Song of the Day 11/12: Ray Charles, “Hit the Road Jack”
Somebody should blast this at the White House 24/7 until he concedes. Ray Charles took this blunt kiss-off to No. 1 in 1961. Margie Hendrix of the Raelettes plays his…
Songs Of The Day For November 11, 2020: A ‘Very Special’ Medical Procedures Edition
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Both Alby and Yours Truly are undergoing medical procedures this week. HIPPA privacy prohibitions preclude me from providing the inside poop for our padrones. Meaning, we will limit ourselves to…
Song of the Day 11/10: Weird Al Yankovic, “I Lost on Jeopardy”
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I thought this would be a good way to acknowledge the passing of Alex Trebek, but I had forgotten that this parody of Greg Kihn's "Jeopardy" actually predates Trebek's association…
Song of the Day 11/9: The Kinks, “Do It Again”
h/t RE Vanella Republicans who still can't accept that their turd emperor got flushed have floated the idea that we should hold another election. Sure, fellas, just wait four years.…
Song of the Day 11/8: The Four Seasons, “Walk Like a Man”
I don't know if it's true, but I heard the Trump campaign tried to get these guys to perform at that infamous Northeast Philly press conference. They didn't show because…
Song of the Day 11/7: Bob Camp (as Stinky Wizzleteats), “Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy”
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If ecstatic Democrats are going to gather in crowds to cheer Joe Biden -- amid a pandemic, please remember -- I wish they would all sing and dance to appropriately…
Song of the Day 11/6: Chumbawumba, “Drip, Drip, Drip”
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Those mail-in ballots just keep trickling in. It must feel like water torture to Twitler. This song was on the same album that made Chumbawumba a one-hit wonder, "Tubthumping," released…
Song of the Day 11/5: Stephen Bishop, “On and On”
How long will the vote counting last? It just goes on and on... Try to relax with a little yacht rock. Back in 1976, when the mellow music of Southern…
Song of the Day 11/4: Alice Cooper, “Elected”
This one is for all the people who were elected yesterday, a list that does not yet include a president. Though the song appeared Alice Cooper's 1973's "Billion Dollar Babies"…
Song of the Day 11/3: The Chambers Brothers, “Time Has Come Today”
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How much more cowbell could a song have? None. None more cowbell. The Chambers Brothers were unlikely pioneers of what became known as psychedelic soul, first recording this trippy classic…
Song of the Day 11/2: Rare Earth, “Get Ready”
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Rare Earth earned its footnote in rock history as Motown's first successful white act, but naturally the band, founded in Detroit in 1961 as the Sunliners, scored its first and…
Song of the Day 11/1: Lindsey Buckingham, “Countdown”
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The first time he left Rock's Longest Running Soap Opera, in 1987, it took Lindsey Buckingham five years to put together a solo album. "Out of the Cradle" was actually…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes For October 2020
My kind of month--music that starts out interesting, and ends up fascinating. Plus songs for this dire season. A national treasure. A great song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p7B2mP4g8U Fuckin' Portland Cops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y23ewhFf_hs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6386UwAdKaFY0c6WfQ7OSK?si=aQXf4raMTkiE9O4rM9I1FQ…