Late Night Music Labor Day Edition Part 203......"Go Back, Go Back, Go Back To The Woods!"
I just figured I would sneak one in before I got too busy. I actually had this one on hold for a while. Hopefully I can give you guys a new one next month.
In order to be in the category, the SONG TITLE had to have the word “back” in it. Also receiving votes in this category was“The Moon and Back” by Savage Garden, “Stand Back” by Stevie Nicks, and “Want U Back” by Cher Lloyd.
“Get Back”- The Beatles. Paul McCartney wrote this song by accident during the now famous “Let It Be” sessions of January 1969. This single, featuring famed keyboard player Billy Preston, from the Beatles 1970 final album Let It Be would shoot to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and several other countries as well. In what become one of the band’s most famous songs, there was always thoughts that the person Paul was telling to “get back” was actually Yoko Ono.....and with good reason. Shown here is the performance from the famous 1969 rooftop concert on top of Apple Studios in London in what would be the band’s last public live performance. If you listen closely, there is an about ten second stretch where the guitar amps go out and all you can hear is the bass, drums, and piano. This “rooftop” concert idea has been copied by a couple of bands since then- check out the bonus videos for some examples.
“Back For Good”- Take That. British boy band Take That made their one splash in the United States with this single from their 1995 album Nobody Else when it went to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Take That still has a huge following in Europe and band member Robbie Williams has gone on to have a great solo career including a performance where I saw him live (bonus video). Lead singer Gary Barlow wrote this song after a breakup and the result was this flash that would see Take That Gone For Good after this song fell off the charts.
“Back Where I Come From”- Kenny Chesney. (Live From Neyland Stadium). This Kenny Chesney anthem is shown performed here at his famous CMT Neyland Stadium 2003 concert on the campus of the University of Tennesse with a little help from Peyton Manning. This song was included on Chesney’s 1996 album Me And You, but was never released as a single despite its immense popularity. Surprisingly, this song was actually a cover song first written by Mississippian Mac McAnally (who Chesney references at the beginning of the video) in 1990. No matter how you feel about country music, there is no doubt that this is an absolutely electric performance by one of the greatest country artists of all time. Also, is it just me, or does Peyton Manning look incredibly uncomfortable on stage?
“I Want You Back”- Jackson Five. There was no one who could perform like these guys, and this clip from the band’s 1971 TV special “Back To Indiana” proves that. In 1969, an 11 year old Michael Jackson and his 4 brothers burst onto the scene with their debut album Diana Ross Presents the Jackson Five with this single shooting to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and quickly making the brothers from Gary, Indiana a household name. This song remained a staple at Michael Jackson’s shows throughout his solo career and was always one of his favorite songs, as proven during the Jackson’s 2001 reunion show (bonus video below). I think also one of the things lost in this single is how amazing of a guitar player Tito Jackson was. To be able to put that choreography combo together while playing that funk lick and still singing backup is pretty incredible. I have always thought he was one of the more underrated musicians of his time. I would like to have seen this band get back together one last time before Michael’s untimely death. These guys were truly something special.
“Back To You”- John Mayer. Connecticut’s guitar guru John Mayer burst onto the scene in 2001 with this unreal track from his debut album Room For Squares. This song was never released as a single, but remains a fan favorite, and as seen here, is a song Mayer plays live with raw emotion. Like most of the album, this highly personal song gives us a great glimpse into the personal world of the relationships of John Mayer in a way so many people can relate to. I think his relatability on top of his amazing guitar playing is one of the things sets John Mayer apart from so many of the other singer-songwriters of his generation. I still go back to the line of this song “leave the light on, I’ll never give up on you.” Wow.
“Never Going Back Again”- Fleetwood Mac. In 1976, Fleetwood Mac was on top of the world as one of the biggest acts on the planet with the release of the famous album Rumours which still is one of the greatest selling albums of all time. This Lindsey Buckingham masterpiece is placed between two of the band’s more well known songs “Dreams” and “Don’t Stop” on the album and shows his other wordly guitar playing as well as the band’s natural vocal harmony that made them so great for so long. For my money, I will put Lindsey Buckingham in the top 10 guitar players of all time, and has got to be the best guitar player no one ever talks about except for true music pundits. I am not sure when this live performance was recorded, but I would imagine it was somewhere around 1997 when the band would reunite with their powerful live album and tour The Dance. More from that album and tour coming up in a bonus video.
“Back Off Boogaloo”- Ringo Starr. Former Beatles drummer because the only person on this list twice with this 1972 non-album single which featured former bandmate George Harrison on the guitar. Starr reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 with this very strange song and video that Starr was heavily influenced by the glam rock band T. Rex’s lead singer Marc Bolan who used the word “Boogaloo” so much that is got stuck in his head. So much for great inspirational songwriting. This video looks seriously low budge- was that his goal? You would think he would have had enough money to have something just a little better, even in 1972. Oh well, at least he stuck around and gave us a mini reunion. Speaking of those, there’s another one coming up in bonus videos.
“Baby Come Back”- Player.- Player debuted in 1978 with this lead single from their self-titled 1977 album that saw them almost immediately shoot to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Player would not come back after this brief brush with stardom, but this song remains popular on “yacht rock” channels like The Bridge on Sirius XM channel 32. Listen for a while and you’ll get it.
“Don’t Come Back”- Tarrus Riley. I honestly don’t know a lot about Tarrus Riley other than he’s a Jamaican-American Reggae singer based in New York. I know this song was included on his 2014 album Love Situation, and it sounds pretty awesome. Enjoy.
“I Want You Back”- N’ Sync. N’Sync had the same debut single as the Jackson 5 did 29 years earlier when this single from the band’s self-titled debut album exploded into the early 1998 immediately turning these goofy looking guys into household names including Clinton, Mississippi’s own Lance Bass. This single peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, but this video was put in heavy rotation on MTV (when they still showed videos) and became one of the band’s signature songs that remains performed by all the artists to this day, despite the band being on hiatus. Sorry, I’m still laughing at how ridiculous JT looks in this video. Talk about a transformation we never saw coming.
“Way Back”- TLC. TLC made one last appearance as a duo with their first recording since 2002 with this lead single from their self-titled album that was released this past June. I’ll be completely honest here. I think T-Boz and Chili are still two absolutely gorgeous and talented women, but I am not feeling this song. Their chemistry just doesn’t work any more without Left Eye. Anyone disagree?
“Never Look Back”- Eclipse. Swedish rockers Eclipse take us back with this song that just sounds like 1980’s with this single from the band’s 2017 album Monumentum. This is another band I really don’t know much about and that I have just gotten into. If this song is any indicator, this should be a band I will enjoy listening to and one I would like to add to my massive library.
“Baby Got Back”.- Sir Mix-A-Lot. You knew it was coming.
BONUS VIDEOS
“Where The Streets Have No Name”- U2.
“These Days”- Alien Ant Farm.
“Feel”- Robbie Williams (Live On “Tonight Show”- see if you can find me).
“I Want You Back”- Jackson Five (Live from Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary Concert).
“Silver Springs”- Fleetwood Mac (Live from “The Dance”).
Fleetwood Mac
Jackson Five
The Beatles
Eclipse
N'Sync
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