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A little harmony, please

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment

Roberta – First Time Ever I saw your Face

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8_fLu2yrP4


Joe Cocker and Jenifer Warnes Up where we belong live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGoJFgI71I


Teach your Children – Crosby, Stills and Nash 1970

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj8FlXGPcOQ


“The Girl from Ipanema” Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto and Stan Getz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QfXjsoNe4


Buena Vista Social Club – Chan Chan (Official HD Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGbRZ73NvlY

It all depends on what you’re trying to rationalize 

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment

Paul Revere and the Raiders Stereo 1966

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCLVJBJBOqs


I’m not pickin on  you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t7GNMlDb_I


Who put the bop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji-GogpRNNo


You didn’t think we had the evidence of you dancing did you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=god7hAPv8f0

Should all melodies be free for musicians to use?

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment

Evoke a familiar tune in a song and get slapped with a lawsuit … it’s a tale almost as old as copyright itself. Lawyer and technologist Damien Riehl digs into why “owning” a melody is a ludicrous legal assertion and composes a radical solution for the musical woes of songwriters everywhere.

Ahh … the 70s

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment

Top Billboard Songs of the 70s

What is it?

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment

Why did we get our knickers in such a twist in the 1970s’?

Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8L_hLS21cw


Zager & Evans – In the Year 2525

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQfxi8V5FA


Eve Of Destruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_38SWIIKITE

Edwin Starr – War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQHUAJTZqF0

Do you remember where you were?

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment

Summer Wine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=791z7Nb985Y


You’re so Vain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cleCtBP0o5Y


Kim Carnes – BETTE DAVIS EYE – Les années bonheur – Patrick Sébastien – Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJj0e3thbkU

Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg
When a Man Loves a Woman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6meW-K-1e7Q

Classical compromise

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music 1 Comment

How classical composers would play Happy Birthday

How to bring back memories

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment

It was the last song I played when I signed off my last on-air shift  on CFMS-FM, before going into the Creative Production Department and began producing irritating commercials.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R878g-SppU


Oh, the experiences and adventures since then!


and here they were in 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0NSAVIpAvU

10. Not 50. Not 100

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment

What have been the 10 most influential songs on your life?

Not in any particular order. Just the FIRST 10 that came to mind.

English 
As years go by

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS7X3Xolq-I


Dance Me to the End

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGorjBVag0I


Going Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DB-uJ0TxKQ


Viva Tirado

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fai-fjwslDE


Ain’t going dow this time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt0RFrDXZU0


When will I see you again?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R878g-SppU


Dust in the wind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ


Other Cultures/Languages


Erev shel shoshanim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b4A5qMcFgk


Ya Rayah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZxelqMA0Qo


Mori Shej Sabina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqeNxdyp5CE


Escucha Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S5v6Sa-rcA


Sineen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIFnlTsMFgo


Speak up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X8JyXLTLJk


Sukiyaki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C35DrtPlUbc

WHY these particular songs is too personal for a blog. But, I’d love to hear YOUR choices off line.

If you can’t sing or dance … at least hum along

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment
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