Here's a collection of cool songs.
Chester Knight Love me Strong
old-time hip song "I want a Beatle for Christmas"
by Patty Surbey and the Canadian V.I.P.s
and after song as heard on Youtube stay tuned
for an added feature
"what would it be like to have christmas all year 'round"
I also like this old one
The Troggs - Love Is All Around
and a version by a high school choir
- it will knock your socks off, although sound is not great
"Love Is All Around" Performed by the Vocal Music Ensemble
another on love from a different angle
Merril Bainbridge - Under The Water (1995) US Version
and a melancholy "triste" song
Where do you go to, my lovely?
classic line "get a tan on your back and on your legs...
tie-in: an "Endeavour" episode has the villain recounting how he found his moll originally when she was begging in a backstreet of Naples.
and for the francophiles among us
-- here is a similar song - the French version
Peter Sarstedt- Where Do You Go To My Lovely Marie Claire & Anjan Dutta- mala.wmv
and a somewhat sad song
Sukiyaki (My First Lonely Night) - Jewel Akens 1966
we started to collect versions of Sukiyaki. got up to three or four then lost interest....
still it is good..
and a song much-done again and again -- Witchie Tai To
many versions
hard to decide which is best but this is good --
Witchi Tai To (everything is everything)
or
see my blog about the song to see links to other versions available online.
Derek Miller, gifted musician of Ontario, has kickass guitar/sax version but difficult or impossible to find it anywhere.
And the Stiff Little Fingers band has several rocking songs.
Bloody Dub
Doesn't Make it Alright
Johnny Was (Stiff Little Finger's 8-minute-long take on Bob Marley's great song)
Doesn't Make it Alright
They'll bang your head against a wall
And then they'll say 'you got it my way'
Nena 99 Luftballoons
Roger Miller Rainbow Valley
and so much more.
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