Song of the Day 9/22: Tower of Power, “Don’t Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)”

Kevin McCarthy’s inability to control the Cuckoo Caucus has pundits speculating that he’s not long for his gavel, because the cuckoos are all for 86ing him. I don’t expect they’d take Tower of Power’s advice, because they don’t take anyone’s advice. Advice is for cucks. But I would remind them that the only difference between cuckoos and cucks is a couple of zeroes.

Tower of Power was formed in 1968 and is still performing, but it’s changed members almost as often as Congress. It hasn’t made much difference. This song, from the 1974 LP “Back to Oakland,” reached No. 26 on the Hot 100. It was the band’s final Top 40 hit.