Original Hit Songs played simply by the original artists
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Too bad he lost his voice because of a heart issue but still recorded some records afterwards. My wife and I met him and Sylvia at the Friars pub on Yonge street where they were performing years ago and during their break they sat next to us and we had a conversation. To me, he was a true Country Cowboy singer
Another spot on performance from OGWT. Just Elton and the piano.
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I always remember this song from this movie for some reason...One of my all time favourite flicks.
Great thread.
While some of these may not be considered "hits", I just love solo performances. Here's a few...
Baby It's You (youtube.com)
and a few years later.....starts off soft....but later really turns loud and hard around the 2 minute mark.....a group called Smith
and a few years later.....starts off soft....but later really turns loud and hard around the 2 minute mark.....a group called Smith
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What the hell. Here's the whole Massey Hall concert. A classic. Massey Hall acoustics. The playlist is on the right.
On the Way Home (Live at Massey Hall 1971) (youtube.com)
On the Way Home (Live at Massey Hall 1971) (youtube.com)
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I just started on a long drive last summer when an old pilot friend from Texas' wife called. I knew when I saw her name on my call display why she was calling.
After the two hour call. I turned Spotify back on as the sun was setting ... and this song came on. Never heard it before... now it's one of my favourites and I think of my friend every time I play it.
I regret not keeping closer in touch.
I don't remember losing track of you
You were always dancing in and out of view
I must've thought you'd always be around
Keep a fire burning in your eye
Pay attention to the open sky
You never know what will be coming down
I don't remember losing track of you
You were always dancing in and out of view
I must've thought you'd always be around
Always keeping things real by playing the clown
Now you're nowhere to be found
I don't know what happens when people die
Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try
It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear
But I can't sing, I can't help listening
And I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round
Crying is they ease you down
'Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing
Dancing our sorrow away (right on dancing)
No matter what fate chooses to play (there's nothing you can do about it anyway)
Just do the steps that you've been shown
By everyone you've ever known
Until the dance becomes your very own
No matter how close to yours
Another's steps have grown
In the end there is one dance you'll do alone
Keep a fire for the human race
Let your prayers go drifting into space
You never know what will be coming down
Perhaps a better world is drawing near
Just as easily it could all disappear
Along with whatever meaning you might have found
Don't let the uncertainty turn you around
(The world keeps turning around and around) go on and make a joyful sound
Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has thrown
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive
And the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive
That you'll never know
After the two hour call. I turned Spotify back on as the sun was setting ... and this song came on. Never heard it before... now it's one of my favourites and I think of my friend every time I play it.
I regret not keeping closer in touch.
I don't remember losing track of you
You were always dancing in and out of view
I must've thought you'd always be around
Keep a fire burning in your eye
Pay attention to the open sky
You never know what will be coming down
I don't remember losing track of you
You were always dancing in and out of view
I must've thought you'd always be around
Always keeping things real by playing the clown
Now you're nowhere to be found
I don't know what happens when people die
Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try
It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear
But I can't sing, I can't help listening
And I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round
Crying is they ease you down
'Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing
Dancing our sorrow away (right on dancing)
No matter what fate chooses to play (there's nothing you can do about it anyway)
Just do the steps that you've been shown
By everyone you've ever known
Until the dance becomes your very own
No matter how close to yours
Another's steps have grown
In the end there is one dance you'll do alone
Keep a fire for the human race
Let your prayers go drifting into space
You never know what will be coming down
Perhaps a better world is drawing near
Just as easily it could all disappear
Along with whatever meaning you might have found
Don't let the uncertainty turn you around
(The world keeps turning around and around) go on and make a joyful sound
Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has thrown
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive
And the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive
That you'll never know
