"Tyranny" by Stabilizers

Finish up March with a Twin-Spin by the Stabilizers.  This is another great song from what I believe is their only album.  But it was a great album, I loved the entire album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfgKy6B-1R8

"Underground" by Stabilizers

Here's another great song that gives me the cool eerie feeling.  I don't know if eerie is quite the right word, but it's the closest one I can think of right now.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYK7YHds5E

"Stranger" by Electric Light Orchestra

I just love songs like this that give you kind of an eerie feeling.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEDBR6xCU5s

"My Bag" by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

Another favorite from Lloyd Cole and the Commotions.

YouTube (7"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG6lDsZQs5A
YouTube (12"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dRxSCMf8JY
YouTube (Live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdiYq-nBtm

YouTube (Live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl8hNh6as7M

"Somebody Put Something In My Drink" by Ramones

Possibly my favorite Ramones song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBFdvcF7auY
YouTube (Live MTV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSiNlsXMeKk

"Blowin' Sky High" by Berlin

Rachel  update 13-Mar-2017: I found some links for this song now:

YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9LtdxSM0Rw
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvwV24yRRb0
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnPDI5r8To4


Original post:

I could not find a video for this song on YouTube. :(

"In My Dreams" by Berlin

Rachel update 13-Mar-2017: WOW!  This is THE SONG!!!  This song literally changed my life.

Actually, it was not the song itself, it was just part of the strange sequence of events that led to my discovery of being a trans-woman.

About a month before I made this post, in February of 2012 I discovered a video for this song had taken down from YouTube and, in the process of trying to fix the link to said video, I was set on the path to becoming a woman.  So this could very well be the most significant song ever in my life!

I have found so much joy and happiness being and living as a woman.  You can read my posts about my life now in my follow on blog: https://rachels-vital-music.blogspot.com/

YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plh_3urRrD8
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFHM12ImaM0
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX12F5JYzCY
YouTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqlBSn8Hp_8
YouTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IbQ_Dnm4Pk
YouTube (pink heels): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxRXSvoC4IU

Original post:

I had no idea there was a video for this song.  Cool!

YouTube (DEAD): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dqGT6AWxY4
YouTube (Live 1984 - DEAD): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bMxrKS6AgY

"Matter of Time" by Berlin

Rachel  update 13-Mar-2017: I moved a link that went to a video of "Pleasure Victim" to my "Pleasure Victim" post on March 22nd and labeled a link that is now dead as such, it was "Live 2011".

YouTube (TV 1979): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APPhaCUZj-0
YouTube (Live 2010): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SuyaMB9XjQ

 YouTube (DEAD): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fWUk_DqJ68

"You Don't Know" by Berlin

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6E4GOAI2t4

"Pleasure Victim" by Berlin

Rachel  update 13-Mar-2017: I moved a link that went to a video of this song (Live 2009) from my post for "Matter of Time" on March 24th to this post. I also labeled a dead link and added a bunch of ones I found today.

I've decided to list some of my favorite Berlin tracks, starting with this one:

YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch9TveEn9X8
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ezqF0vxqo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVcxiVU8NVc
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyu6yRa-ivI
YouTube (Acoustic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDGbxlf6u80
YouTube (Starlight Bowl 2010): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxerel3bJsIYouTube (House of Blues 2012): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GhP5lZBcmE
YouTube (2012): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDGbxlf6u80


YouTube (DEAD): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beYDtODoD5c

"Break Away" by The Beach Boys

Rachel update 5-Jul-2017: 3 out of 5 of the original links are now dead.  I'm adding some new links.

In listening to this song now, I can definitely relate to some of the lyrics:

Time will not wait for me
Time is my destiny
Why change the part of me
That has to be free
....
I can break away from that lonely life
And I can do what I wanna do
And break away from that empty life
When my world is new
...
And I can break away to a better life
Without the shackles that hold me down
I going to make a way for each happy day
As my life turns around

I had to let my female self break free and I broke away from my male shackles that held me down.  That definitely made a way for me to be far happier than I ever was before...

