Rest in Power, Rob Hirst.

Your drumming drove the sound and message of Midnight Oil.

"..it's better to die on your feet, than to live on your knees.."

https://youtu.be/6pKPNnk-JhE

✊ 🥁

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Today's #TuneTuesday theme is songs with cities or towns in the title or lyrics. The official hash tag is #LondonCalling but my entry contains songs that refer to another city, #Helsinki.

Helsinki and Stockholm are connected by a popular ferry line, which is nicely reflected in this song, co-written and sung by one of my favorite artists, Doug Sahm:

Sir Douglas Quintet: Meet Me In Stockholm (1984)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBfz5f7_xXk

Two wonderful Finnish-language recordings that I really liked when they came out some 35 years ago, both with memorable lyrics:

Leevi & the Leavings: Jos Helsinki on kaunis (1989)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUWiBHb1i4s

Liisa Akimof: Helsinki (1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPW4WJHGNM0

Unfortunately the all-time ultimate Helsinki song doesn't mention the name of the city, but here it is anyway - originally written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent as "Beautiful In the Rain", but with superb - and completely different - Finnish-language lyrics by Juha "Junnu" Vainio:

Fredi: Kolmatta Linjaa takaisin (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8BEminEYe4

#music #dougsahm #sirdouglasquintet #leavings #liisaakimof #fredi #kolmattalinjaatakaisin

I cannot adequately express my sadness at this news. I'm hiding in a restroom at work and crying.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/30/shane-macgowan-pogues-singer-dies

Farewell, Shane, ye mad bastard. I will be having a shot or two of Tully tonight for you, and "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash" will be on HEAVY rotation this week.

#leavings #shanemacgowan #irishmusic #music #legend

RIP, David Crosby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHL-6cUtZj0

#music #leavings