Song of the Day 7/13: Willie Watson, “Dancing on My Own”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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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”
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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”
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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”
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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”
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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”
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
Song of the Day 6/28: Neil Young, “White Line”
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Neil Young's deep vault of unreleased material is legendary, but one important tranche is unreleased no longer: This week Young finally released his 1975 LP "Homegrown" in its entirety. Several…
Song of the Day, 6/27: Spinal Tap, “Hell Hole”
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With the European Union's decision to ban American tourists, it's pretty clear we're living in a hellhole, so maybe we should adopt this as our new national anthem. Most people…