28 July 2017

Seven 70's Songs I'd never heard until now

or at least missed these versions

Slowly Beginning to Close Summer's Door
Discoveries during 29:th to 31:st week




Crown chakra

TAKE IT EASY
"don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy"

with Eagles
from Eagles -72

by Glenn Frey and Jackson Browne
(only heard Browne's own version before)




Eye chakra

WOULD I STILL HAVE YOU

with Lobo
from A Cowboy Afraid of Horses -75

by Roland Kent LaVoie [= Lobo]




Throat chakra

SCIENCE FRICTION

with XTC
from White Music -78

by Andy Partridge




Heart chakra

DESPERADO

with Linda Ronstadt
from Don't Cry Now -73

cover of Eagles
by Glenn Frey and Don Henley

"Don't you draw the Queen of Diamonds boy!
The Queen of Hearts is always your best bet
Well, it seems to me, some fine things
have been laid upon your table
But you only want the things that you can't get"


(of course heard DESPERADO many times
but had missed Linda's big version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVhRqH7euHI




Solar Plexus chakra

FAINT HEART + THE SERMON
Live Version on Piano

with Peter Hammill
(without Van Der Graaf G.)
from In Camera -74

by Peter Hammill




Sex chakra

THE LAST TIME I WAS FOOLED

with Brinsley Schwarz
from Silver Pistol -72

by Nick Lowe




Root chakra

VENTURA HIGHWAY

with America
from Homecoming -72

by Dewey Bunnell







Above and Below All


POET, FOOL OR BUM

with Lee Hazlewood
from Poet, Fool or Bum -73

by Lee Hazlewood




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17 July 2017

71 Sweetest & Strongest Songs from 70's

if I just could take 71 among all 70's songs

these I would bring into a space shuttle
or out to a desert island
or inside a prison for the rest of my life

a mixture of darlings my nostalgia can't live without
and pieces still open to deeper discoveries



1
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND

with Gordon Lightfoot
by Gordon Lightfoot


2
MAD MAN MOON

with Genesis
by Tony Banks


3
LIFE

with Cat Stevens
by Cat Stevens


4
SEASONS IN THE SUN

with Terry Jacks
by Terry Jacks [based on Jacques Brel]


5
RAINY NIGHT HOUSE

with Joni Mitchell
by Joni Mitchell


6
ROCKET MAN

with Elton John
by Taupin & John


7
CAPTAIN SUNSHINE

with Neil Diamond
by Neil Diamond


8
COME BACK BILLIE JOE

with Cliff Richard
by Mitch Murray & Tony Macaulay


9
STOP IN NEVADA

with Billy Joel
by Billy Joel


10
HOUSE WITH NO DOOR

with Van Der Graaf Generator
by Peter Hammill


11
EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS

with Supertramp
by Rick Davies & Roger Hodgson


12
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER

with Simon & Garfunkel
by Paul Simon


13
LITTLE LAMB DRAGONFLY

with McCartney and his Wings
by Paul McCartney


14
COME GIVE ME LOVE

with Ted Gärdestad
by Brothers Gärdestad


15
SITTING IN THE PALM TREE

with ABBA
by Björn & Benny


16
SOFT AS A SUMMER SHOWER

with David Cassidy
by Adam Miller


17
UNGMÖN DANSAR

with Ola Magnell
by Ola Magnell


18
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD

with Charlie Rich
by Charlie Rich


19
I'M MANDY, FLY ME

with 10cc
by Creme, Stewart, Gouldman


20
LOVE YOU TILL I DIE

with Baccara
by Dostal & Soja


21
MINUETTO

with Mia Martini
by Califano & Baldan Bembo


22
ON SOME FARAWAY BEACH

with Brian Eno
by Brian Eno


23
THANK GOD IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS

with Sparks
by Ron Mael


24
MIND GAMES

with John Lennon
by John Lennon


25
KOM SKA VI LEKA!
[cover of PICCOLO UOMO]

with Lill Lindfors
[swedish lyrics Björn Barlach]
by Ricchi & Baldan Bembo and more


26
SÄJ VAD GÖR DU MED MEJ?
[cover of BABY I'M A WANT YOU]

with Björn Skifs
[swedish lyrics Lars Sjöberg]
by David Gates


27
LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES)

with Edison Lighthouse
by Barry Mason & Tony Macaulay


28
TIGHTROPE

with Electric Light Orchestra
by Jeff Lynne


29
LIFE ON MARS?

with David Bowie
by David Bowie


30
MONOLITH

with T. Rex
by Marc Bolan


31
MARIONETTE

with Mott The Hoople
by Ian Hunter


32
ANGEL FINGERS (A TEEN BALLAD)

with Wizzard
by Roy Wood


33
DIAMONDS AND RUST

with Joan Baez
by Joan Baez


34
DRESS REHEARSAL RAG

with Leonard Cohen
by Leonard Cohen


35
(Don't let) APPEARANCES (fool you)

with Donovan
by Donovan Leitch


36
SHADOW OF THE HIEROPHANT

with Steve Hackett with Sally Oldfield
by Steve Hackett



and there we just passed the middle

of this, my absolute list
a kind of "Seven island suite"

to keep balance I choose
no more than one tune from each artist
though composers can have two

many in a pop country or soft rock schlager style
at the same time most beautiful and powerful




