My Musical Alphabet : C

NB: I do not hold copyright on any of this stuff. It has all be pulled from Youtube.

If the link breaks, drop name a message and I'll find another one. Or you could do it yourself - after all, it's what your right hand for.

Anyway, back to the alphabet.

C is for Crap.

Only in the literal sense, you understand. You have to remember that I've been a quo fan for many, many years and I've heard all the insults. Water off a duck's back to an old codger like me.

In all seriousness, my musical Cs start here. I probably have one of the women in this house to blame for this one. Either via a shared iTunes library or some stuff, they have used their spending allowance on. Definitely not something/someone I would have bought.

Anyway, I'm sure I've heard versions edited for radio with the lyrics removed. In any case, this performance combines my liking for a pretty girl, some American swing and some dodgy lyrics. Christina Aguilera has all three as you can see/hear:

BTW this is a "C" - either for the artist or the song or some other spurious link.

I don't mind admitting that I have a soft core and I quite enjoy some "lurve" songs. Like this C from China. OK, it might be Taiwan. Different for a western ear but in no way crap. Different in that it is a western tune sung in Mandarin (I think). C is also for many things Chinese and I'll continue with the following offering from the late Teresa Teng:

My third link for the Cs is this offering from the Corrs:

 

Another song featuring pretty women - see the theme here?

Again, I'm not really sure where this was first heard or seen but I do like it and it does feature a nice bit of slide guitar.

My musical alphabet wouldn't be complete without the late Chuck Berry. Here he is on stage with someone else who may pop up elsewhere. Again, loads to choose from and there are some who have done his stuff better than him. Just think of all those Johnny B Good covers...

China Girl by the late Mr. Bowie is up next. He passed me by in the 70s. Some school mates thought he was great but the closest I got to that greatness was when I got myself a Bowie haircut. Close but no cigar as I wouldn't have been allowed into school with orange hair.

Did you know that this is from the album, "Let's Dance" featuring Stevie Ray, from the Bs earlier? Well, there you go, some useless information that links much of the stuff in this alphabet.

If you've followed this musical journey, the following Country stuff won't offend. Another dead artist, I'm afraid. The late John Denver. I like it and it was one of my mum's favourites :

My Cs will finish off with this. My bucket list contains a trip back to Paris to see this done live. It is, of course, the Can-Can. I wonder if Offenbach is doing high kicks, cartwheels and splits in his grave?

 As is usual, feel free to add any comments to this or ask any questions. And a reminder  - if you find any 12-bar, guitar-heavy, yodels then please point me in the direction. I'm still looking. Ta.