An obscure legend: the beautiful Bryan MacLean demo, of the indelible opening cut of Love’s “Forever Changes”, a gift that justifies all the mothers of the world cleaning out their garages and discovering their little boys’ lost treasures.
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182: The Shirelles, ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’
When seventeen-year old Carole King found herself pregnant, she wrote ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’ for The Shirelles. Girls (and now also guys) have been singing it ever since.
Continue reading...179: Tom Waits, ‘Ruby’s Arms’
If you’re embarrassed to cry in public, be careful where you listen to this.
Continue reading...181: Linda Ronstadt & J.D. Souther, ‘Faithless Love’
Why did J.D. get the eye-conic cover girl and not me? Why, oh why?
Continue reading...180: Tim Ries, ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ (Flamenco)
Fellas – if you’ve ever taken my advice about anything, watch this clip. If it doesn’t make your blood boil, you’re probably dead.
Continue reading...150: Matti Caspi, ‘Not Good, A Man Being Alone’
Did you know that God created Womb-Man as “a help against” her Man? Here Matti Caspi dons a white tux, sits down at a white grand piano in a cowshed, and serenades a very fetching Elsie in the funniest video I’ve ever seen.
Continue reading...178: The Claudia Quintet +1 feat. Kurt Elling, ‘Showtime’ (“What is the Beautiful?”)
What is the Beautiful?
(Hint: The best things in life are acquired tastes.)
173: The Real Group, ‘Nature Boy’
An immaculate union of the pristine and the passionate – The Real Group in a breathtaking take on ‘Nature Boy’. It’s just a little perfect.
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