Song of the Day 4/27: The Replacements, “Androgynous”
Republicans are like an aging band that doesn't realize they're playing stale oldies for a graying audience. They've been trying to relitigate the 1960s for 50 years now without coming…
Song of the Day 4/26: Fleetwood Mac, “Tusk”
Does Weird Al Yankovic take requests? If so, would someone please forward mine? I think this Lindsey Buckingham tune screams out for use as a salute to the current world's…
Song of the Day 4/25: Sweet, “Little Willy”
EARWORM ALERT Were they glam? Bubblegum? Power pop? Sweet was all of those things and more, depending on the song and the whims of their writer/producer, Mike Chapman, and his…
Song of the Day 4/22: AC/DC, “Dog Eat Dog”
Kevin McCarthy has never been among the sharper tools in the GOP congressional shed -- he once voiced his belief, in front of witnesses, that Trump was on the Kremlin…
Song of the Day 4/21: Frank Sinatra, “I Have Dreamed”
Philadelphia disc jockey Sid Mark, host of the nationally syndicated "Sounds of Sinatra" radio program that aired locally on WPHT-AM as "Sundays With Sinatra," died this week at age 88.…
Song of the Day 4/20: The Doors, “Light My Fire”
Believe it or not, kidz, this song was once considered a paean to weed because the first verse ends with the line, "Girl we couldn't get much higher." After "Light…
Song of the Day 4/19: Dr. Feelgood, “Down at the Doctors”
I hoped it was just rockin' pneumonia or the boogie-woogie flu, but the test strip says it's Covid. Lee Brilleaux and Dr. Feelgood claim to have a cure -- he's…
Song of the Day 4/17: The Rascals, “Good Lovin'”
Yesterday I mentioned songwriter Rudy Clark, whose "Got My Mind Set on You" became a No. 1 hit for George Harrison in 1988, 25 years after its first release. It…
Song of the Day 4/16: George Harrison, “Got My Mind Set on You”
When the Beatles landed in New York in February 1964, it was the first time in the United States for three of them, but not George Harrison. While his bandmates…
Song of the Day 4/15: The Robert Cray Band, “1040 Blues”
Here's a song you'll never hear the likes of Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk singing. They don't hate taxes -- because they don't have to pay any! This was the…
Song of the Day 4/14: The Gaslight Anthem, “45”
I knew guitar rock was over back in 2012, when this single didn't break this band out of obscurity. The Gaslight Anthem had been on a steady climb since their…
Song of the Day 4/13: Julian Lennon, “Imagine”
Julian Lennon, now 59 years old, never sang this song for the public until last week, when he released this video, along with this statement. He's accompanied by Nuno Bettencourt,…
Song of the Day 4/12: Stan Freberg, “C’est Si Bon”
Today was beautiful in Paris, sunny and 22°, so nobody seems worried about Marine Le Pen. As the song says, "It's so good!" My friend Geo. Stewart featured this version…