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I am a Canadian guy who loves music. I am fascinated by the songwriting process. I write about it at Ted Tocks Covers. Check it out on the link below.
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Someday he will be gone. But we will never forgive or forget the people who supported him.
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Someday he will be gone. But we will never forgive or forget the people who supported him.
Do They Know It’s Christmas
Originally posted on December 15/19
The biggest selling U.K. single of all time, but do the lyrics stand the test of time?
“Spare a thought this yuletide for the deprived
If the table was turned would you survive
Here's to them
Underneath that burning sun"
#bandaid
Originally posted on December 15/19
The biggest selling U.K. single of all time, but do the lyrics stand the test of time?
“Spare a thought this yuletide for the deprived
If the table was turned would you survive
Here's to them
Underneath that burning sun"
#bandaid
Do They Know It’s Christmas? – It’s hard to believe this was 35 years ago. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #BandAid #BobGeldof #MidgeUre #BareNakedLadies
It’s hard to believe it has been 35 years since Bob Geldof and Midge Ure teamed up to write ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ The song was written in reaction to a series of television reports that Mi…
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December 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Do They Know It’s Christmas
Originally posted on December 15/19
The biggest selling U.K. single of all time, but do the lyrics stand the test of time?
“Spare a thought this yuletide for the deprived
If the table was turned would you survive
Here's to them
Underneath that burning sun"
#bandaid
Originally posted on December 15/19
The biggest selling U.K. single of all time, but do the lyrics stand the test of time?
“Spare a thought this yuletide for the deprived
If the table was turned would you survive
Here's to them
Underneath that burning sun"
#bandaid
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 100
London Calling
#TheClash released ‘London Calling’ on this day in 1979.
“London calling, now don't look to us
Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
Except for the ring of that truncheon thing”
#manicstreetpreachers
London Calling
#TheClash released ‘London Calling’ on this day in 1979.
“London calling, now don't look to us
Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
Except for the ring of that truncheon thing”
#manicstreetpreachers
London Calling – A Brief Reflection on a Revolutionary Album. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #TheClash
I approach this brief refection with a degree of regret. Looking back, I wish I had been more receptive to what The Clash was doing in the moment. Let me explain. Revolution rock, it is a brand new…
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December 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 100
London Calling
#TheClash released ‘London Calling’ on this day in 1979.
“London calling, now don't look to us
Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
Except for the ring of that truncheon thing”
#manicstreetpreachers
London Calling
#TheClash released ‘London Calling’ on this day in 1979.
“London calling, now don't look to us
Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
Except for the ring of that truncheon thing”
#manicstreetpreachers
Ted Tocks Covers
I Hear You Knocking
Originally posted on May 9, 2021
On this day 55 years ago #DaveEdmunds was at #1 with this rock and roll classic. His only #1 song. A whole lotta music history here.
“I hear you knocking, go back where you been”
#littlerichard
I Hear You Knocking
Originally posted on May 9, 2021
On this day 55 years ago #DaveEdmunds was at #1 with this rock and roll classic. His only #1 song. A whole lotta music history here.
“I hear you knocking, go back where you been”
#littlerichard
Keep a Knocking/I Hear You Knocking – The charisma of #LittleRichard. The legend lives on. #MusicisLIfe #TedTocksCovers #JamesWiggins #LilJohnson #MiltonBrown #DaveBartholomew #SmileyLouis #GaleStorm ...
It was one year ago today that the music world lost the infinitely charismatic, Little Richard. While I had numerous options for songs to feature, I zeroed in on ‘Keep a Knockin’ (But You Can’t Com…
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December 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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I Hear You Knocking
Originally posted on May 9, 2021
On this day 55 years ago #DaveEdmunds was at #1 with this rock and roll classic. His only #1 song. A whole lotta music history here.
“I hear you knocking, go back where you been”
#littlerichard
I Hear You Knocking
Originally posted on May 9, 2021
On this day 55 years ago #DaveEdmunds was at #1 with this rock and roll classic. His only #1 song. A whole lotta music history here.
“I hear you knocking, go back where you been”
#littlerichard
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 99
What’s Up/Beez in the Trap
Happy birthday Heather!
“And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
"What's going on?"
#4nonblondes #lindaperry #nickiminaj #djauxford #pink
What’s Up/Beez in the Trap
Happy birthday Heather!
“And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
"What's going on?"
