Category: Music
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Freedom and a Bit of Determinism
Cream, 1966, I Feel FreeRascals, 1968, People Got to be FreeBob Dylan and Joan Osborne, 1998, Chimes of Freedom. It was his ability to pen moving anthems like this that made Dylan the bard of his generation. A beautiful song and a timeless piece of Americana. Here is the Byrds' folk-rock version from the '60s.Beatles, Free…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: The One and the Many
The Vogues, You're the One, 1965Orleans, Still the One, 1976Chiffons, One Fine Day, 1963Doris Troy, Just One Look, 1963Amos Milburn, One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer, 1953. I had me a Bud, but I'm none the wiser! Grateful Dead, So Many Roads, 1994Joan Baez, One Too Many MorningsDon Gibson, Many Times I've Waited
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From a Logical Point of View
W. V. O. Quine's famous collection of essays is named after this song. "From a logical point of view always marry a woman uglier than you." Jimmy Soul extends the thought, ripping off some of the lyrics of the calypso tune.
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Memorable Instrumentals from the ’60s
Jorma Kaukonen's Embryonic Journey from The Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow LP, 1967. Bent Fabric, Alley Cat, 1962. The Village Stompers, Washington Square, 1963. Kenny Ball, Midnight in Moscow, 1962. David Rose, The Stripper, 1962. Acker Bilk, Stranger on the Shore, 1962. Dick Dale and the Deltones, Misirlou, 1963. If surf music had a father, Dick…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Some ‘Eye’ Songs
Kim Carnes, Bette Davis EyesBob Dylan, Blood in My EyesFour Seasons, Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (From Deer Hunter)Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Judy Blue EyesJoan Baez, Tears in My EyesJoan Baez, Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Dylan)Curtis Lee, Pretty Little Angel Eyes (the original!)Jimi Hendrix, Gypsy EyesMarty Robbins, Blue Spanish Eyes
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: ‘Last’ Songs for the Last Night of the Year
Last Night, 1961, The Mar-Keys. Last Date, 1960, Floyd Cramer. Save the Last Dance for Me, 1960, The Drifters. At Last, Etta James. The Last Time, 1965, Rolling Stones. Bonus: Last Chance Harvey.
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Some Christmas Tunes
Leon Redbone and Dr. John, Frosty the SnowmanBeach Boys, Little St. Nick. A rarely heard alternate version.Ronettes, Sleigh RideElvis Presley, Blue ChristmasCharles Brown, Please Come Home for ChristmasWanda Jackson and the Continentals, Merry Christmas BabyChuck Berry, Run Rudolph RunEric Clapton, Cryin' Christmas TearsJudy Collins, Silver BellsRy Cooder, Christmas in SouthgateBob Dylan, Do You Hear What…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Rock, Roll, and Reason
Tim Hardin, Reason to Believe (1966)Tracy Chapman and Eric Clapton, Give Me One Reason (1996)Bobby Darin, You're the Reason I'm Livin' (1963)Bobby Edwards, You're the Reason I Don't Sleep at Night (1961)Connie Stevens, Sixteen Reasons (1960). Written by Bill and Doree Post. Their version.Tocotronic, Pure Vernunft Darf Niemals Siegen
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Dion DiMucci
The guy has amazing staying power, and at 72 he still looks and sounds damn good in live performances. Saw him on Huckabee's show the other night. Plays a mean blues guitar. Said something like, "You need to marry a girl who will take you to heaven." Good advice; men need no assistance moving in…
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Remembering George Harrison
It is hard to believe, but George Harrison died ten years ago, last Sunday. All Things Must Pass is one of his best songs, from the album of the same name, released 27 November 1970. The album got a lot of play by me and my housemates in December of that year. 41 years later, I…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Tim Hardin
What ever happened to Tim Hardin? Well, he died, in 1980, of a heroin overdose. But he left us some memorable songs. These are my favorites. Lady Came From Baltimore Reason to Believe Black Sheep Boy If you love me, let me live in peace/Please understand/ That the black sheep can wear the golden fleece/And…
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Jack Ruby’s Carousel Club
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot down in the streets of Dallas, Texas on this day in 1963. Yes, I remember exactly where I was and exactly what I was doing when I heard the news. But I won't bore you with that. Here are Part One and Part Two of a couple of interesting video…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: The Only Two Neil Diamond Songs I Like
Solitary Man. Johnny Cash's version which is even better. Kentucky Woman. There were some other good tunes, but then I detected a descent into schmaltz.
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Ambulo Ergo Sum
Dionne Warwick, Walk On ByLeroy Van Dyke, Walk On By. Same title, different song.Patsy Cline, Walkin' After MidnightRooftop Singers, Walk Right InEverly Brothers, Walk Right BackFour Seasons, Walk Like a ManVentures, Walk Don't RunJohnny Cash, I Walk the LineRonnettes, Walkin' in the RainLeft Banke, Walk Away ReneeNancy Sinatra, These Boots are Made for Walkin'Robert Johnson,…
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Bob Dylan Albums Ranked From Worst to Best
A plausible ranking! Blonde on Blonde is numero uno as it should be. Bob's debut album, Bob Dylan (1962), comes in at only 26th place. Admittedly, this album was Dylan before he was Dylan, but I would have ranked it higher. In the '60s I argued that there was and could be no such thing…