Top Track Music

Booker T & the MG’s – green onions/ Some days I inspired by an old memory then there are times that I hear an oldie but a goodie on the car radio and I just have to share it with you. This song moves my soul. It’s so much fun. I hope you like it, and if you never heard it before, well your in for a treat. Enjoy.

In summer 1962, seventeen-year-old keyboardist Booker T. Jones, twenty-year-old guitarist Steve Cropper, bass player Lewie Steinberg, and Al Jackson Jr., a drummer making his debut with the company, were in the Memphis studio to back up former Sun Records star Billy Lee Riley. During downtime, the four started playing around with a bluesy little organ ditty reminiscent of Ray Charles. Jim Stewart, the president of Stax Records, liked what he heard and hit the “record” button. He liked the finished product enough to want to release it.^[9] Cropper remembered a riff that Jones had come up with weeks earlier and before long, they had a second song.

Stewart wanted to release the single with the first song, titled “Behave Yourself”, as the A-side and the second song as the B-side. Steve Cropper and radio disc jockeys thought otherwise; soon, Stax released Booker T. & the M.G.’s’ “Green Onions” backed with “Behave Yourself”. In conversation with BBC Radio 2’s Johnnie Walker, on his show broadcast on September 7, 2008, Steve Cropper revealed that the record became an instant success when DJ Reuben Washington, at Memphis radio station WLOK, played it four times in succession, this even before the tune or the band had an agreed name.

The single went to number one on the R&B charts and number three on the Pop charts and is now considered one of the most important riffs in rock history. It is featured in countless movies/trailers including a pivotal scene in the motion picture American Graffiti and on TV every year.

Yes “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”

“Owner of a Lonely Heart” is a song by the progressive rock band Yes. It is the opening track of their 1983 album 90125. Written primarily by Trevor Rabin (who was new to the band at the time), the song reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 — to date Yes’ biggest chart success by far.

Goodbye Stranger – SuperTramp/ I’m on a supertramp kick.  I could never really figure what this song was about. Is it about relationships or something else? Any ideas please let me know. I love this song because the music and the words take you on a ride. When a song can do that. It’s a sign of a good band, and great production.

“Goodbye Stranger” is a song by Supertramp, which first appeared on their 1979 album Breakfast in America.

The main “body” of the song is backed by a simple electric piano melody; the arrangement intensifies as the song progresses. This is eventually joined by intermittent electric guitar chords and bass. The song features several layers of vocals to complete the melody. Rick Davies sings the lead vocals and plays the Wurlitzer electric piano while Roger Hodgson sings background vocals on the chorus and plays the electric guitar, including the guitar solo during the conclusion. The song features falsetto vocals during the chorus, similar to those of the Bee Gees.

The track was one of three off Breakfast in America with a music video. In the video, the band play the track on a soundstage. Roger Hodgson and John Helliwell lip synch. In addition, John plays a Hammond organ.

It was featured on the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati on the episode “Baby, If You Ever Wondered”. It was also featured on the 1999 soundtrack to Magnolia album, along with “The Logical Song”.

Supertramp-logical song/ This is one of those song through out my life that has always giving me a good feeling. I just  love this song.

“The Logical Song” was a hit on its original release, reaching number 7 in the United Kingdom, number 6 in the United States and spent two weeks at number 1 on the Canadian RPM Singles Chart for two weeks.

The lyrics are a “story of innocence and idealism lost” with Hodgson condemning an education system not focused on knowledge and sensitivity.

The song tells the story of a man who:

• is taken away from the unspoilt immediacy of childhood (When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical),
• undergoes education (but then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible, logical, responsible, practical),
• sees a future prepared for him lacking any spontaneity of reaction (And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable, clinical, intellectual, cynical),
• feels constricted in his freedom of speech (Now watch what you say or they’ll be calling you a radical, liberal, fanatical, criminal),
• is put under pressure to conform (Won’t you sign up your name, we’d like to feel you’re acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable)
• and ends up confused, without a coherent self-image (please tell me who I am).

Lady Gaga – Brit Awards 2010 Performance (Telephone – Dance in the dark) I have no idea if I am aloud to post this performance, but I do remember seeing something on YouTube that said under a copyright law you are aloud to use it for. And the rest I can’t remember. If anyone knows please let me know.

I think this is one of Lady Gaga’s best performance. What do you think? Remember shes not on American soil when shes sings ( Telephone Dance in the dark)in this performance.

Please leave a comment. It’s free and easy.

The Sylvers – Boogie Fever/ Its a throw back day.  I was five when this was on TV. This song still makes me want to dance. Anyone one have a old song they would like to hear let me know. Leave a comment. it’s free and easy

“Boogie Fever” is a song performed by Memphis, Tennessee-based R&B group The Sylvers, from their 1975 album Showcase. Their most lucrative single, it reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts in 1976, and was their third of nine Top 20 R&B hits and first top 40 pop single.

Ashlee Simpson – Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya). I think this is a cool song for her. Cool video too.

“Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)” is a single performed by Ashlee Simpson, the first from her third album Bittersweet World, produced by Timbaland, King Logan and Jerome Harmon.

Gnarls Barkley – Crazy. This is just a good song. I love the lyrics.

“Crazy” is the first single from Gnarls Barkley, a musical collaboration between Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo, and is taken from their 2006 debut album St. Elsewhere. It became a top ten hit throughout Europe, North America and Australia, in the first half of 2006, reaching number one of the single charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand and other countries.

This is suppose to be new music,but it was done in 2008. It has over 10 million views on youtube already. Enjoy. Who do you like better as a pro-former Beyonce or Lady Gaga? Sound off. It’s easy and free leave a comment.

“Video Phone” is a song by American R&B singer Beyoncé from her third studio album, I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008). The track was released as the album’s eighth and final single. Before its release as a single, the song charted in late 2008 due to strong digital sales. It was sent to U.S. radio on September 22, 2009.

It was going to be released on CD on September 22 as well; however, it was delayed to November 17, 2009. The official remix and music video of the song featuring Lady Gaga was included on the 2009 deluxe edition of the album.

I think it’s amazing how some songs just take off. Gotta give it up for Larry Platt. Simon was right when he said the general wrote a number one. I found Brent Morgan version on youtube.  I love this. What do you think? Sound off it’s free and easy. Leave a comment.

Jimmy Fallon did a parady of this but it comes now where near Brent’s version.