Wednesday, 8 January 2025

   

For the record over the last nine years   T H E  F R I D A Y  M U S I C  S P O T   has now starred 450 tracks, from the very start in November 2015. 
The first 50 songs can be replayed via this link. For 51-100 click here: 101-150 click this one and then 151-200 (link) ; while 201-250 is here ; 251-300 right here ; 301-350 revisited here ; and for 351-400 click this link. Today lists the last 50, see below. 
Click on the blue arrow  to replay that track. Please note: Many of the 450 videos are showing unavailable now, but you can search for an alternative, if you wish. 




401  Now And Then .......................................................... The Beatles
402  Whole Wide World .......…..................................... Rolling Stones
403 
 Shut Up and Dance .........…................................. Walk the Moon
404  Theme from the Black Pudding ........................Los Twangueros
405  Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud .............................. David Bowie
406  A Whiter Shade of Pale...................... King Curtis & the Kingpins
407  Three Little Birds ...................................................... Bob Marley
408  Rocky Mountain High …......................................... John Denver
409  Granny Takes a Trip ………….......................... The Purple Gang
410  Heaven is a Place on Earth .............................…Belinda Carlisle

411  Midnight Rider/Can't You See.. Nick Stone & Shifty Hunchbacks
412  Won't Get Fooled Again …...................................... Rockin'1000
413  Red Eyes .........…............................................ The War on Drugs
414  A Song of the Weather ................................Flanders and Swann
415  Caroline ..................................................................... Status Quo
416  Awake Awake ..................................... The Gigspanner Big Band
417  Long Long Long ...................................................... The Beatles
418  All Or Nothing ......................................................... Small Faces
419  She's Got Her Tickets …………........................ Tracy Chapman
420  One To Many Mornings ......................................…Jason McNiff

421  Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt................................ The Shadows
422  I'm A Man ….............................................. Spencer Davis Group
423  Did You Ever Have That Feeling ......................... The Standells
424  Nights in White Satin ......................................The Moody Blues
425  Here I Go Again ........................................................ The Hollies
426  Am I Losing You ................................................. Coco Montoya
427  Freed From Desire ............................................................. Gala
428  Jessica ….......................................... The Allman Brothers Band
429  Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) …….......……............ Frank Wilson
430  Hoover Dam .........….…..................................................…Sugar

431  Dead Man's Road.................................................... Doc Holliday
432  Sally's Garden ….................... Tangerine Dream with Brian May
433  The Sky Children ..............…................................ Kaleidoscope
434  Rocking Horse .........................................................Any Trouble
435  I'm Waiting For You .............................................. Johnny Flynn
436  Football Crazy.......................... Robin Hall & Jimmie Macgregor
437  Mohammed's Radio ............................... Arizona Smoke Revue
438  Mars to Liverpool …................... Liam Gallagher & John Squire 
439  The Way is the Aim …….….................................... Imperial Age
440  Spectral Mornings .........….…...........................…Steve Hackett
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441  First Time.................................................................. Robin Beck
442  Little Wing ................................. Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
443  Song of the Wind ......................................................... Santana
444  Celtic New Year .....................................................Van Morrison
445  Spillways .......................................................................... Ghost
446  Conversation with Billy................................................ Sabittas
447  Maid in Heaven .................................................. Be Bop Deluxe
448  Nothing Else Matters .................................................. Metallica
449  I Know That Much ………….................................. The Lathums
450  Shake a Tail Feather .........….…..........................…Ray Charles

Friday, 3 January 2025

  

I had something entirely different lined up for today that was unrelated to New Year celebrations.
However dancing our way into 2025, with various approximations of the Twist, the Fly, Swim and the Bird, the Frug, the Mash Potato, the Boogaloo and even the Watusi, which together resembled something similar if not wholly recognisable as 'Shake a Tail Feather', as witnessed in this video.
You'll at least recognise that from The Blues Brothers movie. Ray Charles on piano and vocals, Dan Ackroyd [Elwood] and John Belushi [Jake] with a cast of fellow dancers shakin' and a twistin'.
Farewell 2024. Over to you 2025 

Resolution: I'll keep the music coming ...