Video of the Week: Silver Threads and Golden Anniversaries–The Seekers Celebrate 50 Years

In the Seekers’ appearance on ’60 Minutes’ from 2012, the only 60’s band still together with its original lineup intact look back at their heyday and a time when earnest, well-performed folk music had a place in the charts right beside the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

This group was a favorite in my house when I was growing up, and I passed on a love for them to my son as my dad did for me.

If you remember or appreciate the genre, you’ll find the 1968 farewell performance linked below a real treat. Also, enjoy Judith Durham’s crystalline vocals leading a typically ebullient performance on “Love is Kind, Love is Wine”, their final U.S. chart entry (#135) from 1968. This joyful tune deserved a wider audience

 

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2012/10/28/9601/

Video of the Week: The Best Pop Song Ever Written?

Video of the Week: ‘Every Major’s Terrible’

Performed by Ben Miller. Lyric from Randall Munroe’s comic xkcd.

Original melody from Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Major General’s Song”, also parodied by Tom Lehrer’s “The Elements”.

Video of the Week: Who’s on Stage?

Video of the Week: Michael Winslow’s Amazing Hendrix Impersonation

Video of the Week: The Beatles, Barbershop Style

Julien Neel (aka Trudbol) is a one-man barbershop quartet. Check out his sublime take on the Beatles’ “If I Fell” and visit his YouTube page for lots more:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRbIKMyRCDT-J47uJ26ehqw

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