Bob Dylan's 'Tell Tale Signs' : NPR Music

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Dylan at his most reflective.

The Rolling Stones, in "Simpathy fot the Devil", Rock & Roll Circus, live, 1968.

The Rolling Stones, in "Simpathy fot the Devil", Rock & Roll Circus, live, 1968. (sic)
OK, we were all young and goofy-looking at one point, but, sheesh. These guys are looking as though they were still trying to beg the keys to their old man's car and, but they made music that holds up 40 years later.

iTunes Genius Playlist, based on I'll Fly Away

Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch - I'll Fly Away
"Down From The Mountain: Live Concert Performances By The Artists & Musicians Of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

Lyle Lovett - If I Had A Boat
Pontiac

Hank Williams - I Saw The Light
Hank Williams 16 Greatest Hits

Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces
Patsy Cline Story

Kris Kristofferson - Why Me?
The Austin Sessions

Willie Nelson & Johnny Cash - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
Storytellers [Live]

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2"

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons (1955)
16 Tons Of Boogie: The Best Of Tennessee Ernie Ford

Lyle Lovett - Private Conversation
The Road To Ensenada

Willie Nelson - Good Hearted Woman
Willie & Family Live (Disc 1)

"Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris" - To Know Him Is To Love Him
Trio

Joaquin Phoenix - I Walk The Line
Walk The Line (???)

Alison Krauss - Down To The River To Pray
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

Alison Krauss & Union Station - Wild Bill Jones
"Down From The Mountain: Live Concert Performances By The Artists & Musicians Of ""O Brother, Where Art Thou?"""

Johnny Cash - Orange Blossom Special
At Folsom Prison / San Quentin

Randy Travis w/ Dolly Parton - Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
Heroes and Friends

ZZ Top - "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
Greatest Hits

Willie Nelson - Blue Skies
Stardust

Wayne Hancock - Thunderstorms And Neon Signs
Thunderstorms And Neon Signs

Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams
Patsy Cline Story

Bill Monroe - Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection

Emmylou Harris - If I Needed You (w/ Don Williams)
Duets

Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris - Love Hurts
"Warm Evenings, Pale Mornings, Bottled Blues 1963-1973"

The Stanley Brothers - Angel Band
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

Lyle Lovett - Nobody Knows Me
Lyle Lovett and his Large Band

cbs2.com - Presidential Candidates Barack Obama, John McCain Reveal Top 10 Songs

CBS reports the favorite tunes of our presidential candidates. FWIW, only one of the songs, "What's Going On," would make my top 10, although there's some pretty good music here.

Here's the complete list according to Blender.com:

Number 10:
Obama: "Yes We Can" by will.i.am
McCain: "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" by The Platters

Number 9:
Obama: "City of Blinding Lights" by U2
McCain: "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond

Number 8:
Obama: "Think" by Aretha Franklin
McCAIN: "I've Got You Under My Skin" by Frank Sinatra

Number 7:
Obama: "You'd Be So Easy to Love" by Frank Sinatra
McCain: "What A Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong

Number 6:
Obama: "Touch the Sky" by Kanye West
McCain: "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys

Number 5:
Obama: "Sinnerman" by Nina Simone
McCain: "As Time Goes By" by Dooley Wilson

Number 4:
Obama: "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones
McCain: "If We Make It Through December" by Merle Haggard

Number 3:
Obama: "I'm On Fire" by Bruce Springsteen
McCain: "Take a Chance On Me" by ABBA

Number 2:
Obama: "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye
McCain: "Blue Bayou" by Roy Orbison

Number 1:
Obama: "Ready or Not" by the Fugees
McCain: "Dancing Queen" by ABBA

(© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

iTunes Genius Playlist, based on O Mary Don't You Weep

Bruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band - O Mary Don't You Weep
Live In Dublin

Bruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band - How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
Live In Dublin

Bob Dylan - Thunder On The Mountain
Modern Times

Bob Dylan & The Rolling Thunder Review - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall [Live]
Live 1975 - The Rolling Thunder Revue (Bootleg Series Vol. 5) (Disc 1)

Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues
Small Change

Van Morrison & The Chieftains - Irish Heartbeat
Irish Heartbeat

Cowboy Junkies - Misguided Angel
The Trinity Session

Bruce Springsteen - If I Should Fall Behind
Lucky Town

The Rolling Stones - Shine A Light
Exile On Main Street

Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind
Every Picture Tells A Story

The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
Live MCMXCIII

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Highway 61 Revisited

Paul Simon - Graceland
Graceland

John Mellencamp - Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
Mr. Happy Go Lucky

George Harrison - If Not For You
All Things Must Pass (Disc 1)

Bruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band - This Little Light of Mine
Live In Dublin

Bruce Springsteen - Jacob's Ladder
We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions

Bob Dylan - I Shall Be Released
"The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [BOX SET]"

Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
Live Rust

Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Twelve

Bonnie Raitt & John Prine - Angel From Montgomery (Live)
John Prine Live

Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues
Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs

Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart
The Wind

Bruce Springsteen - Out In The Street (Live)
Live in New York City (Disc 1)

Paul Simon with The Jessy Dixon Singers - Mother And Child Reunion
Live Rhymin'

Tom Rush - Galveston Flood

As we watch Ike intensify and take aim at Galveston, this old song about the 1900 Galveston flood keeps spinning around my head.

