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Kim Boekbinder and Amanda Palmer - “Such Great Heights”

Terry Reid - Rich Kid Blues. Jimmy Page’s first choice for Led Zeppelin’s vocalist. He settled for Plant instead.

Rick Wakeman - “Close to the Edge” for solo piano. Morning music.

Faces - “Stay With Me”; keep your Rolling Stones records, I’ll just hold on to A Nod Is As Good As A Wink. Thank you very much.

Band of Skulls - “Impossible”; all the right influences and original, too. Starts with a Velvet Underground jam, moves into a Cobain lyric followed by a Corgan bridge, and concludes with a Sonic Youth freak-out.

Herb Alpert - “Casino Royale”; a fanvid trailer featuring Daniel Craig. He’s so fucking hot. ahem Anyway, … this song rocks. Crank it.

Rose Tattoo - “Bad Boy For Love”; that’s Australian for ‘slide guitar’.

The Nice - “America”; I hear riffs from four 70s hard rock hits in this.

Cognitive dissonance at its purest. Lou Reed - “The Kids”; a fanvid collage that is devastating to watch. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll ache. (a flash of nudity)

Queen - “Liar”; 1974 Rainbow

The Turtles - “Elenore”; this is proof of a Midas Touch. When their record company demanded a new single, Flo and Eddie threw this together for a lark. The record was a hit. Amazing what two voices can achieve.

Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists - “Cool Aid”; knock the dust off this funk groove.