Easy Loving

HILARIOUS.

In trying to find a karaoke version of Easy Lovin' I unearthed some incredible treasures. Witness these versions of Loretta & Conway singing this song live, featuring:

(a) their near inability to keep a straight face while singing the lyrics (or to look each other in the eye)

(b) the number of times Loretta gets out of time with the song 

(c) Conway's grimaces while singing

(d) THEIR COSTUMES!

(e) HER HAIR!

BONUS: After the Fire Is Gone, also featuring an incredible dress, an orange suit, a sparkly guitar strap. And check out HIS hair in this one!

Send My Love To You

Live version which is pretty different and features (a) much stronger more interesting singing by Will Oldham (in my opinion), and (b) the performatively interesting concept of a second guitarist strolling onstage halfway through the song to put on his guitar and add another layer to the music.

You Don't Bring Me Karaoke Flowers

Oh dudes... dudes. There is a treasure trove out there.

You MUST watch this karaoke video, with some dude singing only the Neil Diamond parts ("karaoke duet - male part only - you be Barbara"). The video is lots of flowers bursting forth into glorious life.

Young Love

Check out this crazy psychedelic video of a young Lesley Gore performing "Young Love"! At the end these bizarre screams -- presumably of an audience of young girls? -- come out of nowhere.

Also these lyrics are amazing:

They say forever boy and girl

there's just one love in this whole world

and I know I've found mine

...

Young love, first love

Filled with truth, devotion

Young love, a love we share with deep emotion

I Feel Love

I love this performance for many reasons, not the least of which is that Donna Summer is smokin' hot! Other things to love:

- The solo performer into full band reveal, especially at the end when the lights are more pulsating. You know that there are at least 6 people back there, but they only show the full band a few times and it's such a tease! Just the barest glimpse of backup dancing. As I mentioned before, I love the lighting in these concerts - focused spotlights, rich colors flooding and moving across the stage, pulsing lights, lights + fog, etc. Actually, a lot of looks are things Chris has played with in other shows - except a moving spot. That would be awesome.

- Her moves - Her upper body shifting from fluid to robotic. At some points she also backs off the mic and doesn't even try to pretend to sing into it and it sounds like all the vocals are coming from the backup singers you can't see.

- Accumulating harmonies: by the end they're in 4 part harmony