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Song of the Day 7/15: Sheila E. and Ringo Starr, “Come Together/Revolution”

By Alby July 15, 2020

I just caught up with last week's online concert to celebrate Ringo Starr's 80th birthday. Not only does the show, viewable in full on YouTube, contain lots of great tunes,…

Song of the Day 7/14: Paul Henreid and the cast of “Casablanca,” “La Marseillaise”

By Alby July 14, 2020

It's not just a great national anthem, it's a great Nazi-fighting anthem. And Paul Henreid, forever to be known as "Casablanca" Nazi-fighter Victor Laszlo, was the right man to sing…

Song of the Day 7/13: Willie Watson, “Dancing on My Own”

By Alby July 13, 2020

Willie Watson, a founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show who went solo in 2011, has always concentrated on old-time music, so it's not so surprising that his new-ish single,…

Song of the Day 7/11: Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters, “Cry Baby”

By Alby July 11, 2020

Diaper Donny is still blubbering like a toddler over his own fuck-ups, so here's another number for his whine-athon. Janis Joplin's 1970 cover is the version most Boomers are familiar…

Song of the Day 7/10: The Beatles, “Cry Baby Cry”

By Alby July 10, 2020

This one's for President Whiny Little Bitch. What's wrong with the brains of people who listen to this crybaby and hear strength? John Lennon had the chorus to this one…

Song of the Day 7/9: Randy Rainbow, “Poor Deplorable Troll”

By Alby July 9, 2020

I noticed that a lot of Randy's recent parodies have used Disney tunes, and then I remembered that half of Broadway's musicals these days originated as the mouse house's animated…

Song of the Day 7/8: Styx, “Come Sail Away”

By Alby July 8, 2020

This one's for Allan Loudell, who loved to tell the story of Styx playing at his high school prom in the early '70s, back when the band was a popular…

Song of the Day 7/6: Cast of “Hamilton” featuring Phillipa Soo, with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots, “Helpless”

By Alby July 6, 2020

I don't know what the weekend was like for the rest of you shut-ins -- was it just my neighborhood, or did it sound like the civil war had broken…

Song of the Day 7/4: Madisen Hallberg and Emmanuel Henreid, “The Star-Spangled Banner”

By Alby July 4, 2020

I'm no fan of "The Star-Spangled Banner" -- IMHO the national anthem should be "America the Beautiful" as sung by Ray Charles -- but this rendition is special. Madisen Hallberg,…

Song of the Day 7/2: Randy Newman, “Jolly Coppers on Parade”

By Alby July 2, 2020

Critics were lukewarm toward Randy Newman's "Little Criminals" LP when it came out in 1977, but thanks to the surprise success of his controversial hit "Short People," it became his…

Song of the Day 7/1: Johnny Cash, “God Bless Robert E. Lee”

By Alby July 1, 2020

Statues are coming down and names scrubbed from buildings as once-revered figures are recast as traitors and racists. The Lost Cause has no greater hero than Robert E. Lee, whose…

Song of the Day 6/30: David Bowie, “I’m Afraid of Americans”

By Alby June 30, 2020

The European Union has banned tourists from the United States because of our nation's inability to get a handle on its COVID-19 pandemic, making fear of Americans an official policy.…

Song of the Day 6/29: Randy Rainbow, “Cover Your Freakin’ Face”

By Alby June 29, 2020

Randy Rainbow dropped this timely public-service message this morning. It's a simple message, but too many simpletons are resisting it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kOesPt7iBY