Happy New Year

Some more party tunes to help ring in the New Year.


Let's "Get It Started " with Black Eyed Peas.

Here's an old tune that gets people moving, Will Smith with " Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It "

Gotta have this old standby, Commodores with " Brick House "

Tom Jones and Art of Noise with a cover of Prince's " Kiss "

Finally this is Pitbull with " Hotel Room Service "

Pary til it's 2012

Yes folks, it's the end of another year. A New Year brings hope of new beginnings which means its a great time to celebrate.And what better way to celebrate than with some righteous party tunes. Let's get the ball rolling with  
The S.O.S. Band and " Just The Way You Like It "

We need a little more Bass I think . Let's go over to Graham Central Station featuring Larry Graham with " We've Been Waitin' "

For you old time Rockers, here is Canned Heat with a lil tail wagging music, " Let's Work Together "

Even Laurel and Hardy are in the party mood, dancing to The Gap Band's " Party Train " 

Here's LMFAO with " Sexy And You Know It "

Rock-N-Roll Diva's

First of all....THIS is as "Mainstream" as we get.... But the Doc and I agree that these are our favorite contemporary Diva's


Never been a real fan. But Cher? She's always had a different, strong voice. As she got older it just got better. I just think she had a lot of guts to make this song where her voice is altered. It isn't altered because this lady can't  sing anymore, it was done to make the song what it is.. and I think it's HOT!
Here is Cher ~ "Do You Believe In Life After Love"

Madonna... This is another woman that has come a long way... We saw her start out... She has said that she isn't a singer. She considers herself to be a dancer and performer. I've loved watching where she went from there! She has been left out and overlooked as far as awards went... not fair... 
Madonna ~ Die Another Day

Tina Turner... Yeah probably should have put her first. We both have rolled down the river loving this Diva. She ROCKS, here is Tina Turner~ Be Good To Me

This is a Diva that may not have been chosen by others, but she has OUR vote... with  punk band roots, here comes a beautiful Australian woman, with a most amazing throaty voice. Chrissy Amphlette.
Featured with IceHouse ~ "Love In Motion"


IF YOU'RE GONNA SAY SOMETHING.... MEAN IT.............................

Stevie Nicks ~ "Edge Of Seventeen" ... he was no more than a baby then.....

Ann Wilson... The lead vocalist for Heart, also played the flute in the early years... as her sister Nancy played guitar and did vocals too... but I tell ya... Ann... can... sing... !!! This is A LIVE cut that rock's it!
Here they are doing a Zepplin cover... Heart ~ "Immigrant Song"

There can't be a Divas playlist without the Divine Miss M, Bette Midler. Here she is performing " When A Man Loves A Woman "

 Hope you all had a Merry Christmas. We're in the mood for some good tunes after all those Carols LOL.


Starting us off is Talk Talk with " Live's What You Make It. Great tune from the 80's that doesn't get any airplay anymore.

Up next is The Bevis Frond with " Solar Marmalade ". Great Prog Rock band that isn't well known this side of the Atlantic.

This next one is a rather new discovery for me... The group is called Dream Theater ~ Trial of Tears ... this is a great track with a guitar solo that'll knock your socks off... 

This is my favorite Psychobilly bands, Reverend Horton Heat. Here they are singing about two of my hobbies, " Drinking And Smoking Cigarettes "

Merry Christmas!

Here are some tunes for Christmas Day...


The old standards are fine... but here are some others you may not have heard...


We hope they lift your spirits...


Merry Christmas! 
Doc and Krazy Bird


First up is Black Label Society ~ "The First Noel"  This is really sweet... such great guitar work. Enjoy! 

Oh we have to have a little bit of Joe Satrini and his fabulous style! Here is a "Heavy Metal Christmas" 
(I believe the title is wrong and will research it, however at this point I'm just too busy digging the tune!)

This one? Ohhh, I think of Charlie Brown and Snoopy but not so much since this tune is so fresh... It's more Cartman and what the heck is the dog's name on Family Guy? 


Here's the fantastic Steve Vai ~ "Christmas Time Is Here"

The definitive version of Jingle Bell Rock by one of our favorite bands, Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem.

Not quite Christmas Tunes Part III

West Coast Disc Jockey Bob Rivers recorded a few Twisted Christmas tunes and they are pretty funny. Here is "Be Claus I Got High "

Gotta have Miss Brenda Lee with " Rockin' Round The Christmas Tree "

I'm sure all of us have felt this way at one time or another . Bobby Joe Thorazine with " Merry Christmas all You Assholes "

From Portugal, my friends the Lucky Duckies, with Winter Wonderland.

