"Long Goodbye" by Thompson Twins

I know I'm taking the easy way out again, but trying to keep up with everything is hard :(

So to keep things simple, I heard this on KCQN Utah today, really enjoyed hearing it and decided it would be my song for today.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIwpQ_mqXPQ

"Now You're Not Here (Daddy Macks Back)" by Swing Out Sister

I had to update my post for August 29th, 2011 today because the link was broken.  The song for that day was "Now You're Not Here" the regular version.  But that reminded me about a great version of that song from "The Big Elsewhere" CD.  If I had just heard this song playing somewhere I doubt that I would have recognized what song it was, but it is so cool sounding, I just love it.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GAo-nmnVM

"Too Gone" by The Connells

Why not another favorite from The Connells?

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKkP4EfG3rQ

"Heartland" by The The

I heard this song on KCQN Utah and it reminded me I needed to post this song.  It is one of my favorite The The songs.  In fact now that I think about it, it is "The" favorite.  Pun intended.  :)

This is the first time I've seen the video and I really enjoyed the video too.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txrILqlaUlE

"Hats Off" by The Connells

Me holding Tanner 11 years ago

Rachel  update 26-Dec-2018:  added photo above.

This is one of my favorite songs from my show on KCQN Utah a couple of weeks ago featuring The Connells.  Thanks again to Stacee for her help with the Connells songs for that show.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyQOWS4NaJo

"Circle" by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

Tanner's first birthday cake, 10 years ago in 2002

Tanner going at that first cake

Rachel  update 26-Dec-2018:  added photos above.

Been a favorite since it came out in what 1988?  Hard to believe that was 24 years ago.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_GkjymuQ9U

"Cigarette Dangles" by The Pursuit of Happiness

This is such a great song!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsMGlHtVV9o
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ioDcDmuPtM

"Vicious Games" by Yello

This is my song for Tuesday, January 24, 2012.  It is another song that I had forgotten about until I heard it on KCQN Utah.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcNX8M1n2gM

"Lust 'n' Love" by The Stray Cats

Me at photo shoot on 25-May-2019

Rachel update 26-July-2019: the original link is dead.  Added this one to the Stray Cats channel:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGoCerro79U

Original post:

This is my favorite Stray Cats song.  I just love the description of the corner of lust and love: "I can hear Chicago Blues from an out of tune guitar and a 1939 neon sign buzzing above the bar".

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD5BV5L2QbY
YouTube (Live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNmiLU9EDKE

Interesting... in the live versions it's Texas Blues.

"The Big Hurt" by Toni Fisher

The songs from this week reminded me of a song from that era that has also remained a favorite all these years.  I do have the 45 of this song but I would have to find it.  This is funny I remember buying this 45.  I was in Woolworth's with my grandmother and there was a bin filled with 45's for something like 4 for $1.  This was one of the 45s I bought.  What I can't remember if that was before or after the Newgate Mall was built.

The 45 RPM video comments mention that it was the first record to use phasing effects.  I had heard this before.  The "Original" video says that the phasing was an accident when they "pushed the wrong button" but it sounded unique so they left it.

YouTube (Original): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uITOWq96M8
YouTube (45 RPM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlE6eHEENg4

"Steam Heat" by The Mariners

Rachel update 16-Jun-2017: I've added a link to where this song starts in the "reel-to-reel" video I made with a recording of the record shown below.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bvdiHiaNz4&t=19m39s

Original Post:

I decided to do one more old 45 for Saturday, January 21, 2012.  I have never noticed before that it was from a Broadway play "The Pajama Game".

I have not been able to find the Mariners version on YouTube, but the Patti Page version is pretty good.  And it was fun seeing the scene from the movie.

YouTube (Patti Page 1954): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1YHL2E2sR4
YouTube (Carol Haney and cast): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0szHqIXQ2R8

"Honey For Sale" by 'Chip' Nelson

Rachel update 16-Jun-2017: both the links I posted originally are dead.  I've added a link to where this song starts in the "reel-to-reel" video I made with a recording of the record shown below.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bvdiHiaNz4&t=8m59s

Original Post:

Another old 45!!  I'm amazed that I was 5 for 5 for these old 45's on YouTube.  Both these sound like the same version.  I thought maybe the black and white was a promo copy, but it doesn't say promo on it so I don't know.  There is some more info about Earl "Chip" Nelson in the comments for the black and white label video.

