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Song of the Day 11/15: Rickie Lee Jones, “Show Biz Kids”

By Alby November 15, 20202 Comments

Good covers of Steely Dan songs are hard to come by, and this is generally acknowledged as one of the best. Rickie Lee Jones gave Fagen and Becker's nasty riff…

Song of the Day 11/14: Scandal, “Goodbye to You”

By Alby November 14, 20201 Comment

To everything there is a season, and with you-know-who in mind, this is the season for kiss-off songs. This New Wave classic by Patty Smyth and Scandal was the standout…

Song of the Day 11/13: Steve Miller Band, “Take the Money and Run”

By Alby November 13, 20201 Comment

Trump's stubborn fandom will forever perplex me, but I think it's related to the way Americans lionized bank robbers during the Depression, or outlaws like Jesse James in the post-Civil…

Song of the Day 11/12: Ray Charles, “Hit the Road Jack”

By Alby November 12, 2020

Somebody should blast this at the White House 24/7 until he concedes. Ray Charles took this blunt kiss-off to No. 1 in 1961. Margie Hendrix of the Raelettes plays his…

Song of the Day 11/10: Weird Al Yankovic, “I Lost on Jeopardy”

By Alby November 10, 20202 Comments

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”

By Alby November 9, 2020

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”

By Alby November 8, 2020

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”

By Alby November 7, 20202 Comments

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

By Alby November 7, 20206 Comments

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”

By Alby November 6, 20202 Comments

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”

By Alby November 5, 2020

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”

By Alby November 4, 2020

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”

By Alby November 3, 20201 Comment

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…