Song of the Day

Song of the Day (28): Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) – The Temptations

A little cool, soul from Motown for your Friday afternoon. Summer breezes, summer dresses and daydreams YouTube: https://youtu.be/WNnb1NfLrK4?si=zAOHsxPtUM54qtj_ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/39Bd345OWEhRNyfayhp9gv?si=9318a68897974481

Song of the Day (27): Black Boys on Mopeds – Sinéad O’Connor

What an exquisite voice, vulnerable and adamant. She sings about Thatcher’s England; the names change, but the song remains. The world is a little sadder with Sinéad gone. YouTube: https://youtu.be/418jmrVNbUg?si=nGZgRQ1qwzYk4XTm Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/58H2Z73c7k2UoTMAR739Az?si=a95d3deb55324452

Song of the Day (26): Fisherman’s Blues – The Waterboys

A song from Ireland and Scotland to cool us down. Mike Scott and the gang throw a little bit of everything into the mix – fiddles, guitars, whistles, drums and a voice that grabs you by the lapels and says, “Listen up, Buddy.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/a4UQJwd3awQ?si=ijg3VXTrDxP7CVXg Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6aWZmnIsIgwyeUIOmRGL5m?si=a86d0183b42441e1

Song of the Day (25): Little Red Corvette – Prince

Is there anything sexier than Prince singing about cars. The song is about a car, right? YouTube: https://youtu.be/OUZyb7YeEYA?si=GGe5gFePBDfj6afJ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4mVW9vi2QnLzlbK5SoacK6?si=a791b2c7d303421e

Song of the Day (24): There’s a Wall in Washington – Iris Dement

First heard her sing this at an afternoon outdoor concert in 1996, a beautiful sky-blue day, our kids frolicking, people lounging, and then Iris started to singing and had me pinned down. She finished this song and me, I was the guy leaning back in the lawn chair in tears. A boy, he travelled from […]

Song of the Day (23): I Pity the Fool – Bobby Blue Bland

Don’t know why he never became a bigger star. Recording in Memphis, he mixed all the streams of music that flowed into that town: blues, soul, country, jazz and a little swamp sound. After listening to the Rev. C. L. Franklin, Bobby told Peter Guralnick that “That’s where I got my squall from— “Aretha’s daddy.” […]

Song of the Day (22): Friend of the Devil – Grateful Dead

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night The first one’s named sweet Anne Marie and she’s my hearts delight The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff’s on my trail And if he catches up with me, I’ll spend my life in jail YouTube: https://youtu.be/tXgReZFB1SY?si=YQ9keAe8KSBA_s71Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5ZLzl6T8JwqMTMdoE0nCbU?si=331a0d1c76fa4601

Song of the Day (21): Memo from Turner – Mick Jagger

Happy birthday, Mick Jagger (July 26, 1943). I‘ve always loved this song and the way Mick sings it. Mick and Keith and Keith wrote the song, and Mick did the solo recording for the movie Performance in which he plays an aging rock star. Those are not the Stones playing with him, but a group […]

Song of the Day (20): Summer Days – Bob Dylan

Dylan rips it up in this rockabilly number full of fun and passion. If you stopped listening to Dylan in the 1970’s, here’s some of what you’re missing. Humor and energy and flat-out great music. Everybody get ready—lift up your glasses and sing Everybody get ready to lift up your glasses and sing Well, I’m […]