"Eastbound and Down" by Jerry Reed

Another great driving song...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HpmlIDIXPs
YouTube (movie clips): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnRwQjTYfGI

"Driving My Life Away" by Eddie Rabbit

This song came on the radio while we were on a short trip.  Fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tvEvBUG8mY

"I Don't Need No Doctor" by Humble Pie

I couldn't find a video on YouTube that I thought was the version from the album.  However this version sounds pretty similar as far as I remember.

YouTube (N.Y. Academy 1971): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6vvYjqdQEU

"Lady Blue" by Leon Russell

Another great Leon Russell song!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xDyq_RcSo8
YouTube (live 80's): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsvdAl0C498

"Tight Rope" by Leon Russell

Way back in 2011 I had commented (in this post) about Leon Russell and the "This Masquerade" song.  I realized my confusion when I turned over the 45-RPM single and saw this song on the A-side.  This is the song I really liked.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmoByboj88Y
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Z9qN8R9Bg
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5vE16LDeIo

"Looking Through a Tear" by Wayne Newton

I love the lyrics to this song from Wayne Newton's "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" album.  Hard to believe this was 50 years ago.

This is a good example of music that makes me feel something real, which I contend makes it great art/music.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7_SF5mqMTc

"They'll Never Know" by Wayne Newton

Another favorite from the "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0oRjiNYqG4

"Don't Talk To Me" by Wayne Newton

I can't find a good copy of this song on YouTube.  The one below says "Video not available", maybe it will be at some point in the future...?

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyr7fFlmZlk

"Heart" by Wayne Newton

I've had this song stuck in my head several times lately.  Two videos on YouTube have the title as "Heart! (I Hear You Beating)", but on my original vinyl LP it is just "Heart" on both the sleeve and the label.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGYwIeYhZOk
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJZnAb-CVvI

"Laura Lee" by Wayne Newton

I'm trying to remember if this is an off to war song?  I can't really remember when the Vietnam War started...  hmm, looking at the Wikipedia entry it started in the 50's and escalated in the early 60's.  Wow!  So this is likely a song about going off  to war.

Of course there is a song that describes how I feel about war, which I posted on 30-Dec-2014.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-45A_utXD2I
YouTube (45 RPM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V9_Hkmm8fs

"Red Roses For A Blue Lady" by Wayne Newton

I've been playing this album the last couple of days and I really enjoy it.  So I thought I would post my favorite songs from it.

Wayne Newton is another artist that is often maligned for being... I don't know what word to use... fluff?  Not a serious artist?  Admittedly not Enrico_Caruso.  I remember someone came into my office some years ago and I was listening to the "Red Roses For A Blue Lady" CD and they were freaked out that I could listen to such tripe.  My feeling is that if you enjoy listening to a piece of music what is the problem?

I was just thinking that it still feels a bit strange to think that now I'm on the opposite side of this equation.  :)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6J7Uuq-9a4
YouTube (45 RPM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-s9m6fM6Yg

I just love it when an album has the original stickers on it too.  This album has a sticker from Skaggs Drug.  Bought many albums there.  And many ice cream cones as well :)

"Paper In Fire" by John Mellencamp

One more John Mellencamp song. Love this video too!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myo9wXrNUP4

"Hurts So Good" by John Mellencamp

Another song that I can't believe I haven't posted before!  One of the best ever and a great video.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dOsbsuhYGQ

"Crumblin' Down" by John Mellencamp

Still remember when this hit MTV.  "No good deed goes unpunished", ain't that the truth :)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PErUiAyVoGc

"Pink Houses" by John Mellencamp

Yet another great John Mellencamp song...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOfkpu6749w

"Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)" by Daryl Hall & John Oates

And yet another song I love from the "Abandoned Luncheonette" album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVULQlLpS60

"Lady Rain" by Daryl Hall & John Oates

Another song I love from the "Abandoned Luncheonette" album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs7xZlVNFzk

"When The Morning Comes" by Daryl Hall & John Oates

I decided I should post my favorite Hall & Oates songs.  This is one from the "Abandoned Luncheonette" album.  The album that had the hit "She's Gone" on it.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1hkCoZcmB4

"Say it Isn't So" by Daryl Hall & John Oates

I told someone today "I don't believe it! Say it isn't so" and it reminded me of this song.

