Long Time Gone (2005 Remaster)

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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

Official HD video for "September" by Earth, Wind and FireListen to Earth, Wind and Fire: https://EarthWindandFire.lnk.to/listenYDSubscribe to the official Ea...

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On my mental soundtrack today: in honor of Turtles co-founder Mark "The Phlorescent Leech" Volman, RIP today age 78, I present one of my favorite of Frank Zappa's compositions, featuring Mark and his musical partner Howard Kaylen in their Flo and Eddy guise.

#MarkVolman #TheTurtles #FloAndEddy #FrankZappa #ArtRock #1970sMusic
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XsuYMtnCKY

Billy The Mountain (Live At Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1971)

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On my mental soundtrack this Labor Day is an old favorite of mine, one of the wittier takedowns of modern industrial culture that I've heard in recent years.

#DireStraits #rock #1980sMusic
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying #LaborDay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTb0RnJTsRQ

Dire Straits - Industrial Disease (1982) HD

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One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite musical smart-asses. Rest in peace, sir.

#TomLehrer #NoveltySong #1950sMusic
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQHaGhC7C2E

Tom Lehrer - Lobachevsky

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Back to distracting myself with another hunk of early Roxy Music, live and as weird as they wanna be.

#RoxyMusic #LiveMusic #ArtRock #1970sMusic
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCzhAeukF1A

Roxy Music - Ladytron (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972)

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Most emphatically on my mental soundtrack this evening as I embark on a deep dive into early Roxy Music. This live performance is beautifully controlled chaos - and Bryan Ferry and the whole band are just fascinating to watch.

#RoxyMusic #BrianFerry #ArtRock #1970sMusic #LiveMusic
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLoj1MbLs38

Roxy Music - Re-Make / Re-Model

Roxy Music were an English rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry, who became the band's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. Alo...

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So I'm again/still obsessing over drag king - the logistics of how I could pull it off as a disabled person (could I hold a crowd's attention while doing my entire act seated?) plus making my musical tastes fit into the drag scene. For example: I was checking out some Roxy Music videos and now I'm jazzed by the idea of performing to a medley of Do the Strand and Both Ends Burning (they're even in the same key and tempo!). Not sure if the world is ready for a non-skinny all-seated Bryan Ferry homage, but part of me is tempted by the idea of rolling onstage in a tailored suit and modish black hair wig, taking a seat onstage, and kicking into
"There's a new sensation
A fabulous creation
A danceable solution
To teenage revolution..."
I dunno ... what do you folks out in Mastodon-land think of this madness?

#drag #DragKing #RoxyMusic #BryanFerry
#MentalSoundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5X6BifSQ9U

Do The Strand

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On my mental soundtrack today: Randy Newman's brilliant skewering of his era's edition of US-style fascism - love how he calls them out in this live performance - and a painfully relevant song for these times.

#RandyNewman #PopMusic #1970sMusic
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olOk5cK4lqQ

Political Science - Randy Newman | The Midnight Special

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In honor of Pride Month, here's the beginnings of a list of songs I'd love to sing in the Drag King karaoke bar of my dreams (in addition to the LGBTQ+ anthems I've posted recently):
--David Bowie, "Life on Mars?"
--Todd Rundgren, "Real Man"
--The Doors, "LA Woman"

Please feel free to comment with other songs you would add to this list!

#PrideMonth #MentalSoundtrack #DragKing #nonbinary #genderfluid #trans #transmasc