The "Let's Enjoy YouTube While We Can" Thread

[urth]

Especially for urth and any other Kinks fans:  Just heard Scelsa play this on his pre-Xmas show, hadn't heard it in decades. From a long-forgotten 1977 LP called Kansas City Slickers by a band called The Leopards, this is "Dancing In the Snow" -- their lead singer does one helluva Ray Davies imitation...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K8LN5Qn6oo

Finally got a minute to check that out--you're dead on with the Kinks/Davies comparison. Someone was *way* into the Village Green/Arthur period. But they really shoulda invested in a metronome--seemed to me like the tempo kept getting faster and faster as the song progressed.

Btw, loved the choreographed routine of the two Chicago news anchors--wonder how long it took them to work that out? Almost seemed like they do that bit regularly. Very very silly.

[mshray]

Here's a very cool version of Page & Plant doing a version of "Gallows Pole", but can one of our more instrumentally inclined members to me WTF the guy on the far left is playing?  I have never seen anything like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nb0kDAi_-s

[RGMike]

Here's a very cool version of Page & Plant doing a version of "Gallows Pole", but can one of our more instrumentally inclined members to me WTF the guy on the far left is playing?  I have never seen anything like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nb0kDAi_-s

I've seen that thingy before but no idea what it's called. Is that from Jools Holland's show, "Later"?  Comcast/GE/NBC/whatevs just added the Ovation channel to my digital package (it's Ch. 270 for those with Comcast in the Bay), and they run that show. A nice surprise, for a change; they're forever adding Filipino and Asian channels I've no use for.

[urth]

Here's a very cool version of Page & Plant doing a version of "Gallows Pole", but can one of our more instrumentally inclined members to me WTF the guy on the far left is playing?  I have never seen anything like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nb0kDAi_-s

Ah, I can answer that. It's what Donovan was singing about in the song Page played guitar on: a hurdy gurdy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurdy_gurdy

[Alicat]

Spectacular.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7MiG2fe8lE

Was that Fred "Rerun" Berry in there?

[princessofcairo]

Bill Cosby and Allen Toussaint tell it like it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itWCvkK44lE

[Tinka Cat]

Bill Cosby and Allen Toussaint tell it like it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itWCvkK44lE

ha, it's actually Dr. Alin F. Poussaint, not Allen Toussaint.  (I thought they were going to do a duet.) 

[princessofcairo]

Bill Cosby and Allen Toussaint tell it like it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itWCvkK44lE

ha, it's actually Dr. Alin F. Poussaint, not Allen Toussaint.  (I thought they were going to do a duet.)  

I couldn't help myself.

[Gazoo]

Mike, you especially are going to love this: Someone uploaded a series of clips to YouTube called "Songs of XXXX That Should Have Been Bigger Hits," consisting of '70s songs that missed the Top 40 but not by much, that should not be forgotten.  Here's a strictly instrumental set of 1976 almost-charters to get you started:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xgzGJ94ea0

And then just look under Related Videos or click the profile name for more great stuff.

[Gazoo]

Mike, you especially are going to love this: Someone uploaded a series of clips to YouTube called "Songs of XXXX That Should Have Been Bigger Hits," consisting of '70s songs that missed the Top 40 but not by much, that should not be forgotten.  Here's a strictly instrumental set of 1976 almost-charters to get you started:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xgzGJ94ea0

And then just look under Related Videos or click the profile name for more great stuff.

ETA: The poster provides great context/history/trivia for each minute-or-so song snippet.  This is to me one the best uses of YouTube.  Inspires me to check out a lot of stuff.

[princessofcairo]

Mike, you especially are going to love this: Someone uploaded a series of clips to YouTube called "Songs of XXXX That Should Have Been Bigger Hits," consisting of '70s songs that missed the Top 40 but not by much, that should not be forgotten.  Here's a strictly instrumental set of 1976 almost-charters to get you started:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xgzGJ94ea0

And then just look under Related Videos or click the profile name for more great stuff.

ETA: The poster provides great context/history/trivia for each minute-or-so song snippet.  This is to me one the best uses of YouTube.  Inspires me to check out a lot of stuff.

That was funky!

[RGMike]

Mike, you especially are going to love this: Someone uploaded a series of clips to YouTube called "Songs of XXXX That Should Have Been Bigger Hits," consisting of '70s songs that missed the Top 40 but not by much, that should not be forgotten.  Here's a strictly instrumental set of 1976 almost-charters to get you started:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xgzGJ94ea0

And then just look under Related Videos or click the profile name for more great stuff.

ETA: The poster provides great context/history/trivia for each minute-or-so song snippet.  This is to me one the best uses of YouTube.  Inspires me to check out a lot of stuff.

That was funky!

just getting around to this now -- great stuff! The Bob Crewe thing was NTM, as was the Glitter Band and Spin. Hagood Hardy's "Homecoming" was a cult fave at my college station (and one of those peaked-at-#41 unfortunates). "Hard Work" has always been a fave of mine.  And I'm still amazed Walter Murphy's "Flight '76" didn't hit big.

[Tinka Cat]

Do You Eat Crap? Like Punching Sandwiches?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSuSWUsrFFw

[Alicat]

Mike, you especially are going to love this: Someone uploaded a series of clips to YouTube called "Songs of XXXX That Should Have Been Bigger Hits," consisting of '70s songs that missed the Top 40 but not by much, that should not be forgotten.  Here's a strictly instrumental set of 1976 almost-charters to get you started:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xgzGJ94ea0

And then just look under Related Videos or click the profile name for more great stuff.

ETA: The poster provides great context/history/trivia for each minute-or-so song snippet.  This is to me one the best uses of YouTube.  Inspires me to check out a lot of stuff.

That was funky!

just getting around to this now -- great stuff! The Bob Crewe thing was NTM, as was the Glitter Band and Spin. Hagood Hardy's "Homecoming" was a cult fave at my college station (and one of those peaked-at-#41 unfortunates). "Hard Work" has always been a fave of mine.  And I'm still amazed Walter Murphy's "Flight '76" didn't hit big.

and hits keep a comin with a compilation of DISCO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gidAZM_ave0
Not the best presentation but you know me and disco.
I still like the Soul Train clips.

[urth]

...Rachel Maddow *and* Arianna Huffington:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/25/tracey-ullmans-rachel-mad_n_435601.html