If You Are Listening to Music...

[Old School]

Here’s a sprightly, less well known Ray Charles song:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LPVixS5jSWs

[surveyor]

Here’s a sprightly, less well known Ray Charles song:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LPVixS5jSWs

Love the syncopation in that song.

[Matt Dillon]

I love just about all of Ray's songs.

[Matt Dillon]

"Shapes Of Things" - The Yardbirds

[Matt Dillon]

"Heart Full Of Soul" - The Yardbirds

[Matt Dillon]

"For Your Love" - The Yardbirds

[Old School]

Love the syncopation in that song.

I have really liked that song for 25+ years, but could not articulate why until your post. Spot on!

I also love how clear and full the organ sounds on that recording.

[Old School]

"Shapes Of Things" - The Yardbirds

Such a great band.

Shapes of Things comes close to controlled chaos at some points.

If you like that song, you may also like Beck’s Bolero, performed by

Jeff Beck of The Yardbirds

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin

John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin

Keith Moon of The Who

Nicky Hopkins, who played for the Stones and many other acts

The story is that Keith Moon and John Entwistle were fed up with Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey fighting, and decided to create a new band with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck in the winding down of The Yardbirds. Moon said it would go down like a lead balloon. Entwistle didn’t make their first session so Jones participated. Later, Moon and Entwistle went back to The Who, and Page and Jones decided to get a band together, and thought Moon’s comment could be a good name for the band.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nmO0OZC6Ifk

[surveyor]

I have really liked that song for 25+ years, but could not articulate why until your post. Spot on!

3/4 time. Waltz beat and cleverly done.

[Matt Dillon]

"Bolero" - The Jeff Beck Group

You're right, Old School. I do like it.

[DA#23]

[Matt Dillon]

"Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets" - Johnny Paycheck

[Matt Dillon]

"She's All I Got" - Johnny Paycheck

[Matt Dillon]

"Take This Job And Shove It" - Johnny Paycheck

[Uncle Dave]

"Living Inside Myself" - Gino Vannelli

Matt, I was a huge fan of Gino Vannelli since the get go. Believe it or not, I saw him at Bellarmine College many years ago, and he absolutely lit that place up.