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Classic concert: Johnny Cash live at Manhattan Centre 1994
Today we have dug up a real gem! The man in black, Johnny Cash, in top form and in a recording with very fine sound and picture.
The show was recorded live at the Manhattan Center (now Hammerstein Ballroom), in New York City, on June 9th 1994. It has a total running time of 46 minutes, and I would rate the quality at least a 9 out of 10. The concert was filmed for the TV-channel VH1 it is in black & white. It was taped right after his comeback with Rick Rubin. There are dozens of clips on YouTube from the show/tv program, but to really get the feeling of the concert, it’s necessary to experience it all in one sitting (well, that’s my view).
Track listing is as follows:
Folsom Prison Blues
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Ring Of Fire
I Walk The Line (with a really cool intro)
Delia
The Beast In Me
Drive On
The Man Who Couldn’t Cry
Number 13
Tennessee Stud
Big River
Ghost Rider In The Sky
Orange Blossom Special
Let The Train Blow The Whistle
– Hallgeir
Video of the day: Austin Lucas – Alone in Memphis
It is Elvis’s birthday and we love Austin Lucas so it is very fitting that today’s video is the official video for the fantastic song Alone in Memphis. Brought to you via CMT.COM.
“Honestly, it just seemed so perfect to be telling a story about Memphis and to include Elvis. He’s so intrinsically wrapped into the fabric of that city’s mythology and the collective consciousness of the world. I felt as though it could make everything that much more tangible and relatable for the listener.”
– Austin Lucas to CMT
Enjoy, and happy birthday Elvis (wherever you may be)!
Alone in Memphis (Official Video)
– Hallgeir
Today: David Bowie is 67 Happy Birthday
“I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.”
– David Bowie
David Robert Jones (born 8 January 1947), known by his stage name David Bowie, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator. He is known for his distinctive voice as well as the intellectual depth and considerable eclecticism of his work.
“I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, “Fuck that. I want to be a superhuman.”
― David Bowie
Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in July 1969, when his song “Space Oddity” reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart. After a three-year period of experimentation he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, spearheaded by the hit single “Starman” and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Bowie’s impact at that time, as described by biographer David Buckley, “challenged the core belief of the rock music of its day” and “created perhaps the biggest cult in popular culture.”
Ziggy Stardust:
The relatively short-lived Ziggy persona proved merely one facet of a career marked by continual reinvention, musical innovation and striking visual presentation.
25 Best New Songs released in 2013 (Videos)
This is my list… just need to get it out..
I need to confess that I listen to way more “old” music during a year. Lot’s of old bootlegs & old classics. Hallgeir (my partner in crime here @ JV) is the one always checking out new music, and giving me input.
Anyways, I manage to get my share and there were many great albums released this year as well. For me Jason Isbell’s “Southeastern” was number uno.. by quite a distance, but a late runner: John Moreland’s “In The Throes” came knockin’ when the polls were closing.
I only allow a maximum of 2 songs each artist.
Top 25
- Jason Isbell – Elephant
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I buried her a thousand times,
giving up my place in line,
but I don’t give a damn about that nowThere’s one thing that’s real clear to me,
no one dies with dignity.
We just try to ignore the elephant somehow.Continue reading 25 Best New Songs released in 2013 (Videos)