For those of you that are new to my MidNight Gems series. Welcome to this nightly trip on which we will uncover & recover some amazing songs & covers.
Just a little warning, it got really uncomfortable dancie last week, and then I mean uncomfortable as tripping very far away from my comfort zone. So tonight I stay a little closer to home and show you the beauty in what is often considered the dark side of music.
For the third week in a row I can kick the show off with a request, well sort off. @ablaze reached out to me asking to check out this guy, and give him some support.
Tom Barry Music - Lighthouse
Now that you have listened to it I can tell you the reason why he asked, Tom is his Brother in law, and WOW give me BIL like that, it would make family gatherings lots more fun. More about Tom Barry can be found in Ablaze´s post.
The lighthouse family would have been a nice bridge, but well they are a bit too plain for my liking so let´s just stick to that lighthouse theme.
Elvis Blue - Lighthouse
Not sure if you recognized the accent? If you can read this you might know where this guy comes from "Elvis Blue, is 'n sanger en liedjieskrywe." I like this guy especially when he started singing in Afrikaans. Which sounds like a very pretty variant of Dutch....which it kinda is.
It´s been a while since I shared a good cover with you Dear Reader, and well I played these guys and girl before. But those three acoustic guitars, GD why do I end up thinking that they sound better than the three original acoustic guitars?
It´s probably the audio quality, but I do miss the Axl whistle- Still, these guys truly are "sitting here on the stairs."
"Patience" - Guns n' Roses (Acoustic Cover by First to Eleven)
Now if that is Rock going acoustic, how would metal going acoustic sound?
ELEINE - Ava Of Death - Acoustic
It sounds like a wonderful dessert, but this elaborate musical dinner has not come to its final course yet. Actually, we just got started, and I just can´t get enough. This Ren guy was introduced to me by my boy, but I think by now I know more Ren songs than he does. But this one is definitely something I got to share.
Ren Ft. Bibi - Crutch
That song sounded as its inspiration....it sounds like a nervous breakdown, like a perfect musical version of an anxiety attack during a period of depression.
Now I personally am not a fan of women that cut their hair, but this goes above taste. This is about freedom. No Human is totally free, but many humans are freer than others. From a song about depression to a song against oppression.
Lisa Gerrard & Marcello De Francisci - 'Of Love Undone' - A Tribute to Mahsa Amini
It´s probably me, but it seems like the world is spinning out of control. And we just started, will there be a day.....a day we wake up in a Brave New World without, or at least less greedy?
Kalandra - Brave New World (Live at Kulturkirken Jakob)
Like I said I keep it a little closer to home tonight, ending with Angels and Devils. But as the angels have the most grace, let the devils go first.
ERA - Ameno Metal [The Live Experience] (Official Live Video)
Here is that little Light(house) in the darkness, that little piece of comfort. An angelic cover of one of the greatest bands of all time...the popular kids would say GOAT I guess.
Africa - Angel City Chorale
Riddle Me This
This is the new topic in my written radio show and it will be returning each week if nobody was able to guess my Tune Tune Train Riddle before this show.
In my Tune Tune Train sessions, I play 3 songs and it´s up to you dear reader to figure out what connects these songs. If you have a clue, just drop it in the comments and the first one that gets it right will get an honorable mention and an Ecency Boost.
The connections can be as crazy as I am. Last week the connection was that all three artists had a huge hit about Roses. The week before all songs had appeared in my Midnight gems Session Episode 5. It can be easy as pie or hard as a rock, and I hope you enjoy my little riddles.
But appearing here on Friday means that nobody guessed it, so there will also be an extra hint to make it easy.
So these were the 3 songs this week:
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And the additional clue you will be getting is; Go read more WhyWhy. Let me know if I made it too easy😁
Youtube Playlist
All these gems were added to the YouTube playlist.
All Midnight Gems Playlist can be found here
What the fluff are midnight gems?
Somewhere lost in time, trying to escape out of the rabbit hole back into the rat race there is a vacuum..... that´s the place where midnight gems are found.
My Midnight Gems will try to uncover & recover those beautiful songs that nobody ever noticed or might have been forgotten.
Who the fluff am I?
Being a former DJ playing about everything and having an uncompleted study of radio journalism. I have been wanting to do this for years...Thought about it many nights and guess now it´s time to finally take it to the streets.
Hope you enjoyed this slightly confronting wave of fantastic music and that you still feel like joining me on the next Midnight Gems Session coming soon.