#4nonblondes #lindaperry #nickiminaj #djauxford #pink
What’s Up /Beez in the Trap – Trying to get up that great big hill of hope. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #4NonBlondes #LindaPerry #NickiMinaj
I have often been accused of not knowing what’s going on. No one would ever describe me as being trendy, but I am curious. So, when a song comes to my attention with lyrics that make me wonder what…
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December 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 99
What’s Up/Beez in the Trap
Happy birthday Heather!
“And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
"What's going on?"
#4nonblondes #lindaperry #nickiminaj #djauxford #pink
What’s Up/Beez in the Trap
Happy birthday Heather!
“And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
"What's going on?"
#4nonblondes #lindaperry #nickiminaj #djauxford #pink
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 98
The Inner Light
A brief look at the friendship between George Harrison and Ravi Shankar
“The farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows”
#georgeharrison #Ravishankar
The Inner Light
A brief look at the friendship between George Harrison and Ravi Shankar
“The farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows”
#georgeharrison #Ravishankar
The Inner Light – How a broken sitar string led to a monumental musical friendship. MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #GeorgeHarrison #RaviShankar
Admittedly, today’s feature song is a relative rarity, but what it lacks in the way of commercial appeal or immediate recognition it makes up for in significance. So, here I sit cross-legged on the…
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December 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 98
The Inner Light
A brief look at the friendship between George Harrison and Ravi Shankar
“The farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows”
#georgeharrison #Ravishankar
The Inner Light
A brief look at the friendship between George Harrison and Ravi Shankar
“The farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows”
#georgeharrison #Ravishankar
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Fernando
Originally posted on May 8/19
Fifty years ago today #ABBA released ‘Fernando.
“Can you hear the drums Fernando?
Do you still recall the frightful night we crossed the Rio Grande?
I can see it in your eyes
How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land”
#Cher
Fernando
Originally posted on May 8/19
Fifty years ago today #ABBA released ‘Fernando.
“Can you hear the drums Fernando?
Do you still recall the frightful night we crossed the Rio Grande?
I can see it in your eyes
How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land”
#Cher
Fernando – Today’s classic song in three languages and a cover by a diva legend. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #ABBA #Cher
There is something about ABBA. There are very few bands that could generate worldwide hysteria if they ever reformed and went on tour. ABBA is one of those bands. They have universal appeal. Clearl…
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December 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Le Freak
Originally posted on August 11, 2023
On this day in 1978, #Chic began a 7 week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
“All that pressure got you down
Has your head spinning all around
Feel the rhythm, check the ride
Come on along and have a real good time”
Le Freak
Originally posted on August 11, 2023
On this day in 1978, #Chic began a 7 week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
“All that pressure got you down
Has your head spinning all around
Feel the rhythm, check the ride
Come on along and have a real good time”
Le Freak – Come On and Have a Real Good Time. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #Chic #NileRodgers #BernardEdwards #EdgarSampson #TheUkuleleOrchestra #Slash #Prince
Can you picture the scene? After almost a decade of hanging out on the perimeter of massive success, two talented musicians were working hard to align themselves with some big names in the industry…
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December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Le Freak
Originally posted on August 11, 2023
On this day in 1978, #Chic began a 7 week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
“All that pressure got you down
Has your head spinning all around
Feel the rhythm, check the ride
Come on along and have a real good time”
Le Freak
Originally posted on August 11, 2023
On this day in 1978, #Chic began a 7 week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
“All that pressure got you down
Has your head spinning all around
Feel the rhythm, check the ride
Come on along and have a real good time”
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 97
Power to the People
Remembering John Lennon 45 years later.
“Say you want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And out on the street’
#johnlennon #AlGreen #ericburdon #BillyPreston #blackeyedpeas #tommorello
Power to the People
Remembering John Lennon 45 years later.
“Say you want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And out on the street’
#johnlennon #AlGreen #ericburdon #BillyPreston #blackeyedpeas #tommorello
Power to the People – Let the working class become its own hero. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #JohnLennon
It has now been 45 years since John Lennon was assassinated. Yes, it was an assassination. Some call it a premeditated murder or just a murder. It was senseless. It was brutal. Emotionally speaking…
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December 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 97
Power to the People
Remembering John Lennon 45 years later.
“Say you want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And out on the street’
#johnlennon #AlGreen #ericburdon #BillyPreston #blackeyedpeas #tommorello
Power to the People
Remembering John Lennon 45 years later.
