{"id":1361,"date":"2023-06-24T17:58:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T17:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2023\/06\/24\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-winning-and-losing\/"},"modified":"2023-06-24T17:58:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T17:58:51","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-winning-and-losing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2023\/06\/24\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-winning-and-losing\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: Winning and Losing"},"content":{"rendered":"

From great music, music that appeals to the highest in us (Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and a few others) to the people's music. My German neighbor when I lived in Freiburg im Breisgau, Frau Schmidt, upon hearing the strains of Beethoven, let loose with the expletive, Scheissmusik<\/em>! There is no disputing (lack of) taste.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hank Williams, You Win Again<\/a>, 1952.  Jerry Lee Lewis' 1979 interpretation<\/a>. Flashy, but lacks the authenticity of the original.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emmy Lou Harris, If I Could Only Win Your Love<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Allman Bros., Win, Lose or Draw<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Beatles, You're Gonna Lose that Girl<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Beatles, I'm a Loser<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Hank Williams, Lost Highway<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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So boys don't you start your ramblin' around\/ On this road of sin are you sorrow bound\/ Take my  advice or you'll curse the day\/ You started rollin' down that lost highway.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tom Petty pays tribute<\/a> to Hank.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marty Robbins, Born to Lose<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Steely Dan, Rikki Don't Lose that Number<\/a>.   Great guitar solo.  It starts at 2:56.<\/span><\/p>\n

New Lost City Ramblers, If I Lose, I Don't Care<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Brenda Lee, Losing You<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From great music, music that appeals to the highest in us (Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and a few others) to the people's music. My German neighbor when I lived in Freiburg im Breisgau, Frau Schmidt, upon hearing the strains of Beethoven, let loose with the expletive, Scheissmusik! There is no disputing (lack of) taste. Hank … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: Winning and Losing”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}