Music Break

I know that it's only been a few weeks since my most recent post of this type, but I ran across some songs rather quickly.  It just happens to be Sir Paul's 77th birthday, so today might be a good day to post some music, even though I have nothing from the birthday boy himself.  I'll start out with a band known to be from Australia, but has consisted mainly of members born in Britain.  This is Moneytalks (which is indeed a single word) by AC/DC, from their 1990 album The Razors Edge.  At this time, the band consisted of English singer Brian Johnson, English bassist Cliff Williams, Welsh drummer Chris Slade and the brothers Angus (lead) and Malcolm (rhythm) Young on guitars.  Although longtime residents of Australia, the Youngs were born in Scotland.  Malcolm passed away from dementia in 2017.


The Rolling Stones went psychedelic in 1967 with the album Their Satanic Majesties Request, including the song 2000 Light Years From Home.  Mick Jagger (lead vocals), Keith Richards (guitar & backing vocals), Bill Wyman (bass) and Charlie Watts (drums & percussion) perform their usual duties, while guitarist Brian Jones plays the mellotron and the theremin.  (Depending on which Wiki page you read, Richards may have also played bass.)  The piano on the intro and outro was provided by guest musician Nicky Hopkins.  Jagger reportedly wrote the lyrics while in prison for a drug offense.


To step out of the Anglosphere for bit, here is Joyride by Roxette.  The duo consisted of singer-guitarist Per Gessle and singer-keyboardist Marie Fredricksson, who is shown with a guitar in the video.  Due to health reasons, she retired from touring in 2016.


Going back into the Anglosphere and over to the U.S., this is Bones by Little Big Town, from their 2005 album The Road To Here.  The group consists of Karen Fairchild, Kim Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook and Philip Sweet.  The two men also contribute some rhythm guitar.  At this time, Schlapman was known as Kim Roads.  As some listeners have noticed, the song is reminiscent of The Chain by Fleetwood Mac.


To finish, this is Right Place, Wrong Time by the recently departed Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., known as Dr. John.  Thus, the post begins and ends with songs written written or co-written by someone named Malcolm.