George Harrison Covers John Lennon

Live in 1974, with slide guitar and wailing sax.

With lots of feeling, even though the voice sounds really (Dark) hoarse.

New Hafis Hull Video

A great video by Alisdair Wright for Hafdis Huld's "Wolf."

It saunters up to the line between fantasy and reality, then skips back and forth until you're not sure what side you're on.

Beach Boys Meets Raspberries

I never needed any bun...

From his first solo album after the Raspberries broke up, Eric Carmen adds some Beach Boys-style harmonies for what should have been a huge gigantic enormous hit. Instead, it was bubblegummed-up by Sean Cassidy a couple years later.



But instead, the big hit for Carmen was "All By Myself," which is what it is. (And, for what it is, is a pretty good example of... that.)

Which brings me to this ad... which is simultaneously the most brilliant and stupidest thing I've ever seen:

Two Versions

Liberating the opening line from Johnny Cash, John Cale wrote and recorded an orchestral version of "I Keep A Close Watch" for his 1975 album Helen of Troy:




... and then stripped it down to its spooky, heartbroken angst-ridden core for 1981's Music for a New Society:

Connecting the Dots

Guitarists Harry Vanda and George Young went from the Easybeats...



... art rockers Flash in the Pan...



While producing the first six albums of George's younger brother Angus's band (a little combo called AC/DC).

Backwards Forwards Square And Round

And More and that's for sure...


There's an alley, down the hill. You cut through there on the way to the restaurant.

You stop at the restaurant on the way to the other place.



She doesn't want to go to the restaurant. She thinks you should walk around the block instead of cutting through the alley.

You want her to be happy. So you do.

You're annoyed by this. You have your routine. She's causing you to break it.

And you do.



Years later, you don't remember the other place.

You barely remember the restaurant.

You know you went there dozens of times.

But you remember all about the girl.

How she annoyed you. How she didn't want to do anything you wanted.

How her hair smelled.

The way she smiled when you walked up.



Years later, you remember.

Even though you wish you didn't.

Even Though I've Seen The Movie

Oh Declan....

It Just Goes By Different Names

The Dignified Don't Even Enter Into the Game...

Mod. But, you know, with horns.

Born Down the Shore

From the days when it looked like Bruce Springsteen would never finish Born in the USA comes the best garage band in history (with a kick-ass horn section):

Happy Canada Day, Eh