Amazon exiles discussion

I'm after instrumentals but they must have been released post the vocal hit version. e.g. Moon River would be ineligible because Henry Mancini's orchestral version pre-dates any vocal rendition. If you're struggling to think of anything, https://secondhandsongs.com/
may help as it shows the date of the first release of a song and then, if you scroll down, you will usually find instrumental versions.

The next FIVE themes are:

Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck

New ideas may be posted at:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQvc-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=018jk...

The Rifkin track is the Beatles' 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away'

After Tim:

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Guitar Dreamers
America - The Nice
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UozXq...
https://billnelson.bandcamp.com/track...

The Bill Nelson track is based on the hymn He Who Would Valiant Be, which I always thought was called To Be A Pilgrim.

changing my second

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson

After Jim/Tim

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson
Sealed With A Kiss - Santo & Johnny
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell

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

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

After Val

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson
Voodoo Chile - Harry Manx
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak
Careless Whisper - Kenny G

https://youtu.be/bYpEGJ7izng?si=FCQYi...
https://youtu.be/bYOE4XnrNeo?si=1dJvz...

After Jemma

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson
Voodoo Chile - Harry Manx
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh452tv...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Kpjxe...

After Helen


My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson
Voodoo Chile - Harry Manx
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS
Free Bird - Mia x Ally
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet


https://youtu.be/QEuAo7b1zI4?si=rZ6hG...
https://youtu.be/czlNlr_O8OQ?si=RBgpZ...

after Grimmy

The Ramsey Lewis is a cover of the Dobie Gray original hit version.

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson
Voodoo Chile - Harry Manx
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS
Free Bird - Mia x Ally
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-de_...

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

After KJS:

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson
Voodoo Chile - Harry Manx
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS
Free Bird - Mia x Ally
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuXe6...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdKjs...

After theDuke

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson
Voodoo Chile - Harry Manx
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS
Free Bird - Mia x Ally
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky
Just Like A Woman - Area Code 615
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - The Incredible Bongo Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzvc9...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1QSl...

KJS wrote: "Val - Did you mean the Harry Manx as this has vocals all through it ..."

Thanks for picking up my brain fade KJS. I've edited my post.

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson
Sealed With A Kiss - Santo & Johnny
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS
Free Bird - Mia x Ally
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky
Just Like A Woman - Area Code 615
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - The Incredible Bongo Band

After Val

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson
Sealed With A Kiss - Santo & Johnny
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS
Free Bird - Mia x Ally
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky
Just Like A Woman - Area Code 615
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - The Incredible Bongo Band
Feel it Still - Vitamin String Quartet
Vodka - VZrealinst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY-wW...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPehn...

Here's the playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

plus one Bandcamp track:

https://billnelson.bandcamp.com/track...

and you each have SIX votes to allocate.

Ben Webster - 6
Ramsey Lewis - 5
2Cellos - 4
John Coltrane - 3
David Garrett - 2
King Curtis - 1

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane - 3
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson
Sealed With A Kiss - Santo & Johnny
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett - 2
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS - 4
Free Bird - Mia x Ally
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet - 6
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio - 5
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins - 1
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky
Just Like A Woman - Area Code 615
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - The Incredible Bongo Band
Feel it Still - Vitamin String Quartet
Vodka - VZrealinst

After Val

John - 6
VZrealinst - 5
Ramsey - 4
Santo - 3
Nice - 2
Mia x Ally - 1


My Favorite Things - John Coltrane - 9
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice - 2
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson
Sealed With A Kiss - Santo & Johnny - 3
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett - 2
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS - 4
Free Bird - Mia x Ally - 1
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet - 6
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio - 9
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins - 1
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky
Just Like A Woman - Area Code 615
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - The Incredible Bongo Band
Feel it Still - Vitamin String Quartet
Vodka - VZrealinst - 5

After Jemma

Vitamin - 6
Ramsay - 5
Realinst - 4
Santo - 3
Bill N - 2
Bongo - 1

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane - 9
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice - 2
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson - 2
Sealed With A Kiss - Santo & Johnny - 6
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett - 2
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS - 4
Free Bird - Mia x Ally - 1
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet - 6
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio - 14
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins - 1
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky
Just Like A Woman - Area Code 615
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - The Incredible Bongo Band - 1
Feel it Still - Vitamin String Quartet - 6
Vodka - VZrealinst - 9

After Helen:

Ramsey Lewis Trio - 6
Mia x Ally - 5
2CELLOS - 4
Ben Webster Quintet - 3
Vitamin String Quartet - 2
John Coltrane - 1

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane - 10
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice - 2
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson - 2
Sealed With A Kiss - Santo & Johnny - 6
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett - 2
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS - 8
Free Bird - Mia x Ally - 6
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet - 9
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio - 20
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins - 1
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky
Just Like A Woman - Area Code 615
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - The Incredible Bongo Band - 1
Feel it Still - Vitamin String Quartet - 8
Vodka - VZrealinst - 9

after Fishy_Jim

J Coltrane - 6
Nice - 5
K Curtis - 4
A C 615 - 3
B Frisell - 2
S Petrunak - 1

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane - 16
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice - 7
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson - 2
Sealed With A Kiss - Santo & Johnny - 6
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell - 2
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak - 1
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett - 2
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS - 8
Free Bird - Mia x Ally - 6
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet - 9
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio - 20
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins - 5
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky
Just Like A Woman - Area Code 615 - 3
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - The Incredible Bongo Band - 1
Feel it Still - Vitamin String Quartet - 8
Vodka - VZrealinst - 9

after KJS

The Nice - 6
Ramsay Lewis - 5
Ben Webster - 4
King Curtis - 3
Santo & Johnny - 2
Bill Nelson - 1

