Rufus Wainwright does a cover of the Leonard Cohen song “Everybody Knows.” The video starts off with a short clip of Wainwright talking about the first time he met Leonard Cohen and a clip of Leonard Cohen talking about his affinity for formal attire.
Archive for March 31st, 2009
Everybody Knows
Posted in music, Videos, tagged Leonard Cohen, music video, Rufus Wainwright on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Newspapers
Posted in journalism/news media, photographs, tagged journalism/news media, newpapers, photographs on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If factual reporting is the thing that newspapers do best, why do they do so little of it? I used to read newspapers every day. That fell off long before I found online sources of information. Newspapers today are entertainment, rarely a source for in-depth reporting. Newspapers, like television news programs, decided quite a while [...]
Graham Central Station
Posted in music, Videos, tagged Graham Central Station, music video, Sly Stone on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I would have loved to have been in the audience for this show. Fortunately, someone else was, and they had a camera and recording equipment. Larry Graham and his band cover a bunch of Sly & The Family Stone tunes.
What Is Hip?
Posted in Historical Information, music, Videos, tagged music video, Tower of Power, What Is Hip on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tower of Power!
Everyday People
Posted in childhood memories, tagged music video, Sly & The Family Stone on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sly & The Family Stone Bonus track:
Glen Campbell
Posted in childhood memories, music, Videos, tagged Glen Campbell, music video on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By The Time I Get To Phoenix Wichita Lineman
Shaft
Posted in childhood memories, music, Videos, tagged Isaac Hayes, music video on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Isaac Hayes (1978 cover of the 1971 Academy Award winning song)
Walk On By
Posted in childhood memories, music, Videos, tagged Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, music video, The Stranglers on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David Dionne Warwick The Stranglers