YouTube (Red & White Label): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZ6N06bzr8
YouTube (Black & White Label): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1CShV7sRD4

"One Room Country Shack" by Johnny 'Guitar' Watson

Rachel update 27-Dec-2018: added a link to my Reel-to-Reel Playlist video just for the record:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bvdiHiaNz4&t=14m4s

Updated January 23, 2013:

Yet again, the video I linked to in the original post is gone.  I've found another one...  who knows how long it will last.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2KL6mSn6wE

Original post:

For Thursday, January 19, 2012 I have selected the B-side to yesterday's selection.  I love both sides of this 45.  Unfortunately I can't find the photo of the B-side.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD4yvPHENsc

"Gangster of Love" by Johnny 'Guitar' Watson

Rachel update 16-Jun-2017: I've added a link to where this song starts in the "reel-to-reel" video I made with a recording of the record shown below.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bvdiHiaNz4&t=11m14s

Update January 23, 2013:

Unfortunately all three of the videos I linked to on YouTube in the original post are no longer available.  Disappointing!  That is one of the bad things about the Internet, something that is there one day can easily be gone the next.  I have found another video on YouTube, but it is a different version.

YouTube (King Records white label promo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhv2vvSCMf4

Original post:

Yet another old 45 for Wednesday, January 18, 2012.  Note: the 1976 LP version is the same as the 1957 45 I have.  The CD I have contains a more Disco version from the 70's.

YouTube (Keen 1957): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFTJ6YbgwUM
YouTube (1976 LP): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liZF_JpM4EE
YoutTube (Live 1977): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk31242CnkU

"Bad Habit" by Willie Loftin & the Discords

Rachel update 16-Jun-2017: the link I posted originally is dead.  I've added a link to where this song starts in the "reel-to-reel" video I made, with a recording of the record shown below.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bvdiHiaNz4&t=6m50s

Updated January 23, 2013:

I guess I can stop being amazed :(

That video has disappeared from YouTube and now I can't find another one for this song.

Original Post
 
Another old 45 for Tuesday, January 17, 2012.  I'm always amazed when I can find this old, off the wall stuff on YouTube!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFvPv6trN1c

"Fantasy" by Nat Wright

Rachel update 16-Jun-2017: both the links I posted originally are dead.  I've added a link to where this song starts in the "reel-to-reel" video I made with a recording of the record shown below.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bvdiHiaNz4&t=4m5s

Original Post:

I found some old 45's a year or so ago and was so happy that this one was among them, because I just love this song.  Then at a recent family dinner my brother asked about this record and if I still had it.  It was so funny that he would ask about that particular record when I had so recently found it.

Note: the first couple of videos I found on YouTube seemed to be playing at the wrong speed (too slow), but these two sound correct to me:

YouTube: (Blue Label): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrAhnClE2yc
YouTube: (White Label Promo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP89QBVvVHQ

"One Love" by The Stone Roses

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTpxRycvfYs
YouTube (Live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0sdNIAXH4I
YouTube (Live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioqYctngUzE

"Runners" by Happy Rhodes

This is my song for Saturday, January 14th, 2012.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwf1QHKQ2pk

"On the Way" by Gerry Rafferty

Happy Friday the 13th!!!

"I used to think that I was doing alright, but now I know that I was just hanging on."

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r__kmmVJnQy

"Middle of the Road" by Pretenders

Rachel update 30-March-2020: Removed "The" from the band name, it's just "Pretenders" without a "The".

This is my song for Thursday, January 12th, 2012.  This is my favorite Pretenders song, it has so many great lines in it, like "As long as you don't try dragging my bay or dropping a bomb on my street" and "I can't get from the cab to the curb without some little jerk on my back".

