modern major-general, music, performance, song, songwriting, The Elements, Tom Lehrer
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Monday morning, Tom Lehrer gets down to basics. Just in case you’ve forgotten a few of them while singing along, here they are: