Latest stuff found in the dollar bins at HP Books. I Started Out As A Child-Bill Cosby, Boots and Country My Way by Nancy Sinatra. Nancy was ahead of her time, especially when produced by Lee Hazelwood (RIP). Alas, The Country My Way album actually had the wrong record inside of it, it was Sugar and not the same thing at all.
RIP Al Martino, best known as the MOR singer of the 50s and 60s and best known for Spanish Eyes and playing a role in the first two Godfather Movies. He was 82
And Mitch Miller is still alive although he's about 99 years old.
Happy Birthday John Wooden, legendary UCLA basketball coach who is 99 years old.
And Best Buy still doesn't have Joe Perry's latest CD yet.
Top Ten Of The Week
1. The Yip Song-Robyn Hitchcock 1993 Yip yip yip yip yip yip. People think this is annoying but I think it's so much fun to listen to that I had to play it twice on the way to work. BTW, on my physical, I have been given a clean bill of health. Which means I'll be around for a while, longer than originally thought.
2. Don't It Make You Wanna Dance-Rusty Weir 1975 This was the closest he ever got to the top thirty and I remember 100.7 (G100 at that time) playing this twice an hour one day. I bought the album at Target during my early reviewing years which would be summertime 1977. About a year before you were born Sassy ;) (had to throw that in).
3. I Have Been In You/Flakes Frank Zappa 1979 More hijinx from the Zapster. Frank had a funny way of writing love songs. KUNI actually played these songs around the end of the 70s. Back when radio wasn't repeating itself with a 40 year old playlist. He had a great band backing him up Adrian Belew, Terry Bozzio, Patrick Ohearn, Peter Wolf (no not the J Geils lead singer). Alas Frank is longer with us, he passed in 1993. Good die young and the Stones roll on.
4. Something Better Change-The Stranglers 1977 Three songs and we're still in the 70s for fuck's sakes, well that's how the songs are stacking up. You want something to hear, write your own top ten people. Anyway, this was a pub punk band that never broke big in the US but hung around to reinvent themselves as Goth Punk in the mid 80s. Not for everybody especially for those who can't stand punk bands with a keyboardist that makes them sound like punk Doors.
5. Dead Flowers-Miranda Lambert 2009 Second week in a row that I included a song from her new album Revolution. I continue to say that Miranda is the best female country singer of this decade. Sorry Elizabeth Cook.
6. Price I Pay-Desert Rose Band 1991 Featuring Chris Hillman and Herb Petersen and a excellent guitarist named John Jorgensen. Desert Rose Band did pop some songs on the country charts in the late 80s, early 90s before disappearing all together. Another 2 dollar cd found at Half Priced Books, Celebrating four years in Cedar Rapids and me having a second home there on weekends.
7. Never Enough-KISS 2009 New KISS or should I say KI$$? Sonic Boom is by far the most KISS sounding since side four of KISS Alive 2, an album that I played the studio side more than I did the live sides. We wanna rock Doood.
8. Godlike-The Dylans 1991 I got into the alternative rock scene by finding this cd for a dollar at Best Buy back when Best Buy had cutouts and sometimes I could find something of value. Always like those surreal vocals. Like the Son I am Born Again. That and a good love will get ya born again too dood.
9. The Hatfield Side-Cheri Knight 1998 I'm surprised that she never crossed over to a bigger crowd. She was part of The Blood Oranges, a Americana Band that made 2 albums and an EP for East Side Digital, a label that released americana before turning their attention to The Residents's back catalog. Cheri recorded a great album for Steve Earle's E Squared before disappearing. Supposely she's been working on a new album.
10. Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey-Bobby Darin 1961 Don't ever question the brilliance of Bobby Darin, he could do it all back then. And when he swinged he still rocked. More so than the canned Elvis movie soundtracks of that time. I suppose we can discuss that but maybe another time.
Passings
Rusty Weir, famous for his 1975 hit "Don't It Make You Wanna Dance" passed away friday from cancer, he was 65.
Dickie Peterson, leader of Blue Cheer died at age 61. Blue Cheer is famous for their deconstruction of Summertime Blues.
