Favourite songs v2.0

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9kLywp1PVU — „Þakkarbæn“ ("A Prayer of Thanks") [live]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ODw0-GCDVs — „Nú gjaldi Guði þökk“ ("Now Thank We All Our God") [recording]
Both are sung by Reykjavík Men's Choir.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUpGRXT18R8 — "In Zaire" (Johnny Wakelin, 1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAN-LvFOGus — "Airport" (The Motors, 1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYLawlXKih8 — "Flash In The Night" (Secret Service, 1982)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtrgwqei7ww — "I Like Chopin" (Gazebo, 1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgc_LRjlbTU — "One Night In Bangkok" (Murray Head, 1984)

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwzYczRoA7s — "Satellite" by The Hooters.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8-W9Zek0T8 (my preference)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNyR6rsGDyg (Kiri Te Kanawa and Nora Burrowes)
Rossini's Cat Duet.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVVdotsJsQE — "Keeping The Dream Alive" w/ Münchener Freiheit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uq-7FhJ0Oo — "To Turn The Stone" w/ Frida.

[ShinigamiKaitou]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z6CHioIn3s


My new bop.


...as I finally regain access to this server after an ice age.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eARHo4Iwjk -- "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" theme played on a gayageum.
Morricone in Korean, roughly.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wquOj_6mB6A — "Gleden og sorgen" w/ Erlend Ropstad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUgF49Rtg7Q — "Video Killed The Radio Star" w/ The Buggles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHP6f6MQ_sA — "Manic Monday" w/ The Bangles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4RE-CO31js — "Luciferama" w/ Alan Parsons (Symphonic) Project.
All are live takes.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twcg1Dt0HwE — "Guld och gröna ängar" w/ Frida.
ABBA's Frida has a Swedish version of 10cc's "Wall Street Shuffle".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svbv0ArjPGU — "Storybook Love" sung by Willie DeVille.
This is the last track on the "Princess Bride" OST CD.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEt6FnFl54 — "Where The Angels Fly" w/ Dirkschneider and The Old Gang.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjOlk3n5wUA — The COVID version.
They just rock. Huge.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVhtWfC7RF4 — "Boonika bate doba" w/ Zdob şi Zdub.
"Gramma beat the drum-ah!" And did she ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh9NRGNhUU — "Hard Rock Hallelujah! w/ Lordi.
"Rock'n'Roll angels bring that hard rock hallelujah!" Which they did, good and proper.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rthj1nqfzgI — "Only For You" w/ Louise Tucker.
Very nice version of Binge's "Elizabethan Serenade".

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zTbVRPh5EI — "10 Years" w/ Daði & Gagnamagnið.
They are such Rangers, aren't they?

[Té Rowan]

A bit on the choral side today…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLdQvMDnL0o — Bel Canto Choir Vilnius – Laudate Dominum (Mozart)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJA-OnpYdFg — Karlakór Reykjavíkur – Loch Lomond (live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHM5C95AQGU — Morriston Orpheus Choir – Men of Harlech

Also…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lCnguTtsSQ — Polytech Male Choir and the Helsinki Philharmonic – Finlandia (Sibelius)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acTovh1jpcg — Ludwig Martin Jetschke – Laudate omnes gentes
The guy is both organist and lead voice.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onQuMcNq6WA — HMS Pinafore: Now Give Three Cheers / Monarch of the sea / When I was a lad

Long ago I owned a test/demo cassette tape intended to help people get the most from their tape decks. I tended to play it a lot since I liked the music selection. Part of it was this bit from HMS Pinafore.

“Stay close to your desks and never go to sea – and you all may be rulers of the Queen’s Navy!”