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYATuYflXfQ
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuS4F74ufrA
YouTube (45 RPM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJEzBkJqzQ
YouTube (remix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1WWTOdAqcA
YouTube (alternate): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv6Oz9gNPBs
YouTube (a cappella): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1M6080WczY
YouTube (documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3VxkKiRN7s

Original post:

See yesterday's post for more background about this song.  This is another song from the reel-to-reel tape that we didn't know what it was or who did it for many years.  Then one day my brother Brad came in, pulled out one of my Beach Boys albums and there it was.  It remains one of my favorite Beach Boys songs to this day.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5peXgyakkXo
YouTube (TV 1969 dead): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFP5-el8XfQ
YouTube (TV 1969): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu1TOLObGK8
YouTube (early version dead): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV8MpI4AUXw
YouTube (Live TV July 1969 dead): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzjOYU5eBfs

"That's All She Wrote" by Ricky Nelson

We had an old Reel-to-Reel tape with some songs recorded from the radio.  There were several songs that  we loved but could not identify, because they hadn't been big hits.  If I remember correctly the identification process was hampered by the fact that the tape had been recorded on a cheap portable recorder that did not use a capstan so the tape was not recorded at a precise speed and therefore did not playback at the correct speed and pitch.

Many years later in an effort to find out what this song was I copied it from the reel tape to a cassette and took it into Randy's Records and they were able to identify it as Rick Nelson.

And they had the 45 which I still have.  And I just checked and it is the same Decca 45 that is in the third video below.  The 45 shown in the second video below is a Brunswick which I haven't seen before.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNIxh7GJg5o
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWLNq7DOzFY
YouTube (45 RPM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztKI3my4ArI

"Garden of Allah" by Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra with Barry Frank

I remember blasting this song on the 8-Track player in my 1963 Pontiac Catalina (note: I did not have Tri-Power and it was an automatic, but it was still cool).  I love the horns in this song!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in4WaTfgJE0

"Turn Off the World" by Sharpe and Numan

I had forgotten about this song until the other day when it came up on my iPod.  It has been a favorite for years.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE_amQWKP90

"Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers" by Primus

One on the heavier side, but I still love it.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWMhrGf2ylw
YouTube (Woodstock1994): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1C2SFrwdq0

"You Got Lucky" by Tom Petty

The Petty Bitches - L to R: Erica, Kat, Talia, Hillary, Melahn

Rachel update 11-Apr-2018: the old link is dead, I've added new links and I've decided to add a glimpse into the future:

Tom Petty passed away on 2-Oct-2017.  My friends formed a Tom Petty tribute band called the Petty Bitches, shown in the photo above (see my post from 16-Dec-2017).

Last night they played again and I even joined them on stage singing backup vocals on a couple of songs.  It was scary but a lot of fun!!

Here are some functioning links for "You Got Lucky":

YouTube (official): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtLpZWNyM0I
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA2Hu-JEvNA
YouTube (live 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOAH0iSq2pE
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_v9xZQkRhg


Original Post:

It seems like I didn't like this song when they first played it on MTV, but then it became my favorite Tom Petty song.  Love all the old equipment in the video.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTAhZKP5wCY

"How High the Moon" by Les Paul and Mary Ford

Oh how I love this song.  And it always reminds me of my grandfather who loved Les Paul and Mary Ford.  Yes, I still have his records.  I miss Les Paul, may he rest in peace.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZFKeyGpgK0

"Conquistador" by Procol Harum with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

This is an unusual song in that I prefer the live version with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra instead of the studio version.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F945LQG6fuA
YouTube (HQ Audio): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPlf09nVgWk

"Big Log" by Robert Plant

Yes, it's another "P" song from the 80's.  I've decided to do a few more "P" songs because I'm only going to do a few "Q" songs.  This is one of my favorites from the glory days of MTV.

This song always reminds me of a family party we had where I played music from my old Sony cassette deck, it was one of the early models that the cassette loaded in the top.  The closest one I could find was this one: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/themes/recordplayers/sonyaccess.html.

YouTube (Color): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otp4N38ABC0
YouTube (B&W): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yTGVzMWz9U
YouTube (Live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTJn6CyEwuI
YouTube (Live Toronto 1988): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WZYQQKKReU

"Where Do I Go?" by Swing Out Sister

Another great track from the "Somewhere Deep in the Night" album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0kF98BmIZY
YouTube (Live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNjdeq0QjkE

"Town Without Pity" by Gene Pitney

Over 50 years old, from the 1961 movie of the same name.  I also included a video with stills from the Mad Men TV Series.  I have not watched the entire Mad Men series, but the episodes I have seen were fascinating.  Like my friend Stefanie said: "They nailed it".

