Well, I had in mind to do this but I have a tendency sometimes to play the same one or two songs over and over again, especially if I’m writing. Or I won’t have any music playing at all for various reasons. Lately, it’s been hard to come up with the last five songs I’ve listened too (even if I try to count the songs on the radio at work. I can’t because I tend to not be paying close attention LOL).

So, instead I’m adding a twist to the challenge and am going to list the last five songs I’ve listened to on YouTube. This list I can do because these vids are ones I’ve watched several times lately. I gotta tell ya tho’, it’s pretty eclectic!

So here it is, the last five songs I’ve listened to! (I should note that since my track record with imbedding YouTube vids is miserable, I’ve merely included the links here.)

1. Speechless (Live on Ellen) – Lady Gaga (Say what you want about Lady Gaga, the girl has the chops and can craft songs and sing. I don’t think we’ve seen anything like her since David Bowie and Elton John in the 70’s)

2. Come With Me Now (Theme from Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. Full version) - Bill Conti (Cripes I had this song totally stuck in my head for awhile about a week or so ago. It would not leave me alone. It still pops in every so often.)

3. I’m a Ramblin’ Man (Live in Austin Texas, 1989) - Waylon Jennings ( I LOVE this live version of this song. Especially Waylon’s guitar part. One of the most unique sounding guitars in country music.)

4. I’m Just a Giglo - David Lee Roth (Fo’gettabodit Dave! LOL. Yeah, seriously, I don’t know how this song ended up stuck in my head lately, but it did. I had a feeling back in the day when it first came out that it was a cover, but I had no idea until recently just how old this song really is. Louis Prima did a version back in the 50’s, which Roth basically did similar of, but Bing Crosby did a slow waltz version waaaaaay back in the early 30’s. You can find it on YouTube.)

5. Yankee Rose - David Lee Roth. (After watching the Giglo video I got to thinking about the rest of Diamond Dave’s Greatest 80’s Hits and could recall the opening to another video…but couldn’t remember the song. A Google search of the words “gimmie a bottle of anything, and a glazed donut. TO GO!” and I found the vid. Truthfully, I haven’t gone back repeatedly to watch this one, except to watch the totally unrelated intro – which I always got a chuckle out of it, even if it makes no damn sense at all. I wasn’t that big a fan of the song as a kid. ROFL)

Oh, I should also add, I know who Django Reinhardt was. Heh!

First, some drama. The Los Angeles wildfires of ‘09.

I think these two vids speak for themselves. Both are time lapse photography of the LA fires, spanning several hours on August 29, 2009. The first one has music, the second does not nor does it need it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncSosDIKbb0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qqxjO5nr8k&NR=1

Although there’s no music on the second one, I couldn’t help but have The Door’s “LA Woman” running through my head.

I see your hair is burning
Hills are filled with fire…

Next, some comedy.  The cast of Hogan’s Heroes on Hollywood Palace with Bing Crosby in 1965. (It’s a Christmas themed show, thus the Christmas music at the beginning of it).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WexLDsdOGwY

Later in the program, the cast does come back to sing some carols. I know it’s only September but…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWxgo6WhABg&feature=related

Check out the commercial for the Sylvania Bluedot Flash Cube for your flash cube camera. How far we’ve come indeed since 1965. Isn’t it wild?