Obituary: Green Onions

Original video located here. Accessed 5th December 2025

R.I.P. Steve Cropper

Booker T is now the last one left standing....

Obituary: I Can See Clearly Now

Original video located here. Accessed 26th November 2025

Song title: I Can See Clearly Now

Artist: Jimmy Cliff

Originally Done By: Johnny Nash

Year: 1993

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Jimmy Cliff

Truly one of the most uplifting songs ever made. 

Obituary: Fools Gold

Original video located here. Accessed 21st November 2025

R.I.P. Mani

Years alter and he is still one of my favourite bass players

Obituary: Talkin Seattle Grunge Rock Blues

Original video located here. Accessed 17th November 2025

Song title: Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues

Artist: Todd Snider

Year: 1995

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Todd Snider

This never fails to crack me up

Obituary: Are You Old Enough

Original video located here. Accessed 11th August 2025

Song title: Are You Old Enough?

Artist: Dragon

Year: 1978

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Robert Taylor

I have heard this song countless times on commercial radio over the years. Which is impressive for a song about underage sex. 
But that is typical for Dragon: Producing songs that are radio-friendly at first glance but are hiding a dark undercurrent in clear sight.
You wouldn't think this was a band of trouble-makers/bad-boys listening to this (when compared to, say, Guns N'Roses) but such was the career of Dragon: Nastiness lurking underneath a polished sheen

Nineties Revisited: Zero

 
Original video located here. Accessed 29th October 2025

Song title: Zero

Artist: Smashing Pumpkins

Year: 1995

Why I like this song:

This years marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins seminal album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. So with many other people posting their own thought on it, I may as well throw my own hat into the ring. 

Like many people, that album was my entry point to the Smashing Pumpkins. At the time, my older brother played it many times over insistent that it was something special. At first I didn't know what to make of it but, slowly but surely, I was won over. 
It is well documented that Billy Corgan wanted to make an album for teenagers. Granted at the time he had long ceased being a teenager but what did it matter? I came away thinking Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was the greatest thing ever and it really spoke to me as a confused teen. And it certainly had some bite that the other music at the time lacked. 

I recently sat down and revisited Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness- this time in a new light. Granted I had no place listening to an album designed for specifically for teenagers but I was willing to see if it still held up. This time however, I took a different approach in that I followed the track order dictated by the vinyl release. 
And that turned out to be a wise decision: True what was once familiar may now be presented in a jarring light but it works. The listing swings from soft to hard and what I once skipped over now now is seen with more appreciation. And the run of Where Boys Fear to Tread, Zero and An Ode to No One is bloody effective. 

So it may be a new approach to material three decades old but it still has plenty of bite. 

Obituary: I'm Just the Singer in a Rock and Roll Band

Original video located here. Accessed 12th October 2025

Song title: I'm Just the Singer in a Rock and Roll Band

Artist: The Moody Blues

Year: 1973

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. John Lodge.

One of his best songs and a testament to the rocking/upbeat stuff he was known for.

Justin is now the last man standing....