Saturday Night at the Oldies: Help

Canned Heat, Help Me.

"Help me consolate my weary mind." I love that 'consolate.' Alan 'Blind Owl' Wilson at his best. I saw him and the boys at the Kaleidoscope in Hollywood in 1968. Wilson was a tortured soul and ended up a member of the 27 Club. He quit the sublunary sphere on 3 September 1970.

Aficionados of that time and place will want to read Canned Heat: The Twisted Tale of Blind Owl and the Bear.

Beach Boys, Help Me, Rhonda

Hank Williams, I Can't Help it If I'm Still in Love with You

Ringo Starr, With a Little Help from My Friends

Elvis Presley, Can't Help Falling in Love

Andrea Bocelli does a great live job with it.

Highwaymen, Help Me Make it Through the Night

While we have the Highwaymen cued up, let's enjoy Ghost Riders in the Sky

Joni Mitchell, Help Me

Hank Locklin, Please Help Me, I'm Falling

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May 17, 2025

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Bill Vallicella

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Joe Odegaard

May 17, 2025

Zappa and the Mothers: Help I’m a Rock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukbu9dmmzJg
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Before the album was released in UK I read a review by someone who had heard an import copy. The review said something along the lines “this album should be banned as it is liable to induce a psychotic episode in vulnerable people”. Terrific advertising – I bought a copy the day it was released.
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I used to play this when I wanted people to leave my house. I’d let it play over and over and they would quickly leave. It is wonderful!

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Joe Odegaard

May 17, 2025

Neil Young, “Helpless.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um9ciR4yajU
This one takes me back, oh how it does, San Luis Obispo, 1970s.

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Joe Odegaard

May 17, 2025

The Four Tops, “I can’t Help Myself.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBwRmFguRB8
(How far we have fallen).

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