“Say you want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And out on the street’
#johnlennon #AlGreen #ericburdon #BillyPreston #blackeyedpeas #tommorello
Ted Tocks Covers
Walking on the Moon
Originally posted Dec. 7/24
On this day in 1979 #ThePolice had their second U.K. #1 with this hit from ‘Regatta de Blanc’.
“Some may say I’m wishing my days away
No way, and if it’s the price I pay
Some say tomorrow’s another day
You stay, I may as well play”
Walking on the Moon
Originally posted Dec. 7/24
On this day in 1979 #ThePolice had their second U.K. #1 with this hit from ‘Regatta de Blanc’.
“Some may say I’m wishing my days away
No way, and if it’s the price I pay
Some say tomorrow’s another day
You stay, I may as well play”
Walking on the Moon – I may as well play. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #ThePolice
‘Reggatta de Blanc’ has always been my favourite album by The Police so it is refreshing to hear that Stewart Copeland lists it as his sentimental favourite when he looks back on his days with the …
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December 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Ted Tocks Covers
Walking on the Moon
Originally posted Dec. 7/24
On this day in 1979 #ThePolice had their second U.K. #1 with this hit from ‘Regatta de Blanc’.
“Some may say I’m wishing my days away
No way, and if it’s the price I pay
Some say tomorrow’s another day
You stay, I may as well play”
Walking on the Moon
Originally posted Dec. 7/24
On this day in 1979 #ThePolice had their second U.K. #1 with this hit from ‘Regatta de Blanc’.
“Some may say I’m wishing my days away
No way, and if it’s the price I pay
Some say tomorrow’s another day
You stay, I may as well play”
Ted Tocks Covers
Still Crazy After All These Years
Originally posted Oct. 17/25
#PaulSimon #1 with this album 50 years ago.
"Now I sit by my window and I watch the cars
I fear I’ll do some damage one fine day
But I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers
Still crazy after all these years"
Still Crazy After All These Years
Originally posted Oct. 17/25
#PaulSimon #1 with this album 50 years ago.
"Now I sit by my window and I watch the cars
I fear I’ll do some damage one fine day
But I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers
Still crazy after all these years"
Still Crazy After All These Years – I Seem to Lean On Old Familiar Ways. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #PaulSimon
As time marches on many of us take solace in looking back on our lives and recalling the good times. In an effort to tell ourselves we are still relatively young and eternally vibrant we hold on to…
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December 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Still Crazy After All These Years
Originally posted Oct. 17/25
#PaulSimon #1 with this album 50 years ago.
"Now I sit by my window and I watch the cars
I fear I’ll do some damage one fine day
But I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers
Still crazy after all these years"
Still Crazy After All These Years
Originally posted Oct. 17/25
#PaulSimon #1 with this album 50 years ago.
"Now I sit by my window and I watch the cars
I fear I’ll do some damage one fine day
But I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers
Still crazy after all these years"
Ted Tocks Covers
In the Midnight Hour
Originally posted Dec. 6/20.
#SteveCropper's role in transforming gospel into rock & roll.
“I’m gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love comes tumbling down
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
When there's no one else around”
#WilsonPickett
In the Midnight Hour
Originally posted Dec. 6/20.
#SteveCropper's role in transforming gospel into rock & roll.
“I’m gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love comes tumbling down
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
When there's no one else around”
#WilsonPickett
In the Midnight Hour – Turning back the clock 55 years until it strikes midnight. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #WilsonPickett #SteveCropper #TheFalcons #TheChambersBrothers #TheMirettes #CrossCountry ...
True confession. This weekend was going to be back to back ‘midnight’ songs. I was going to lead with ‘After Midnight’ to celebrate J.J. Cale and his undeniable influence on the guitar god, Eric Cl…
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December 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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In the Midnight Hour
Originally posted Dec. 6/20.
#SteveCropper's role in transforming gospel into rock & roll.
“I’m gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love comes tumbling down
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
When there's no one else around”
#WilsonPickett
In the Midnight Hour
Originally posted Dec. 6/20.
#SteveCropper's role in transforming gospel into rock & roll.
“I’m gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love comes tumbling down
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
When there's no one else around”
#WilsonPickett
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 96
Dance with Me/Still the One
Take a trip to ‘Orleans’ & back w/ #JohnHall & a bunch of good friends who came along for the ride.
