I vaguely remember this song. I was like 12 when it came out. I loved Mike + The Mechanics. I didn't know this was their song. I just stumbled across this last month. Great song, great video of a simpler time. I love the kids messing with the instruments.
Reina del Cid's Sunday morning video was a cover of Peggy Seeger's "I'm Gonna Be an Engineer." I really only knew Peggy Seeger as the little lost girl in a department store returned to her mother by Elizabeth Cotten, who wrote "Freight Train" and "Shake Sugaree." So spent a good part of the afternoon listening to Peggy Seeger on YouTube and Spotify.
You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio - Features Molly Tuttle
One of the radio shows I try not to miss is Folk Song Fiesta. This morning Bruce played Joni Mitchell's "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio." Just hearing it once wasn't enough so I did a YouTube search and found Molly Tuttle singing lead on this Berklee College of Music ensemble cover. Molly is mostly known as an award-winning bluegrass and americana guitar flat-picker but she does a very nice job on the vocals here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPuBDw07GU0
Right this minute (I usually stream music while perusing the message boards) I was in a country mood, so I am listening to Best Country Songs of Alan Jackson. Before that is was Best Songs of 1978, which was pretty much all disco, heavy with Bee Gees tunes from Saturday Night Fever.
I finally got tired of Alan Jackson, so I just switched to Chicago Greatest Hits.
I just read that again and it reminded me of a Shooter Jennings (Waylon's kid) that I used to love called Fourth of July. "We sang Stranglehold 'til the stereo couldn't take no more of that rock and roll so we put on a little George Jones and just sang along"