I chose the videos for tonight early in the week, and now I don’t have time to find a more appropriate selection. On the other hand, I think it’s always time for do-wop. It may no have arisen in Madison, but it was and is the music from the streets.
More below the fold and, as always, your contributions are requested.
I’ve had an earworm that has been driving me mad and it started with this.
Which resulted in this.
And then there was this one.
Which resulted in this one.
Well, if we’re going to talk about union solidarity and such things, this seems appropriate:
Before there were unions, we had this:
I always get these next two themes confused in my mind, but seemed like a good time to break from Solidarity themes:
After Doo Wop, next there was surf music!
High school daze…
Yeah!!
Not doowop but a great song from a man who ended his career in Madison.
Best thing about this video? The awesome song.
Second best thing? The singer’s gorgeous bare feet.
There, I said it, and I’m glad I did.
Oh yeah dude, the surf’s up-side down guitar of Dick Dale
heh, vinyl, beat me to the beach… at least we didn’t play the same tune, but it was close!
I found this looking for something else.
Weirdness…although I often feel much the same.
I’m still in LA…
After surf music, the British Invasion!
Then, almost simultaneously, Psychedelic Music!
This song always makes me think of my Mom, but with my own failings…lordy, I miss that woman.
Dedicated to the union workers in Wisconsin, and elsewhere. Keep up the good work, and don’t let up on the Republicans.
Thanks Zxbe, that fit in with my genre sequence perfectly!
Check out how immature the voice sounds on this recording that preceded ‘Your Song’.
House, he had the passion, but his voice hadn’t found its level.
The British invaded, and then occupied…