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Probably not as lofty because it is a rock arrangement but this guy was never thinking whether he'd left the cooker on when he was performing and was no doubt the major emotive force behind Bowie's, Ziggy Stardust alter ego.

I saw him perform this live and it took me several weeks to find my way home again afterward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv0amUyBOKM

Have a look at this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFHsalOnpfo

Just love the way Jan Akkerman bends the strings in "Tommy", lots of passion in that me thinks.

Greetings, Rik

 Cool links guys  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0aIjyX7vwI

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mike_mccue


re Stiff Little Fingers

You are a wicked man Mr. Stevie... my wife just said "I dig this" which translates to  that's "kicking arse mate".

wicked, wicked, wicked....

Mike, your good lady has exceptional taste!
 
I'd heartily recommend you get yourselves SLF's first two albums:

• Inflammable Material (Suspect Device is the first song on it)
  
• Nobody's Hero
  

I know you're a big Clash fan Mike - and the edge on these guys was just as sharp. But whereas (on their first album) The Clash sang about the state Britain was in during the late '70s, SLF did the same from a perspective of growing up in Belfast amongst the troubles.
 
Also, these remastered albums (I hope I've got the links to US Amazon right) each contain parts 1 and 2 of Alan Parker interviewing band 'leader' Jake Burns. The third and final part of said interview appears on their third (live) album Hanx! if you're interested.
 
I was going to submit another song from Inflammable Material (so I might as well) - it's a cover of Bob Marley's Johnny Was about an innocent bystander who gets shot and killed (this version is from Hanx!, the studio version on Inflammable Material is even better but I can't find a decent version to link to).
 
Burns transposed the lyrics so the story is set in Belfast rather than Kingston - more passion, I think your wife you will agree
 
 

mike_mccue

ohgrant


Cool links guys  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0aIjyX7vwI

I play that album really loud every few years.... Yeah DAWG!!!

It doesn't get much more committed than this.

Hubert Sumlin throwing down behind the big man.

The song that kicked off the invasion!!!

  I just discovered him, he can sure blow some harp as well. The genuine article indeed.  That Cesaria is quite a rare gem as well great thread Mike

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ricstudioc


Don't know about ever - but I know passion when I hear it -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsl7ruSE3DY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE

Fine choices Ric. I've linked to that Julie Fowlis track more than once, gives me chills every time.

Eva Cassidy doing Somewhere Over the Rainbow Live.

Her voice and guitar playing sends a shiver up my spine every time I hear it.

God bless you Eva.

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mike_mccue


Very nice Project M.

Very nice.... I figure if it connects with me at the melodic level without my having any connection to the lyrics... something special must be going on.

I'm really glad to have learned of Siri Nilsen.

Thanks!!!

Hey Mike! I'm glad you liked it. I think more people should listen to Siri. I have no problems recommending the listen;)

She does have songs in English and IMO, she should make more songs in English. I'm sure she'd reach a bigger audience with that. Anyways, I took the liberty to translate the song in the link so you can see if you relate to the lyrics as well It's a very quick translate and I tried to make it so it follows her Norwegian phrasing, to some extent anyway. It might not sound as good as it does in the original language, and I may have missed a few good points here. But anyways, If you're curious

Alt Som Er Ingenting – Everything that is nothing
 
 
Just like something I do not understand
Where does it all come from?
A kind of melody I can’t get a hold of
It could have been good
 
It is…
It is… Nothing
 
Everything erased every night
When I believe I’m somewhere else
During the small second after I wake up
Until I remember which lives I’m living with
 
There are….
There are… nothing
 
Like a flower I want to preserve
I put between two pages in a book
I have searched but didn’t find a flower
I only become wise
 
Like something I didn’t dare
Even if it would be ok
Something I should’ve done, before it was too late
I had you then
 
It was…
Oh, it was…
It was it was
Nothing.

I know it's not to everyone's taste, but to these ears, there's one hell of a lot of emotion in this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KUSkGeaUPU

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marcos69


You'd better leave Stevie's little girl alone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQsqRBCXiuw

+1   Stevie has a lot of soulful footage. The "live from the el macombo" video is exceptional. From what I've heard, he didn't even remember that night - not because it was one of many but because he was so baked at the time. Even then - he had a ton of soul!

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