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Song of the Day 7/31: Emitt Rhodes, “Fresh as a Daisy”

By Alby July 31, 20201 Comment

Sunshine pop lost a legendary cult figure two weeks ago with the death of Emitt Rhodes, once touted as the "one-man Beatles." When he released his eponymous debut LP in…

Song of the Day 7/30: Woody Guthrie, “All You Fascists Bound to Lose”

By Alby July 30, 20201 Comment

Woody Guthrie is famous for championing the common people in the United States, but when fascism rose to power in the 1930s and World War II broke out, he extended…

Song of the Day 7/29: Johnny Cash, “Cry, Cry, Cry”

By Alby July 29, 2020

This was Johnny Cash's first hit for Sun Records in 1955, when it was the B-side to "Hey, Porter," the first composition he took to the studio. Unimpressed executives told…

Song of the Day 7/28: Nick Lowe, “Nutted By Reality”

By Alby July 28, 2020

"He had been living in a different world, then he was nutted by reality," sounds like a perfect description of Donald Trump's 2020. It's also appropriate for Trump since the…

Song of the Day 7/27: Asylum Street Spankers, “Leaf Blower”

By Alby July 27, 2020

H/t to El Somnambulo, without whom I would never have heard of this now-defunct Austin collective of actor/musicians, let alone their song about noise pollution and those who perpetrate it.…

Song of the Day 7/26: Fleetwood Mac feat. Peter Green, “Black Magic Woman”

By Alby July 26, 20202 Comments

To most Americans, Fleetwood Mac is a Los Angeles-based pop-rock group. To most Brits, it was among the best bands of the late-'60s electric blues explosion behind its singer and…

Song of the Day 7/25: The Rolling Stones, “Street Fighting Man”

By Alby July 25, 20203 Comments

If I had any skillz I'd set this to video of Portland dudes deploying leaf blowers against the federal fascists who tear-gas them. Protests sure have changed since the '60s.…

Song of the Day 7/24: Bryan Ferry, “Positively 4th Street”

By Alby July 24, 2020

Bob Dylan has had some excellent musical interpreters over the years -- the Byrds, the Band, early Rod Stewart -- but one of the most consistent and surprising is Roxy…

Song of the Day 7/23: Graham Parker, “Local Girls”

By Alby July 23, 20203 Comments

Graham Parker is nearly forgotten today, but back in the '70s, during British music's transition from pub rock to punk/new wave, Parker was viewed as one of the scene's angry…

Song of the Day 7/22: Randy Rainbow, “Gee, Anthony Fauci!”

By Alby July 22, 20202 Comments

With apologies to bamboozer, another topical tune, the latest number from Randy Rainbow, this one to the music of "Gee, Officer Krupke" from "West Side Story." There are lots of…

Song of the Day 7/21: Squeeze, “Crying in My Sleep”

By Alby July 21, 2020

Another one for Diaper Donnie's lachrymose playlist. I can keep this up until they pry his oval orifice out of the Oval Office. From the album I consider Squeeze's masterpiece,…

Song of the Day 7/20: The Box Tops, “Cry Like a Baby”

By Alby July 20, 20206 Comments

Diaper Donnie was at it again in his bonkers interview with Chris Wallace, whining, complaining and generally acting like the giant baby that ate America. So here's another one for…

Song of the Day 7/19: Ben Folds, “2020”

By Alby July 19, 2020

Ben Folds was in the midst of an Australian tour when the coronavirus struck, and he's been there ever since. He's staying put and is recording his next album. Last…