This is an old Nashville Grand Old Opry star named Jeanie C. Riley, who broke out with a memorable song, "Harper Valley PTA"...about a single mother raising her daughter who got a "snotty note" from The local PTA about her sexy single Mom "wearing her skirts too low".
Later Barbra Eden (from "I dream of Genie" TV show) made the movie, and you can get that clip too.
Barbra Eden looks great in her mini skirt and perfect legs with heels. A blast from the front lines of "Woman's Lib" that was popular among the Country Western crowd of traditional sex roles".
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This is another classic that came out of Nashville.
Bobbie Gentry's haunting, southern Gothic "Ode to Billie Joe" (...who jumped off The Tallahassee Bridge...).
You got to hear the song and vocals about a tragic suicide, where the preacher saw something thrown off The Tallahassee Bridge before the suicide?
Nobody really knows for sure what this song is about......but it is chilling in it's own way.
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Here's a good sounding version of The Beatles' "Hey Jude".
What's a day without listening to at least one Beatles song?
I think this is from The Smothers Brothers Comedy show. And check YouTube for more musical guests on The Smothers Brothers Show...you'll be surprised to find The Doors, Hair, and so much more. If you like classic 70's rock...do a search at YouTube for "The Midnight Special" TV show that served up a lot of showcase talent that filled in the huge gap left over from Dick Clark's American Bandstand.
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Every now and again...you find something on YouTube that is hard to believe. Here we have a B-52s covering The Beatles' "Paperback Writer" with a memorable dance sequence. Check it out...after all, it's a Beatles song, and you only hear The B-52's, but never see them?
Odd piece.
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JOHN FOGERTY, blasts back from his past success as front man for the iconic CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL.
John did this concert film back in 2005....and you don't want to miss the entire video shot in 2005. He does all the great CCR songs, and adds all the hits from his solo career. He shows his age, but...also shows his eternal youth.
His voice was remarkably still there?
After all this time?
His guitar playing is still perfect.
Of course his perfectionism is also still there: he can afford to choose the best session guitar players to whip into shape.
This is "Down on The Corner" and what you don't see...is this song was played about three quarters into the show when he had the audience so warmed up and ready...they hit the emotional peak exploding into their own idiosyncratic "emotional rescue" like the apex of an orgasmic experience curve....
You'll see this iconic video clip starts with Fogerty finishing off a song, taking a breather, and smiling his way to flirting with a very exuberant, and grateful audience....then he blows them away with the opening chord sequences to "the perfect song, at the perfect moment in time".
The emotional wave of good vibes gained enough altitude to turn on itself, forming the beautiful curl to surf......as beautiful women go nuts with the bass player and drummer flashing big smiles as they go with the flow, and ride it all out together as "One World" of sublime surfers getting there collective ya ya's out.
This is Fogerty at a late age (late sixties or 70 years old) refusing to surrender or go into that good night without rocking you steady.
The entire concert film is worth your time, and this is the perfect clip capturing the highest high. Every concert usually has a moment like this. Bands usually hold there best song for the last quarter of the show. Leave them happy and wet.
Shows you what Fogerty could do to an honest audience dedicated to following one of the greatest song writers of his generation...all you have to do is give him a disciplined band, good acoustics, and enough time to melt the hearts of his audience.
This is one of those concert clips...that I always return to...the best clip because of the best camera angles and "audience appreciation shots" of the entire show.
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