With the memorial day weekend it begins the unofficial start of
summer. As well as gas prices going higher. Since the first of the
month, prices have gone from 1.95 to 2.46 a fifty cent increase. Guess
you know what that means if that continues. And the speculators and the
asshole Wall Street jerkoffs pricing it higher and higher. Obama
hasn't made much difference, meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Now The Top Ten Of The Week.
1. Bohemian
Rhapsody-Queen 1976 Dedicated to the class of 2009 of Marion High
School who wanted this as their graduation theme song but the MHS
principal vetoed that ideal and went with Imagine by John Lennon. I
know if I was in that class, I would have voted for the mini opera just
to piss off the stuffshirts there but this is the problem of music
today. What does it mean when kids of today would rather have a 30 year
old song as a theme rather than the crap on the radio? Kids today
don't want a rap song or pop tart American Idol crapola for their moment
on the podium getting their degree. They want a memorable song. Of
course I am told that they would have chosen Green Day's Time Of Your
Life (Good Riddence) as well. But then again that song is 12 years old.
None of today's graduates were even born when Queen or John Lennon's
song were on the top forty. Sorry kids, you should have grown up in our
time. Without IPODs or Cellphones you'd be lost but really, we turned
out all right without those things.
2. This Time-Bryan Adams
1983 Geezus Louise a Bryan Adams song can get stuck in your head and
you can't get it out. Had his damn Heaven song driving me insane most
of the morning yesterday. I never cared much of Bryan the Balladeer,
perferred Bryan the hard rocker and he knew how to add the right hooks
for his hits. I will dig this song or Kids Wanna Rock, but will never
forgive him for the dreadful Everything I Do I Do For You or Heaven.
That's why they invented the fast forward button on the cd player.
3.
Asshole-Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1995 Dedicated to Kim Jung II,
the dumbass North Korean gook whose too busy building nukes and
starving his nation. Too bad in this world, we have to deal with
shitheads such as Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh and their right wing
propaganda crap, the horseface Iranian president who if the damn
Iranians can get their head out of their asses get rid of this islamic
Cheneywannabe. And then theres Kim Jung (makes me) ill. Nuke the gook
and neuter him so that the world don't have to deal with dellusional
half pints with a small penis and shit for brains.
4. 51
Beers-Claude King 1952 It was a b side to a forgotten country song that
charted in selected markets but it was the true meaning of country
music back then. Beer And Pinballs. And the B side paid more homage to
more beer and celebrating bars and drunks. Betcha Jason Aldean would
never cover this song. Geezus, outlaw the pop rock country that's on
KHAK already.
5. I Knew The Bride-Nick Lowe 1978 A long time
ago, Nick Lowe hooked up with Dave Edmunds and made me a follower of
their music. Which was labeled Pure Pop For Now People but there's a
album that came out called Stiffs Live to which Nick Lowe, Wreckless
Eric, Larry Wallis, Elvis Costello and Ian Dury did two live numbers on
that album and it showcase the pub punk rock that most of America missed
out. Nick had a much smoother top ten hit of this song with members of
Huey Lewis and The News backing him up but this sweatfest of a track
with Dave is pure punk bliss.
6. Reasons To Be Cheeful Part
3-Ian Dury and the Blockheads 1979 Stiff Records was legendary in the
UK but in the US distribution sucked. Clive Davis released two Stiff
albums via Arista; One the aforementioned Stiffs Live and number 2 was
Ian Dury's New Boots And Panties, a album that I did find up at HP Books
this weekend. Both records went to the cutout bins and Epic/CBS picked
up Stiff product in 1979, and getting a sizable hit with Hold On by Ian
Gomm. This was a lesser known 45 released and didn't chart. But it has
a nice groove to it and Mr. Dury's cockney accent gives this charm.
Alas Ian Dury passed away a few years ago but you can find a copy of
Ian's best known songs on a Varese Best of. Worth getting I do believe.
7. Four Strong Winds-Neil Young 1978 Faithful remake of the old Ian and Sylvia song back in the 60s.
8.
Tell The Truth-Steve Winwood/Eric Clapton 2009 From the new live album
Live At Madison Square Garden, this is actually a shorter version than
the Derek And The Dominoes live cut 40 years ago almost. It only last 7
minites instead of the usual 12 minites ;-)
9. The
Wait-Titanic Love Affair 1991 Dedicated to Jay Bennett who passed away
last week of unknown causes, he was 45. Certainly he was known more for
his work in Wilco and infamous in the Wilco movie I Am Trying To Break
Your Heart and was villianfied for that. But Bennett was a part of this
long forgotten Champaign/Urbana band that signed to Virgin/Charisma for a
illfated first album and an EP. This was the final cut on that album
and this is Jay singing it. After Wilco, Bennett would go on to produce
an album for Blues Traveler and had a serviceable solo career.
10.
Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty-Omar And The Howlers 1987 Despite
what people tell you, we're still in the great recession. Unless you're
a speculator buying up the oil shares on Wall Street. Which makes you
no better than Kim Jung II either.
