Last night i decide to take a few-minutes break but fall asleep inspite of the country music program i have tuned into ( 1.fm/Station/ccountry/Default.aspx ) running at regular volume. So some of the music drifts into my dreams, and first there is some slow Elvis and then there is some upbeat piece, a guy singing accompanied by bass and piano and the song ending with him singing something about “golden (m)ascot” and “college band”. As i wake up i fondly recall that basss and piano sound and figure i check the program history of the channel to see what i might have heard there. But… looking for Elvis, i am surprised to see this long list of songs that have been played already - and which one is the one i remember hearing?
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01:43 am Artist: Keith Urban Title: YOU’LL THINK OF ME
01:40 am Artist: Mickey Gilley Title: I Overlooked An Orchid
01:37 am Artist: Lionel Richie Title: Stuck On You
01:34 am Artist: Lefty Frizzell Title: If You’ve Got The Money I’ve Got The Time
01:31 am Artist: Foster & Lloyd Title: Faster and Louder
01:29 am Artist: Sgt. Barry Sadler Title: The Ballad Of The Green Berets
01:25 am Artist: Boy Howdy Title: They Don’t Make Them Like That Anymore
01:21 am Artist: Hank Williams Jr Title: Man Of Steel
01:18 am Artist: Glen Campbell Title: Any Which Way You Can
01:14 am Artist: Collin Raye Title: Someone You Used To Know
01:12 am Artist: Elvis Presley Title: Love Me Tender [/quote]
Well… Google to the rescue. But nothing useful comes up searching for “golden mascot” or “golden ascot” and “college band”. Next Google and Youtube: going through the songs one by one i find out that the only one that has that upbeat feeling i recall as well as bass and piano accompaniment is “If You’ve Got The Money I’ve Got The Time”. And there are lots of versions of it in Youtube! And i get sucked into checking them all out. Now, since i’ve taken notes, i figure i may as well share that treasure trove with the rest of the world now.
Lefty Frizzell:
youtube.com/watch?v=f2x0fMszj58 - images: record / note: audio from an old record
youtube.com/watch?v=D3KbMo45yzE - images: record player / note: audio from an old record
youtube.com/watch?v=vYUr4wNdDZc - images: live performance on TV 1970 / note: somewhat poor audio
youtube.com/watch?v=_FquEEkL8B0 - images: movie / note: decent audio but lip synched
Cover versions:
Merle Haggard:
youtube.com/watch?v=4-tsVMHuHrs - images: old time stage / note: decent audio but piano hard to hear
youtube.com/watch?v=Ryh_wk2ba9g - images: old time stage / note: decent audio but piano hard to hear
Merle Haggard and David Frizzell
youtube.com/watch?v=ZIIpqmamkgI - images: live performance / note: decent audio
David Frizzell:
youtube.com/watch?v=FlthJTKU4rg - images: live performance / note: poor audio (bootleg)
George Jones:
youtube.com/watch?v=__xXNkt90tA - images: photo / note: decent audio
Willie Nelson:
youtube.com/watch?v=NVphs8eP6c4 - images: record cover, etc. / note: played fast; decent audio; also harmonica solo; all-star
youtube.com/watch?v=5Z8_vZ_MiME - images: live performance / note: played fast; poor audio (bootleg)
youtube.com/watch?v=Ozffj8m-WrI - images: live performance / note: played fast; poor audio (bootleg)
youtube.com/watch?v=jBfLCHPwhT4 - images: live performance / note: played fast; poor audio (bootleg)
Rick Wild:
youtube.com/watch?v=N_D5fPxEPr4 - images: live performance / note: played fast; very low audio level
Jo Stafford/Paul Westons Orchester:
youtube.com/watch?v=SRgHI3D8AQE - images: acoustic record player / note: prehistoric sound from an acoustic record player
Leon Russell:
youtube.com/watch?v=72n3mooTJh8 - images: record cover / note: played fast; decent audio; bluegrass-fusion version
Del McCoury:
youtube.com/watch?v=gLCmIfa_C2A - images: record cover / note: played fast; decent audio; bluegrass version
The Wilders:
youtube.com/watch?v=LbNqF_sLEXI - images: live performance / note: very low audio level
Oh… so much good stuff… :flowers:
And what about that “golden (m)ascot”? That was most likely the phrase “all the night spots” - and the “college band”? [strike]Who knows - a sleeping brain plays lots of tricks… maybe it’s something from one of the songs that followed but that i was not aware of[/strike]. Edit: i must have heard the 1970 version in my sleep, since he sings there not “dance drink beer and wine” but “dance to the music band”.