Song of the Day 11/30: Billy Joel, “Only the Good Die Young”
Henry Kissinger was already 54 years old when Billy Joel, a scamp half his age at the time, released this banger in 1977. The third single from "The Stranger," his…
Song of the Day 11/29: André 3000, “I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time”
The music world is still trying to figure out what to make of the new album from André 3000, best known as half of the hip-hop duo Outkast. Though he's…
Song of the Day 11/28: Spinal Tap, “Warmer Than Hell”
Director Rob Reiner – or was it Marty DiBergi? – confirmed yesterday that filming on a sequel to "This Is Spinal Tap" will begin in February. The new movie reportedly…
Song of the Day 11/25: 39 Steps, “Slip Into the Crowd”
Somebody put Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters" on the TV on Thanksgiving – the multi-year plot contains two big Thanksgiving scenes – and I got to hear the song…
Song of the Day 11/24: Graham Parker and the Rumour, “Lady Doctor”
I'll take any excuse for playing Graham Parker's blue-eyed soul, so here's one for Dr. Bethany Hall Long. From his 1976 debut album, "Howlin' Wind." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbSh9AcCEn0 Parker released a new…
Song of the Day 11/23: Mary Gauthier, “Thanksgiving”
Just in case you're not feeling all that thankful today, Mary Gauthier's song about visiting prison on the holiday will remind you that some people have it much worse. Unlike…
Song of the Day 11/22: Daryl Hall and John Oates, “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)”
Here's the proof that we're living in the most contentious times since the Civil War: Daryl Hall is suing John Oates. The lawsuit, filed in Nashville, is sealed, so we…
Song of the Day 11/20: The Afghan Whigs, “I Know Your Little Secret”
Bethany Hall Long's secrets don't seem all that secret at this point. She might as well face the music. The Afghan Whigs, the vehicle for frontman and songwriter Greg Dulli,…
Song of the Day 11/18: John Fred and His Playboy Band, “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)”
Hard to believe it took this long, but it appears the George Santos saga is reaching its denouement. The guy who makes Donald Trump's lying seem timid seems to have…
Song of the Day 11/17: Brass Construction, “Movin'”
A little bit of Friday funk for Ruth Briggs King, who quit the General Assembly this week, effective immediately, because she moved into a new home just outside the district…
Song of the Day 11/16: The All-American Rejects, “Dirty Little Secret”
I'll let you figure out who this song is dedicated to. I saw these guys when they made a radio station appearance at WSTW a decade or so ago. My…
Song of the Day 11/15: The Four Seasons, “Silence Is Golden”
Bethany Hall-Long is a too young to have been a fan of this tune when it came out in 1964 as the B-side to the No. 1 single "Rag Doll,"…
Song of the Day 11/14: Martha and the Vandellas, “Nowhere to Run”
So Bethany Hall-Long thinks she can brush her money troubles under the rug? Martha and the Vandellas have a message for her. Martha and the Vandellas took this Holland-Dozier-Holland banger…