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The Flaming Lips, Talkin Bout The Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues
Part 53 rolls on again with the legendary FLAMING LIPS! I love them so much, and I love this song so much. I’m in love, with a band and a song, why? Because they never break my heart. Take “Talkin’ Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues” from the 1992 album Hit to Death in the…
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The Rolling Stones, Angie
Part 52! Oh, I don’t know, should I keep tracking the parts? Does it matter anymore? Who’s counting anyways? Well, for this chapter, we have the Rolling Stones making another appearance with their 1973 #1 smash, “Angie,” from the Goats Head Soup album. This song was written by Keith Richards after the birth of his…
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Ween, Mutilated Lips
Welcome to part 51 of my ever expanding youtube countdown. For this spanking new edition, I bring you more Ween playing on TV shows that no longer exist. I have no idea what this show is. I think it’s from Canadian MTV, but I don’t know, the internet isn’t telling me. Anyway, they are playing…
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The Beatles, You Never Give Me Your Money
For part 50 of my youtube countdown, we dissect the many ways in which life is a bitch. For instance, I was laid off my job yesterday. Yes, loyal readers, I am now but one of the unemployed masses, set to be scrambling for an unemployment check, desperately sending out resumes, left wondering what it…
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John Lennon, Jealous Guy
For part 49 of my youtube countdown, I found an awesome clip of John talking about love and relationships before launching into “Jealous Guy,” his song from 1971’s Imagine. “Jealous Guy,” was originally written when the Beatles were in India as “Child of Nature.” The original lyrics were about self discovery, but the new words…
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Willie Simpson, Sip From Your Fork
Another live show, this time me playing an original. Sip From Your Fork, written when I was 22, never properly recorded. A damn fine set of lyrics. It was clearly your fault, you are locked in a vault and what’s worse you have swallowed the key You are covered in sleet and you are in…
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Louis CK on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Welcome to part 48 of my youtube countdown! Sorry music fans, I got a comedy video for you, and guess what, I’m not really sorry! This is Louis CK, the funniest standup comedian alive, talking about how nobody is happy with the incredible futuristic society we were all born into. I actually remember seeing this…
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Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Mean Woman Blues/Blue Suede Shoes
In part 47 of my youtube countdown I present to you two titans of classic rock and roll. Jerry Lee Lewis, the Killer, and Carl Perkins, the king of rockabilly, united, as they often were, having a ball playing a medley of “Mean Woman Blues,” and “Blue Suede Shoes.” This video is a blast of…
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The Beatles, Strawberry Fields Forever
In part 46 of my youtube countdown, we travel back to the past again, my past. When I was 17 years old, “Strawberry Fields Forever” was my favorite song in the world. I don’t know why exactly, but this song just seemed like the greatest work of music I’d ever heard. I loved the loping…
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Ween, Freedom of '76, The Jane Pratt Show
The alternative vibe continues in part 45 of my epic youtube countdown. This time its Ween, on the, ahem, “unforgettable” Jane Pratt Show in 1993 playing “Freedom of ’76.” The song, a slow soul jam, comes from Ween’s brilliant album Chocolate and Cheese. Ween, for the uninitiated, consists of Gene Ween (aka Aaron Freeman, lead…
