Saturday night, time to punch the clock and pour yourself a stiff one. Me, I'm drinking a Jack and Coke. How about you?
Mickey and Sylvia, Love is Strange, 1956
Nino Tempo and April, Deep Purple, 1963. The lyrics are pure sweet kitsch. But what's wrong with a little kitsch and sentimentality? Up yours, Theodor Adorno.
Everly Brothers, When Will I be Loved?
Righteous Brothers, Little Latin Lupe Lu
Simon and Garfunkel, I am a Rock. I have my books and my poetry to protect me!
Ike and Tina Turner, It's Gonna Work Out Fine, 1961. I went to see the preacher man.
Sonny and Cher, I Got You, Babe, 1965. Don't let them say you hair's too long!
Jan and Dean, Dead Man's Curve, 1963. Walk not back from Dead Man's Curve.
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, 1949. This one goes out to Hillary Clinton.
Peter and Gordon, I Go to Pieces
Peter and Gordon, Summer Song
Chad and Jeremy, Yesterday's Gone
Doc Holliday and Johnny Ringo, Last Tango