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNLXHtVEA_c

YouTube (Live 1984): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S03gNidA7m8

YouTube (Live 2009): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KSPeNSkPTE

YouTube (Live in L.A.): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiW_NI9stp8

YouTube (Live in London): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CYsOGTA0eo

Note: this post was updated Sunday, January 15th, 2012, after I heard this song on KCQN Utah.

"Ophelia" by Mae Moore

I have to show off the car I own in 2020

Rachel update 12-April-2020: I finally found this song on YouTube:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpnmHE-0_Vo

Updated January 22, 2013:

I am still unable to find this on YouTube.  I found a preview on LastFM same as yesterday.

LastFM (preview): http://s4.last.fm/preview/111012947/150/0019243583/66/142312491.mp3

Original post:

I'm going to do a Twin Spin of Mae Moore, so this is my song for Wednesday, January 11th, 2012.  Unfortunately this song isn't on YouTube right now either.

Enraptured, enamored with the taste...

"Arrow" by Mae Moore

Rachel update 12-April-2020: I finally found this song on YouTube:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_kiB1ppXDw

Updated January 22, 2013:

I am still cannot find this song on YouTube.  I did find a preview on Last FM.

LastFM (preview): http://s4.last.fm/preview/111012946/172/0017665784/66/142306652.mp3

Original post:

I've been listening to this song the last few days and so it is my pick for Tuesday, January 10th, 2012.  Unfortunately I can't find it on YouTube at this time.

"Life outside the straight and the narrow"

"Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)" by Eight Seconds

Yet another great 80's song that I was reacquainted with because of KCQN Utah.  This is my selection for Monday, January 9th, 2012.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO3bPUCgCAk
YouTube (Live Reunion 2010): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hWoNx4eAAw

"Monkey Gone To Heaven" by Pixies

I can't believe I've gotten this far behind.  In keeping with my selections from the last few days, this is another song I rediscovered because of KCQN Utah and it was my pick for Sunday, January 8th, 2012.  I was too busy that day preparing my show for KCQN.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R_-3w_Iwk0
YouTube (Live BBC): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHVKndMZIwI
YouTube (Reunited Live David Letterman): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRrTl2J2w8

"First-Last-For Everything" by Endgames

This is a very cool song that I had forgotten about until I started helping out with KCQN Utah:

YouTube (4:38): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48jT1J02yIQ
YouTube (Club Version 3:36): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx0RwOn3dQU

"It Don't Heal Clean" by Nathalie Archangel

Updated January 22, 2013: I found a video on YouTube for this song (it has kind of a strange introduction):

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmuwP6ma2rU

Original post:

This is my song for Friday, January 6th, 2012.  Unfortunately, I can't find it on YouTube.  While searching elsewhere I found this interesting blog post:

The Isle of Deserted Pop Stars: http://theisleoffailedpopstars.blogspot.com/2010/01/nathalie-archangel-owl-1991.html

When I have time (Ha, Ha, Ha) I will try to find a link to the song that you can listen to.  You can also listen for it on KCQN Utah

"We'll Be The First Ones" by Twelve Drummers Drumming

Been too dammed busy the last few days and completely forgot to post some songs.  Since KCQN Utah has been one of the things that's been sucking up my time, I decided to post a couple of great songs that I rediscovered from KCQN and I really love.  So this is my song for Thursday, January 5th, 2012:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkf9fV8qQn8
YouTube (Live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX4RFvy5d4k
YouTube (12" version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frOuTjyyLVU

"Old Man Willow" by Elephants Memory

Another great song from the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack

YouTube (Album Cover): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2peJdDBHOo
YouTube (Pictures): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC17RRpqAHk

"A Famous Myth" by The Groop

This is a great song from the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZO9GVqp-94

"Get It Right Next Time" by Gerry Rafferty

I was listening to this song (several times) yesterday, and decided it was my song for Monday, January 2, 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXW-sL5gzHQ

"Carnival 2000" by Prefab Sprout

I picked this song (for Sunday, January 1, 2012) because it seems kind of New Yearish.  I of course forgot to post it.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdYNJKZ9RDU