{"id":1614,"date":"2023-02-18T16:47:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T16:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/18\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-weights-and-measures\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T16:47:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T16:47:29","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-weights-and-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/18\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-weights-and-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: Weights and Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Band, The Weight<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Byrds, Eight Miles High<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Rolling Stones, Moonlight Mile<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Who, I Can See for Miles<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Cannonball Adderley, 74 Miles Away<\/a>.  So titled because it is In 7\/4 time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Brubeck, Take Five<\/a>.  So titled because it is in 5\/4 time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cream, Spoonful<\/a>.  Heavy, man.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Lovin' Spoonful, Six O'Clock<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Gene Pitney, 24 Hours from Tulsa<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Beach Boys, 409<\/a>. 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Junior Brown Redneck Version<\/a> with a little help from the Beach Boys<\/span><\/p>\n

ZZ Top and Jeff Beck, 16 Tons<\/a>.  Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1955 #1 version<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Justin Timberlake, et al., 500 Miles<\/a>. (From Inside Llewyn Davis<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Bobby Bare, 500 Miles Away From Home<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lovin' Spoonful, Full Measure<\/a>.  Undeservedly obscure.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: Weights and Measures”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}