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Bob Marley, One Love/People Get Ready
In part 24 of my youtube countdown, we’re going to look at Bob Marley’s wonderful posthumous music video, “One Love/People Get Ready.” Why the slashed title? Well, when Marley wrote the song in 1965, it was inspired from an old Curtis Mayfield Impressions song “People Get Ready.” The original cut of the song from 65,…
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John Lennon, Cold Turkey
Part 13 of my youtube favorites countdown continues with the hard-blues psyche fest, John Lennon’s Cold Turkey. Just around the time the Beatles broke up, John Lennon set loose a blistering array of personal/emotional/political singles; Instant Karma, Give Peace a Chance, and this immortal classic, Cold Turkey. John wrote the song about his experience in…
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The Rolling Stones, Respectable
Welcome to part 10 of my youtube favorites countdown where we take a look at the rollicking 1978 single, “Respectable,” by the Rolling Stones. Its appropriate that we take a look at this awesome song right after diving into Chuck Berry’s world. This s0ng is basically a master course on what happens when you combine…