I'll start it off with this....

Carol King and James Taylor..."You've got a friend"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIMJBDj_JkE

and will end with this....One of my all-time favorite youtubes!!!!

Joe Cocker..."With a Little Help From My Friends"....Woodstock..."closed captioned":-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G-zmXgrxUU

Oh, and as stoned as Joe was at Woodstock, he never missed a musical beat and always got back to the mic on time:-)

Watcha other folks got?

I wanna hear it!

Thanks....

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A friend is friend. Pete Townshend
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LpiYXRt5MyM

You're a friend of mine. Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Mgy4wDvPY

You migh be sorry you asked, once my jukebox opens up it stays open...lol

Waitin on a friend, stones
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MKLVmBOOqVU

No surrender, the boss
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rnuQ9jdqSB8

Good night Saigon, Billy Joel
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e6mTmJRZbAM

Joe's performance is among the best from Woodstock, IMO.

On a side note, John Belushi’s imitation of Joe Cocker is my favorite skit from the very early days of Saturday Night Live! Extremely funny!

Okay, one song that pops into mind is "My Best Friend’s Girlfriend" by the Cars. Great pop song from the early-mid eighties. I cannot quite remember the lyrics but the "hook" is right there in mind front and center.

John Prine, "Day Is Done".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6M9obMj0Sg

Well,
An old one. SIDE BY SIDE Nick Lucas and others. YouTube.

John Prine is such a great story teller with his songs! Very straight forward, old-school, acoustic and vocals, loads of great songs!

John Prine - "Be My Friend Tonight" is another.

Nope Trent, I'm never sorry for asking:-)

Ask a question...

Get a few answers...

Shake, stir and enjoy what follows:-)

Oh, and I LOVED this one that you reminded me of....Thanks!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKLVmBOOqVU&app=desktop

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And gosh, this song ain't about friends, but the performance is...

John Prine and Steve Goodman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOTbg39-I5Q

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NdEIt-W6E8

Tapestry (full album) - Carol King

George Jones - All My Friends Are Going To Be Strangers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xErwychu9F4

Hank Jr. "All my Rowdy Friends" have settled down. I was just listening to this.

"For My Friends"
https://hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/for-my-friends

How could we forget zack attacks,, friends forever.
A classic straight out of saved by the bell...cue the laughter card,

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fP0FeLyeFkU

Um...
Randy Newman - "You've Got a Friend In Me"

That's what friends are for Elton and company


Blood on blood BonJovi
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OXpfO5foDrg

Oh my goodness...

How have we managed to miss sharing Garth Brooks "I've got friends in low places"..?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvCgSqPZ4EM

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Thanks, Todd. I needed that!!!!

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Sonic Youth - "My Friend Goo" - great early nineties alternative rock song.

Here come da Goo!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfwIFTsx8WE

Not to be confused with a dog named Boo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTbBvPoxUkk

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Those guys would come up with their own guitar tuning for a song, write the song, and then need to have multiple guitars to deal with all the unique tuning each different song required! That's my favorite Sonic Youth album, worth a listen!

Thank YOU!

And, yeah... "My Friend Goo" is a great one.
Speaking of odd tunings:

The Shaggs - "My Pal Foot Foot"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR9d4ESlpHY

Frank Zappa called them "better than The Beatles."

Great album. But I am more of a Daydream Nation guy, myself.

Well,
WHEN I TAKE MY SUGAR TO TEA or
I'TS A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY. Don't tell MAB, he will think I am going back to BT, Before Time!

Led Zeppelin ~ Friends / from Zep III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl_2uqYW6FM

One thing about the Carole King song--it's a lot harder to perform than you'd think. There's a certain earnestness that James Taylor found that made it work.

One of the first songs I ever heard and loved by Elton John was one from a teen romance movie from early '71, both movie and song called

"Friends":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdw51RHZAME

But my all-time favorite friends song has seen dozens and dozens of recordings over the years, as it's a traditional folk song. I love Willie Nelson's, Bob Dylan's, and the Grateful Dead's, but my favorite version is by Iris Dement's husband, Greg Brown, duet-ing with one of my folk heroes Bill Morrisey, who died in 2011, on the road (just like in the lyric) while touring.

He Was A Friend Of Mine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FjngOMl6tE

Cheers,

Mike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eiwpZS3Vqg

Harry Nilsson--Best Friend

Harry Nilsson - Good Old Desk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLzyhki_uhE

Harry Nilsson - The Puppy Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE2yd5rFkpY

Since we seem to be on a Nilsson roll here....And since Todd mentioned Nilsson's "The Puppy Song"....

Hey Todd, how's this for Mr. Nilsson following through????

"Me and My Arrow"....From "The Point"....Another Nilsson "Puppy" song:-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1n9QTkrkP0

For any and all who don't get the reference, and I suspect that many will..."The Point" was the story of a boy and his dog....Ended up as an "animated film" and broadcast
on American TV back in the mid-seventies....If I were to say that it was "heart-warming", then I would be guilty of understatement.....

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Hey Toby...On behalf of PopTodd & me....Give us more!!!!

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Hey Toby...On behalf of PopTodd & me....Give us more!!!!

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Hey Mike Z....

How is it that you can bring me smiles and tears at the same time? I'm trying to focus...Not my strong suit:-) Blessings!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FjngOMl6tE

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How about the band Queen doing "You're My Best Friend" from the album: "A Night at the Opera".

This album (as I bet you already know):-) is packed full of great songs.

Even their first few albums before this one were masterpieces of studio production. Definitely "headphone" music!

[quote=Toby Barns]How about the band Queen doing "You're My Best Friend" from the album: "A Night at the Opera".

Hey Toby:-)

Please don't make our heads go down the "Googling" road....

Can ya take a breath and give us a "link"?....No rush, no hurries, no worries....

Appreciate it!!!

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[quote=Toby Barns]How about the band Queen doing "You're My Best Friend" from the album: "A Night at the Opera".

Hey Toby!

Some JPFolks may hafta do some "Googling"....But that's up to them!

Thanks...:-)

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Honestly Midnite I pull all of this stuff out of my own stash!

So the only links are the ones from my brain to my music collection!

I mean we are talking: Steve Goodman, Iris Dement, John Prine, Sonic Youth... this is some extremely diverse stuff!

I relate to all of it!

Here is a quick Bing though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaZpZQG2z10

Toby,

Just so ya know....There've been some "trolls" here in the last few years...

You ain't one of them!!!!

You've met some kindred Souls since you joined!

I hope ya carry on!!!!!

Glad to meet ya!!!

Give us what ya got!!!!

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I hear ya!

I can tell by the deep appreciation of music some of these threads have that we are kindred souls!

Its way too late for me not to carry on!

Glad to meet you too!

Here is one of my favorite songwriters: Guy Clark, doing "Old Friends".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0ugVYm0s_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul2hSba5pOs

Can't forget Simon and Garfunkel here

And awe, what the heck, I missed this one too:

Rubber Ducky Sesame Street:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh85R-S-dh8

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The White Stripes, "We're Going to Be Friends"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6DknFEnv5o

Awe, man...I love that song!

Here's another version...:-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfD8d3XJok

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Here's another one: "Why Can't We Be Friends" - funnily enough, by a band named War. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DmYLrxR0Y8