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane - 16
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice - 13
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson - 3
Sealed With A Kiss - Santo & Johnny - 8
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell - 2
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak - 1
Careless Whisper - Kenny G
We Will Rock You - David Garrett - 2
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS - 8
Free Bird - Mia x Ally - 6
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet - 13
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio - 25
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins - 8
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky
Just Like A Woman - Area Code 615 - 3
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - The Incredible Bongo Band - 1
Feel it Still - Vitamin String Quartet - 8
Vodka - VZrealinst - 9

After Tim


Little Mac - 6
VSQ - 5
Nice - 4
Coltrane - 3
Kenny - 2
Ramsey - 1

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane - 19
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin
America - The Nice - 17
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson - 3
Sealed With A Kiss - Santo & Johnny - 8
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell - 2
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak - 1
Careless Whisper - Kenny G - 2
We Will Rock You - David Garrett - 2
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS - 8
Free Bird - Mia x Ally - 6
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet - 13
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio - 26
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds - 6
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins - 8
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky
Just Like A Woman - Area Code 615 - 3
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - The Incredible Bongo Band - 1
Feel it Still - Vitamin String Quartet - 13
Vodka - VZrealinst - 9

After Grimmy

Bill N - 5
Santo & Johnny - 4
Steve P - 3
Mia & Ally - 2
Joshua R - 1

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane - 19
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin - 1
America - The Nice - 17
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson - *
Sealed With A Kiss - Santo & Johnny - 12
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell - 2
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak - 4
Careless Whisper - Kenny G - 2
We Will Rock You - David Garrett - 2
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS - 8
Free Bird - Mia x Ally - 8
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet - 13
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio - 26
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds - 6
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins - 8
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky
Just Like A Woman - Area Code 615 - 3
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - The Incredible Bongo Band - 1
Feel it Still - Vitamin String Quartet - 13
Vodka - VZrealinst - 9

After Derek

VZrealinst - 6
2 Cellos - 5
David Garrett- 4
Ramsey Lewis - 3
Bill Nelson - 2
King Curtis - 1

My Favorite Things - John Coltrane - 19
L'Amour s'en Cachant - Joshua Rifkin - 1
America - The Nice - 17
Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn) - Bill Nelson - 10
Sealed With A Kiss - Santo & Johnny - 12
Surfer Girl - Bill Frisell - 2
How Can I Tell You - Steve Petrunak - 4
Careless Whisper - Kenny G - 2
We Will Rock You - David Garrett - 6
Eye Of The Tiger - 2CELLOS - 13
Free Bird - Mia x Ally - 8
Makin Whoopee - Ben Webster Quintet - 13
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio - 29
In The Midnight Hour - Little Mac & The Boss Sounds - 6
Whole Lotta Love - King Curtis & The Kingpins - 9
House Of The Rising Sun - Adens Sky
Just Like A Woman - Area Code 615 - 3
Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - The Incredible Bongo Band - 1
Feel it Still - Vitamin String Quartet - 13
Vodka - VZrealinst - 15

Apologies for the late return. Mr H and I have spent 10 hours in Emergency and he is now installed in a penthouse suite (private room with own bathroom) with sweeping views of the city skyline. Probably in line for a surgical procedure tomorrow but one step at a time.

Thanks to everyone for taking part - the idea wasn't as great as I thought it might be ages ago when I first proposed it. I probably had a stonker nomination in mind which I promptly forgot.

great result though:
1st place goes to KJS with 29 votes for the Ramsey Lewis Trio.
In 2nd it's Tim with 19 votes for John Coltrane.
And 3rd goes to Jim with 17 votes for The Nice.

Well done you lot! Just the one wooden spoon - on it's way to Duke for Adens Sky. Sorry!

Best wishes to Mr H. Be thankful you're in Aus otherwise you'd be waiting months for anything to be done.

Hope all goes well for your hubby Val. 😀

All the best for your husband Val, hope his procedure is successful.

Thanks everyone. It's been a harrowing few weeks and a long road ahead.

Best wishes, Val.

Val wrote: "Thanks everyone. It's been a harrowing few weeks and a long road ahead."

So sorry to hear this, Val. I hope the situation improves soon and that your husband recovers from the procedure, and any further treatment, well.

Wishing you and Mr H. all the best, Val. I hope his treatment is successful.

Val wrote: "Apologies for the late return. Mr H and I have spent 10 hours in Emergency and he is now installed in a penthouse suite (private room with own bathroom) with sweeping views of the city skyline. Pro..."

I knew that was going to be a stinker...but i couldn't think of anything else i liked. Apols for not voting this week..i just forgot to do it, sorry.

God speed to Mr H, Val.