Musings of an old fart
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:36 pm
While having a browse around You Tube looking for something else, I came across an old song I had not heard for ages, one thing led to another and I listened to some long forgotten favourites that brought back memories from many years ago. I have always had quite catholic tastes, so my choices flit about quite a bit when I listen to music, I loved the old Country and Western singers, all the way from Roy Roger’s to people like Marty Robins, if the song had a story in it, then I usually liked it. These few are for no other reason than I liked them at the time and haven’t heard them for years.
One of my all time favourites was Marty Robbins and this one takes me back a long way!
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I hadn't heard this one for years, but I found myself singing along and still knowing all the words, Mrs H was smiling and no doubt thinking silly old sod.
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Another very old one and on the original recording he sounds even more deeper, with a voice like Paul Robeson, we used to try and mimic his singing, but could never get that low.
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I prefer this to the Lonnie Donegan version and it always made me smile, we must not take our colonial past too seriously
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This is just to even up the mockery and was the version he released for the British market.
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Finally for no more reason than i was looking at some old American Confederate & Union songs that I remembered this fantastic version by Elvis. Hope you enjoy my choices and they bring back a memory or two for some of you.
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One of my all time favourites was Marty Robbins and this one takes me back a long way!
<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GgI5DMVegIk" frameborder="0"></iframe>
I hadn't heard this one for years, but I found myself singing along and still knowing all the words, Mrs H was smiling and no doubt thinking silly old sod.
<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CS3ErDN50Qk" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Another very old one and on the original recording he sounds even more deeper, with a voice like Paul Robeson, we used to try and mimic his singing, but could never get that low.
<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Joo90ZWrUkU" frameborder="0"></iframe>
I prefer this to the Lonnie Donegan version and it always made me smile, we must not take our colonial past too seriously
<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/V-rNnIXJmZs" frameborder="0"></iframe>
This is just to even up the mockery and was the version he released for the British market.
<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_9EbvpfyiTg" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Finally for no more reason than i was looking at some old American Confederate & Union songs that I remembered this fantastic version by Elvis. Hope you enjoy my choices and they bring back a memory or two for some of you.
<iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/m9saX9cF248" frameborder="0"></iframe>