Song of the Day 8/17: Roger McGuinn, “Ballad of Easy Rider”
Actor Peter Fonda died yesterday at age 79, 50 years after the release of his most famous film project, "Easy Rider." Fonda asked Dylan to write the film's theme song.…
Song of the Day 8/15: Charles Manson, “Look at Your Game Girl”
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Director Quentin Tarantino's latest "let's wish away the bad parts of history" film is tangentially related to the Manson Family murders in 1969 Los Angeles. Some critics have complained that…
Song of the Day 8/14: Patti Smith, “Summer Cannibals”
A standout track from Patti Smith's 1996 comeback album "Gone Again," the song was started by her husband, Fred "Sonic" Smith (of MC5 fame), who wrote the music and had…
Song of the Day 8/13: Elvis Presley, “In the Ghetto”
Another in our series of "nothing has changed" songs, "In the Ghetto" was recorded 50 years ago and, as one black guy watching this in a reaction video said, the…
Song of the Day 8/12: The New Pornographers, “Falling Down the Stairs of Your Love”
Vancouver supergroup the New Pornographers last week released this single from their upcoming LP "In the Morse Code of Brake Lights." This is the indie group's eighth album, and by…
Song of the Day 8/10: Frijid Pink, “House of the Rising Sun”
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In the late '60s and early '70s the American Midwest was one of the world's hottest markets for rock music, and the region's musicians responded by forming an ever-changing succession…
Song of the Day 8/9: Brute Force, “The King of Fuh”
Recorded back in 1969, this single seems to presage the coming of a certain someone. There was a beautiful land called Fuh And in this land there was a king…
Song of the Day 8/8: The Tremeloes, “Here Comes My Baby”
So I'm at a wedding with a pretty kick-ass band -- horn section, multiple vocalists, the kind of $10,000-a-gig wedding band that can cover anything and sound good doing it.…
Song of the Day 8/7: Neil Young, “The Losing End”
In California in 1969, just about every folk-rock band and musician was dabbling in, or fully embracing, country rock. Not Neil Young. He went straight country, no rock, on the…
Song of the Day 8/6: The Presidents of the United States of America, “Peaches”
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It's the height of peach season and I couldn't resist. Local orchards have millions of peaches, and I hum this tune every time I buy a half-peck. Remember when this…
Song of the Day 8/5: Chairmen of the Board, “Give Me Just a Little More Time”
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Put on your shaggin' shoes. This song is on any Carolina Beach Music compilation worth hearing. General Johnson, lead singer of the Chairmen of the Board, toured the beach circuit…
Song of the Day 8/4: B.J. Thomas, “Mighty Clouds of Joy”
If white churches had music like this at their services I'd go more often. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11UD4odvMgY After his run as a pop singer, B.J. Thomas had a long career in gospel…
Song of the Day 8/3: Stevie Wonder, “You Haven’t Done Nothin”
Don't know if you saw it, but Charles Barkley made an unwelcome-by-Democrats point during this week's debate coverage: “I think all politicians take black folks for granted,” Barkley told reporters.…