“You're still the one that makes me laugh
Still the one that's my better half
We're still having fun & you're still the one”
#orleans
Dance with Me/Still the One
Take a trip to ‘Orleans’ & back w/ #JohnHall & a bunch of good friends who came along for the ride.
“You're still the one that makes me laugh
Still the one that's my better half
We're still having fun & you're still the one”
#orleans
Still the One/Dance with Me – I support the right to bear knowledge. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #Orleans #JohnHall
Today we’re going to go for a musical ride because when the music is playing Ted Tocks Covers can take you wherever you want to go. Looking up at the departures board indicates that our desti…
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December 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Norwegian Wood
Originally posted on October 9, 2021
‘Rubber Soul’ was released 60 years ago today.
“And when I awoke I was alone
This bird had flown
So I lit a fire
Isn't it good Norwegian wood?”
#thebeatles #johnlennon #georgeharrison #paulmccartney
Norwegian Wood
Originally posted on October 9, 2021
‘Rubber Soul’ was released 60 years ago today.
“And when I awoke I was alone
This bird had flown
So I lit a fire
Isn't it good Norwegian wood?”
#thebeatles #johnlennon #georgeharrison #paulmccartney
Norwegian Wood – This bird has flown. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #TheBeatles #JohnLennon #GeorgeHarrison #PaulMcCartney #HourGlass #FrankMarinoandMahogonyRush #HerbieHancock #PeterFrampton #AllmanBe...
Through nearly four years of writing Ted Tocks Covers, there may be no group Ted Tocks has featured more than The Beatles. Since 2018, this band has laid a foundation for so much of the material Te…
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December 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Ted Tocks Covers
Norwegian Wood
Originally posted on October 9, 2021
‘Rubber Soul’ was released 60 years ago today.
“And when I awoke I was alone
This bird had flown
So I lit a fire
Isn't it good Norwegian wood?”
#thebeatles #johnlennon #georgeharrison #paulmccartney
Norwegian Wood
Originally posted on October 9, 2021
‘Rubber Soul’ was released 60 years ago today.
“And when I awoke I was alone
This bird had flown
So I lit a fire
Isn't it good Norwegian wood?”
#thebeatles #johnlennon #georgeharrison #paulmccartney
Ted Tocks Covers
Venus
Originally posted on Sept. 6/18.
On this day in 2006, #MariskaVeres died of cancer. She was the vocalist for #ShockingBlue who brought us the original version of ‘Venus’.
“A goddess on a mountain top
Was burning like a silver flame"
#bananarama
Venus
Originally posted on Sept. 6/18.
On this day in 2006, #MariskaVeres died of cancer. She was the vocalist for #ShockingBlue who brought us the original version of ‘Venus’.
“A goddess on a mountain top
Was burning like a silver flame"
#bananarama
Venus – A smash hit in successive decades. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #ShockingBlue #Bananarama
Out of the ‘Shocking Blue’ from the Netherlands came this psychedelic rock folk group in 1967. They were actually quite a deal from the ‘summer of love’ through 1974 when th…
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December 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Venus
Originally posted on Sept. 6/18.
On this day in 2006, #MariskaVeres died of cancer. She was the vocalist for #ShockingBlue who brought us the original version of ‘Venus’.
“A goddess on a mountain top
Was burning like a silver flame"
#bananarama
Venus
Originally posted on Sept. 6/18.
On this day in 2006, #MariskaVeres died of cancer. She was the vocalist for #ShockingBlue who brought us the original version of ‘Venus’.
“A goddess on a mountain top
Was burning like a silver flame"
#bananarama
Ted Tocks Covers
The Top Three Posts for November and a few bonus songs.
Enjoy some quality music from R.E.M., Gordon Lightfoot, Def Leppard and a whole lot more.
Have a grateful day!
#ToddSnider #JimmyCliff #DonnaJeanGodchaux #REM #GordonLightfoot #DefLeppard #JacksonBrowne
The Top Three Posts for November and a few bonus songs.
Enjoy some quality music from R.E.M., Gordon Lightfoot, Def Leppard and a whole lot more.
Have a grateful day!
#ToddSnider #JimmyCliff #DonnaJeanGodchaux #REM #GordonLightfoot #DefLeppard #JacksonBrowne
Top Three Posts for November and a Whole Lot More. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers
I write this while looking at a world that somehow continues to function while reigns of terror and chaos all around us aim to grind us down. Or worse, their efforts to flood the field with so many…
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December 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ted Tocks Covers
The Top Three Posts for November and a few bonus songs.
