BACK TO THE CAVE (Lita Ford)

MYSTIFIED (Fleetwood Mac)

RADIOACTIVE (The Firm)
ALL RIGHT NOW (Free)

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS (Foreigner)

SOLDIER GIRL (Fern Planet) - This has been here before, but it's so energetic starting at 2:25.

Not your usual listening fare but interesting:
https://www.popsci.com/space/black-h...-sonification/

I was just thinking about this and remembered that Deep Purple has their "Made in Japan" album. Then I was curious, was that the first rock live album recorded in Japan? The most popular?

Oh ha ha I was going for early metal bands not specifically which band.

On a whim, I just typed "Japanese Rock" into a search on Wikipedia and the result is a really interesting history of Japanese rock music. It mentions banned Rockabilly in the 1950's, the Beatles tour in 1966, Jimi Hendrix influence on Yuya Uchida in very late 1960's, and the emergence of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple as an influence in metal. The final section describes the current "Girls Metal Band Boom".

"Japanese Rock" Wikipedia article.

HEY JOE (Yuya Uchida and The Flowers) - I think this Jimi Hendrix cover is from around 1969.
SUMMERTIME (Yuya Uchida and The Flowers) - Scary sounding Janis Joplin cover from 1969.

GIMME CHOCOLATE (Babymetal) - From Stephen Corbert Late Show 2016. This is my first time seeing this, and it's ridiculously entertaining. It also shows the actual Kami Band more clearly than I've ever seen them.

Wayne Kramer of MC5 has passed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74jS3dW0DtE

It might be surprising to know that the Hendrix version of Hey Joe is a cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PziiNzFWZog

Hendrix doing the blues and it's not Red House.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYma-rJO_1Y

Because it's black history month:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vet6AHmq3_s

I've got a few songs I'd like to post in honor of black history month too.

Classic songs:
Stormy Weather
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

A modern song that I love:
Special

And of course, because it's me, some musical theater talents I can't get over:
Without You performed by Leslie Odom Jr.
Defying Gravity performed by Emmy Raver-Lampman
Wait For It performed by Wayne Brady

and as an added bonus, here's someone I was friends with in high school who is now on Broadway. I am so proud of her. She's always been incredibly talented.

MC5 was popular during a wild time in Detroit. I think Alice Cooper had moved there and Iggy Pop and The Stooges were also around. I haven't seen this video in a while, and appreciate being reminded of the energy.

I don't think I ever really wondered about the song's origin. I had heard the Leaves' and the Byrd's version also, but it's really interesting to see a version from 1962. It is surprisingly similar to Jimi Hendrix's release, and I enjoyed hearing it.

Nina Simone was such a massive talent, and it's still surprising to me how many people aren't familiar with her. I think those people recognize her songs when they hear them, but don't know about her history or her catalogue. Sinnerman has always been a favorite.

SINNERMAN (Nina Simone)

Regarding your friend Keyonna, now I see where the inspiration for some of your musical offerings come from. Or was it the other way around?

WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD (Guadalcanal Dairy)

TAKE A LETTER, MARIA (R.B. Greaves)

OROKAMONOTACHI (Glim Spanky) - This is my 2nd favorite current band.

ALL OVER BUT THE CRYIN' (Georgia Satellites)

HEAVY CROSS (Gossip)

Black history month.

RISE AND SHINE [Kool Moe Dee, KRS-ONE, Chuck D]


Songs made popular by white artists that were originally written and/or performed by black artists:

HOUND DOG [Big Mama Thornton]
YOU NEED LOVE [Muddy Waters] - Led Zeppelin got sued and settled out of court.
LOUIE LOUIE [Richard Berry]
SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN [Chuck Berry] - Beach Boys apparently intended "Surfin' USA" as an "homage" to this without crediting him initially.
FEVER [Little Willie John]
DON'T BE CRUEL [Otis Blackwell]
ALL SHOOK UP [Otis Blackwell]
RETURN TO SENDER [Otis Blackwell]
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE [Otis Blackwell]
TWIST AND SHOUT [The Top Notes]

Probably a little of both

NEXT TIME (Curtis Harding)

BAD SEEDS (Richie Havens)

DOWN ON ME (Heart)

ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER (Jimi Hendrix)
PALI GAP (Jimi Hendrix)

IS ANYBODY THERE (John Hiatt)

The reason to learn to play a pipe organ and volunteer to clean the church on weekends. (I appreciate this guy, but he putters around a little too much with the themes IMO)



..and of course, the "disco version". (It was the 70s, kids.)