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Forever Nights

... what else can we think of,

on these days of self-isolation

peppered with long hot nights?

What else other than all these songs

- all these unforgettable melodies -

about love, lust and THE NIGHT...?

... video not available in its own country of origin?

CANADA - where that music was MADE?

HAHAHAHA. Good one, YouTube. HERE:

Damn you... Warner!!!

No one is making any money off that music!

THIS is just to sample it - and compare!!!

You're just as bad as the Greedy Rat

who thinks he's got super-powers,

mastered The Force

and owns the whole blamed world --- now!

JUST. AS. BAD!

AND IT MAKES ME MAD!!!

#ButThat'sAnotherStory

... for another blog!

* UPDATE *

I think we have got our true winner now:

Labels: music, music videos, Musical Underdogs

Led Zeppelin 1969

Everybody raves about WHOLE LOTTA LOVE;

but which song, 50 years ago, truly gave us a clue

about this legendary Led Zep bunch of guys

(commonly, they refer to them as a "band" yes)

and the heights that they would reach...?

Dazed and Confused?

(Hey - DC!)

How Many More Times?

Communication Breakdown?

You Shook Me?

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You?

Sitting and Thinking...?!?

... or any of those covers?!?

Alright, alright, alright...

A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

it is!

And only a year later

(a few months, really!)

we had the

IMMIGRANT SONG

and, 5 years later,

KASHMIR

Labels: Led Zep, music, that healthy competition now

Favorite Song From 1969...?

Now that's a toughie - huh?

1969-2019: that's 50 years, baby!

All of these have reached this milestone now;

a fiftieth anniversary and constant airplay on all

the radio stations there are, worldwide!

But which one is truly your fave here - hmm?

Which one you truly cannot get tired of hearing -

FIFTY LONG YEARS LATER... huh?!?

Let's run through them, one more time...

... that sweet girl named Mary

(aren't all Marys sweet things?)

who sang about those DAYS...?

... Portuguese Parlophone technology

with a Carlos helped out by Paul...?

... still: it was Simone

that represented the country

at Eurovision!

Can't get enough of her

participating song there...?!?

... or some mountaineer named Manuel

and his mountains there,,,?!?

... some formulaic quintet

with a cuentame complex...?!?

Nunca!

nah... can't be Honky Tonk Women

and those Rolling Stones either...!

... those very same Stones

asking for Shelter,

just a shot away...?!?

... those Lettermen, hurting so bad?

... a creedence clearwater revival

doomsaying about

some bad moon rising now,,,?!?

It did inspire this, somehow:

AND, perhaps, THIS:

...never mind...

... grazing in the grass,

with some

friends of distinction...?!?

... getting together,

with some youngbloods...?!?

... or coming together,

like beetles do...?!?

... BOTH those Youngbloods

and Beatles (!) inspired many

to grow their hair... in all sorts of ways!

But none inspired so much

as them Cowsills...!!!

... but how about some

crystal blue persuasion

instead of all that -

thanks to (some other) Tommy

(not to be confused with Who!)

and some Shondells...?!?

(It's better than cowsills - no?)

... those very same Shondells

with crimson... and a clover...

the endless cover versions of that tune...

AND its appearance on many-a-soundtrack,

including this upcoming film there?!?

... feel like being number ONE,

on a cold three dog night,

the coldest night there is,

according to the eskimo...!?!

... or would you rather feel

DIZZY - like Tommy Roe

(and that hoe, there...?!?)

... we are all ''everyday people''

who got to live together

(as them youngbloods sang...

and them beetles there, too...)

but still...

Now, that one inspired THIS for darn sure:

...but let's move on...!

... what of succumbing to temptations then

- especially when one finds that

one cannot "get next" to them...?!?

... must be because ya all got

suspicious minds then... huh?!?

... shame on you, all!

And shame on us, also...!

We know we forgot (omitted)

quite a lot of other tracks...

but really now...

there is only one clear cut winner here;

one obvious choice to make -

especially now, as we reach

a turning point in human history,

fifty long years after this was released:

YOUR BEST SONG

~EVER~

FROM THE YEAR 1969:

AQUARIUS

LET THE SUNSHINE IN

BY THE 5TH DIMENSION

with an honorable mention to

... because it's about the future!

(if nothing happens between now - and then, that is!)

Labels: luminous connections, music, Musical Underdogs

Everything You Need!

SOUNDTRACKS - AGAIN!

Or, as properly said, songs that adorn

the actual soundtrack of a film;

as the "soundtrack" as the term says it

is the entire film's worth

of every sound it contains -

it has been so since the advent

of the "talkie"... folks!

A good soundtrack - rife with SFX and
the appropriate music to emphasize the exact
moments it needs to, when it pertains
to the action on the screen -
greatly enhances a movie.
Verily, it makes all the difference!
Some songs end up embodying the entire thing:
as they sum up everything you need to know
about that epic production!

And now that that has been clear again...

ONWARDS WITH THE TUNES!

First came the enigmatic Sia

(with a little help from Labrinth)

who was clearly inspired

-by Rupert Gregson-Williams,

among other notables-

when she came up with this song

for the first super heroine:

Celine Dion saw that -

and she thought she would

establish that, as she did

in 1997 with her song for "Titanic"

she is supposed to be

the uncontested queen of

movie tunes -

de facto queen of the super hero

theme song as well... eh?

Alas - she chose the wrong

"hero" to do so...

And the result was... this:

And then... the real deal!

Inspired by a true hero,

an amazing heroine in Mera

the dynamic between the two

and another epic score by

Rupert there...!

Skylar Grey came and eclipsed

everyone that came before

-much like Aquaman did,

with all super hero films ever!-

with this end credits song:

It is not to even be debated here:

THE WINNER IS

SKYLAR GREY

And the entire soundtrack

for Aquaman - trailers and movie; BOTH!

At times, it becomes, all at once, the aquatic version
of James Bond 007... Blade Runner... Tron... and Star Wars!
Tremendous job, Rupert - and everyone!

Tees-ing Ya!

You know...

I look at the competition.

I look at the competition - a lot!

And I think to myself... what a

wonderful world?!?

No, that's not it!

I think to myself... what a crock!

Like this piece of crock right here:

eBay: NEW Tagged KELLY SHAW The Riot Starts Here Slogan White T-shirt S UK 10 RRP £60 https://t.co/DTqJvPMmtj pic.twitter.com/3dIUns6bHi

— US Design T-Shirts (@USDesignTShirts) December 15, 2018

It's a ''US Design''... Of course!

Now why, tell me, why

would that be considered worthier,

trendier, hipper, in any way better

than one of my very own

LUMINOUS TEES - eh?

One such as this: