Song of the Day 11/10: Weird Al Yankovic, “I Lost on Jeopardy”
I thought this would be a good way to acknowledge the passing of Alex Trebek, but I had forgotten that this parody of Greg Kihn's "Jeopardy" actually predates Trebek's association…
Song of the Day 11/9: The Kinks, “Do It Again”
h/t RE Vanella Republicans who still can't accept that their turd emperor got flushed have floated the idea that we should hold another election. Sure, fellas, just wait four years.…
Song of the Day 11/8: The Four Seasons, “Walk Like a Man”
I don't know if it's true, but I heard the Trump campaign tried to get these guys to perform at that infamous Northeast Philly press conference. They didn't show because…
Song of the Day 11/7: Bob Camp (as Stinky Wizzleteats), “Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy”
If ecstatic Democrats are going to gather in crowds to cheer Joe Biden -- amid a pandemic, please remember -- I wish they would all sing and dance to appropriately…
So Maybe Hillary Wasn’t the Problem
It is time to reassess the supposed unique weakness of Hillary Clinton as a candidate. She shouldn't have been nominated, some contend, because she had been demonized by right-wing media…
Song of the Day 11/6: Chumbawumba, “Drip, Drip, Drip”
Those mail-in ballots just keep trickling in. It must feel like water torture to Twitler. This song was on the same album that made Chumbawumba a one-hit wonder, "Tubthumping," released…
Song of the Day 11/5: Stephen Bishop, “On and On”
How long will the vote counting last? It just goes on and on... Try to relax with a little yacht rock. Back in 1976, when the mellow music of Southern…
Song of the Day 11/4: Alice Cooper, “Elected”
This one is for all the people who were elected yesterday, a list that does not yet include a president. Though the song appeared Alice Cooper's 1973's "Billion Dollar Babies"…
Song of the Day 11/3: The Chambers Brothers, “Time Has Come Today”
How much more cowbell could a song have? None. None more cowbell. The Chambers Brothers were unlikely pioneers of what became known as psychedelic soul, first recording this trippy classic…
DL Open Thread 11/3/20, Election Day
The concept of "election day" might be on its way out. More than 97 million votes were cast before polls opened today, about 67% of the entire 2016 total. The…
Song of the Day 11/2: Rare Earth, “Get Ready”
Rare Earth earned its footnote in rock history as Motown's first successful white act, but naturally the band, founded in Detroit in 1961 as the Sunliners, scored its first and…
Song of the Day 11/1: Lindsey Buckingham, “Countdown”
The first time he left Rock's Longest Running Soap Opera, in 1987, it took Lindsey Buckingham five years to put together a solo album. "Out of the Cradle" was actually…
Song of the Day 10/31: Al Kooper and Stephen Stills, “Season of the Witch”
Donovan wrote and recorded this song in 1966, after guitarist John Renbourn of Pentangle showed him how to play a D9 chord at a house party. People who were there…