31. KENTUCKY RAIN –•– Elvis Presley
https://youtu.be/YU2U3QAUGak
30. REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE –•– Marmalade
https://youtu.be/xTeI65yrhGw
head to Colorado and find a mountain
28. DIDN’T I (Blow Your Mind This Time) –•– The Delfonics
https://youtu.be/F4lSjIl96Sc
Jackie Brown brought this one back.
26. LONG LONESOME HIGHWAY –•– Michael Parks
https://youtu.be/PYKQ3fwNb0c with his illuminati motorcycle
All these songs have been pretty melencholy, meanful, not morose or moribund, so I'm gonna skip Neil Diamond singing about Shilo at number 25 and finish off with
21. SOMETHING’S BURNING –•– Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
https://youtu.be/WD-bnNcFNBcah shit one more..,
23. GOTTA HOLD ON TO THIS FEELING –•– Jr. Walker and the All Stars
https://youtu.be/oSljhuydJtc
Saturday, August 01, 2015
April 11th 1970
April 11th 1970 Pop Music Charts
Continuation. Highlights
40. LITTLE GREEN BAG –•– The George Baker Selection
38. VEHICLE –•– The Ides Of March
https://youtu.be/fiLaNEFyCiM
a hell of a good video too.
35. GET READY –•– Rare Earth
34. YOU NEED LOVE LIKE I DO (Don’t You) –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips
https://youtu.be/J6jcnM5aMqw
33. WOODSTOCK –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
https://youtu.be/HKdsRWhyH30
And just a few months after the event, by april of 1970 a rock version of Joni Mitchell's song was on the pop charts.
I didn't put the funky chicken in this highlight list but it's in there at number 36.
The bag of dickbuttss at google (yes you) apparently changed the number of youtube videos that can be embedded in a post the ones I put in first remain and I had to put in links for the others.
Continuation. Highlights
40. LITTLE GREEN BAG –•– The George Baker Selection
38. VEHICLE –•– The Ides Of March
https://youtu.be/fiLaNEFyCiM
a hell of a good video too.
35. GET READY –•– Rare Earth
34. YOU NEED LOVE LIKE I DO (Don’t You) –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips
https://youtu.be/J6jcnM5aMqw
33. WOODSTOCK –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
https://youtu.be/HKdsRWhyH30
And just a few months after the event, by april of 1970 a rock version of Joni Mitchell's song was on the pop charts.
I didn't put the funky chicken in this highlight list but it's in there at number 36.
The bag of dickbuttss at google (yes you) apparently changed the number of youtube videos that can be embedded in a post the ones I put in first remain and I had to put in links for the others.
Saturday, May 09, 2015
Pop Music: 45 Years Ago
Its early May of 2015.
Reading the pop charts of the spring of 1970 is really unbelievable to me, having been born 6 years later, in 1976. It is a veritable list of the music of my life. It is strange to me how a single spring music playlist from the hight of the Vietnam war came to be the music that continued to be highly popular 20 years later. I know a lot about very few companies being in a position to do a good job in music promotion in the radio/performance/recording industry and the parts that Hollywood play in re-popularizing many of these songs.
When I was in elementary school, 'Good Morning, Vietnam' brought many of these songs to the forefront a few years before our country got Poppy Bush as president and started the "Decades Oil Territory War" a few mere years later. The movie made Vietnam seem kind of fun, yet we knew the truth and saw the effects of Agent Orange on the veterans in our neighborhood. Luckily, we had Kubrick and Stone to counter the "fun" narrative in Vietnam genre movies.
Reservoir Dogs came out when I was in high school and after having won awards, it came back around the art house theaters and the soundtrack cassette was in our dashes - with many songs from the spring of 1970.
We lost both Kasey Casem and Joe Cocker in 2015.
Starting with number Forty One,
Joe Cocker - The Letter
39. The Moondance Album is spinning everywhere for reasons known to everyone.
38. Puppet Man - the Fifth Dimension
I have this album - they came to perform at Worlds of Fun and signed my copy of this for the previous personal millionaire that owned it. one man show cracker jack til the crack of dawn bah bah bahbah bah bah baaaah bah baby, baby, all that you need, satisfaction guaranteed listen to it anytime on my turntable.
37. Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) - Diana Ross
WATCH THIS LIVE CENTRAL PARK CONCERT WHERE ITS POURING!
Can they move this stage out? Gonna get Wet! Give me the other Microphone! Stay Calm.
One more from timeless fusion powerhouse Chicago
35. Make Me Smile - Chicago
Beautiful Simple Lyrics here:
Reading the pop charts of the spring of 1970 is really unbelievable to me, having been born 6 years later, in 1976. It is a veritable list of the music of my life. It is strange to me how a single spring music playlist from the hight of the Vietnam war came to be the music that continued to be highly popular 20 years later. I know a lot about very few companies being in a position to do a good job in music promotion in the radio/performance/recording industry and the parts that Hollywood play in re-popularizing many of these songs.
When I was in elementary school, 'Good Morning, Vietnam' brought many of these songs to the forefront a few years before our country got Poppy Bush as president and started the "Decades Oil Territory War" a few mere years later. The movie made Vietnam seem kind of fun, yet we knew the truth and saw the effects of Agent Orange on the veterans in our neighborhood. Luckily, we had Kubrick and Stone to counter the "fun" narrative in Vietnam genre movies.
Reservoir Dogs came out when I was in high school and after having won awards, it came back around the art house theaters and the soundtrack cassette was in our dashes - with many songs from the spring of 1970.
We lost both Kasey Casem and Joe Cocker in 2015.
Starting with number Forty One,
Joe Cocker - The Letter
39. The Moondance Album is spinning everywhere for reasons known to everyone.
38. Puppet Man - the Fifth Dimension
I have this album - they came to perform at Worlds of Fun and signed my copy of this for the previous personal millionaire that owned it. one man show cracker jack til the crack of dawn bah bah bahbah bah bah baaaah bah baby, baby, all that you need, satisfaction guaranteed listen to it anytime on my turntable.
37. Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) - Diana Ross
WATCH THIS LIVE CENTRAL PARK CONCERT WHERE ITS POURING!
Can they move this stage out? Gonna get Wet! Give me the other Microphone! Stay Calm.
One more from timeless fusion powerhouse Chicago
35. Make Me Smile - Chicago
Beautiful Simple Lyrics here:
Children play in the park, they don't knowI'm alone in the dark, even thoughTime and time againI see your face smiling insideI'm so happyLiving life is just a game so they say
Oh my darling, got to have you.
Now I need you more than ever.That you love meLife is lovelyWhen you're near meTell me you will stay,Make me smileAll the games we used to play fade awayWe may now enjoy the dreams we shared so long agoFeel the magic when I hold youCry sweet tears of joy, touch the skyNo more crying - we're together
Tell me you will stay.
Songwriter: J. PANKOWMake me smile
Saturday, April 18, 2015
The Postman
This week a Postman, Doug Hughes was charged with a felony for not having a N-number for his autogyro craft. He landed it on the Capitol lawn in Washington D.C. to deliver mail to congress.
Everyone knows they could have thrown the book at him, but to do so would attract more attention to his message, which is pure and true like Jimmy Stewart's intentions going to congress in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
Resources and Corruption
Because.... 'Merica!..
Tom Petty is famous
The Gyro Captain
Everyone knows they could have thrown the book at him, but to do so would attract more attention to his message, which is pure and true like Jimmy Stewart's intentions going to congress in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
Resources and Corruption
The year is 2013....
Because.... 'Merica!..
Tom Petty is famous
The Gyro Captain
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