Mea culpa.
In the place of #2, I offer the contents of a mix CD I made much more recently, but which nevertheless spans the '60s and '70s, skips the '80s, and in one instance covers something from the '70s in the '90s:
- Blackfoot - "Train, Train"
- Bullet - "White Lies, Blue Eyes"
- Cliff Richard - "Devil Woman"
- Michael Nesmith - "Cruisin'"
- Jerry Reed - "Amos Moses"
- Manfred Mann - "I Came For You"
- Ohio Express - "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy"
- Cat Stevens - "Jzero"
- Bread - "If"
- Petula Clark - "I Know A Place"
- Small Faces - "Itchycoo Park"
- 1910 Fruitgum Company - "1, 2, 3, Red Light"
- Webb Wilder - "Ain't That A Lotta Love"
- The Buoys - "Timothy"
- Focus - "Hocus Pocus"
- Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs - "Wooley Bully"
- The Nightcrawlers - "Little Black Egg"
- The Castaways - "Liar, Liar"
- The Blues Magoos - "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet"
- Desmond Dekker & The Aces - "Israelites"
- Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"
- Left Banke - "Walk Away Renee"
- Bobby Fuller Four - "I Fought The Law"
11 comments:
Um, what kind of halucinogens were you on when you made this tape? ;-)
Actually, I see a few in there that I recognize. The requisite Bread and Cat Stevens pieces, for example. But who in the heck is the 1910 Fruitgum Company? Is this anything like the Squirrel Nut Zippers? And Desmond Dekker??
Gwynne: 1910 Fruitgum Company was bubblegum pop, as was Ohio Express—both of which shared the same lead singer, incidentally. No hallucinogenic substances; I was 7 when these bands were popular, in 1968.
Eric: I'll admit to pretty much anything I listen to. I don't cull. I even have one (just one) Celine Dion song that got me through a very difficult time in my life.
The real interesting one in the bunch is the Buoys' "Timothy", penned by then-member Rupert Holmes. It surfaced for a few weeks on the local top 40 AM station in 1971, but it wasn't until years later, when I located an MP3 of the track, that I understood that the song was about a mine cave-in and cannibalism. Rather a far cry from Holmes' cheesy "Pina Colada".
By the way, did you ever wonder what Desmond was really singing?
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir,
so that every mouth can be fed.
Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir,
So that every mouth can be fed.
Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.
My wife and my kids, they are packed up and leave me.
Darling, she said, I was yours to be seen.
Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.
Shirt them a-tear up, trousers are gone.
I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.
Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.
After a storm there must be a calm.
They catch me in the farm. You sound the alarm.
Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.
Poor me, the Israelite.
I wonder who I'm working for.
Poor me, Israelite
I pride myself in knowing music, but I do not know ONE of these songs. Maybe if you hum a few bars I could fake it.
Of course it doesn't help to have been born when Nixon was in office now does it?
Emma, now I don't feel so bad (and I was born way before Nixon took office). :-) I'm sure you would recognize them if you heard 'em.
Sheesh...Eric has Desmond Dekker too? I think Eric must have every LP ever made (I'll bet he even has a Bread album or two in his collection)!
But Foo, my question still stands...what were you on when you made this tape? ;-)
FWIW, I don't own any Celine Dion songs and I got rid of Bread years ago. Just for the record. I've got an image to protect. ;-)
Susie: I can attest that he dances to his own tune. He's quite unique, although he does have some mainstreet qualities, being a member of the male species. He is after all about 40% female (according to one of his goofy quizzes posted earlier). But that's what I like about him! His musical tastes are quite eclectic and on the more obscure, but he married a pop/mainstream music wife. What does that say about him? He's multi-faceted.
And I thought I had eclectic tastes! Still, you have to admire the thinking behind a tape that includes both "Yummy Yummy Yummy" and "Timothy."
Susie, that's what I was guessing too. I enjoy eclectic taste in music. I just had to give him a hard time since I didn't recognize most of the songs (it's that whole boost my own self esteem thing, ya know?). ;-)
Keep 'em coming, Foo. I promise not to make fun anymore. :-)
Emma: In order to know many of those songs, you'd have to have been born when Kennedy was in office. I was just a little kid when these were popular, but by the time I was five, my parents had to keep the portable radio locked up to keep me from running down the batteries. I was that into music already.
Gwynne: What was I on... hmm. How about "a trip down memory lane"? And probably some variation of tetracycline for the chronic acne I've had for 30 years.
Peggy: I'm just amazed to find someone else who's heard of "Timothy"!
Turtle and Susie: Eclectic, yes. There really aren't too many genres of music that I'm not in the mood for at one time or another. Except show tunes. And though I like classical choral music, I can't stand opera.
Oh, and QZ... I checked out that marriage blog. Just a bit too condescending and anti-Y chromosome for my tastes.
Tetracycline, that explains everything. ;-)
You really ought to give Placido Domingo a try...I used to rule out opera too. The only thing I pretty consistently rule out now is gangsta rap.
Ah, yes. Gangsta rap. I didn't think to include that in my exclusion list because I don't actually consider it music, per se.
I knew you were a fine fellow, and your inclusion of a Michael Nesmith tune just confirms that fact. I was more partial to the "From a Radio Engine to a Photon Wing" album featuring "We Are Awake."
I need to dig that up on CD sometime; the vinyl is long lost.
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