Not quite Christmas Tunes Part II

Okay so here we go... here are some of my fav Christmas Tunes!


You won't hear the old standards here, because quite simply, I cannot take it.


After 20+ years of listening to canned x-mas music for sometimes 14 hours straight at work in the retail industry, I just cannot do it anymore.. I was over it long ago.. so what you have here are the tunes that I played at home with my family.


This is Mannheim Steamroller... being a fusion jazz lover, this is my cuppa tea and has been for many years... my kids will remember decorating our tree to this tune.

Next up is the Claymations... They are such a professional group. Love those guys...

This next one brings together a symphony with a country twist... who can resist the pretty vocalists? This is " Carol Of The Bells " by Lyelee

Next up has to be... Beaker... you know Beeker ? Meep Meep Meep !

Not quite Christmas Tunes Part I

Both of us feel the same way about Christmas tunes, we hate them because they are so depressing. However keeping in the spirit of the holiday, we're going to put up some non traditional Yuletime tunes.


First up is a band from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, The Yuppers, with a take on Jingle Bells, " Rusty Chevrolet "

This is my favorite Christmas tune , Chuck Berry with " Run  Rudolph Run "

Mark McCollum does a great Porky Pig singing " Blue Christmas "

Here's George Thorogood with " Rock And Roll Christmas "

Odds and Ends revisted

Here's a shuffle....random, kickin' tunes...Here is some hard driving rock-n-roll....


I'm a big fan of Zeppelin. Here's one that hasn't had much airplay... One of those things I don't understand.. You hardly ever hear this one on the radio but it rocks!!...

Next up is The Black Crowes...  This Altanta based band rocks.

Next up is a southern rock tune... oh yes I love my ZZ Top! This is another tune that doesn't get played on the radio often....

Both of us bought the album " Principle Of Motion " , Robert Plant's solo project. Only one song got a lot of airplay, " Big Log ", and on the strength of it, we thought it would be a great album. Now I understand why the song was called " Big Log". The album was a total turd, the rest of the songs stank . Big disappointment.


Here is the only tune on that album that is even worth listening to.

Can't get it out of my head, No No No.

Have you ever had a song stuck in your head, and no matter how hard you try to think of something else, it's still there ? Well friend, what you have is one of the most dreaded afflictions known to modern man, an " Earworm". There is no known cure.

Here are some Earworms guaranteed to stay with you the rest of the day .

Anyone remember this old chestnut by Daddy Dewdrop, " Chic-a-boom  " ?

This one was popular a few years ago, German Singer Lou Bega ( David Lubega ) with mambo Number Five.

How many Wedding receptions have we had to endure " The Chicken Dance " ?

For the life of me, I'll never understand why " Tubthumping " by Chumbawumba was ever popular.

And now folks the most annoying song in our opinion, Billy Ray Cyrus with " Achy Breaky Heart "

Rainy Day Music

Brrr it's a cold wet rainy day here in the Pacific Northwest and it's a good day for some feel good music to lighten the spirits.


We're going to start out with Macon Georgia based band , Wet Willie, with " Keep On Smilin' " . Good words for today : " Keep on smilin through the rain, laughin at the pain 

Rollin with the changes til the sun comes out again 

Keep on smilin through the rain, laughin at the pain 

Rollin with the changes, singin this refrain "

Next up is a personal favorite, The beautiful voice of the late Eva Cassidy with her cover of " Songbird "

Up next is Taj Mahal with " Cakewalk Into Town ". I dare you to listen to this and not tap your toes and whistle along LOL

Here's a real treat , Anne and Nancy Wilson with Wynonna Judd tearing the roof off the building with " No One Else On Earth "

Monday Music Mix

Here's one of my favorite female vocalists. I have followed her since she was in "The Eurythmics"


Out on her own, this song really rocks. Annie Lennox ~ "Money Can't Buy It"

When I lived in Houston in the early 80's, one of the radio stations out there had a program called "Evening Thunderstorms" on Friday nights. I became an avid listener because it played great music from bands I'd never heard of before... this was one of them..enjoy the funky music and the fabulous vocals of Mary Davis.
SOS Band ~ "Just Be Good To Me"

Former Fugees member Lauryn Hill does a lovely cover of Sam Cooke's " Change Is Gonna Come "

This song means a lot to both of us for very different reasons. Seattle Band Queensryche with " Silent Lucidity "

These Ladies Rock !!

Thought we'd put up a few acts that we enjoy and aren't as well known as they should be. The spotlight will be on female talent today.


