I have a real fondness for Irish music, grew up listening to Irish sea shanties and the Clancy bros and tommy makem and van morrison among many others thanks to my dad.

these are 2 absolutely awesome songs one super traditional and then one from an amazing vocal talent with a beautiful and haunting voice.






fare thee well - dylan
square one - petty
irish rover - pogues & the dubliners
zombie - the cranberries

I would probably try and complete my roster with only 70s easy listening songs, to include “I’m Not in Love”

I made my wife listen to “I’d Love You To Want Me” by Lobo the other day.

Here's my theme song. You know, too much rhythm, grace, and debonair for just one man. It's a song that makes me happy:



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A+ for Rubberband Man

Catching up, no internet at my house.

For pick 3: There is nothing like a classic song finally done right. And Screamin Jay Hawkins shows us all how it is done.





Time for some Black Magic for pick 4:




Pick 1: Blue and Lonesome by Little Walter (long fifties version)
Pick 2 : Lily, Rosemary and The Jack of Hearts by Bob Dylan
Pick 3: Old Man River by Screamin Jay Hawkins
Pick 4: Black Magic Woman by Santana

I sent PM to Mr. Baseball he's up next I think.

Love the Pouges pick! And second Rubberband Man by the Spinners - I Have fond memories of that song.

Round 4
Come Go With Me
The Del-Vikings



Time for some DooWop and this is one of my favorites. Just love the harmonies and vocal blending here

so far:
Doo Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
Barracuda - Heart
Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman
Come Go With Me - The Del-Vikings

Rubberband Man!

I've been doing this all wrong. I started with a list of several thousand songs to post, but I should be riffing off of posts in the thread. Laurie Anderson reminded me of Wong Kar Wai, which reminded me of Faye Wong, which reminded me of Tori Amos. So here's

Cold War



Nobody's Fault But Mine, Led Zep
Bald Headed Lena, Spoonful
Born in Chicago, Paul Butterfield
Cold War, Tori Amos

Time for Frank. My personal favorite is this song.

Frank Sinatra
Fly Me To The Moon





1 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
2 Carole King - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
3 The Glenn Miller Orchestra - In the Mood
4 10cc - I'm Not In Love
5 Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon

Never heard it before. Good theme song.

My4th round pick:



B52s are so underrated

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Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones
Superstar - The Carpenters
Give Me Back My Man - B52s

I hit heavy metal, country-rock, and synth pop so far. MSchu has been tossing in some neat foreign music, and I'd like to toss in my favorite Greek singer, Haris Alexiou.

Hard to really describe why she means so much to me. When I left home, my neighbor gave me a bunch of tapes of her music. Her voice is wonderful. I showed this music to a lot of people, and they enjoyed it just the same as I did.



davet's collection:

You Suffer - Napalm Death
Mad as a Hatter - Larkin Poe
Ocean - Goldfrapp
Anthropoi Monaxoi - Haris Alexiou

......

Mschu18, where are you?

He is skipped, DaveT is on the clock

Keeping up with unique music, I present to you this heartfelt piece by Beats Antique. It's called "Le Refuge," though I obviously don't know what the lyrics are. I did show it to someone who speaks Arabic and French, and he was utterly moved by it, so I'm guessing the lyrics are powerful. I'm not sure which language this is.

Beats Antique is from Oakland. Their shows are absolutely fantastic, featuring belly dancers and puppets. Of course, if you go, make sure you dress up as one of the characters. Okay, I don't go in costume, but it's part of the charm of seeing them live.



davet's collection:

You Suffer - Napalm Death
Mad as a Hatter - Larkin Poe
Ocean - Goldfrapp
Anthropoi Monaxoi - Haris Alexiou
Le Refuge - Beats Antique

Loving all this unique music I never heard before. Screamin' Jay Hawkins has an impossible sounding voice. Really cool.

Skip me, I’m not home.

R*R is up!

My 5th round pick:

This live performance at the Grammys



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Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones
Superstar - The Carpenters
Give Me Back My Man - B52s
Brandi Carlile - The Joke

I have 5. I will PM PM.

They're making a live action remake of Cowboy Bebop. It looks terrible. Television shopping fixed all that.

Please pm next up.

round four:
Yekermo Sew by Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics




Mallet Quartet by Steven Reich
Chaap Tilak by Abida Parveen & Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Smoke Rings by Laurie Anderson
Yekermo Sew by Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics

round five:
Yojimbo by Masaru Sato





Mallet Quartet by Steven Reich
Chaap Tilak by Abida Parveen & Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Smoke Rings by Laurie Anderson
Yekermo Sew by Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics
Yojimbo by Masaru Sato

Awesome

Not by me.

You said you wanted to see Paris.
So I took you to the movie.
"Bon Amie" or something French like that.

And then you said you were embarrassed.
Because I never bought you jewelry.
Television shopping fixed all that.


Nobody's Fault But Mine
Bald Headed Lena
Born In Chicago
Cold War
I Want It All Back