Blast from the Past - 60's, 70's, 80's Music (2021)

[Tippaporn]

Jefferson Airplane with the '70 single Mexico.  "Mexico" was not played on some radio stations at the time because the lyrics referred to Operation Intercept, but this song has become a classic on many of the so-called underground radio stations.

 

There used to be tons of gold and green
Comin' up here from Mexico
A donde esta la planta, mi amigo, del sol?

 

 

[nikmar]

Jazz may not be popular with some but since my Dad passed away earlier this yearafter a brief fight with Covid, i have been exploring  the genre a bit. Something i have had some time to do with the current lockdown situation. I found this and Have a growing fascination with it. A very clear sound and some great music.

 

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Rolling Stones with I'm Going Down.  Recorded in '69 but not appearing until the '75 Metamorphosis LP.

Ah shake your face, lose your place

Shoot your mother-in-law, yeah

I think I saw her goin' down to Paraiso Mexico

Here we go down now, yeah, when you're down

 

 

[Tippaporn]

New Riders Of The Purple Sage with Henry off of their '71 eponymously titled LP.

 

Every year along about this time it all goes dry

There's nothing round for love or money

That'll get you high Henry got <deleted> off and said he'd run to Mexico

To see if he could come back holdin'

Twenty keys of gold

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Firefall with Mexico off of their '76 slef-titled LP.

 

I have to go, I feel I'm sinkin'
I just don't know
But I can't stop thinkin'
Mexico

 

 

[Tippaporn]

The [J.D.] Souther - [Chris] Hillman - [Richard] Furay Band with Mexico off of their '75 Trouble In Paradise LP.

 

Baby, you were on a holiday in Mexico

Spendin' you're daddy's dough

I guess I got so lonely without you

I had to let somebody know

 

 

[Tippaporn]

J.J. Cale ‎with Bringing It Back off of his '71 Naturally LP.

 

Spanish lights and pretty faces
Trip you out to where the place is
Load you up and let you go
Bringing it back from Mexico
Bringing it back from Mexico

 

 

[Tippaporn]

The Drifters with the Burt Bacharach penned tune, Mexican Divorce.  The B-side '62 single.

 

As I came home to this empty house last night
Looked at all the windows – yes I did! – but I couldn't find one light!
I found you on this road to Mexico
And now, my love, I'm pleading: Please, oh please, don't go!

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Rod Stewart with Lost Paraguayos off of his '72 Never A Dull Moment LP.

 

Honey don't even ask me if you can come along
Down at the border you need to be older
and you sure don't look like my daughter
Your ridiculous age, start a state outrage
and I'll end up in a Mexican jail
Darling please don't cry you know I wouldn't tell you no lie

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Texas Tornados with Adios Mexico off of their '90 self-titled debut.

I have a girl
Near the Lake
Lake Chapala
Goodbye Mexico

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Bob Moore & His Orchestra with his popular '61 classic instrumental Mexico.

From the comments:

Mexico by Bob Moore. It only actually mentions the country in the title because it's an instrumental, but it's one of the best pop hits of 1961, and would be a good one to wrap things up with.

I'll take that advice.
 

 

[STALINGRAD]

 

https://youtu.be/LtXn4IJOC_E

[bannork]

11 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

For those who would like to indulge in some after breakfast Mexican sugary desserts . . . . 

Tito & Tarantula performing After Dark for this mesmerising snake dance.  (Is anyone seriously looking at the snake??)
 

 

 

[bannork]

11 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

 

Grateful Dead performing Me And My Uncle live at Fillmore East on April 29, '71.  Off of their second live album, self-titled, released in '71.

One of them cowboys, he starts to draw
And I shot him down, Lord he never saw
Shot me another, oh damn he won't grow old
In the confusion, my uncle grabbed the gold
And we high-tailed it down to Mexico
 

 

 

[bannork]

Wonderful playing from Garcia.

 

[jvs]

Only Mexico song i know,

 

[Tippaporn]

11 hours ago, bannork said:

 

Leave it to you, bannork, to put the icing on the cake for this theme.  There's nothing I could post that has the remotest chance of vaulting over the bar you set both musically and visually.  LOL  BTW, what a stage outfit, eh?  Basically an opened ornate jacket exposing her black bra.  [sigh]

A sad ending to such a promising career.  She had 5 albums already at the tender age of 23.

[Tippaporn]

12 hours ago, bannork said:

Wonderful playing from Garcia.

 

Grateful Dead performing Jack Straw live on Aug. 27, '72 (almost 50 years ago . . . GASP) in Veneta, Oregon.

Notable concert scenes in this vid:

0:32 - The baby's W-da-F look.

1:32 - The ultimate Deadhead.

1:45 - Natives gone wild.  One of the darker aspects of this vid.

2;39 - Can you make it out?  Left side of the screen.  M or F?

3:35 - Let nature sing . . . 
4:52 - The eyes tell the story.
 

 

[Tippaporn]

13 hours ago, jvs said:

Only Mexico song i know,

 

It's the repurposed Battle Of New Orleans, about the decisive battle won by the Americans on Jan. 8, 1815 18 days after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which formally ended the War of 1812.  The battle was won in 30 minutes (ouch!) by ragtag Americans outnumbered and facing superior British forces.

The Americans suffered roughly 60 casualties, while the British suffered roughly 2,000, including the deaths of the commanding general, Major General Sir Edward Pakenham, and his second-in-command, Major General Samuel Gibbs.

