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Man I wish I had seen the original cast live on Broadway…
(There’s no nudity, but you probably don’t want to watch this music video at work.)
Now we’re definitely going off the beaten path, here, but with good reason.
I’ve always been aware of Beyoncé, but it wasn’t until I started listening to a podcast called The Read back in early 2016 (or was it late 2015?… I can’t remember) that I went from thinking “she’s talented, but not for me” to “holy shit she’s incredible, I love her music, and I could listen to it daily”. You see, Crissle and Kid Fury are probably more obsessed with Beyoncé’s music than I am with Led Zeppelin’s (which, as y’all know, is saying a lot). And that was infectious, for me, at least.
The first Beyoncé album I bought (through Tidal) was Lemonade (on the recommendation of both TWiBPrime and The Read), both the audio and the visual albums. It was so good I decided that I had to go back and listen to the rest of her solo output. So I did… and I’m definitely now a dedicated fan.
And so we get here…
Another How To Cake It video. This one is the most recent…
I’m a really big fan of Yolanda Gamp.
Can you tell?
This was posted by the Trumpgrets Tumblr back on January 9th… I saw it then, but never thought to share it here.
It’s good to remember just how ignorant many in these United States are… (note: the caption and alt-text are copied from the specific Trumpgrets post)
facebook exchange where an anonymous user opines: i am not on obamacare. my health insurance is through the aca (affordable care act) which was what they had to come up with [after] obamacare crashed and burned as bad as it did. so i am going to be fine.
This one yet again comes from the commenters… this time rubenremus (although, to be fair, I had this one planned for the original series back on my old blog… 😀 ).
Camel is one of those bands that’s criminally underrated, with Andy Latimer being a criminally underrated guitarist.
This instrumental is very Pink Floyd-esque, with Latimer playing very Gilmour-esque guitar solos.
This is just audio, so there’s nothing to watch.
The first guitar solo (well, more of a riff, but still very solo-ish) starts at 0:07 and ends at 1:35. The second guitar solo starts at 1:52 and ends at 2:54. The third guitar solos starts at 3:57 and ends at 7:36. The fourth guitar solo starts at 8:14 and ends at 10:05 with the end of the song…
Enjoy!
(Sorry this is late.)
This is a 10 hour Youtube video.
Get some sleep. We all need it.
Screw it… you’re getting a whole ELP show.
In 1971, Belgium TV, specifically the show Pop Music (AKA Pop Shop), aired a gig from ELP, recorded live in Zurich, Switzerland on December 4, 1970. Now, for some strange, unexplained reason, the show decided to air the gig massively out of order, starting off with the improvisation that ended the original show in Zurich.
Also, Greg Lake screws up the lyrics to Knife Edge, skipping over the first verse entirely and singing the second verse twice… which is sad, because it’s otherwise the best live version I could find of Knife Edge on video… and I want to give that to y’all in the future, as well… but I’m gonna keep looking…
Regardless, though, it’s an amazing performance from this incredible band, made up almost entirely of instrumental improvisations with some full songs and singing sprinkled here and there. Keep in mind that this is a 52 minute and 1 second watch. It’s a mesmerizing watch, though, especially when Keith does his very best to murder one of his keyboards… with knives… (skip to 16:10 to see how that starts)
This is something I’m also incredibly fascinated by. The video I’m sharing with you is Robert Fripp using his guitar to create this amazing sounscape. Yes, all those sounds you hear (the orchestral strings, synth, all of it) are being made by his guitar…
Another one suggested by a commenter, this time Johnny Vector.
Robert Fripp is such an incredible guitarist. His playing is very unconventional; he does some weird and very cool things with his guitar, even, somehow, when he’s just playing a straight solo. This one, King Crimson’s The Night Watch, is a nice example…
The solo starts at 2:49 and ends at 3:39.
There’s just audio here, no video…
Enjoy!