YouTube (movie stills): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkRyfcCYCgk
YouTube (Mad Men stills): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXE-aqz09QA

"Suburbia" by Pet Shop Boys

Hmm, I just realized, with one exception, all of the "P" songs I've posted so far have been from the 80's.  I need to mix it up a little more.  Anyway, I love this song.  And the video is pretty cool too.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VCqAjYO3NM

"I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry

This is one of my favorite songs of the past few years.  I can listen to this over and over.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAp9BKosZXs

"Dr. Mabuse" by Propaganda

I think this is my favorite song from Propaganda.  You have to check out the Live at Wembley Stadium video it is extremely cool.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jspBeVa0sTs
YouTube (Live 2004): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fEDeyWQqoE

"Looking for Atlantis" by Prefab Sprout

Decided to do a Prefab Twin Spin.  This is another incredible song from Prefab Sprout.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBafyosi4Pg

"Appetite" by Prefab Sprout

I've decided to get back to doing the artists alphabetically, one letter a week.  I'm going to go back and put the O's in the first week of December because it is still placeholder, so I'm going to do P's this week starting with Prefab Sprout.  It's strange to think that I've loved this song fro 27 years.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS0hpiN_z3g
YouTube (live?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MV5OeHNOsg

"Through the Sky" by Swing Out Sister

I've been listening to Swing Out Sister's "Somewhere Deep in the Night" album on my iPod and really enjoying it.  So I have to post some more songs from it.  I love the music, the lyrics, and the video for this song.  It is so uplifting.

Everything's been said and done
What else is there to say?
When tomorrow's been and gone
And given into yesterday

If I'd known before the things that I know now
I'd be way above the ground
A thousand miles high
Spinning and spiraling through the sky

Waiting for the sun to shine
And brighten up my days
Drifting, floating in and out of time
You came and took my breath away

Now I'm climbing up above the highest cloud
And we're never coming down

A thousand miles high
Spinning and spiraling through the sky

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMsNk0w3cnI

"Sing, Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman

My wife has been watching the Ken Burns Jazz series and I've been catching bits and pieces here and there.  We both highly recommend it.  It is just fascinating!  Anyway, I caught an episode the other day about Benny Goodman and decided I had to post this song. I really like the 9 minute video from the 78 RPM record.  But it was also fun to see the clip from the movie.  Also note the Live at Carnegie Hall is apparently cut off and was actually 12 minutes long.

YouTube (5:16): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2S1I_ien6A
YouTube (Both sides of 78 RPM record - 9:21): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtB6dijjWl8
You Tube (Hollywood Hotel film - 2:12): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJ4dpNal_k
YouTube (Live at Carnegie Hall 1938 - 10:10): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbzXS49937A

Extra - I found this old postcard of San Francisco in the 30's, the same era as this song: http://wowidb.org/images/postcard-san_francisco-30s-200dpi.jpg

"Mommy and Daddy" by the Monkees

Holy cow, I can't believe I had forgotten this song.  This may be my favorite Monkees' song, it is definitely among my favorites.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4AzOZiV45c

"She" by The Monkees

I'm just having a terrible time keeping up with this :(   Anyway, I thought of one more Monkee's song I have to post.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ6LmrP3vK8

"Listen to the Band" by the Monkees

I believe this song was post TV show.  I'm not sure what the video is, certainly from the psychedelic era.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdnkT-N9kfQ
YouTube (movie clip)? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gzmxI6oisg

Other Monkees' songs that I enjoy:

All of Your Toys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_hQQcG_MdA
The Girl I Knew Somewhere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_QxyDIinQ  (with Julie Newmar)
I'm A Believer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts
The Last Train to Clarksville: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGLx4WenGwQ
The Monkees Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPR06pB_1SA
Sometime in the Morning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2glkF7HKck
Steppin' Stone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y08ingivLdQ
Valleri: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7LqYcG6zsU
You Just May Be the One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nLPO-Dhe7s