First up is our Facebook friend Annie Rose. She performs around the Wisconsin area and is pure dynamite on stage. Here she is with a cover of Big Mama Thornton's " Ball And Chain "

Next up is a young lady from the Nashville area, Miss Maddie Jane with her version of Adele's " Rolling In The Deep " . Incredible talent for someone so young .

We next go to Louisiana to visit Theresa Anderson. The master of the Loop machine and a multi instrumentalist, just watch her at work here.

Three lovely young ladies, Cassie Taylor on Bass, Samantha Fish and Dani Wilde on guitars, known collectively as " Girls With Guitars" are up next with " The Other Side Of The Bottle "

Classically trained, a former Body Builder and Professional Wrestler, Lynette Thredgold comes in with a red hot tune " Dream Blues "

Creepy and Disturbing

There are many other versions/covers of "Creep" than the one made popular by Radiohead. 


Here is Crissy Hinde of The Pretenders ~ "Creep" 
Love her voice, love her guitar work... this is great...

If you listen to the words, it is such a disturbing message... Here is Garbage ~ "#1 Crush"

Bring me to life, wake me up inside... The lyrics from a disturbing tune and video by Evanesence. Here is "Going Under"

This is one of my favorite punk bands. Love it, love it, love it...The music is hot, lyrics are are sad, the video is creepy... love her hair and the head-banging action...ha! Here is Chrissy Amphlett.. The Divinyls ~ "Only Lonely"

And the truth is... I miss you... 


Here is a haunting tune by Coldplay ~ "Warning Sign"

My all-time favorite creepy tune... a happy tune gone wrong, disturbing for sure... here is Pink Martini ~ "Que Sera Sera"

A Shuffle

I love using the shuffle feature on an Mp3, with over 89,000 tunes on it, you never know what you're going to get. Let's see what fun we can have with it today.

The first tune I land on is " Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo " performed by Johnny Winter. Written by Rick Derringer, Winter takes a pop tune and turns it into a classic rock piece, hot, nasty and sweaty.

The next tune we come to is Outlaw Country artist David Allen Coe with " You Never Even Called Me By My Name " Written by Steve Goodman and John Prine, this is Coe at his best.

Up next is a song filled with double entendres, Dinah Washington with " Long John Blues ". Is she really singing about a trip to the dentist ?? LOL

The shuffle takes us to Canadian band Triumph with " Blinding Light Show. Man I love using the shuffle.

Well I'll be a Monkey's uncle

Just for fun, I thought I'd do a post featuring acts named after monkeys, apes etc. The list will have some well known acts, as well as some not so well known.


We'll start with the obvious, LOL .


In the mid 60's,  record producer Don Kirshner, along with a few others, created a band for TV called the Monkees. Originally, they didn't record or play any music, that was left to studio musicians . The eventually were able to preform and were the darlings of pre-teen girls for years. Here is a sample of their work.

Gorillaz is a music project by Daman Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. They are one of the best non-bands that I've ever heard. Here they are with " Clint Eastwood "

German alt band, Guano Apes are up next with " Open Your Eyes"

Here's Hip Hop group Monkey Sons with " They Told Us "

Rainbow Butt Monkeys check in with " Let's Pretend "

Finally we have New York Funk group, Mandrill, with " Livin It Up "

Almost Famous

I've always enjoyed finding tunes from acts before they were famous or went solo and got their big break. There's a lot of great early recording of artists with other bands, sometimes playing totally different music than they're now known for. I'm sure you'll recognize these artists.


The first time I ever heard Rod Stewart was with a mid 60's band called Steampacket , along with Long John Baldry.They were together for a couple of years, before Jeff Beck hired Stewart to be the vocalist in the Jeff Beck Group. They did a classic album called " Truth " and this is my favorite cut on that album, " Rock My Plimsoul ". It still rocks after all these years.

Foghat was formed by members of two bands. Lonesome Dave Peverett, Tony Stevens, and Roger Earl from Savoy Brown. They were joined by Rod Price from Black Cat Bones. Rod's signature slide work can be seen on this cut from Black Cat Bones only studio album.

Sammy Hagar first came to prominence as vocalist for Montrose. They did some great rocking tunes in the early to mid 70's. 

Peter Frampton started out with Humble Pie along with Stevie Marriott . Here's a clip of Frampton playing some mighty fine guitar licks on " Sad Bag Of Shaky Jake " ( He's wearing the green shirt )

Electric Dreams

I was a fan of Electronica from day #1, when I first started hearing bits and pieces and tastes of it in the early 1980's... Bands such as, New Order, Tangerine Dream, and Depeche Mode, and others led the way, as well as Madonna, although she called her work "Techno-Pop" 


I've been a fan of Electronica music for about 25 years now... and I've seen the changes in it through the years... and also the names for it has changed through the years... Electronica, Techno-Pop, Alternative, Trance, Rave, Ambient and now Dub-Step... it is all dub-oriented, looped, trip-hop. 


