An obscene amount of green.... A #threetunetuesday post
I think one of the things that I love the most about the #threetunetuesday initiative started by @ablaze is picking a theme each week for my songs to adhere to. That doesn't mean I don't love sharing music, I absolutely do, but it adds an extra bit of fun for me when I have to find a tie that binds all the songs together.
Sometimes it comes easy to me, and other times it is more of a struggle. I had a couple different directions I was thinking about heading this week, but then suddenly this morning, I was struck with the idea I decided to run with for this post.
In case you haven't noticed, we have been seeing a lot of green in the markets lately. I mean an obscene amount of green. If things continue this way, we could be looking at $60K BTC by the end of the weekend and a new ATH before the halving gets here.
Then again, it could all just as easily come falling back down. You can't have the green without the red and I think we all know the red is right around the corner.
But not today! Not for this post! Today, we are focusing all our attention on the green. I hope you enjoy!
This is a fun tune from 1967, in fact, all of the tunes today are going to be from quite some time ago. "Oldies" music is what I grew up listening to with my parents. Therefore, it would probably constitute as one of my "happy places". Kind of similar to when I see the markets going up up up.
Sung by the Lemon Pipers, "Green Tambourine" is one of those psychedelic sounding songs from the 60's that you've probably heard a million times before, but you thought someone else sang the song. The band was formed in 1966 in Oxford, OH, but only lasted 3 years breaking up in 1969.
Unfortunately, they wanted to play a specific kind of music. Green Tambourine did not fit that bill. They reluctantly recorded the song and sure enough it was their only song to hit number 1. Based on those results, the label wanted them to play more songs like that. Something they weren't too keen on. The rest is history.
This was actually the first song to come to mind when I was thinking about the theme for today. I mean what relates to the crypto markets more than money being thrown in a green tambourine!
Just barely stepping out of the 60's, we are going to head to 1970 with the great tune "Green Eyed Lady" by an American rock band formed as Chocolate Hair in 1968, but eventually changed their name to Sugar Loaf.
They were established in Denver Colorado but like the Lemon Pipers, they only lasted a few years effectively breaking up in 1975. They do share that psychedelic sound that we all know and love from this particular time period. I think you would be hard pressed to find any band that didn't have at least some hint of a psychedelic sound between 1965 and 1975.
Unlike the Lemon Pipers, Green Eyed Lady only made it to #3 in the US, but for the folks in Canada, this song made it to number 1. Their other hit, "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" made it to number 9 on the US charts, but this was the only song by Sugarloaf that ever made it into the top 5.
I guess the rarity of green eyes has always made them somewhat desirable. I really don't know about that because @mrsbozz has some baby blues that you can just get lost in.
Stepping away from that psychedelic sound for a while, I want to share this awesome song by Wilson Pickett. I've loved Wilson Pickett ever since I was a little kid. "Land of 1000 Dances" was one of my favorite songs to play in marching band. It just has such an awesome groove and a driving rhythm. If you have never heard it before, I suggest you check it out.
Unfortunately, that song doesn't fit the theme for this week, so I had to find a different one. As far as crypto goes, I think "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You". Of course, this song isn't talking about the crypto markets. It's referring to that well known phrase about the grass always being greener.
It's not surprising we can find some parallels there, both in the crypto world and in real life. It's easy to see influencers and think that they have such great lives. "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You". I think that is pretty self explanatory.
Likewise, I think we are all familiar with the term "Bull Trap". I'm not saying that's what this is (far from it), but it's important to always be cautious.
Finally, as a bonus track, I want to leave you with this cool upbeat tune from Booker T and the MG's. Way back in 1967 we were all reintroduced to "Green Onions". I love these kinds of instrumental songs that used to be the rage back in the day. Bands like The Ventures made their living playing songs like Tequila, Wipe Out, Classical Gas, Walk Don't Run, and a ton of other songs.
It just puts you in a good mood!
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Brilliant selection through the green this week, little step back in time.
Most definitely the happy place was hearing first on the list, well done some good memories listening to the older sound again.
!WINEX
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Turned up Green Tambourine that was a great surprise.... Have a great day.
All good picks, but I gotta go with Wilson Pickett. I love that soul and early r&b sound!
Yeah, he is pretty awesome. Been listening to him most of the morning.
All that green, first song that came to mind for me - outside of Green-Eyed Lady was this:
Ah yes, that's a great song!
Love the psychedelia, but my favorite is "Don't let the green grass fool you" :) In that video there is a photo with backing musicians. Is that Jimi Hendrix with his guitar in a suit???
I absolutely adore "Green Onions" Thank you very much for sharing it, I knew the tune but not the name :)
I agree about the instrumentals. Ventures and Shadows are two of my favorites. I keep trying to play Pipeline and Apache properly.
When I read your title the song which jumped to my head was the Tom Jones one.
I dig me some Tom Jones! I don't try to play anything because I don't have the attention span to learn and instrument these days!
I am trying to learn guitar for the 30th time :D lets see how long it lasts.
Also lots of thanks once again for that Wilson Pickett song. Thanks to the video I learnt something new. It was indeed Jimi Hendrix playing guitar for Wilson Pickett. Found an article around it - https://www.piqueshow.com/home/2017/3/21/wilson-pickett-jimi-hendrix-1966
That is pretty cool. I never would have guessed that. I didn't even notice it in the video originally!
Very nice picks, Sugarloaf and The Lemon Pipers! I didn't realize they sang that song either. Those are fun songs, Wilson Pickett is a new one for me, but I liked it. He has style! Nice bonus too, I haven't heard that in years literally!
Fun stuff for a bull run day!
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I'm glad you enjoyed them! Wilson Pickett was awesome, I spent a good deal of time listening to him today.
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Before reading this, Wilson Pickett was the only one of the four groups I’d heard of. (I may have heard of sugarloaf, but I’m not certain I’m just aligning the name with meatloaf!)
Anyway, thanks for widening my musical understanding - I’ll be listening to a few more tracks from these artists in the coming weeks.
Unfortunately beyond Pickett, they don't have very big catalogs to dig into. I hope you enjoy what you can find though.
The songs are lovely and I think the first song is my favorite
It sounds so pleasant
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
What about Kermit the frogs “It ain’t easy being green”……🤣🤣🤣
I thought of that one too!
Hey hey, what an interesting train of thoughts. From BTC to some classic rock tunes. I love me some Hamond sound in that and what a surprise when sugarloaf (first time listening to all these tunes just now) creates that sound with a guitar-keyboard. Just emphasizes how iconic the Hamond sound was to the music of that era.
And your bonus track just blew me away, special thanks for sharing that one. :-)
No problem. I'm so glad I got to share some new stuff with you. It's funny how we take a lot of these songs for granted and don't realize that others have never heard them before. I think that's part of what I love about this. I dig that Hammond sound as well. One of my favorites!