John Simkin Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 When I was a teenager I thought that Gene McDaniels had the best voice I had ever heard. It still sounds good after all these years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K317zw5VYQ0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 Here are some standards he performed in the early 1970s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFnGMXo_cSs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh5NHjmT1hE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_sMKtCOoNQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Burton Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I try to be very eclectic in my music, and that falls into music that will be around long after all of us are gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Burton Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 How eclectic? Well, I love everything from Frank Zappa to Adam Ant. Some of my favorites: Amazing Grace performed by the Royal Scots Dragoon Band Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel Listen to the Band by The Monkees Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo New York Mining Disaster by the Bee Gees Spicks & Specks by the Bee Gees Juke Box Hero by Foreigner Angel of the Morning by Juice Newton Take it on the run by REO Speedwagon Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum Metal Gods by Judas Priest and many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 How eclectic? Well, I love everything from Frank Zappa to Adam Ant. Some of my favorites: Amazing Grace performed by the Royal Scots Dragoon Band Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel Listen to the Band by The Monkees Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo New York Mining Disaster by the Bee Gees Spicks & Specks by the Bee Gees Juke Box Hero by Foreigner Angel of the Morning by Juice Newton Take it on the run by REO Speedwagon Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum Metal Gods by Judas Priest and many more. Our tastes are very different except for Dusty Springfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 Gene McDaniels became very political during the Vietnam War and wrote the great song, Compared To What. The president, he got his war. Folks don't know just what it's for. Nobody gives us a rhyme or reason, Have one doubt they call it treason. We're chicken feathers all, without one nut. Goddammit: Try to make it real, compared to what? There is also a great jazz version by Les McCann and Eddie Harris: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 A good visual version by Dee Dee Bridgewater: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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