Thursday, June 14, 2012

Musical coincidences # 260


This coincidence is brought to you by Elton John who, in a 1979 episode of Australian cultural institution TV music show Countdown, quite cheerfully spilled some beans* on friend/verbal sparring partner Rod Stewart.

When I recently watched (and thoroughly enjoyed) that 1979 episode of Countdown, Elton appeared in a mini-interview with the show's host, Ian "Molly" Meldrum. The interview was preceded by a cameo from Mr. Stewart, then Elton appeared and started talking about...

I think it'd be better if Elton did the talking:



And away we go...

Rod Stewart - "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (1978) (excerpt)

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Jorge Ben - "Taj Mahal" (1976) (excerpt)

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Oh yeah.

Here are the full versions:

Rod Stewart - "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (1978)

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Jorge Ben - "Taj Mahal" (1976)

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That version of "Taj Mahal" was a remake of the same song from 1972.

Here's Jorge Ben's earlier version:

Jorge Ben - "Taj Mahal" (1972)

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(*Not literally.)

4 comments:

  1. Hey Peter, where are the links? Am I missing something? You do post some good tunes from time to time that I would like to own. C'mon, let's get with it man.

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    1. Hey, FD13NYC:

      Sorry about the recent lack of downloadable links. DivShare had been acting real weird (e.g., not letting me log on), so I basically gave up on it.

      However, it does appear to working properly again, so I'll upload the MP3s – and hope for the best. Stay tuned!

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  3. Hey, FD13NYC (one more time): Links have been reinstated. Enjoy!

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