Here's a more traditional version done up by Johnny Horton as a single in '59.  Anyone in the States in my age bracket has heard this one multiple times.

 

 

Edited August 7, 2021 by Tippaporn

[TooBigToFit]

It was a long time since I heard this one yesterday. Quite the lyrics and lots of strange stuff going on. Love it.

 

 

[talahtnut]

Bore and stroke Austin 7 born 1930. 55.8mm. x 76.2mm.

 

[Tippaporn]

On 8/6/2021 at 10:07 AM, nikmar said:

Jazz may not be popular with some but since my Dad passed away earlier this yearafter a brief fight with Covid, i have been exploring  the genre a bit. Something i have had some time to do with the current lockdown situation. I found this and Have a growing fascination with it. A very clear sound and some great music.

 

 

Coincidentally, just a few months ago I came across this short documentary on Monk.  I'm not attracted much to jazz but even if I don't get into certain types of music what I can appreciate and respect, though, is the talent.  You don't get to be considered one of the greatest jazz pianists ever without possessing a huge amount of talent.

I enjoyed the Monk's story.  I watched it because I wanted to understand jazz better.  Still don't gravitate towards it but hey . . . it was enjoyable way to spend an hour of my life.
 

 

[Tippaporn]

28 minutes ago, talahtnut said:

Bore and stroke Austin 7 born 1930. 55.8mm. x 76.2mm.

 

Well, was it the Chummy, the Saloon, or the sporty Ulster?  Had a Thai model born 2518 once.  Can't talk about bore and stroke.  A tad too personal . . . . 5555555555
 

 

 

 

 

[Tippaporn]

4 hours ago, TooBigToFit said:

It was a long time since I heard this one yesterday. Quite the lyrics and lots of strange stuff going on. Love it.

 

 

It's amazing that anyone could write lyrics whilst tripping, LOL.  It's been rumoured that some of Morrison's lyrics were supplied by talahtnut.

"Bore and stroke Austin 7 born 1930. 55.8mm. x 76.2mm."

Can't recollect the song title but it was mad brilliance.  It was pedal to the metal on that chune.  LOL

[Tippaporn]

The Eagles with Take It Easy live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 10/20-22/1976.
 

 

[Tippaporn]

The Eagles with Take It Easy live From The Forum, Inglewood, CA, 9/12, 14, 15/2018.  (42 years later.)

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Featuring Danny Kirwan [RIP June 8, 2018], from "Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol 2", Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac along with a cadre of the best Chicago black blues musicians playing the Chicago blues scene back in '69 with "The World's In A Tangle."

 

Fleetwood Mac feat: J.T. Brown / Willie Dixon / David "Honeyboy" Edwards / Peter Green / Danny Kirwan / S.P. Leary / John McVie / Otis Spann

 

Perhaps white men can't jump but they sure as hell can play the blues.  It's amazing what the Brits in the 60's created with the blues.  Out of all the British blues artists I think Fleetwood Mac were tops.

From the comments:

 

Kirwan was only 20 years old for these recordings....he's so underrated...

Easily the best possible version of this great anti - communist song .  i love that Danny chose to play this with his heroes. Danny makes it seem  as if  it  his own song.

Both Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer were much underrated, very talented bluesmen, of that strange 'English white boy' kind that produced some amazing musicians.  They played in the shadow of Greeny, perhaps the greatest blues guitarist ever, so they couldn't shine as much as they should have...

Can white men sing the blues?  Ahh, yes they can, indeed! Danny Kirwan's lyrics were always from his own experience in England. The blues are personal. Thanks Danny. Sorry you're gone.

Danny's vocals are hauntingly erotic, but at the same time bitingly sharp in this very funny Jimmy Rogers song.  To be honest, although there is far too little of him in the lead (guitar and vocals) on these Chicago sessions, I think he was the bright shining light.

 

This is a perfect example of just how good Fleetwood Mac are ,pitch perfect ,almost orchestral proper blues.

 

 

Edited August 7, 2021 by Tippaporn

[Tippaporn]

A few years ago I was in the market for a pocket sized external hard drive and wanted something over 2TB.  Found Seagate 5TB & 10TB drives.  I thought about the 10TB and wondered what would fill that thing up.  I couldn't imagine it.  So I went with the 5TB model.

Well, today I have the answer.  I was looking at some music to download.  I only download FLAC as best quality is important to me.  So I come across this file for the Eagles at 11.44 GB:  (DSF)Eagles - The Complete YERAYCITO MASTER SERIES VII.  Given the size it looks to me to be the entire discography so I begin downloading.  Once the download starts I can access the files in Explorer to see what I've got.  It's a 2-disc "best of" album.  Huh?

Turns out these are in a .dsf format using an extremely high bitrate.  An example:  Hotel California weighs in at 539 MB!!  WHAT?!?!?!

So, 33 songs require 11.44 GB.  That's how you easily get to 10 TBs of data.

Waiting to see what these sound like but from what I've read so far about .dsf files you need a fast computer.

The title track of their '76 Hotel California LP.
 

 

[bannork]

Happy Birthday to Rodney Crowell.

Love your songs Rodney but I have to admit I prefer Emmylou singing them!

 

 

[talahtnut]

The Whitechapel is in walking distance to the Blind Beggar and the East London Mosque,

at 10pm both are packed solid.

 

The Ulster sported a slightly different bore and stroke.