Enjoy some quality music from R.E.M., Gordon Lightfoot, Def Leppard and a whole lot more.
Have a grateful day!
#ToddSnider #JimmyCliff #DonnaJeanGodchaux #REM #GordonLightfoot #DefLeppard #JacksonBrowne
The Top Three Posts for November and a few bonus songs.
Enjoy some quality music from R.E.M., Gordon Lightfoot, Def Leppard and a whole lot more.
Have a grateful day!
#ToddSnider #JimmyCliff #DonnaJeanGodchaux #REM #GordonLightfoot #DefLeppard #JacksonBrowne
Ted Tocks Covers
The Top Three Posts for November and a few bonus songs.
Enjoy some quality music from R.E.M., Gordon Lightfoot, Def Leppard and a whole lot more.
Have a grateful day!
#ToddSnider #jimmycliff #donnajeangodchaux #REM #gordonlightfoot #defleppard #jacksonbrowne
The Top Three Posts for November and a few bonus songs.
Enjoy some quality music from R.E.M., Gordon Lightfoot, Def Leppard and a whole lot more.
Have a grateful day!
#ToddSnider #jimmycliff #donnajeangodchaux #REM #gordonlightfoot #defleppard #jacksonbrowne
Top Three Posts for November and a Whole Lot More. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers
I write this while looking at a world that somehow continues to function while reigns of terror and chaos all around us aim to grind us down. Or worse, their efforts to flood the field with so many…
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December 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Ted Tocks Covers
The Top Three Posts for November and a few bonus songs.
Enjoy some quality music from R.E.M., Gordon Lightfoot, Def Leppard and a whole lot more.
Have a grateful day!
#ToddSnider #jimmycliff #donnajeangodchaux #REM #gordonlightfoot #defleppard #jacksonbrowne
The Top Three Posts for November and a few bonus songs.
Enjoy some quality music from R.E.M., Gordon Lightfoot, Def Leppard and a whole lot more.
Have a grateful day!
#ToddSnider #jimmycliff #donnajeangodchaux #REM #gordonlightfoot #defleppard #jacksonbrowne
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Rebel Yell
Originally posted on October 24, 2023
Give a sneer and a nod to William Broad, a.k.a. Billy Idol. He turns 70. today.
I walked the world for you, babe
A thousand miles with you
I dried your tears of pain, babe
A million times for you
#billyidol
Rebel Yell
Originally posted on October 24, 2023
Give a sneer and a nod to William Broad, a.k.a. Billy Idol. He turns 70. today.
I walked the world for you, babe
A thousand miles with you
I dried your tears of pain, babe
A million times for you
#billyidol
Rebel Yell – Music sets you free. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers
It’s been forty years since Billy Idol released ‘Rebel Yell’. Take a moment and reflect on this fact while Ted Tocks Covers brings the song’s roots back to a frequently discussed band on these page…
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November 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Rebel Yell
Originally posted on October 24, 2023
Give a sneer and a nod to William Broad, a.k.a. Billy Idol. He turns 70. today.
I walked the world for you, babe
A thousand miles with you
I dried your tears of pain, babe
A million times for you
#billyidol
Rebel Yell
Originally posted on October 24, 2023
Give a sneer and a nod to William Broad, a.k.a. Billy Idol. He turns 70. today.
I walked the world for you, babe
A thousand miles with you
I dried your tears of pain, babe
A million times for you
#billyidol
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Like a Hurricane
Originally posted Sept. 13/20
#NeilYoung recorded this scorching rocker on this day 50 years ago.
“You are just a dreamer, and I am just a dream
You could have been anyone to me"
#BryanFerry #RoxyMusic #JeffHealey #AdamSandler #JasonIsbellandthe400Unit
Like a Hurricane
Originally posted Sept. 13/20
#NeilYoung recorded this scorching rocker on this day 50 years ago.
“You are just a dreamer, and I am just a dream
You could have been anyone to me"
#BryanFerry #RoxyMusic #JeffHealey #AdamSandler #JasonIsbellandthe400Unit
Like a Hurricane – Join me on a magical and hazy foggy trip. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #NeilYoung #BryanFerry #RoxyMusic #JeffHealey #AdamSandler #JasonIsbellandthe400Unit
Well, it’s about time. ‘Like a Hurricane’ has been on my list of songs to feature since day one of Ted Tocks Covers in January of 2018. On several occasions it was slated to be profiled but somethi…
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November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Like a Hurricane
Originally posted Sept. 13/20
#NeilYoung recorded this scorching rocker on this day 50 years ago.
