Providing Musical Distractions for our Sick, Sad World
Song of the Day: Ou Es-Tu, Mon Amour? We will try a little something different today. Here are 2 amazing versions of the song Ou Es-Tu, Mon Amour? for your Sunday morning listening pleasure. Fist up, this classic rendition by Django Reinhardt with Stephane Grappelli. And, next this lovely version by Willie Nelson from his 1998 Daniel …
Video of the Day: The NIce – America (live) The Nice’s frenzied version of Bernsteins America from West Side Story.
Song of the Day: I Love You, You Big Dummy This tender, sweet love song was originally written by Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart. It’s heartwarming message of affection must have deeply effected Howard Devoto, who was moved to record it with two of his bands, first with an early version of …
Video Of the Day: Stairway to Heaven by the Rock Lobsters OK, so there are A LOT of versions of Stairway to Heaven out their. This is one of the weirder and as a bonus, one of the shorter. Enjoy.
Song of the Day: Brave Combo – Fascination/In-a-Gadda-Da-vida The Brave Combo may be known as a sort of New Wave Polka band but, they really were not limited to Polkas, rather they experimented with many types of world musc, Tangos, Cha-Chas, Mambos – stuff like that. Their version of the old Iron Butterfly classic which …
Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty an Infinite Jones Mini Mix
(i Know) I’m Losing You (Cornelius Grant, Eddie Holland, Brian Holland and Norman Whitfield) The first 3 versions are all produced by Legendary Motown Producer and co-writer of the song, Norman Whitfield. The original Temptations version from their 1967 With a Lot O’ Soul album is pretty damn near perfect. But, that didn’t stop …
An infinite Jones continuing series highlighting Cool/unusual Cover versions First up: TWO VERSIONS OF A SONG I DON’T REALLY LIKE! YAY! TAKE ON Me. (Originally by A-ha.) But, these versions are actually pretty great. The Blanks are probably better know as Ted’s Band from the sitcom Scrubs. This version is so beautiful it almost makes me wanna …
