Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Saturday Night at the Oldies: Weights and Measures

The Band, The Weight

The Byrds, Eight Miles High

The Rolling Stones, Moonlight Mile

The Who, I Can See for Miles

Cannonball Adderley, 74 Miles Away.  So titled because it is In 7/4 time.

Dave Brubeck, Take Five.  So titled because it is in 5/4 time.

Cream, Spoonful.  Heavy, man.

The Lovin' Spoonful, Six O'Clock

Gene Pitney, 24 Hours from Tulsa

Beach Boys, 409. With a four-speed manual tranny, dual quad carburetors (before fuel injection), positraction (limited slip differential), and 409 cubic inches of engine displacement.  Gas was cheap in those days.

Junior Brown Redneck Version with a little help from the Beach Boys

ZZ Top and Jeff Beck, 16 Tons.  Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1955 #1 version.

Justin Timberlake, et al., 500 Miles. (From Inside Llewyn Davis)

Bobby Bare, 500 Miles Away From Home

Lovin' Spoonful, Full Measure.  Undeservedly obscure.


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