“You are just a dreamer, and I am just a dream
You could have been anyone to me"
#BryanFerry #RoxyMusic #JeffHealey #AdamSandler #JasonIsbellandthe400Unit
Like a Hurricane
Originally posted Sept. 13/20
#NeilYoung recorded this scorching rocker on this day 50 years ago.
“You are just a dreamer, and I am just a dream
You could have been anyone to me"
#BryanFerry #RoxyMusic #JeffHealey #AdamSandler #JasonIsbellandthe400Unit
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 95
A Night at the Opera
This groundbreaking album was released 50 years ago today.
“Talk like a big business tycoon,
But you're just a hot - air balloon,
So no one gives you a damn,
You're just an overgrown school - boy
Let me tan your hide.”
#Queen
A Night at the Opera
This groundbreaking album was released 50 years ago today.
“Talk like a big business tycoon,
But you're just a hot - air balloon,
So no one gives you a damn,
You're just an overgrown school - boy
Let me tan your hide.”
#Queen
A Night at the Opera – The Modern Version of Beethoven. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #Queen
Let’s go back just over 50 years to a time where the future of Queen was a little uncertain. Imagine this! You’re Queen in 1975, and despite the success of your first three albums, you were flat br…
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November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 95
A Night at the Opera
This groundbreaking album was released 50 years ago today.
“Talk like a big business tycoon,
But you're just a hot - air balloon,
So no one gives you a damn,
You're just an overgrown school - boy
Let me tan your hide.”
#Queen
A Night at the Opera
This groundbreaking album was released 50 years ago today.
“Talk like a big business tycoon,
But you're just a hot - air balloon,
So no one gives you a damn,
You're just an overgrown school - boy
Let me tan your hide.”
#Queen
Ted Tocks Covers
Alice’s Restaurant
Originally posted Nov. 28/19
Remembering Alice Brock!
I have three favourite U.S. Thanksgiving traditions. First, the WKRP Thanksgiving episode, the second, ‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles’ & the third, this Arlo Guthrie masterpiece.
#arloguthrie #alicebrock
Alice’s Restaurant
Originally posted Nov. 28/19
Remembering Alice Brock!
I have three favourite U.S. Thanksgiving traditions. First, the WKRP Thanksgiving episode, the second, ‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles’ & the third, this Arlo Guthrie masterpiece.
#arloguthrie #alicebrock
Alice’s Restaurant – An accidental Thanksgiving tradition. A monumental protest song. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #ArloGuthrie
“This song is called ‘Alice’s Restaurant’. It’s about Alice…and her restaurant…” Arlo Guthrie This post is about ‘Alice’s Restaurant’, but it is also about Arlo Guthrie and what became a Thanksgivi…
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November 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ted Tocks Covers
Alice’s Restaurant
Originally posted Nov. 28/19
Remembering Alice Brock!
I have three favourite U.S. Thanksgiving traditions. First, the WKRP Thanksgiving episode, the second, ‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles’ & the third, this Arlo Guthrie masterpiece.
#arloguthrie #alicebrock
Alice’s Restaurant
Originally posted Nov. 28/19
Remembering Alice Brock!
I have three favourite U.S. Thanksgiving traditions. First, the WKRP Thanksgiving episode, the second, ‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles’ & the third, this Arlo Guthrie masterpiece.
#arloguthrie #alicebrock
Ted Tocks Covers
All Things Must Pass
Originally posted on November 28, 2020
“Now the darkness only stays at night time
In the morning it will fade away
Daylight is good
At arriving at the right time
But it’s not always going
To be this grey”
#GeorgeHarrison
All Things Must Pass
Originally posted on November 28, 2020
“Now the darkness only stays at night time
In the morning it will fade away
Daylight is good
At arriving at the right time
But it’s not always going
To be this grey”
#GeorgeHarrison
All Things Must Pass – It’s not always going to be this grey. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #GeorgeHarrison #TimothyLeary #BillyPreston #PaulMcCartney #BobbyWhitlock #JimJames #KlausVoorman #YusufIslam
On several occasions Ted Tocks has referred to the influence The Band had on artists from the time of their rise to prominence in the late 60s. Today’s feature will speak to this point. Specificall…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ted Tocks Covers
All Things Must Pass
Originally posted on November 28, 2020
“Now the darkness only stays at night time
In the morning it will fade away
Daylight is good
At arriving at the right time
But it’s not always going
To be this grey”
#GeorgeHarrison
All Things Must Pass
Originally posted on November 28, 2020
“Now the darkness only stays at night time
In the morning it will fade away
Daylight is good
At arriving at the right time
But it’s not always going
To be this grey”
#GeorgeHarrison
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 94
Arms of Mary
Remembering #IainSutherland with this classic rock staple.
