The Maestro
@themaestro1888
Some music, some football.
Today would have been David Crosby's 85th birthday. Here's the Byrds iconic performance of Mr Tambourine Man on the Ed Sullivan show in 1965. They looked like the coolest men on earth.
The Cure's magnificent Head on the Door album was released on this day in 1985. Here's a live version from 2019 of the album's greatest track - A Night Like This.
Happy 67th birthday to The Undertones frontman turned environmentalist Feargal Sharkey. Here's them performing You've Got My Number on Top of the Pops in 1979.
Happy birthday to Bobbie Gentry, one of the first truly successful female pop and country singers. Here's her cover of Doug Kershaw's Louisiana Man from 1968.
Amy Winehouse tragically died on this day in 2011 aged just 27. This live performance of Monkey Man in 2007 is in the middle of the period where she started to cancel shows as her addiction started to take hold.
Happy 65th birthday to Depeche Mode's Martin Gore. One of the most underrated songwriters of the last 40 years. He could hold a tune too. Here's a live version of It Doesn't Matter Two from Paris in 2001.
Travis frontman Fran Healy is 52 today. Here's a live version of The Cage in Glasgow from 2001. Sweet melodies.
Happy birthday to Roger McGuinn from The Byrds who is 84 today. His signature "jingle jangle" guitar sound developed into the jazz-drone heard on the Eight Miles High single.
It's Lloyd Cole and the Commotions (and The Bluebells) bassist, Lawrence Donegan's 65th birthday today. He's now a journalist and author but will forever be part of Scottish musical royalty. Here's a live version of Sweetness, the b-side from their Rattlesnakes single from 1984.
Happy birthday to the Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant who is 72 today. They've produced some genuine pop classics through the years. Here's the video for the single West End Girls.
Jim Kerr of Simple Minds is 67 today. He's currently involved in a dispute about songwriting royalties with founding band members Brian McGee, Derek Forbes and Mick McNeill. Here's the video for the wonderful Glittering Prize from 1982.
Jack White is 51 today. Here's a blistering run through of Fell In Love With a Girl from his 2002 debut on the show as The White Stripes.
Neneh Cherry's debut album Raw Like Sushi was released on this day 37 years ago in 1989. A memorable and unique pop record. This is Manchild, the second single from the album.
The Lemonheads classic album It's a Shame About Ray was released on this day in 1992. Here's the opening track Rockin Stroll.
Happy 63rd birthday to The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce. Here's a daffodil-heavy live version of Pretty Girls Make Graves.
Graham Spiers has just confirmed that people in the media and at other clubs just lie about stuff to make Celtic look bad and everyone goes along with it. Good to know.
Not enough love being shown for this Celtic legend and the part he’s played in our season. It takes balls to take on a role for only 33 days and without that 3-1 win against 10 man Aberdeen and a spirited double comeback against relegated Livingston, we wouldn’t be champions today. My hero 🙌🏻
It would have been Joey Ramone's 75th birthday today. This is a live clip of Glad To See You Go from a London gig in 1977.
Hearts claiming they were playing in menacing and threatening atmosphere yesterday. Also Hearts…
June Carter Cash died on this day 23 years ago aged 73. She was a magnificent country artist in her own right before marrying Johnny Cash in 1968. This is a brilliant clip of her introducing and the singing Jackson on the Johnny Cash Show.
Funnily enough, I’ve not seen this image posted when everyone is outraged over the award of the penalty. www.alamy.com/motherwell-u...
I really don’t understand all the controversy about the penalty at Fir Park last night. I’ve watched it again this morning and it’s an absolute stonewaller.
Bob Marley died on this day 45 years ago. Here's a fantastic clip of Get Up Stand Up from his famous Munich concert just 12 months before he passed away.
Happy 67th birthday to Echo and the Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch. I wonder who cleaned the fag ash up off the studio floor after this rendition of Villiers Terrace?
Happy birthday to Bernard Butler. Not just "the ex-Suede guitarist" by any means but New Generation from the last Suede album he was involved in is an absolutely outstanding song...
It would have been Terry Hall's birthday today who died in December 2022 at the ridiculously young age of 63. Here's Rat Race from The Specials.
