Arts and Entertainment – Page 107

Song of the Day 4/26: Fleetwood Mac, “Tusk”

By Alby April 26, 20228 Comments

Does Weird Al Yankovic take requests? If so, would someone please forward mine? I think this Lindsey Buckingham tune screams out for use as a salute to the current world's…

Song of the Day 4/25: Sweet, “Little Willy”

By Alby April 25, 2022

EARWORM ALERT Were they glam? Bubblegum? Power pop? Sweet was all of those things and more, depending on the song and the whims of their writer/producer, Mike Chapman, and his…

Song of the Day 4/22: AC/DC, “Dog Eat Dog”

By Alby April 22, 2022

Kevin McCarthy has never been among the sharper tools in the GOP congressional shed -- he once voiced his belief, in front of witnesses, that Trump was on the Kremlin…

Song of the Day 4/21: Frank Sinatra, “I Have Dreamed”

By Alby April 21, 20226 Comments

Philadelphia disc jockey Sid Mark, host of the nationally syndicated "Sounds of Sinatra" radio program that aired locally on WPHT-AM as "Sundays With Sinatra," died this week at age 88.…

Song of the Day 4/20: The Doors, “Light My Fire”

By Alby April 20, 20224 Comments

Believe it or not, kidz, this song was once considered a paean to weed because the first verse ends with the line, "Girl we couldn't get much higher." After "Light…

Song of the Day 4/19: Dr. Feelgood, “Down at the Doctors”

By Alby April 19, 20221 Comment

I hoped it was just rockin' pneumonia or the boogie-woogie flu, but the test strip says it's Covid. Lee Brilleaux and Dr. Feelgood claim to have a cure -- he's…

Song of the Day 4/17: The Rascals, “Good Lovin'”

By Alby April 17, 2022

Yesterday I mentioned songwriter Rudy Clark, whose "Got My Mind Set on You" became a No. 1 hit for George Harrison in 1988, 25 years after its first release. It…

Song of the Day 4/16: George Harrison, “Got My Mind Set on You”

By Alby April 16, 20221 Comment

When the Beatles landed in New York in February 1964, it was the first time in the United States for three of them, but not George Harrison. While his bandmates…

Song of the Day 4/15: The Robert Cray Band, “1040 Blues”

By Alby April 15, 20221 Comment

Here's a song you'll never hear the likes of Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk singing. They don't hate taxes -- because they don't have to pay any! This was the…

Song of the Day 4/14: The Gaslight Anthem, “45”

By Alby April 14, 20221 Comment

I knew guitar rock was over back in 2012, when this single didn't break this band out of obscurity. The Gaslight Anthem had been on a steady climb since their…

Song of the Day 4/13: Julian Lennon, “Imagine”

By Alby April 13, 20224 Comments

Julian Lennon, now 59 years old, never sang this song for the public until last week, when he released this video, along with this statement. He's accompanied by Nuno Bettencourt,…

Song of the Day 4/12: Stan Freberg, “C’est Si Bon”

By Alby April 12, 20224 Comments

Today was beautiful in Paris, sunny and 22°, so nobody seems worried about Marine Le Pen. As the song says, "It's so good!" My friend Geo. Stewart featured this version…

Song of the Day 4/10: Holly and the Italians, “Tell That Girl to Shut Up”

By Alby April 11, 2022

This song goes through my head every time I see another Marjorie Taylor Greene/Lauren Boebert clickbait headline. In an alternate universe, Holly Beth Vincent had a career like Chrissie Hynde's.…