Category: Music
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Ships and Trains and Boats and Planes
Doors, Crystal Ship Clancy Bros., When the Ship Comes In. Peter, Paul, and Mary also do a fine job with the great Dylan anthem. Brewer and Shipley, One Toke Over the Line. What you'll be when the shit comes in. Matters feculent bring Brian Leiter to mind. Speculation is running high according to a New York…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Coffee
October 1st is International Coffee Day. Herewith, some tunes in celebration. Not that I'm drinking coffee now: it's a morning and afternoon drink. I am presently partaking of a potent libation consisting of equal parts of Tequila and Campari with a Fat Tire Fat Funk Ale as chaser. Ella Mae Morse, Forty Cups of Coffee…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Marie/Maria/Mary
Beautiful names celebrated in song. Elvis Presley, Marie's the Name of His Latest Flame George Harrison and friends, Absolutely Sweet Marie. By the way, this self-certified Dylanologist can attest that in the first line it is 'railroad GAUGE,' not 'railroad gate.' 'Gauge' is a measure of the width of the track; that's what our boy…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Fred Neil
Remember Fred Neil? One of the luminaries of the '60s folk scene, he didn't do much musically thereafter. Neil is probably best remembered for having penned 'Everybody's Talkin' which was made famous by Harry Nilsson as the theme of Midnight Cowboy. Here is Neil's version. Nilsson's rendition. Another of my Fred Neil favorites is "Other Side of This…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: The Eyes are the Windows of the Soul
Elvis Presley, Spanish Eyes Van Morrison, Brown Eyed Girl. This one goes out to Kathy H. Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain. Thinking of you, Anne-Marie C. and the fabulous and far-off fall of '73. In the twilight glow I see herBlue eyes crying in the rainWhen we kissed goodbye and partedI…
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Leftover Cuties
I just discovered this group via YouTube. Funny, I see only one cutie. Here are three unusual, haunting versions of three great old tunes. "Without music, life would be a mistake." (Nietzsche) Don't Think Twice, It's All Right At Last I Can't Help Falling in Love with You
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Varia
Mike Bloomfield, Carmelita Skiffle Warren Zevon, Carmelita Billy Joel, Piano Man Don MacLean, American Pie Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Arlo Guthrie, The City of New Orleans Related articles Musical Storytelling an Art Ripped from the headlines: 7 songs inspired by current events
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Solitary, Alone, Lonely, Lonesome
Neil Diamond, Solitary Man. Johnny Cash does it better. Nothing better than the sound of an acoustic guitar, well-made, well-played, steel-stringed, with fresh strings. This one goes out to Dave Bagwill. Calexico, Alone Again Or. Original by Love, an underrated '60s psychedelic band. Roy Orbison, Only the Lonely While we have the Big O cued up,…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Fighting Songs
Some of us are old enough to remember when he fought and bragged under the name, 'Cassius Clay.' Later known as Muhammad Ali, the great boxer died yesterday in Scottsdale at age 74. I won't comment on the man except to wonder how much of Donald Trump's braggadoccio and argumentative tactics were inspired by him. …
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Did Johnny Mercer Ever Write Songs Like These?
Just Like a Woman, Cutting Edge take. Blonde on Blonde version. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Take a Train to Cry, Cutting Edge take. Perhaps you prefer Mercer's On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe. Visions of Johanna It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall Desolation Row…
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Not Dark Yet: Bob Dylan Turns 75 Today
25 things you might want to know know about Dylan. Excellent, except for the introductory claim that he is "rock's greatest songwriter." A better description is "America's greatest writer of popular songs." Bar none. We can discuss the criteria later, and consider counterexamples. Maybe this Saturday night. His earliest four or five albums are…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Tools and Middle-Sized Dry Goods
Albert King, Crosscut Saw Peter, Paul, and Mary, If I Had a Hammer Joan Baez, Rock Salt and Nails Jr. Walker and the All Stars, Shotgun Bobby Darin, Mack the Knife Chance McCoy and the Appalachian String Band, Gospel Plow Jackie DeShannon, Needles and Pins Linda Ronstadt, Silver Threads and Golden Needles Out of ideas,…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Luck, Good and Bad
Big Mama Thornton, Born Under a Bad Sign Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughn, Born Under a Bad Sign Ray Charles, Busted. Made the #4 slot on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1963. Elvis Presley, Good Luck Charm Lightnin' Slim, Bad Luck Blues With a Little Bit of Luck Ray Charles, That Lucky Old Sun…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Varia
Punch Brothers, Rye Whisky Lonely Heartstring Band, Ramblin' Gamblin' Willy Bonnie Owens, Philadelphia Lawyer Cowboy Jack Clement, A Girl I Used to Know Bobby Bare, Lullabies, Legends, and Lies Brewer and Shipley, One Toke Over the Line The Flying Burrito Brothers, To Ramona. A very nice cover of a song from Dylan's fourth album, Another…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: ‘Foolish’ Songs for the Day after April Fool’s Day
I may be a day late and a dollar short, but here for your auditory amusement are some tunes in celebration or bemoanment of human folly the chief instance of which is romantic love. Who has never been played for a fool by a charming member of the opposite sex? Old age is the sovereign…