"Just Plain Old Music"

[RAMMEL]

Don runs a good discussion for classical music.  Here we can get into the 'other stuff'.

[RAMMEL]

Here's one of my old favorite albums (of many  ). The alto sax of Jay White. Somewhere in the house I still have this album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmdhypknajw&list=RDfmdhypknajw#t=32

[Marilyne]

Fabulous album Rick! Jay White plays a sweet and mellow sax!   Great rendition of Laura . . . one of my all time favorites. I'm trying to remember the name of the second piece?  Could be Ride the Navajo Trail? 
Number three sounds like Years and Years Ago? 
I'll have to email Chia, and have her take a listen.

[RAMMEL]

Marilyne,
Take a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMBSYJKgKEI.  It's the same album but not as much music. The image scrolls to show the back of the album where you can see the song listings.

This album sounds great on a good HiFi player.

[so_P_bubble]

Very enjoyable background music Rammel.   Thank you.

[MarsGal]

Oh super! Thanks for starting the discussion Rammel.

Here is the Milagro Beanfield War from one on my favorite Dave Crusin albums:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiL-DPmx9z4
I didn't know it was for a movie the first time I heard it. Crusin did a lot of compositions for movies.

I've always liked "space ambient" music. This is Jonn Serrie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmrY_5NtR7U

Constance Demby:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuLh_rtOEHM

Now for something completely different: my favorite Abba songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8bm6XlxuCY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUx4tLPMo50

[angelface555]

I grew up amid my mother playing alto sax, piano, and accordion daily and everyone except me singing as I have a voice a frog would love! I enjoy all types of music, but what I enjoy most is nineteen thirties style jazz and blues, so thank you Rick, for this discussion!

[RAMMEL]

Speaking of Abba ----

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1qLSVYcKUg

[Marilyne]

MarsGal - I enjoyed listening to The Milagro Beanfield War.  I had forgotten about that excellent movie, but will now try to find it On Demand or Netflix.  Anything by ABBA is always fun to listen to.  I'll check those later, along with the "space ambient music".  Looks interesting. 

Patricia - I was also raised in a musical family, but sounds like you and I were cursed with the same singing voices.   My dream was to be a vocalist with a Big Band, and I used hope and pray that my voice would change and I would suddenly be able to sing!  It never happened.  

Rick - Thanks for the link to the list of songs on the album.  I guessed right on a few, but was wrong on most.  All were so beautifully done by Jay White.

[Vanilla-Jackie]

Been listening to this...best rendition of this I have ever heard...so emotional, so powerful, from somebody so young........" Dance With My Father Again...."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQMeeIvSsDw

[Chia]

Rammel..I came across a song on your site  called "Autumn in Rome" and the theme I recognized as  one that I listened to many years ago but still recognized it right away due to that wonderful instrument..

[RAMMEL]

 

    Change of pace   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5fJn5p5qas

[Marilyne]

Rick - I can't say that I cared much for Yeah Boo. Not a whole lot of music going on there! LOL It was fun to listen to though.
Reminds me of a documentary I saw on PBS a number of years ago, about Anita O'Day.  Apparently she couldn't sing worth a darn, but had a great stage personality and was very pretty, so she got hired by a number of big bands of that era.  I think she only had one Top Ten hit, but I can't remember what it was??

[MarsGal]

Mack the Knife with Pearl Bailey and Dinah Shore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaxBVUOkyLs

And here is Liberace doing an interesting (certainly different) rendition of Mack the Knife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD7dw_BW_UI

[donklan]

"Don runs a good discussion for classical music.  Here we can get into the 'other stuff'."


OTHER  STUFF (With Tongue in Cheek)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/gKpFhPdyQLM?rel=0

[MarsGal]

Don, that was fun. I looked them up and just loved this one with the sound effects.
Titanic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPbnV4sjrI4 Did you notice the swaying back and forth? I am going to watch a few more of these. They are great!

[Marilyne]

Donklan & MarsGal - I enjoyed the selections from the MozART group.  Sent them on to my husband. (He loves everything Titanic!)

[angelface555]

Don, thank you for that clip! I watched all of their YouTube videos and enjoyed all!

The first song I really remember was Theresa Brewer and "Rubber baby Buggy bouncers." I still remember sitting in the front seat on my mother's lap and kicking my little white baby lace ups in time to the music! Some others by Theresa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thLJCXO9Rpk

[RAMMEL]

The "Net" is an interesting thing and can be consuming.  For some reason we (wife & I ) looked for the source/origin of "lollipop". We found it but it led on to ---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rYoRaxgOE0 and other reminiscent items        

[Marilyne]

Rick - The trouble with repetitious songs like "Lollipop", is that they run through your head, nonstop, for hours . . . days!
I did like the added sound effects by Andy Williams! 

[Marilyne]

Vladimir Putin - Blueberry Hill
A highly entertaining version of Putin himself, singing "Blueberry Hill", at a fundraiser in 2010.  This video made the rounds here in S&F back then, but in case you missed it, here it is again!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4IjHz2yIo

[Joy]

Marilyne and MarsGal,    I really enjoyed the 2 videos of Liberace and Putin.  Certainly not what you would expect from them.  It sure looked like the audience were really enjoying Putin singing "On Blueberry Hill".  And, he seemed to be having a good time, also.  A good change from all the crazy music that the young ones listen to these days.

Thanks to you, Rammel, for opening up this topic.

I do like some Classical music, but enjoy this "Just old plain music" a lot better.

There are some great links connected to all the videos that have been posted here.  Keep them comin'.

Thanks again.

Joy

[Vanilla-Jackie]

Rammel, another " Lollipop.."......Millie...My Boy Lollipop.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiuPND4W6KM

[Oldiesmann]

My favorite version of a classic 1960s folk song.

"500 Miles" by The Hooters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2BXcf3DcQc

This was released in 1989 and includes an additional verse about the Tiananmen Square protests.

[angelface555]

I enjoyed that version, hadn't heard of the Hooters before! I have of course heard the song from Peter, Paul, and Mary as well as from Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, but this was interesting for a new version.

[Oldiesmann]

The Hooters were somewhat popular in the mid-80s, though only three of their songs cracked the top 40 on the pop charts (they were popular on MTV and on the "mainstream rock" chart though). Very talented group, though not as popular as they should have been.

[Oldiesmann]

"Wind of Change" by Scorpions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ

This was written in 1989 when the band was visiting Moscow and is a reflection on the improving political and social atmosphere in Europe at the time, with the end of the Cold War and other related events. It was released in 1991 and became a huge hit later that year when the Soviet Union began to collapse. The band is from Germany, and the song was a huge hit across Europe as well as in the UK and the US.

[Jeanne Lee]

Michael, that's certainly not music from the big band era - 1940's.   

[Vanilla-Jackie]

A happy song, sure to get your feet tapping.....now dont forget to yodel now, will you?.... ....MOCKING BIRD HILL ~ Slim Whitman


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDuy2udzoBQ

[JeanneP]

Don. He was sort of a Michael Bolton copy when Michael younger. Same hair style and the Cap.