I've actually never heard them, read about them years and years ago but then forgot about them, really liked what I sampled on youtube. Right now reading this book (which I highly recommend, even if the author's style is a little quirky), and just finished the section where he talks about Joe Gibbs and was reminded I never got around to checking him out. The King Tubby section was incredible too, makes me like the guy even more. He and Augustus Pablo's stuff is to me the epitome of dub, and possibly even reggae in general.
L is for a single which hit #1 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1964 - it's Lorne Greene, haters! "Ringo" and the ballad of a badman.
Jeez, forgot all about that song. Reminds me of the days when you'd just sit and watch MTV for awhile checking out everything that came on. You know, back in the days that it actually had something to do with music.
Maybe this was obvious to everyone else, but with this song I just learned that clicking on the suggested videos at the end of this song keeps you in BigSoccer as YouTube plays additional songs. I quite enjoyed listening to several other numbers, all "here" in this thread.
Yeah, I found that out by accident in this thread too. Usually then I'll open a new tab to stay in BS and keep listening.
I totally enjoy this entry for the letter S: it is for Stevie Wonder's "Supersitition" performed live on Sesame Street and it is one of the great pieces performed on the most underrated music show in American television history. The kids are great in the background; Wonder and his kick-ass band playing it straight (they shift lyrics only after the normal end of the song); and as a bonus for the letter S, check out the Saxophonist's shirt (yikes!).
They actually have some of the classic Sesame Street episodes on Netflix instant watch now. I convinced my 10-year-old, who never liked Sesame Street as a little kid (he has good taste, the new version sucks ass) to give it a try, and now he asks to watch them. The ones we've seen are from 1974, and I swear to God they're like if Monty Python was from New York and made a kid's show, absolutely brilliant, hilarious, and subversive.
W for War Pigs by Black Sabbath. Kickass live version from before it appeared on Paranoid, complete with some different lyrics.