Song of the Day 8/24: Old 97s, “Turn Off the TV”
I consider this timely advice for Americans who prefer to avoid the Republican Trump National Convention and its most common side effect, an overproduction of bile. This cut comes from…
Song of the Day 8/22: Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Long As I Can See the Light”
Like many CCR songs, this one was part of a double A-side single in 1970 with "Lookin' Out My Back Door," one the band's six singles to reach No. 2…
Song of the Day 8/21: Harry Chapin, “30,000 Pounds of Bananas”
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We're going to hear a lot about Scranton, Pa., in coming weeks, as Delaware's Joe Biden portrays himself as a son of coal country and Trump counters by holding rallies…
Song of the Day 8/19: Phil Collins, “In the Air Tonight”
There are many examples of old hit songs re-entering the charts after being featured on soundtracks or in commercials, but we have entered a new age -- one in which…
Song of the Day 8/18: The Marvelettes, “Please Mr. Postman”
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In 1961, when the Marvelettes released this song -- their debut single and the first Motown song to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 -- the story told in…
Song of the Day 8/17: Randy Rainbow, “Kamala”
Did you notice that Kamala, when pronounced correctly, sounds a lot like Camelot? Randy Rainbow did, and the rest was ... well, not easy, but Randy makes it look easy.…
Song of the Day 8/16: The Band, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
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Does "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" glorify the Lost Cause? Is it racist? Rolling Stone magazine suddenly thinks so. After praising it for 50 years as a classic…
Song of the Day 8/15: Santigold, “Lights Out”
Catching up with some new Sylvan Esso on YouTube, this oldie popped up on my feed -- is it proper to call a song an oldie if it was released…
Song of the Day 8/14: Ray LaMontagne, “Strong Enough”
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No message today, just a song I like. I knew without looking that it would be on WXPN's playlist and sure enough, it's in heavy rotation. LaMontagne's soulful Americana sound…
Song of the Day 8/13: Carly Simon, “You’re So Vain”
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An anti-Trump political ad that showed up in my wife's FB feed yesterday uses Carly Simon's most famous song to address America's most notorious narcissist. I didn't realize until I…
Song of the Day 8/12: Trini Lopez, “If I Had a Hammer”
Trini Lopez, a Dallas-born '50s rock-'n'-roller who rode the Great Folk Music Scare to stardom in the '60s, died yesterday of the COVID. He was 83. This Pete Seeger tune…
Song of the Day 8/11: Talking Heads, “Burning Down the House”
This is the song Trump should be playing at his rallies. The first single taken from the band's 1983 "Speaking in Tongues" LP, it became the highest-charting single of their…
Song of the Day 8/10: Graham Parker and the Rumour, “Devil’s Sidewalk”
This isn't the same song as Neil Young's composition that triggered his lawsuit against the Trump campaign -- it was written 20 years earlier and in my humble opinion is…