Britbike forum Forums General discussion The Rod and Tappet what music are you listening to now?

Saint Pat's day I went out and let other people cook my corned beef and serve my Guinness.
When I got home I put this on the stereo.

Recorded by the Lane remote truck in "bomb alley" during the height of the troubles.

Sometimes I punch in "YOUTUBE to the computer and go back to the '50's through the 1990s's fot eh music and artists I like best.

Most are Americans, such as Mary Wells, Sam & Dave, Wilson Picket, Clarence Carter, Ronnie Specter (The Ronettes), Smoky Robinson, etc.
I was fortunate to see Jerry Lee Lewis and Bo Diddley on stage together LIVE in 1990,
and had the chance (but foolish not to take it) to see Eric Clapton and Mark Nofler together, live at Poplar Creek in 1987 or '88.

I like some of the British stars, too, but my number-one favorite is Joe Cocker.
He took two mediocre songs by other artists and made him his own,
Yes, he now OWNS them, and I think there will never be better versions of those:

"The Letter," and "A Little Help From My Friends."

To each his own of course, but I for one wouldn't classify those two songs as mediocre, far from it. I do think Joe Cocker covered those songs very well, but I would still much rather listen to the originals. On that note, a song that was redone and they totally knocked it out of the park...er, universe by a long shot, is this song.....one of the best rock songs of all time!!