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John Lennon, Dear Yoko (home performance)
Part 29 of my youtube countdown continues yesterday’s theme of solo Beatle acoustic performances. In this one, we have John Lennon playing Dear Yoko at his Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island home. The common response to seeing the video is two fold. For starters, a lot of people have trouble believing its really John behind…
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Paul McCartney, For No One
In part 28 of my youtube countdown, I present a 40 something Paul McCartney playing his Beatle classic, For No One, from the Revolver album. There are so many things I love about this performance. First of all, he’s playing one of his most gorgeous piano ballads on acoustic guitar, and its brilliant. I love…
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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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Lucinda Williams, Drunken Angel
Part 22 of my youtube countdown features the modern legend Lucinda Williams and her miraculous Byrds-esque folk jam, Drunken Angel. This song, about dead country singer Blaze Foley, is like the greatest song Tom Petty never wrote. It’s one of those beautiful syncopated guitar pop gems with a gorgeous melody and wonderfully sung lyrics from…
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We are the World, and the Rest of You Can Watch…
Continuing the journey down my youtube favorites list, I give you the infamous “We Are the World.” This tune was written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson sometime in 1985, as a response to the horrendous Ethiopian famine which killed over a million people. I guess it did some good as it raised between 50-60…