Song of the Day 5/10: Bill Withers, “Lovely Day”
Been waiting for months for a day like this, and I don't mean just the weather. This 1977 smooth soul classic was Bill Withers' last Top 40 solo single. Though…
Song of the Day 5/9: Fine Young Cannibals, “Don’t Look Back”
Fine Young Cannibals burned brightly but briefly. Their year was 1989, when their second album, "The Raw & the Cooked," went double platinum and spawned two No. 1 singles. Their…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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Delaware holds school board elections today. The News Journal ran a useful voters' guide, but I don't know if it's behind the paywall. Meanwhile, RISE Delaware, the group fighting Gov.…
DL Open Thread Monday, May 8, 2023
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The Texas gunman who killed eight people before being gunned down himself was a 33-year-old neo-Nazi-curious ex-security guard who lived with his parents. His name was Mauricio Garcia, which makes…
Song of the Day 5/6: Go West, “The King of Wishful Thinking”
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You have to feel a bit sorry for Charles III. Not only does he have to start a new job at age 74, he has to listen to an endless…
Song of the Day 5/5: Rage Against the Machine, “Guerrilla Radio”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released its list of honorees for 2023 the other day and, as usual, the headliners don't scream rock and roll. Nobody begrudges Willie…
Song of the Day 5/3: Kiss, “Love Gun”
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Apparently every American citizen is now required to voice a position on transgendered youth. Paul Stanley, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of glam rockers Kiss, went public the other day…
Song of the Day 5/2: Gordon Lightfoot, “If You Could Read My Mind”
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Flags in Canada should be at half-staff today -- singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, considered the nation's troubadour, died yesterday at age 84. Lightfoot, who came out of the same Toronto folk…
Song of the Day 4/30: The Heavy Heavy, “Go Down River”
I caught half of this song on the radio the other day and thought it was some rediscovered '60s nugget. Turns out the Heavy Heavy is a Brighton, UK, band…
Song of the Day 4/28: Marvin Gaye, “Let’s Get It On”
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona There aren’t all that many chords and chord progressions in music. If a songwriter uses some that already exist, is that plagiarism? Can he or…
Song of the Day 4/27: Yoon Suk-yeol, “American Pie”
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Joe Biden hosted a state dinner at the White House and, I guess because guest of honor Yoon Suk-yeol is president of South Korea, he turned into karaoke night. After…
Song of the Day 4/26: Harry Belafonte, “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)”
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A 96-year lifetime of EGOT fame and anti-racist activism and what is Harry Belafonte best remembered for today? A calypso-flavored Jamaican work song he recorded nearly 70 years ago, because…
Song of the Day 4/25: Bobby Sherman, “Easy Come, Easy Go”
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Tucker Carlson has joined Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly on the list of Fox News blowhards who angered and concerned liberals only to lose their soapbox when Ol' Rupe pulled…