Arts and Entertainment – Page 98

Song of the Day 10/5: Loretta Lynn, “The Pill”

By Alby October 5, 20222 Comments

It's hard for those born later to understand the profound change the oral contraceptive pill brought to society in 1960. Some Christian conservatives haven't gotten over it yet. Loretta Lynn,…

Song of the Day 10/4: Jean-Luc Ponty, “New Country”

By Alby October 4, 20222 Comments

Maybe you recognize his name from his time playing with Frank Zappa and Elton John 50 years ago. Or maybe you heard him with John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, or Chick…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes For September, 2022

By El Somnambulo October 3, 20222 Comments

Fewer songs this month. Why? Because several really good songs are on albums that won't be released until 2023. Since I make the rules and enforce the rules, I've ruled…

Song of the Day 10/1: Lizzo, “About Damn Time”

By Alby October 1, 20227 Comments

I have to admit that before this latest right-wing freak out I had very little idea of who Lizzo was. I heard her name enough to know she was famous,…

Song of the Day 9/30: The Zombies, “Time of the Season”

By Alby September 30, 20222 Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona You could say the Zombies saved their best song for the end. Actually, past the end. The British band had already broken up when "Time…

Song of the Day 9/29: Bob Dylan, “High Water (For Charley Patton)”

By Alby September 29, 20221 Comment

I know people in Naples, Fla. I feel even sorrier for them than usual today. Most blues songs about high water trace back to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927,…

Song of the Day 9/28: Michael Martin Murphey, “Geronimo’s Cadillac”

By Alby September 28, 2022

As the link in today's open thread illustrates, we never do right by native Americans, even though we've admitted the injustices for a long time now. For example, it was…

Song of the Day 9/27: The Beatles, “Back in the USSR”

By Alby September 27, 20221 Comment

One one level it's just a parody of American exceptionalism as espoused by Chuck Berry and the Beach Boys. But it doesn't seem so funny when Russia flexes its military…

Song of the Day 9/26: Paul McCartney, “My Brave Face”

By Alby September 26, 20221 Comment

Paul McCartney scored a couple of big hits in the '80s with other artists, but his duets with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson weren't musical collaborations. McCartney wrote "Ebony and…

‘Attend The Tale’: First Draft Complete!

By El Somnambulo September 26, 20227 Comments

"Attend the Tale of Speaker Pete His fall from grace is well nigh complete His cargo shorts and his sun-baked pate Did nothing to save Speaker Pete from his fate…

Song of the Day 9/25: The Righteous Brothers, “Unchained Melody”

By Alby September 25, 20225 Comments

According to its publisher, this song has been recorded more than 1,500 times by nearly 700 different artists. Most listeners agree that Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers sang the…

Song of the Day 9/23: Modern English, “I Melt With You”

By Alby September 23, 2022

Vladimir Putin is threatening to use nuclear weapons to bail himself out of the war he needlessly started. That strikes me as similar to a man who's freezing to death…

Song of the Day 9/22: Warren Zevon, “A Certain Girl”

By Alby September 22, 2022

This Allen Toussaint oldie is for my friend Jonny, who's crushing on a co-worker who's already got a boyfriend. Warren Zevon recorded it for the 1980 LP "Bad Luck Streak…