Wasn't that a mighty storm
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning
Wasn't that a mighty storm
It blew all the people away.

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iTunes Genius Playlist

I am trying out the new iTunes 8 feature called Genius. In brief, you give the Genius the name of one song in your music library and it builds a playlist of stuff that a good DJ would put together. The first song that I chose was The Green Manalishi.

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Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi
Live At The Boston Tea Party (Part One)

The Band - The River Hymn
To Kingdom Come (Disc 2)

Neil Young - The Loner
Live Rust

Savoy Brown - Louisiana Blues
Blue Matter

Cream - Deserted Cities Of The Heart
Wheels Of Fire - In The Studio

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love (Part 1)
Happy Trails

Yardbirds - Train Kept a Rollin'
Yardbirds Reunion Jam

The Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror
The Velvet Underground & Nico

John Lennon - Cold Turkey
The John Lennon Collection

Traffic - Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
On the Road

Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World
The Vaudeville Years - 1968 To 1970 (Disc 1)

Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Cream - N.S.U. (BBC Sessions)
Cream: The BBC Sessions

The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"
Roger The Engineer

Jeff Beck - Shapes Of Things
The Late 60's With Rod Stewart

Savoy Brown - Train To Nowhere
Blue Matter

Jefferson Airplane - Today
Jefferson Airplane Loves You (Disc 1)

Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - I Scare Myself
Striking It Rich

The Electric Flag - Groovin' Is Easy
"The Monterey International Pop Festival,Volume"

Janis Joplin - Combination Of The Two
Janis (Disc 2)

Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman
Fleetwood Mac - The Collection

Blind Faith - Presence Of The Lord
Blind Faith

Cream - Those Were The Days
Wheels Of Fire - In The Studio

Country Joe & The Fish - Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
"The Monterey International Pop Festival, Volume 1"

Jefferson Airplane - Plastic Fantastic Lover [Live]
Jefferson Airplane Loves You (Disc 2)

Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi

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The Clash - The Magnificent Seven [live]

YouTube - The Clash - The Magnificent Seven [live]

Phil Ochs - Pleasures of the Harbor

The title song from this album, Pleasures of the Harbor, is an edgy tale of sailors home for brief shore leave. With Ochs's wiggling vocals and the gentle, stringed backing, sets you up for one of the most disturbing songs anywhere - The Crucifixion. Ochs opened some pretty strange doors in his brief time with us.

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Woody Guthrie: Jesus Christ

You might recognize the tune and even some of the lyrics from Woody's Jesse James: MilkandCookies - Woody Guthrie: Jesus Christ

MilkandCookies - Pink Floyd: Us and Them, Original

MilkandCookies - Pink Floyd: Us and Them, Original

In a Rolling Stone interview, David Gilmour remarked that Pink Floyd wasn't very good musically and had to find other ways to be successful. Guess that it worked. Dark Side of the Moon was on the Billboard charts for more than 1500 weeks.

iTunes shuffle playlist

I Hear A Rhapsody - Bill Evans
Bill Evans - "Montreux II"

Banquet Hall - Loreena McKennitt
To Drive The Cold Winter Away

Anu - Adrian Legg
Guitar For Mortals

Take My Hand, Precious Lord - Thomas A. Dorsey
Say Amen, Somebody

And - Grateful Dead
Terrapin Station (Capital Centre, Landover, MD 3/15/90) (Disc 3)

Treacherous Cretins - Frank Zappa
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (Disc 1)

Help Me - Elvis Presley
Amazing Grace: Elvis (Disc 2)

Buzzard Keep On Flyin' Over... - Simon Rattle cond.
Porgy And Bess Disk 2/3

Cousin Mary (Alternate Take) - John Coltrane
Giant Steps

Shango (Chant to the God of Thunder) - Babatunde Olatunji
Drums Of Passion

YouTube - U2 BAD Live Aid 1985

There was so much great music at the Live Aid concert. No doubt, a lot of the energy came from the worthiness of the cause. Also, though, many bands were at the top of their games. Even the long vamp at the end of this one, while Bono dives into the crowd, adds to the haunting sharpness of the tune.