“The lights shine down the valley
The wind blows up the alley
Oh and I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary”
#SutherlandBrothers #quiver #chilliwack #timrenwick #gavinsutherland
Arms of Mary
Remembering #IainSutherland with this classic rock staple.
“The lights shine down the valley
The wind blows up the alley
Oh and I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary”
#SutherlandBrothers #quiver #chilliwack #timrenwick #gavinsutherland
Arms of Mary – Let the Music Carry You Away to a Better Place. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #SutherlandBrothers #Quiver #IainSutherland #Chilliwack
Admittedly, the information shared in Ted Tocks Covers is at best a 50/50 proposition in terms of what I know and what I need to research. If pressed, I would have to say the balance tips well in f…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 94
Arms of Mary
Remembering #IainSutherland with this classic rock staple.
“The lights shine down the valley
The wind blows up the alley
Oh and I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary”
#SutherlandBrothers #quiver #chilliwack #timrenwick #gavinsutherland
Arms of Mary
Remembering #IainSutherland with this classic rock staple.
“The lights shine down the valley
The wind blows up the alley
Oh and I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary”
#SutherlandBrothers #quiver #chilliwack #timrenwick #gavinsutherland
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 93
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
50 years ago today, #GordonLightfoot read an article in ’Newsweek’ that served as a catalyst for writing this timeless song.
“And every man knew, as the captain did too
‘Twas the witch of November come stealin’”
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
50 years ago today, #GordonLightfoot read an article in ’Newsweek’ that served as a catalyst for writing this timeless song.
“And every man knew, as the captain did too
‘Twas the witch of November come stealin’”
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – The Gales of November Remember. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #GordonLightfoot #EdmundFitzgerald
How does one write about a song that chronicles the final voyage of the most famous of all lake freighters? Books have been written that would fill your IKEA shelf. A countless number of spellbindi…
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 93
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
50 years ago today, #GordonLightfoot read an article in ’Newsweek’ that served as a catalyst for writing this timeless song.
“And every man knew, as the captain did too
‘Twas the witch of November come stealin’”
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
50 years ago today, #GordonLightfoot read an article in ’Newsweek’ that served as a catalyst for writing this timeless song.
“And every man knew, as the captain did too
‘Twas the witch of November come stealin’”
Ted Tocks Covers
My Sweet Lord
Originally posted on December 26, 2018
George Harrison released ‘My Sweet Lord 55 years ago today.
“I really want to see you
Really want to be with you
Really want to see you, Lord
But it takes so long, my Lord”
#georgeharrison #BillyPreston
My Sweet Lord
Originally posted on December 26, 2018
George Harrison released ‘My Sweet Lord 55 years ago today.
“I really want to see you
Really want to be with you
Really want to see you, Lord
But it takes so long, my Lord”
#georgeharrison #BillyPreston
My Sweet Lord – Really want to be with you. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #GeorgeHarrison #BillyPreston #BoyGeorge #Megadeth #TheChiffons
Today’s feature is about a song written with the best of intentions that led to a mountain of litigation. ‘My Sweet Lord’ was George Harrison’s first release as a solo artist and it became a massiv…
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November 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ted Tocks Covers
My Sweet Lord
Originally posted on December 26, 2018
George Harrison released ‘My Sweet Lord 55 years ago today.
“I really want to see you
Really want to be with you
Really want to see you, Lord
But it takes so long, my Lord”
#georgeharrison #BillyPreston
My Sweet Lord
Originally posted on December 26, 2018
George Harrison released ‘My Sweet Lord 55 years ago today.
“I really want to see you
Really want to be with you
Really want to see you, Lord
But it takes so long, my Lord”
#georgeharrison #BillyPreston