37
AWAKEN

with Yes
by Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman


38
THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE

with Dusty Springfield
by David Gates


39
CRAYON ANGELS

with Judee Sill
by Judee Sill


40
PEEL THE PAINT

with Gentle Giant
by Shulman, Shulman, Minnear & Shulman


41
TELL ME WHY I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS

with Boomtown Rats
by Bob Geldoff


42
SECOND HAND NEWS

with Fleetwood Mac
by Lindsey Buckingham


43
SACRAMENTO

with Middle of The Road
by ?? ??


44
HOTEL CALIFORNIA

with Eagles
by Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley


45
(PARADISE) /THE SPELL

with Uriah Heep
by Ken Hensley


46
QUESTIONS (spoke to those inside of me)

with Manfred Mann's Earth Band
by Manfred Mann & Chris Slade


47
EARTHRISE

with Camel
by Peter Bardens & Andrew Latimer


48
OMMADAWN part II
(On a Horse Back)

with Mike Oldfield
by Mike Oldfield


49
CHANGING ALL THE TIME

with Smokie
by Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn


50
NOBODY'S FOOL

with Slade
by Jim Lea & Noddy Holder


51
NANCY AND ME

with Lee Hazlewood
by Lee Hazlewood


52
BABY BLUE

with Badfinger
by Pete Ham


53
UN BANC, UN ARBRE, UNE RUE

with Séverine
by Bourtayre & Dessca


54
BRUIT DE FOND

with Francoise Hardy
by Francoise Hardy


55
PALOMA BLANCA

with Bingos
[swedish lyrics Hans Rytterström]
by George Baker


56
WATERMARK

with Art Garfunkel
by Jimmy Webb


57
SYMPHONY IN BLUE

with Kate Bush
by Kate Bush


58
JUST NOT TRUE

with Carly Simon
by Carly Simon


59
GIRLS TALK

with Dave Edmunds
by Elvis Costello


60
BICYCLE RACE

with Queen
by Freddie Mercury


61
STARLET

with Magnus Uggla
by Magnus Uggla


62
SÅ GLAD SOM DINA ÖGON

with Agnetha Fältskog
by Ted Gärdestad


63
SWEET CAROLINE

with Elvis Presley
by Neil Diamond


64
SAIL AWAY

with Randy Newman
by Randy Newman


65
IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON

with King Crimson
by Robert Fripp & Peter Sinfield


66
MEGALOMANIA

with Black Sabbath
by Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi


67
TANGLED UP IN BLUE

with Bob Dylan
by Bob Dylan


68
MOONSHOT

with Buffy Sainte-Marie
by Buffy Sainte-Marie


69
END OF THE LINE

with Roxy Music
by Bryan Ferry


70
I'VE HAD ENOUGH

with The Who
by Pete Townshend


71
SOME OTHER TIME

with Alan Parsons Project
sung by Straker & Whitren
by Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson






....still too many missing...


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09 July 2017

Characters of Columbo (first season)


Which Roles did I find most Fascinating to Observe?



1
Lieutenant Columbo (by Peter Falk)

the sloopy but perfect detective
always finding a most relevant question

in every episode


2
Beth Chadwick (by Susan Clark)

until now oppressed, maybe too suddenly free woman

in episode 5 (7th ever)


3
Dale Kingston (by Ross Martin)

art critic who knows which paintings has been stolen

in episode 4 (6th ever)


4
Ken Franklin (by Jack Cassidy)

writer whose companion left, trying to make one of their stories real

in episode 1 (3rd ever)


5
Lily La Sanka (by Barbara Colby)

witness in local shop, very inviting

in episode 1 (3rd ever)


6
Roger Stanford (by Roddy McDowall)

photographer and chemist
as street-smart as risky, as well-calculated as naive

in episode 6 (8th ever)


7
Helen Stewart (by Suzanne Pleshette)

daughter in bypassing boat, who maybe gets brainwashed by a big proposition

in episode 3 (5th ever)


8
Margaret Williams (by Patricia Mattick)

student daughter wearing glasses, seeing through her mothers motives

in episode 0 (2nd ever)


9
Ken Archer (by Brett Halsey)

golf instructor who seems uninterested, though teaches alot of girls

in episode 2 (4th ever)


10
Nancy (by Rosalind Miles)

black secretary handling storage of those cigar boxes
being shot by Stanfords camera

in episode 6 (8th ever)


11
Mrs Williamson (by Janis Paige)

(former) wife with many dresses

in episode 7 (9th ever)


12
Beau Williamson (by Forrest Tucker)

upset industrialist and obviously big country music listener

in episode 7 (9th ever)


13
Bert (by Timothy Carey)

simple restaurant manager who likes to serve Columbo
while impressed watching a small TV

in episode 3 (5th ever)



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