The Official "20/30's Songs That Kick Ass" Thread

Discussion in 'Music genres, Bands and Artists' started by Liquidtruth, Dec 18, 2011.

  1. #1 Liquidtruth, Dec 18, 2011
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMk4dSy8OhQ]Chinatown My Chinatown - YouTube[/ame]
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgzR4jINXF8]Bing Crosby - Some Of These Days, 1932 - YouTube[/ame]
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XlEzY4tMyg]Best Version of Old Man River - William Warfield - YouTube[/ame]
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPNkYEkM-v8]Vincent Lopez & His Casa Lopez Orchestra - Sunshine, 1928 - YouTube[/ame]

    Post your favorite songs from the 20/30's here! If you do not like any songs from the 20's or the 30's, feel free not to post. :)
     
  2. #2 Liquidtruth, Dec 18, 2011
    Jesus Christ you're all philistines!
     
  3. #3 insight420, Dec 18, 2011
    I'll accept this challenge!

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvJ6M0Oz0lU]Clarence Ashley-Coo Coo Bird - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S88ekc7vw1Y]Coley Jones - Drunkard's Special - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hucTDV1Fvo]Blind Willie Johnson - John the Revelator - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFc1unFSgB4]Buell Kazee - The Wagoner's Lad (Loving Nancy) - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr_VUEITbjY]'Frankie' MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT (1928) Folk Blues Guitar Legend - YouTube[/ame]
     
  4. #4 Liquidtruth, Dec 18, 2011
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    Great selection! I think my favorite out of those would have to be Buell Kazee - The Wagoner's Lad (Loving Nancy).

    p.s. How many philistines do you think inhabit this forum? :p

    EDIT: Hmmm, perhaps it is a tie between The Wagoner's Lad and the Drunkard's Special...
     
  5. #5 insight420, Dec 18, 2011
    I'm not sure how much we're gonna hit on, here. Electronic dance music and hip hop are the dominant music forms on this board. Also, thanks! I've been listening to American folk music heavily the last few months and I've fallen in love with the humanity of it. "Drunkard's Special" was the first folk song that really opened my ears.
     
  6. #6 long time flying, Dec 18, 2011
    That Frankie and Albert has always been my favorite version, nice choice! And John the Revelator is probably my favorite song by Rev. Johnson.
    Here's some more for ya!

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPZTcga9y60]Blind Willie McTell - Lonesome Day Blues - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv-_mzVBSF8]Skip James - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqeW7-tmVU4]Roots of Blues -- The Mississippi Sheiks[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRNitefBKwI]Cocaine Blues by Woody Guthrie - How does my garden grow? - YouTube[/ame]

    A song about a wooden Indian-
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FY7RWJAtJQ]Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams - YouTube[/ame]
     
  7. #7 insight420, Dec 18, 2011
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    If you guys like what I've posted, you should check out the Anthology Of American Folk Music, edited by Harry Smith. It blew the doors of perception right off my brain. Anyway..

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op9j7X5BPGw]The House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley (1928) - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsTLdcmY4dw]Omie Wise G.B. Grayson - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5zW2CWJmdU]Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C4VBvr_yVE[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9piXcC7o_qk[/ame]
     
  8. #8 Good Bacteria, Dec 21, 2011
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSGm2x7DEB8&feature=related]Someday My Prince Will Come - YouTube[/ame]

    Somehow makes me 'miss' a time I wasn't even around for. I can just imagine how mind blowingly fresh this kind of thing might have sounded when it came out. Still sounds it today. That's the thing about great music, it doesn't really age. All the emotion and beauty is still right there!
     
  9. #9 Slater 420, Dec 21, 2011
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh0QZvHdSKo]Henry Hall:- "Here Comes The Boogeyman" - YouTube[/ame]

    bioshock fans would of heard this :cool:
     
  10. #10 insight420, Dec 21, 2011
    I know what you mean. Listening to the folk music I've posted makes me homesick for the Appalachian mountains, and I'm not even from there. My ancestors on one side were though, so it's almost like I can feel their blood in my veins. Haunting is what it is.
     
  11. #11 GanjaConnoisseur, Dec 21, 2011
    Speaking of old folk music that makes you feel homesick i haven't been back to Ireland in ages

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C3UHiD29BI&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/ame]
     
  12. #12 long time flying, Dec 21, 2011
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIuuI00XY_Y]Bill Monroe - Mule Skinner Blues (1940) - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA6xHBH3h2I]Big Bill Broonzy - John Henry.wmv - YouTube[/ame]
     

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