Music, Part 2 -- June 1, 2024

Locator: 48023MUSIC.

Grace Slick and Belinda Carlisle: back-up singers? For Ronnie Spector? Link here.

Okay. 

Grace Slick. No introduction needed.

Belinda Carlisle:

Belinda Jo Carlisle, born August 17, 1958, is an American singer and songwriter. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, the most successful all-female rock band of all time, and went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist.

Raised in Southern California, Carlisle became the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's after the band's formation in 1978. With their chart-topping debut studio album "Beauty and the Beat" in 1981, the group helped popularize new wave music in the United States.

The Go-Go's were the first (and to date only) all-female band in history who wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to achieve a No. 1 album. The Go-Go's have sold over seven million records worldwide.

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My Mix

As put together by YouTube: link here.

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The Wild Tonics

Link here.

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The Best Years Of My Life

Eileen.

The Brits know how to celebrate.

This is New Year's Eve. What a great song. It needs to be played just before midnight, New Year's Eve, followed by, of course, "Auld Lang Syne." Or maybe vice verse. "Auld Lang Syne" just before midnight, followed by Eileen at 12:00:01. 

There seem to be a gazillion versions of this song on the web. This one -- the link above -- may be the best for "audience participation."

But, my favorite might be this one:

Until tonight I've been unable to say why this might be my favorite, but I finally figured it out. 

Before the "event," Sugarland (Jennifer Nettles) would have likely been the obvious #1 to Sara Bareilles' #2. 

But #2 was going to challenge #1 for that number one position. 

Look at the incredible friendly "competition" between those two. 

I've gone back and forth: but tonight, I guess I have to give the "win" to Jennifer Nettles. After a dozen views, it comes back to the first 42 seconds. But wow, the energy, the spiritedness, the fire-passion-ardor-zeal of the two --- can it get any better?

The original. And, "as it should have sounded."

My laptop is out of juice, battery at 14%. Time to call it a night. Good luck to all.