I really like this acoustic version Nik Kershaw does of his 80's hit "Wouldn't It Be Good." He's a great singer and I always loved his singles as a kid, he really knows how to put an interesting chord progression together and in this version the chords are even more colorful. Sounds like his voice hasn't deteriorated at all. 
 

 
Can't believe that was 30 years ago. One of the first song I played with a band. Actually, that was one of the two cover songs we played. IIRC, the other was Judas Priest's Love Bites. The rest of our repertoire was beginners attempts at originals.

I lurve me some blues and that was a real nice Ride with the King!!
 
 
Check out 'Sweet Home Chicago' (in the same clip above).....really like it when the audience sings the tune and brings that true 'live' feel..... 
 

Just discovered this, a bluesy collaboration between electronic producer Nicolas Jaar and guitarist Dave Harrington which makes me want to light up one of those comedy cigarettes. Actually the whole album "Psychic" is great. 
 

Glyn Barnes

Jesse Screed
Hello All,
I really like this song.
 
If I could make something like this it would be a good day to die.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0vUE5nF-w
 
Jesse

One of my favourite Fairport songs without Sandy Denny.

Grrrrrrrr ... can't check this out at work ... which song?
 
The best Sandy Denny song ever, for me, is the last thing she recorded ... one more chance ... and in the remastered album (rising for the moon) there is a piano version that is just ... insane ... it's even better than the violin/guitar duet! And then there is Reynardine ... one of the prettiest things ever recorded! I dare Bapu or anyone here to even try!
 
Couple more things:
1) The Ken Russell special on Folk music has incredible stuff on it, including one very early Fairport piece.
2) Tony Palmer's film of FC in concert is also very nice with lots of Richard Thompson. It's on DVD. From 1970

In memory of all those brave souls who gave their lives in the First World War...
 
 
Saxon - Kingdom of the Cross
 

 
What is this place across the fields
Where poppies stretch and sway
In Flanders, days of war are gone
But memories will remain
Comrades of their different coats
Came to fight and die
From all sides they stood and fought
And fell beneath the sky
Where is this land where I am now
A million spirits cry
A generation loved and lost
Never asking why
It didn't matter much at all
To the generals how you died
But to your families back at home
You were heroes side by side
The unknown soldier never known
A cross to mark your grave
But we remember what you did
In our hearts you will remain
Where is this land where I am now
A million spirits cry
A generation loved and lost
Never asking why....

So wave the flags and say goodbye
To a generation lost
They're marching into history
To the kingdom
The kingdom of the cross

Across the Somme and Flanders lay
A generation gone
Came to fight the war of wars
The father and the son
Marching bands and cheers of joy
Sent you on your way
To face the bloody battlefields
And lives just thrown away
An inch of ground was heavy won and lost
Too much a price to pay
Young men lost
Their future gone
That's all there is to say....

So wave the flags and say goodbye
To a generation lost
They're marching into history
To the kingdom
The kingdom of the cross

The papers said you'd all be home for Christmas
The politicians sang their battle hymn
Soon the guns will start the slaughter
And the end of innocence will begin
There's no one left that made it home
Their eyes will see no more
Gone to meet their fallen friends
In Flanders' fields of war....

In the kingdom of the cross
Lay a generation gone
Remember they were men like us
Remember everyone
So wave your flags and say goodbye
To a generation lost
They're marching into history
To the slaughter and the loss
Remember
A generation lost
They're marching out together
To the kingdom
To the kingdom of the cross

jamesg1213

Was gonna say that the movie footage was from "Das Boot" ... totally gut ripping end of the film ... they make through everything in the war in every condition, and when they arrive at home ... boom ... it's over.

SteveStrummerUK
In memory of all those brave souls who gave their lives in the First World War...
Saxon - Kingdom of the Cross

 
Very nice ... had not heard this before.