Some "classic" (older) workout songs for the more "seasoned" (older) posters (ecumenical exercise)
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Here are some links to "vintage" exercise / workout songs to incorporate into your brand new New Year's resolution exercise routine. (With an appreciative nod to FReeper "Winstons Julia" for the original idea.) Feel free to add your own "more classic" / "further aged" exercise workout song suggestions and links to the list. I have to go run an errand right now, but I will check back later to see if there is more than just this "1" post on this thread (if I can remember to do that). :-) Bits and Pieces Hippy Hippy Shake Twist and Shout Funky Broadway...
Published on Saturday 11th of February 2012 01:03:48 PM
Saturday Rock n Roll Oldies: THE ANIMALS 'Gonna Send You Back to Walker' (1964)
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The Animals were a highly influential English rock/R-n-B group, formed in the early 60s in the north-east of England (Newcastle-upon-Tyne). They later in the decade relocated to the bustling London scene. Renowned for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, the band is best known for timeless classics such as "The House of the Rising Sun", "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", and "It's My Life". The Animals presented a unique blend of rock-oriented pop hits along with R-n-B material to fill out the albums. Later -under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals- they moved to California and yet...
Published on Saturday 11th of February 2012 01:03:48 PM
Sha Na Na ~Papa ooo Mow Mow
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Papa ooo Mow Mow
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STATUS QUO: 'Spinning Wheel Blues' - 1970
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When I was a kid growing up in the late 70s, I used to comb through discount rack and often came-across various LPs by British boogie-rockers Status Quo in those bargain-bins and thinking 'Who the hell is this... and why are their records always being dumped by the dozens...?' None of my friends where into the band, they didn't get US airplay, and I never did buy them, perhaps spooked by the glut of unloved product out there. Most Americans would be likely know the band best for 1967's US/UK psychedelic-rock hit 'Pictures of Matchstick Men'- a song which in fact was their...
Published on Saturday 11th of February 2012 01:03:48 PM
TGIF Rock n Roll Oldies: STATUS QUO: Down The Dustpipe - 1970
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'Ain't no room for a Kosher cowboy in a town like New Orleans...' When I was a kid growing up in the late 70s, I used to comb through discount record bins to find stuff not heard on Aerosmith/Supertramp-dominated FM radio of the day. And I often took a chance on something unknown, even just based on the cover art if the price was right- like $.99 back then in olden times. But I often came-across various LPs by British boogie-rockers Status Quo in those bargain-bins and thinking "who the hell is this... and why are their records always being dumped by...
Published on Saturday 11th of February 2012 01:03:48 PM
TGIF Rock-n-Roll Oldies: ZZ TOP - 1979
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ZZ Top is a hugely successful Texas-rock band who've been quite innovative over four decades in the music business- yet they never strayed far from the basic elements/roots that made the trio so popular and distinctive in the first place. The group's sound -like British trio Status Quo- features a blues-based 'boogie rock', but influences are wide and varied. They hail from Houston, and formed the band from local rival bands back in 1969. ZZ Top soon developed a solid following in Texas and began writing their own songs. Once original drummer was replaced by Frank Beard- he, Billy Gibbons, and...
Published on Saturday 11th of February 2012 01:03:48 PM
TGIF Rock-n-Roll Oldies: THE CARS - 1984/85
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The Cars were a trailblazing pop band who's beat-and-guitar driven rock n roll added synthesizers in a way that created a foundation for the 80s New Wave scene that was to come. The first album -1978's The Cars- was a smash hit for the Boston-based group that promptly went platinum. That debut has been lauded as a "genuine rock masterpiece" by allmusic, with songs such as "Just What I Needed" "Best Friend's Girl""Let the Good Times Roll", and "Bye Bye Love". After six albums and four Top Ten hits in the US, the band broke up in 1988. Sadly, singer/bassist Benjamin Orr -a close...
Published on Saturday 11th of February 2012 01:03:48 PM
TGIF Rock-n-Roll Oldies: STEELY DAN
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"Sue me if I play too long..." Steely Dan is an American pop band who developed refined and highly-original compositions blending elements of rock, funk, blues, jazz, and R-n-B, among other influences. Executed to perfection by founders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker -along with the finest studio musicians on the planet- there simply never was a band like Steely Dan before, and it's unlikely there ever will be, not like this... The music that they brought was complex and well orchestrated, with most songs displaying a significant jazz influence. Fagan's unique voice backed by sweet harmonies and irresistible musical hooks made the sound...
Published on Saturday 11th of February 2012 01:03:48 PM
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