I so remember seeing this video on MTV.  OMG that was a long time ago...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R5xIdXwNMk

"Another Day" by Paul McCartney & Wings

I was thinking this morning here we go, it's another day, and it reminded me of this song.  BTW - I'm not sad, just tired.  Only 3 hours of sleep last night  :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH6v9JS26xc

Note: I originally posted this on the 11th, but I wanted to finish the series of the first side of the Jethro Tull "Living In the Past" album so I moved it to the 12th.

"Bourée" by Jethro Tull

An instrumental, fun introduction in the live video.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2RNe2jwHE0
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u0XXpVGUwk

"Driving Song" by Jethro Tull

Track 5 from the "Living In the Past" album.  It's so cool that there are 45 RPM singles of so many of these songs!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpNO-LWEAVA
YouTube (45 RPM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzKbVaQvDSE

"Living In The Past" by Jethro Tull

The title track to the album.  Very cool that there is video of the recording session!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YymGJKhGgY
YouTube (recording session): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmPwYhHX_jY

YouTube (full album): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ9YGA40M0A

"Love Story" by Jethro Tull

The second track on the "Living In the Past" album is another great song from 1968.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOMr3Zs7J08
YouTube (45 RPM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT8fwEkM8ig

"A Song for Jeffrey" by Jethro Tull

A while ago I recorded three sides of the "Living In the Past" vinyl album to a CD-R .  I was always annoyed that they left one of my favorite songs off the "Living In the Past" CD.  That just ruined it for me.

Anyway, I was playing the CD-R in the truck today and thinking how much I enjoy most of the songs on it.

This is the track that starts it off.  Originally from their first album, "This Was".  The "BBC Sessions" video has the lyrics in the comments, but I'm not sure they are all correct.  I think it sounds more like he says "Don't cease to see where I'm going."

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hZOeB-9D6Y
YouTube (BBC Sessions): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAUnXZUnYNE

"Angie Baby" by Helen Reddy

My other favorite Helen Reddy song.  It's a little creepy, but I love songs that convey a story...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQKyGt_I5L4

"I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy

Cinco De Mayo, from now on a day I really have to celebrate!  My transition is now official!  It is crazy how fast all of this has happened.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu4xpDuf84A
YouTube (live 1975):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUBnxqEVKlk

"Roam" by The B-52's

Why not yet another song from "Cosmic Thing"... 

"Roam, if you want to, without anything but the love we feel"

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNwC0sp-uA4

"Deadbeat Club" by The B-52's

Front of one of my favorite old T-shirts

Update 2017-07-25:

I was looking through the photos from my old camera and found this photo I had taken the day before this.  Me thinks I've lost a bit of weight since those days  :)

All of my life I've told people "I have to watch my girlish figure" (a prelude to what was to come :)  Now it's true!

Original post:


I had forgotten about this fun song, also from the "Cosmic Thing" album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXy0XnzTQuc

"Channel Z" by The B-52's

Another great song from the B-52's "Cosmic Thing" album.  I so want a red dress with polka dots like the one Cindy Wilson (I think) is wearing in the video.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB4G9WBYMFo

"Follow Your Bliss" by The B-52´s

Holding My Old T-shirt for Comparison

Update 2017-07-25:

I was looking through the photos from my old camera and found this photo I had taken the day before this.  Me thinks I've lost a bit of weight since those days  :)

All of my life I've told people "I have to watch my girlish figure" (a prelude to what was to come :)  Now it's true!

Original post:

A great instrumental song by the B-52's.  A great way to start off May, I believe everyone should follow their bliss...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0mZR1kltOU