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Song of the Day 7/18: MGMT/Earth, Wind & Fire, “Kids/September”

By Alby July 18, 20201 Comment

I'm rather unforgiving about mash-ups. I think most of them try too hard at melding disparate songs whether they really blend well or not, because the editing tools people use…

Song of the Day 7/17: Hildegard von Blingin’, “Pumped Up Kicks”

By Alby July 17, 20205 Comments

I probably spend too much time on YouTube, which is how I stumbled across music's hottest new trend: Bardcore, in which modern songs are played on flutes, drums and various…

Song of the Day 7/16: Hüsker Dü, “Makes No Sense At All”

By Alby July 16, 20201 Comment

Our man-baby president punked the media yesterday by calling a news conference and instead vomiting forth a rally speech that was incomprehensible even for him. Hence this Bob Mould song,…

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, 20205 Comments

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, 202010 Comments

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, 20203 Comments

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, 20201 Comment

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…