Recently I had a rush of obsession with black and white retro films, which influenced and defined today's #ttt a lot. I selected three songs from very different artists: Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, Alesha Dimitrievich - nothing unites them together, except for the black and white fan-made retro videos.
The unofficial videoclip was cut up from the famous retro film 'Duck soup' - performed by the comedian trio the Marx Brothers. The song itself is more than well-known, but in combination with this videofeed - mmm! perfect match, very beautiful. Does have a look!
Aquarium is one of the key rock bands of the late USSR, perhaps N1 band (not my personal N1 but truly loved by heart). Over more than 50 years of its history the band released a lot of different albums, with each having a story behind. The story behind 'Radio Africa' LP recording is unique and magnificent.
In 1983 the mobile recording studio MCI arrived to the city - it belonged to the Melodiya label, very-very official state monopoly. Underground rock-musicians certainly would never got official access there, but... One good fellow, who knew how to connect bridges in USSR, did organized access to the studio in the night time, in a very elegant manner: by bribing the guards with a bottle of vodka! Every day, after the official working day in the studio was coming to the end and the wagon was power-downed... at night rock musicians came in, turned on the electric switch again, and in a short time - about a week - they recorded their music, banned in the USSR, with a quality they had never even dreamed of. On this album I love every song in its own way... ofc videos didn't exist in those years - thus I was especially surprised and happy to find this unofficial fan-made video. It was cut from retro films 'Man with a Camera', and 'Berlin: Symphony'.
I cant say much about this one. Alyosha Dimitrievich was a French artist of Russian origin, a gypsy... and behind this simplified formula there is a tangled biography that would suit well for a dozen novels. Born in the Russian Empire before WWI, soon he left motherland within the first wave of emigration; his family lived and performed in Japan, the Philippines, India, Greece, Morocco; in the 20s they moved to Spain, and finally settled in France, performing at Parisian restaurants and cabarets. Before WWII they moved to Latin America and lived in Argentina; Dimitrievich returned to Paris only in 1960.
Early in his career he performed as a dancer and acrobat, but after 50 he switched to singing and playing a gypsy guitar - it was exactly this role that I discovered him. Dimitrievich was acquainted with and collaborated with many famous artists and celebrities. The song 'I Married the Wrong Woman' I presenting you today got the fan-made video cut up from comedies created by Buster Keaton - another great man of the silent films era. I am sure you will appreciate this work of art and get all the pleasure you deserve.
Hope you enjoyed today's music selection, and travelling around the globe without leaving the Hive. 😎 The post goes for Three Tune Tuesday challenge run by 
