Arts and Entertainment
Song of the Day 3/7: McCoy Tyner, “Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit”
Jazz giant McCoy Tyner died Friday, age 81, at his New Jersey home. He was only 22 when he joined John Coltrane’s quartet, and in the first half of the 1960s he could be heard as a sideman on scores of LPs on Blue Note, often uncredited because his own trio was signed to Impulse. […]
Song of the Day 3/6: Genesis, “Turn It On Again”
I missed this news earlier this week. Genesis — the three-man version of Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford — is getting back together for a tour. So far it’s only in the UK, but they’re already adding more shows. As a prog-rock fan I loved the original lineup, before Peter Gabriel and Steve […]
Song of the Day 3/5: Richie Havens, “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
With all due respect to Pete Townshend, I’ve seen enough in my time to know that we will get fooled again — over and over and over again. That’s why I like this Richie Havens version — he sings it not with defiance but with the resignation of a man who knows the title is […]
Song of the Day 3/4: The Beatles, “Revolution”
Well, Bernie fans, it was fun while it lasted. The version on the White Album, “Revolution 1,” is slower, but this acoustic demo uses the faster tempo of the single.
Song of the Day 3/3: Paul Pena, “Jet Airliner”
A song of some personal significance today as I take to the skies in defiance of the coronavirus. You’ve heard this tune before, because Steve Miller had a No. 8 hit with it in 1977. This is the original, recorded by Pena in 1973 for “New Train,” an album that went unreleased because of a […]
Song of the Day 3/2: “Where Is Love?”
Those kids who’ve been separated from their parents and kept in cages at the border haven’t gotten much media time lately — the last thing I saw, about a week ago, concerned a study that found family separation affects people the same was torture does. This barely registered as a blip in the news cycle. […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: Feb. 2020
The women rule, mostly, in this month’s bounty of great tunes. Enjoy! I just love me some Japanese math-rock! Damn, that one gives me chills. Spotify Time:
Song of the Day 2/29: David Seville, “Witch Doctor”
In a DL exclusive, sources tell us this guy was in serious consideration to be appointed Coronavirus Czar in the Trump White House, but aides couldn’t convince the president that the “witch doctor” and David Seville were the same person. They also had difficulty getting Trump to accept that “oo ee oo ah ah” had […]
Song of the Day 2/28: Steely Dan, “Black Friday”
The coronavirus has infected one prominent American, a certain Mr. Wallingford “Wall” Street of New York City. His case has been marked by large, red, inky blotches and panic attacks. The Trump administration is doing everything it knows how to do for Mr. Street, including prayers and expressions of concern, but he showed no sign […]
Song of the Day 2/27: Little Willie John, “Fever”
This winter was the last time we’ll ever live through cold and flu season — from now on, it will be known as cold, flu and coronavirus season, because if the only thing standing between Earth and a pandemic is the Trump administration, dude, we’re getting a pandemic. Eventually we’ll all have the fever. Of […]
Song of the Day 2/26: The Lovin’ Spoonful, “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?”
Well, you have to make up your mind now. Are you going to get on board with Bernie, or are you going to play the punditry game and wring your hands over socialism? This was one of several hits the Lovin’ Spoonful had during their heyday from 1965 to 1967, reaching No. 2 in 1966. […]
Song of the Day 2/25: Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Give It Away”
Theme song for the Delaware Cash Handout Council, or whatever they’re now calling the governmental agency that gives away your tax dollars to undeserving corporations. This was RHCP’s first No. 1 hit and won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock with vocal. The video also won awards from MTV. And if you want to feel […]
Song of the Day 2/24: The Replacements, “Unsatisfied”
This should be the theme song for the Democratic electorate, or at least the MSNBC portion of it. Paul Westerberg’s masterpiece from the 1984 “Let It Be” album is delivered with an intensity that sounds like anguish, though he attributed his shredded vocal years later to “the drugs wearing off.” The band played the song […]
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