Tried to find a video of this song from when it first came out, but no luck. However, this is a great LIVE version of the song and shows just how good Jackson Browne still is after all these years. Here’s more about the song from Wikipedia: “You Love the Thunder” is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne from his 1977 live album, Running on Empty,…
Here’s the official music video for Meat Loaf’s ‘Paradise By The Dashboard Light’ off his Bat Out of Hell debut album in 1977. The original of this is still the best! Here’s more about the song from Wikipedia: “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” is a song written by Jim Steinman. It was first released in 1977 on the album Bat Out of Hell, with vocals by the American musician Meat…
“You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)” is a single from Joe Jackson’s 1984 album Body and Soul. Here’s more about Joe Jackson from Wikipedia: David Ian “Joe” Jackson (born 11 August 1954) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. After years of studying music and playing clubs, Jackson’s first release, “Is She Really Going Out with Him?” became a hit in 1979. This was followed…
One of the best known AC/DC songs, “You Shook Me All Night Long” was released in 1980 off their Back in Black album. Here’s more about the song from Wikipedia: “You Shook Me All Night Long” is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, from the album Back in Black. The song also reappeared on their later album Who Made Who. AC/DC’s first single with Brian Johnson as the…
Fans will likely remember Robert Palmer for his 80s music videos for songs like “Addicted to Love” and “Simply Irresistible” which brought him huge mainstream music success. Less well known are songs like this trilogy, “Sailing Shoes/Hey Julia/Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley” which show more a blues/soul version of his sound. Here’s more about this song(s) from Wikipedia: Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley is the debut solo album by Robert…
So, lots of people have tried to cover AC/DC’s iconic “Highway to Hell,” but a rock band from the Ukraine with an attractive female lead singer doing the vocals? We found this video while searching for something else and decided it was actually quite good, and with more than a MILLION views, a lot of other people must think so as well. The band is called Sershen & Zaritskaya and…
Does it get any weirder than this? The very talented Lynda Carter (aka TV’s “Wonder Woman”) had her own TV special back in 1980 and segment of it was her “Rock and Roll Fantasy.” Among the songs she did was KISS’ smash, “I Was Made for Loving You.” Not willing to just give her own interpretation to the song, Carter dressed up like a Vegas showgirls/spider in a web and…
Well, I tried to find a live performance of the then-controversial song about three coal miners trapped in a cave-in who maybe, possibly resorted to cannibalism to survive (a great theme for a rock song, right?) “Timothy” with the band who originally recorded it, The Bouys, but failed. There are a bunch of YouTube videos of the song, but none of the band. Then I found out that later members…
Wow! An early performance, about six months before the band really exploded on the scene with release of “KISS Alive!” in the fall of 1975. What’s really interesting is that most bands on The Midnight Special played one or two of their hits, but KISS gets to play three and is on stage for over 16 minutes. I also really enjoy the introduction by comedian Flip Wilson wearing a white…
A powerful R&B song that has been covered numerous times by various artists, but never better than by Wilson Pickett in 1966 as part of his album Wicked Pickett. His version made it to #6 on the R&B charts and #23 on the Pop charts that year. Here’s an outstanding LIVE performance by Pickett, probably around the time the song was released, on Dutch television.