Jukebox HMS Redux

Bah! That sounded nothing like Huey Lewis!

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No, it didn’t, did it? :slight_smile:

It does sound very McLaughlin, despite lacking even a hint of guitar.

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Another arrangement that catches the spirit well with quite different instrumentation - the original:

The arrangement:

(Same drummer 32 years later, however.)

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Those are pretty awesome. It took me a while to put my finger on it, but those songs remind me a lot of some of Abney Park’s music…


(possibly not the most similar example, but first one that came to mind.)
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Cool – but I’m not getting into the singer for some reason . . .
Here’s another electo swing group:
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This one’s not as good:
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[Switching over to the Jukebox HMS thread so I don’t go any more off-topic than I already have on the Dumbest Thing thread.]
cc: @ChickieD, @TobinL, @LearnedCoward

OK, that was awesome. I’m a sucker for a wah-wah pedal, and they definitely made that song their own. Thanks for the link.

Even so, I kinda’ feel like it was missing something. Can’t quite put my finger on it, but I think, maybe, it could’ve been… an accordion!

This is more my speed when I think “zydeco”. Put that squeezebox front and center, I say.

Or you could go all gypsy punk. It’s in more of a rhythm section role, here, but I don’t make the rules, I only follow where the accordion leads.

In summary: The accordion. It’s not just for polkas, anymore.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

:sunglasses:

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Have you heard of these guys?

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Katy Perry’s music always bugged me. Then I saw this and realised it’s polka dressed up as pop:

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I also saw these guys:

RIP Stanley “Buckwheat” Durrell

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As we’re in brexit groundhog day, this seems appropriate:

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This is what Force ghosts get up to when no one is looking.

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You started it…

If there was ever a movie that needed a reboot…

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But without the Gene Kelly timeline, it can’t claim to be legitimately part of the Down To Earth expanded universe.

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I keep getting tempted to watch that as it is available on one of the library streaming services.

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Xana Don’t!

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Oh please like it could be worse than Invasion of the Star Creatures?

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It has its moments.

But, on the whole, too much purple spotlights and spandex.

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Because it is April 1st somewhere in the world…

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