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Early in his career he actually played in one or two musicals, but his singing was dubbed.

Yes, dead.

Dead.

Not Gary, not Babe. Older than Gary, younger than Babe.

Actor yes, Brando no.

This thread appears to be on the verge of dying. As I enjoyed it very much, I will try to put it on life support. Who is this young fellow?

1. The Band. It is amazing that a band doing "Americana" and Southern music/R&B so well is actually 80% Canadian. 2. Joni Mitchell (here with an all-star band: Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Michael Brecker, Lyle Mays, Don Alias) 3. The Tragically Hip All these had been mentioned before. Thus, to add my personal "obscure Canadian band":

The LP version available in Germany actually had your pic on the inside, while the parody of the Sgt. Pepper's cover was on the cover (as FZ had originally intended).

Actually not the cover, but the inner sleeve of Traffic's "On The Road"...

As a student in Germany in the mid-seventies, some friends and I sometimes brought Trout Mask Replica to parties. It certainly got the attention of the disco crowd.

And now, for something completely different. A musical medley (mostly classical) played by a model train... Miniatur Wunderland is Hamburg (Germany) is the largest model railroad layout in the World. As it is still closed because of the pandemic (they hope to reopen soon), they had to occupy their core employees otherwise. The video above is what they came up with.

Another gem less than 3 minutes long. While Kristin Hersh does not quite have the vocal abilities of Grace Slick, her hard-rock outfit, 50 ft wave, beats Jefferson Airplane on intensity.

Yes, but the purpose of this thread is to show us those you think are the best. And I would not classify most songs in this thread as "pop". Here is one that clearly is "pop". Here is a live version of it (to stay within the "under 3 minutes" rule, you have to start at around 2:30. Before that, the video shows the interaction of Hayley Williams with audience members).

I am doing those only when I cannot come up with an answer. And I would never post the result of the search. Except in this case, where it was obviously incorrect but funny.

According to a Google Image Search, the correct answer is "Senior Citizen".

This one is even under two minutes... Arguably even better (and also under three minutes) is how Ruth Underwood explains and plays her percussion part 30 years later...

Jerry Lee Lewis?

Joni Mitchell rarely did covers. However, this one is outstanding... But, perhaps, the original might still be better..

After their big days were over... Jimmy Carl Black was the drummer and sometimes vocalist on some early Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention records ("Hi Boys and Girls, I'm Jimmy Carl Black, and I'm the Indian of the group."). He spent the last decade of his life in Germany, specifically, in the state of Bavaria, as the leader of the European Zappa tribute band, the Muffin Men. Black was the focus of the 2013 German documentary movie "Where's the Beer and When Do We Get Paid?". Here is the trailer:

This was one of their first songs where the Beatles really did not care any more if it could be played live. These guys pulled it off. 801 was a project by Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno.

I had posted this previously in the "Share your music thread". "Eleanor Rigby", using Sugarcane Harris' violin in a very different way than the string octet in the Beatles' original. I especially like the bass by Victor Conte.

John Lennon is supposed to have approved of this version.

Peter Gabriel?

Let's continue our collection of rock songs in unorthodox meters. Today, songs in 7/4.