Big O Week Number 3 - Goodnight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVCQGcHvrOA A year ago youtube was awash with the original version of this song as released by Orbison on...
Big O Week Number 2: The Only One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgcWpQ_uV6c The Only One - a meditation on the relationship between romantic literature and life Late...
Big O Week Number 1: Ride Away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNFzr8RX9hM In 1963, when the Beatles were having their first big successes, Orbison had 4 UK top twenty...
Buckskin Stallion Blues - Townes Van Zandt
In a futile attempt to be topical, here's another track by the immortal Townes (see Dec 5th post). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuegzu...
(Don't Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg This is a weird track in that Blue Oyster Cult were (or even are) a heavy metal band,...
I fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtQj8O92eI What makes this track is the tone of the great guitar chords. This is the original of the one...
Good Lovin' - the Rascals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy625sZAHN8 After the epitaph to Eddie Cochran we need something quick rather than dead and there's...
Three Steps to Heaven - Eddie Cochran
Almost exactly eighteen years ago, shortly before midnight on April 16th, 1960 a taxi carrying touring rock and roll stars Eddie Cochran...
Last Night in Soho - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Play loud, as always. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LauY9qXcOoE As Salisbury is in the news for poisonous reasons here is a song about...
Misery Business - Paramore
I always thought that this song was the perfect expression of teen anger and attitude and exhilarated triumph, a stream of consciousness...
