It's challenge time again!

This clip has been offered a few times by posters. Singing both Here Comes The Sun and Homeward Bound, here are Paul Simon and George Harrison:

Fully embracing my Irish heritage tonight, I hoist my Guinness to C&Lers and give you The Corrs.

Little Wing (Unplugged, sort of)

In honor of our favorite covert agent.

Valerie from Chronicles

You can contribute to the Wilson Legal Support Trust here. Remember, they still have a pending civil case...

(guest blogged by Howie Klein)

I was just a kid when I first saw Eric Clapton play in the Yardbirds. It wasn't until he left that band and formed Cream though that I actually figured out who he was and what sounds were coming from that guitar. I had hired the Yardbirds to play at my college and I hired Cream too (although they cancelled at the last minute). Later, I wound up running the record company Eric was signed to. What an honor and a joy that was! Last night, I went over to the Staples Center here in L.A. and saw him play a great bluesy show. I felt like I was in a small club instead of a gross arena.

Here's a rocked out version of "Crossroads," one of his first hits-- and still a trademark-- performed live by Cream in 1968.

Tonight's prize is an HD DVD of the Cream reunion concert at the Royal Albert Hall. To win, e-mail us at downwithtyranny@aol.com and answer these 4 simple questions about the U.S. Constitution:

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Richard Thompson has written a war protest song, "Dad's Gonna Kill Me"

(guest blogged by Howie Klein)
Last night some exceptionally great bands were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. My two favorites were Patti Smith and R.E.M.

I've had a lot of favorite R.E.M. songs since I first got turned on to their music by my friend and fellow KUSF dj Denise Sullivan in 1982. But the first time I really listened to "Everybody Hurts" it was because someone came running into a meeting at Warner Bros, kind of hysterical, yelling that he was holding the best video he'd ever seen. He played it. I loved it too-- but not as much as I loved the song. I was just floored. I can never get enough of its power, intensity and shear humanity.

Take a look and take a listen and join everyone here at Crooks and Liars World Headquarters in congratulating R.E.M. on a well deserved honor-- and on a career that has brought so much beauty into a world that needs beauty so badly.

Tonight's contest is simple. Send us a paragraph about anything you want-- but using the titles of your 10 favorite R.E.M. songs in the body. Send the enties to downwithtyranny@aol.com and then keep your fingers crossed that you win the XL-R.E.M. hoodie and the DVD, When the Light Is Mine: The Best of the IRS Years.

(guest blogged by Logan Murphy)

If Everyone Cared from All The Right Reasons

Yes And No

Tonight, Tonight from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness:

This is one of my favorite songs/videos of all-time. The song is powerful and layered beautifully, plus the video just captures it perfectly. What about you? What's your favorite?

Wiki:

The critically acclaimed music video, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, won six awards at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1996: Best Video, Best Direction, Best Special Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Breakthrough Video. "Tonight, Tonight" was also nominated for Viewer's Choice, Best Editing and Best Music Video, Short Form at the 1997 Grammy Awards.

The video was inspired largely by the hugely influential silent film A Trip to the Moon, directed by Georges Méliès, for whom the ship at the end of the video is named. Hence the video was filmed in the style of a turn-of-the-century silent film using theater-style backdrops and primitive special effects.

(guest blogged by Logan Murphy)

There is sad news tonight for Boston fans. The band's lead singer, Brad Delp passed away today at the age of 55. Few details have been released yet; all that I could find so far was that he was found dead at home and there were no signs of foul play.

Here's Brad and the rest of Boston with Don't Look Back