I'm going to start it out with some older stuff...


Here we go with one of my earliest all-time-favs of Electronica... This is The Crystal Method ~ "Busy Child"

Sorry Madonna you come in second for me...but you ROCK!
Next Up must be Madonna ~ "Ray Of Light"

This one is by "Faithless" (2007) video created by Paranoid Projects for a Coca-Cola ad.. here is Faithless ~ "I Never Stop"

This one may stray a bit from the comfort of the repetitive nature of the electronica manufactured music genre, because it does have some real brass instruments used in the tune... but it's hot... and I love it... so here it is... cool video too... Groove Armada ~ "At The River"

The next band I first heard in the 80's... still luv 'em... Here is Tangerine Dream ~ "Speed Dragon"

Daft Punk ~ "Harder, Better, Stronger"... The tune is early electronica... this video knocked my socks off! How original! How... daft!

Finishing this up with another Crystal Method tune... they've  come a long way since "Busy Child".... here is Crystal Method ~ "Mass Distortion"

Hope you enjoyed!

I'll have my Rock Southern Fried

Southern Fried Rock is Rock as it should be, hard driving music with some hot and nasty vocals.I could do post on this everyday .


Going to give this a real kick-start with Molly Hatchet and " Dreams I'll Never See "

Next up is Blackfoot with " Train Train '

Gotta get the Allman Brothers in here with " Southbound "

Although not really a Rock act, I want to put up " Dixieland Delight " by Alabama

From the ashes of the plane crash that took Ronnie Van Zant and Steve and Cassie Gainies, is Alan Collins and Gary Rossington with the Rossington Collins Band and "Opportunity "

Finally, the boys from Spartanburg South Carolina, Marshall Tucker featuring Toy and Tommy Caldwell  with " Bob Away My  Blues "

A little Head Banging Music

There's nothing like a good Hard Rock Tune to get the blood flowing. Perfect stuff for a long road trip.

Starting us off is Damn Yankees featuring Ted Nugent and Tommy Shaw with " Renegade "

Up next is another Nugent tune " Stranglehold "

The boy from Down Under check in with " It's A Long Way To the Top "

A band you don't hear much anymore, Montrose, featuring Sammy Hagar and Ronnie Montrose , are up next with " Rock The Nation "

All Covers...

First up is a cover of a Steppenwolf tune. This was an anti-war tune that came out during the Nam years. (1968) But yes, it's a toe-tapper..some folks had no idea what it was about then, and still no idea what it's about now. The lyrics- You don't know what we even fight. ( what were we fighting for in Nam? What are we fighting for now in Afgani?)  Here are some young folks having fun with it. ( make a wild guess who the most popular girl in school was.. just guess haha!) Here is Fat Boy Slim ~ "Magic Carpet Ride"

This song was made popular by the group "WAR"... it was good then. Here it is twisted up a notch by "The Latin Alliance" 


I was working in a fish plant at the time (gawd awful job) just got off a 12 hour shift that I'd worked with people that I mostly could not communicate with, I can speak a little Spanish, they could speak a little English, it was enough for us to get by... I was soooo tired... I came out walking through the parking lot and someone was blasting this tune, and it totally made my day! 


(just love Lil Wayne in this... sounds like he's got a mouth fulla marbles! haha!) 


Here is Latin Alliance ~ "Low Rider"

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Next up is another anti-war song from the Nam era, this is a cover tune also, originally from Buffalo Springfield... The video clip however is from our New Revolution, Occupy Wallstreeet protesters... 


Some think these folk are quacks... some of them might be, but a lot of them are just regular folks, but now these people have no job "position"... have lost their pensions and 401k's, people that have worked all of their lives... they can't find jobs and are now losing their cars and their homes... I would seriously be there but I cannot afford to take a pause for it... I've already lost everything and I'm rather fond of having a good meal and I must work to rebuild my life... Maybe in January when I'm laid off I will join them... I might have no other place to go then. Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose....


this is quite a video...


here is One Rupublic ~ "For What It's Worth" 

Ozzy- Under Cover... oh yeah, here is ""Rocky Mountain Way"

I always have thoughts that I cannot say out loud when I hear this song.... Here is Limp Bizkit covering ~ "Behind Blue Eyes"