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Carl Sagan, A Glorious Dawn ft. Stephen Hawking (Symphony of Science)
Part 78 of my youtube countdown takes us to the stars and beyond with the legendary Carl Sagan “singing” about the wonder and beauty of the universe with Stephen Hawking. Some brilliant interneter cobbled this autotune masterpiece together featuring Sagan and Hawking rhapsodizing their best and most profound quotes into a groovy psychedelic techno jam. …
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Jeff Bridges, The Man in Me
For part 77 of my countdown, I got Jeff Bridges performing “The Man in Me” at a Lebowski Fest in Los Angeles. The song of course was featured beautifully in the Coen Brothers ultra cult classic, “The Big Lebowski,” when the Dude is riding that magic rug. Dylan wrote this song for his 1970 LP…
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The Ramones, Howard Stern On-Air Fight, I Wanna Be Sedated
Part 76 of my youtube countdown closes down punk week in a hilarious fashion. It’s an old interview from the Howard Stern show featuring Joey Ramone and Marky Ramone going at each others throats with juvenile comic viciousness. Marky calls up Howard complaining that Joey called Marky a drunk the other day. Joey gets on…
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X Ray Spex, Identity
Part 75 continues my unplanned punk week, this time with the legendary X Ray Spex performing their underground surf punk classic, “Identity.” Never heard of X Ray Spex? Well, they were an original punk group from London whose goal was to be “deliberate underachievers.” Releasing only one album, Germ Free Adolescents, X Ray Spex were…
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The Ramones, Blitzkrieg Bop
Part 74 roars on, as I guess its punk week here on williesimpson.com. This time I have the Ramones smashing through a blistering live performance of “Blitzkrieg Bop,” the lead off track from their debut record. The Ramones, hailing from Forest Hill, Queens, NY, are probably the world’s first original punk rockers. This video is…
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The Sex Pistols, Anarchy in the UK
I’m in a punky mood, so for part 73 of my youtube countdown, I have the Sex Pistols with their 1976 classic, “Anarchy in the UK” from their seminal LP Never Mind the Bollocks. There is not much I can say about this record that the video doesn’t give you. Oh, its Glen Matlock on…
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Elvis Costello, Pump it Up
Lets “Pump it Up” with part 72 of my youtube countdown. That’s right, I got Elvis “Declan MacManus” Costello’s 1978 hit “Pump it Up” from This Year’s Model. Now according to wikipedia, “Pump it Up” is a double entendres song about turning up your music’s volume and masturbation. The two seem to go hand and…
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John Lennon, Instant Karma
Part 71 of my youtube countdown begins in a flash with John Lennon’s 1970 release “Instant Karma.” “Instant Karma” is one of the fastest released songs in rock history. John wrote it in the morning, recorded it in the afternoon, and released it ten days later. The urgency of its release convinced karmic minded George…
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The Kinks, Waterloo Sunset
Part 70 of my youtube countdown continues with more Kinks. The Kinks are the most underrated group of gods from the 60s British Invasion era, and this song, “Waterloo Sunset,” is their overrated masterpiece. First of all, let me praise it. From their LP Something Else, “Waterloo Sunset” is a work of genius. It’s just…
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Ozzy Osbourne, How?
Part 69 of my youtube countdown is a funny one. I have Ozzy Osbourne wandering around New York City with a bouquet of flowers singing John Lennon’s “How?” from Imagine. Eventually he discovers Strawberry Fields at Central Park and lays it down for John. It’s both touching and funny as bewildered tourists and New Yorkers…
