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The Weight

20 Friday Apr 2018

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Martin Scorsese, Mavis Staples, music, performance, song, songwriting, The Band, THe Weight

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The awesome Mavis Staples and The Band as captured by Martin Scorsese.

Thanks to YouTuber  Zvankli Militorovic

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“Even My Old Man Looks…Good”

16 Monday Apr 2018

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Easybeats, Friday On My Mind, music, performance, pop, song, songwriting, Stephen Wright

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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

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I Never Cared For You

12 Thursday Apr 2018

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Emmylou Harris, I Never Cared for You, music, performance, song, songwriting, Willie Nelson

 

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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

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When You Awake…

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

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Hang on Sloopy

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:

  1. One of the credited co-writers claims that he wrote the song while in Cuba, and any attractive women there would be called a Sloopy.
  2. Sloopy was the nickname of jazz singer Dorothy Sloop who was a girlfriend of one of the writers.
  3. Jean Sloop was the name of an Ohio waitress who claims to be the inspiration.
  4. A businessman in St. Louis claimed that when he was just a kid in high school he wrote the song and sold it on the cheap to the credited writers. Rick Derringer seems to most believe this story—but he still doesn’t know why the high school kid used the name Sloopy.

Thanks to YouTuber TransatlanticMoments

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Hard Work

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.

  • John Handy – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, vocals
  • Hotep Cecil Barnard – keyboards
  • Mike Hoffmann – guitar
  • Chuck Rainey – electric bass
  • James Gadson – drums
  • Eddie “Bongo” Brown – congas, percussion

Thanks to YouTuber Marc Leroy

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If I Fell

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.

More MonaLisa Twins at MonaLisa Twins

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A Response

01 Thursday Feb 2018

Posted by Jack Shalom in Comedy, Life, Music, Performance, Writing

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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).

More Roy at RoyZimmerman

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God Only Knows

29 Monday Jan 2018

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Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, God Only Knows, MonaLisa Twins, music, performance, song, songwriting

 

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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.

More MonaLisa Twins at MonaLisa Twins

 

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“Everybody Is Everybody Else”

25 Thursday Jan 2018

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comedy, music, Roy Zimmerman, songwriting, subway

 

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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

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Life After Love?

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

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Complicated, Deep, and Sentimental

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

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The Last Drop: La Santa Cecilia

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”:

Drink with me this bottle
and with the last drop we will go away.
I want to see what means your oblivion,
please don’t cover my eyes with your hands
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Tonight I’m not going to beg you,
tonight you will tell me the truth.
How hard it is having to forget you
without feeling that you don’t love me anymore.
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The time hasn’t taught me anything,
I always make the same mistakes,
I drink again and again with strangers
and mourn because of the same sorrows.
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Drink with me this bottle
and with the last drop you will kiss me.
Let’s hope there would be no witnesses
in case you were feeling embarrassed.
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If one day unintentionally we stumble,
neither duck, nor don’t tell me straight.
We will simply shake hands
and after that people will murmur.
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The time hasn’t taught me anything,
I always make the same mistakes,
I drink again and again with strangers
and mourn because of the same sorrows.
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Drink with me this beloved bottle
and with the last drop we will go away.
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More La Santa Cecilia here: ICE, El Hielo: La Santa Cecilia
and here: LaSantaCeciliaVEVO

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“You Are The Angel Glow…”

11 Thursday Jan 2018

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All The Things You Are, Judy Garland, music, performance, song, songwriting

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The 17-year-old Judy Garland with All The Things You Are, a lovely rendition.

More Judy Garland at Judy Garland

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The Future Is Now

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

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“Businesses Are People Too”

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.

More Taylor at TaylorFerrera

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Tree Huggers

25 Monday Dec 2017

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comedy, Dar Williams, family, music, song, songwriting, The Christians and the Pagans

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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

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The Duck Song

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

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She Loves You

04 Monday Dec 2017

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Lennon and McCartney, music, performance, She Loves You, song, songwriting, The Beatles

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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

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Cloudburst Crooning

27 Monday Nov 2017

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dance, Gene Kelly, music, performance, Singin' in the Rain, song, songwriting, Stanley Donen

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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

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Still Crazy: Willie Nelson

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

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This Magic Moment

16 Monday Oct 2017

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music, performance, song, songwriting, The Drifters

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Monday morning’s magic moment from The Drifters.

Thanks to YouTuber Robert Green

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside

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

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Like A Complete Unknown

18 Monday Sep 2017

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Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone, music, performance, Robbie Robertson, song, songwriting

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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

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Elemental

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:

There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium, And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium, And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium, And gold, protactinium and indium and gallium, And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium. There’s yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium, And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium, There’s strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium. There’s holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium, And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium, And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium, Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium. And lead, praseodymium and platinum, plutonium, Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium, And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium. There’s sulfur, californium and fermium, berkelium, And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium, And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium, And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin and sodium. These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard, And there may be many others but they haven’t been discovered.

Thanks to YouTuber The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel

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