My Dream Music Festival #MusicMovesMe

It's Monday and it's time for music!

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Every other week is Free Choice, and on non-free choice weeks like this one, we invite anyone (that means anyone) to suggest a theme and be a guest host   That person could be you!

Today, our guest host is little old me!  Here's my theme:

Imagine you are putting together a four day music festival.  For each day you need a headliner, so who would it be (4 needed)?  You can include a couple of other artists, if you want, who would also perform.  Any genre; more than one genre if you want.  Living or dead.  Solo, duo, band.  Your festival, your choices!

Day 1

My headliner for day one is a duo who broke up years ago, but in my festival, they are back together again and better than ever.  Here are two men, both from Queens, a borough of New York City.  They met while in elementary school, back in 1953.  Between 1956 and 1958, as teenagers, they performed under the name Tom and Jerry.  Their first hit was in 1957, "Hey, Schoolgirl".  They became famous in the 1960's as Simon and Garfunkel.

The Only Living Boy in New York, from 1970.

Also from 1970, one of their biggest hits, Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Day 2

Ladies and Gentlemen, my headline group for today needs no introduction. They are an English rock group that is one of the greatest of all time.  I bring you THE ROLLING STONES.  So many hits, so little time to play them all.  I only have time for two:

From 1968 - Street Fighting Man.  I  love the ending of this song. 

From 1969 - Gimme Shelter.  Here's an article on this song.

Background singer Merry Clayton's performance made this song special, but remained anonymous for so many years.  Here's an article on her.

Day 3

Now, it's time for some 70's and 80's music.  This Canadian group fits the bill, and they have so many hits, it was hard to choose two.

I bring you - Rush!

Subdivisions is perhaps my favorite Rush song. I love the video, too.

The song Red Sector A was based on the concentration camp experiences of the late Mary Winerib (who passed away in 2021 at age 96), the mother of Geddy Lee, Rush's lead singer and bassist/keyboard.  It was written by Neil Peart, Rush's drummer, who passed away in 2020 from brain cancer. More than after, this is an important song that deserves more airplay than it seems to get.

Day 4

British rockers the Moody Blues were supposed to play at Woodstock but cancelled out.  But they were one of my favorite groups of the 1970's, and they haven't cancelled out of the last day of my music festival.

 First up is Nights in White Satin - this live version doesn't have the poem at the end but I wanted to feature it and not the studio version.

Go Now was originally released in 1965.  It's not in the style of their later music but I love it anyway.

It's time for three encores from other groups that participated in my music festival.  Please welcome these other three groups:

Foo Fighters:  Times Like These

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Under the Bridge.  

The Who and  Won't Get Fooled Again is just as relevant now as it was in 1972, and is a wonderful ending to my dream music festival.  This was one of my most loved songs from my college years.

Full disclosure, I've never seen any of these groups or duos in concert.  Alas.  (Perhaps I should do a post on groups and singers I have seen perform.  Maybe one day.)

Give all these groups one big, last hand as they take a final bow.  May those members of these groups who have moved on to Rock and Roll heaven always be remembered for their music and talent.

This is a longer post than usual and I hope you enjoyed the sets you listened to.  Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me.