[ComicMike]

One thread, just for beautiful songs, regardless of genre.

I'm not sure, whether such a thread fits CB+, if no, please just delete it, dear admins. :-)

I am a great great fan of 'Toots and the Maytals'. They were in Germany, in Hamburg, in 1982, unfortunately I wasn't there, but I saw the concert on tv. Here a later recording of one of his most beautiful songs.

Toots & The Maytals - Sweet and Dandy (Live on PressureDrop.tv)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQt2LFeCC5Y

[ComicMike]

Raymond Froggatt, called "Froggy" by his fans and friends - Callow La Vita (1968)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHCezXy3d3Q

[Captain Audio]

Judy Collins accompanied by whales.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY_65QY8VAc

[Robb_K]

Here's one of my favourites from 1953 by The Five Keys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Zg6sU3Llk

It was among the first records I obtained (from my parents for my 7th birthday)!

[ComicMike]

I already suspected, that comic friends also have a good taste in music. I listen to almost every genre, with the exception of modern things, like Rap, HipHouse, Techno etc.

Here is a wonderful song from the Great American Songbook, 'Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair' by Stephen Foster, performed by the wonderful Marilyn Horn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO-fotb50eQ

P.S.

As far as I know, the TV series 'I Dream Of Jeanie', was named after the line of text from the song. The TV series knows and loves almost every child in Germany - but also adults.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Foster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dream_of_Jeannie

[Robb_K]

Here's another of my favourites-
By The Afro Blues Quintet Plus One:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQhbOPCJCmc

[ComicMike]

It was 1972 and I was wondering, what might be the most important things in life for me: Money? Girls? Comics? Music? Apart from the former, I was very lucky and BTW, a great song was released in 1972, I'm still a 'Hawkwind' fan today.

Hawkwind - Silver Machine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfniG-AdSC4

[ComicMike]

I'm sad, that England is leaving the EU, as a child, I listened to the Beatles, I cried for joy because this music was so beautiful, I can still say today, that I'm the biggest fan of the Beatles.

The first time, I read Dickens, I also cried with joy.

When I was a child, it was said that English soldiers were holding a maneuver in front of the village, we children ran over there, because we knew exactly, that the English soldiers gave us chocolate, and that's exactly how it was. Our parents had no money to buy us chocolate, but the English soldiers gave us chocolate.

I am sad that England is leaving the EU, how can it be, that this land of high culture, is leaving us? I am sad. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FfvckTanSo

[paw broon]

Unfortunately it's not England leaving, it's the the whole UK.  Scotland is being dragged out of the EU against it's will, but we can't do a thing to stop it.  A big majority of Scots do not want to leave.
Music is important to me and I listen to different styles, from big band to 60's beat, to jazz, classical. I particularly enjoy EST, The Pirates, Dr. Feelgood, GoGo Penguin, Small Faces, Haydn, Vaughn Wiliams, Rolling Stones.

[Andrew999]

Along with Paw, I should make it clear that the majority in Cornwall/Kernow voted against leaving the EU - it's the English you have to blame.

On the plus side, it does mean the Cornish/Kerneweger can return to their old past-times of wrecking and smuggling so thinks might not be so bad :>

[ComicMike]

I have the bad habit of saying 'England', when I mean the UK of course. 

[Captain Audio]

I know little about the EU but it seems like a good idea that is getting derailed by a lack of concern for the smaller member states.
I've read that some of their trade practices have bankrupted grain farmers in the central states.

[The Australian Panther]

Dianna Rigg has recently passed. Huge Cultural Influence on those of the generations most represented on CB+ for her work in the role of Emma Peel. Just found out the origin of the name. M-Appeal [for Male Appeal - which she certainly had]  There were comics of the [UK} Avengers. But here are two musical tributes.
Emma Peel by The Allies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kskwZW9iQNM

The Avengers - Short Skirt, Long Jacket [Emma Peel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idtYckLIZnI

Incidentally, comic trivia. The Hellfire Club in the X-men and the Black Queen have to have been inspired by the notorious HellFire Club episode of the Avengers in which Emma played the Black Queen [Diana designed the costume herself] and which was the first episode censored by the BBC. Look it up!

[ComicMike]

Shanties aren't just an English speaking affair. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCl_qVkP3PI

[ComicMike]

Surely a surprise for all non-englishspeaking-people, hahaha.

Achim Reichel - Die Hochseekuh (Live in Hamburg, 2003)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tj-Hfn2rxU

Achim was one of the last three owners of the Starclub in Hamburg, after which he devoted himself to German folk music and shanties. Germans love him !!!

[ComicMike]

Many people in the world do not seem to know, how much Germans love shanties. Dear friends, Germany is a sea nation. :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcixhtgNluY

[crashryan]

A while back I listened to a big collection of European "hit tunes" from the 30s and 40s. I was surprised how many German songs were about going to sea, wandering, longing for home, etc. Just now I was listening to Wilhelm Strienz' recording of "Abends in der Taverne." It's a favorite of mine because Strienz' rich, deep voice brings out such a feeling of yearning from the lyrics.

[crashryan]

So I looked up Wilhelm Strienz--I never had before--and discovered he was a Nazi superstar who recorded propaganda songs while pursuing a successful career as an opera singer. He was even on Hitler's  Gottbegnadeten list of performers "crucial to Nazi culture." Screw him. I shan't ever hear that song in the same way. Ick.

[ComicMike]

When it comes to German films and music from the 30s and 40s, I inform myself whether they are ideologically burdened and if so, I keep my hands off it.

Music from the 30s and 40s that I particularly like are of course U.S. Swing, Blues, and Jazz, and I have a nice collection of that music. Fortunately, thanks to digital media, this music is pretty cheap these days and nobody no longer have to spend a lot of money on original recordings.

[ComicMike]

Still impressive today: Tubular Bells.

Had Mike Oldfield been born 100 years ago, or earlier, he would certainly have become a classical composer. I am thinking particularly of his 1978 double album 'Incantations', which consists of four movements, like a classical symphony.

Here is a nice BBC recording of Tubular Bells.

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Part 1 - Live at the BBC - 1973

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXatvzWAzLU

[paw broon]

I make no apologies as this is one of my all time favourites. The Small Faces & Tin Soldier. Unfortunately, despite listing this as live, someone, whoever, has overlayed the studio version.  Nevertheless, the sheer energy and power are all there.  And we also have the beautiful P.P.Arnold on backing vocals. They were so good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWTtx_PxPo

While I'm at it, and as The Small Faces are up there in my top 5 groups have a listen to Song of a Baker with the late and sorely missed Plonk Lane on lead vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=small+faces+song+of+a+baker

[ComicMike]

Despite my various music preferences, the 60s are my favorite music decade. By the way, my favorite song of the 'Small Faces' is "All Or Nothing".


Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction (1965)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdWGp3HQVjU

[Andrew999]

Okay, I was trying to hold out - so as not to embarrass myself - but my favourite song is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdgenGhNyOo

[Mr Happy]

Mine would be the William Shatner version of Hey Mr Spaceman

[ComicMike]

... my favourite song is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdgenGhNyOo

Andrew, that made me drink a glass of sherry early in the morning.