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Dave's Song of the Day
Red Right Hand – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Tuesday song of the day: Today’s song is best known as the theme song for the TV show Peaky Blinders, but it long predates that series.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1983, and had established themselves as a popular post punk and alternative rock band over the next several years. In 1994, they released their eighth studio album, Let Love In, which included a dark song with apocalyptic overtones, entitled Red Right Hand.
The title comes from a line in the classic work Paradise Lost by John Milton. In the book, Milton used the lines “Should intermitted vengeance arm again / His red right hand to plague us?” to signify the wrath of God. It’s unclear just who the song refers to, but it is certainly a dark and ominous character.
The album version is longer, running six minutes and ten seconds, and includes some musical interludes that are cut from the 4:48 single version and the official video.
The song never charted in the United States, but it has been used in numerous movies and television shows, including (oddly) Dumb and Dumber, The X-Files, Scream, and Hellboy. The producers of Peaky Blinders meant to only use it for the first episode, but the music and lyrics fit in so well with the narrative and feel of the show that they made it the opening theme song for the entire series.
Several artists have covered Red Right Hand for use in Peaky Blinders, including P.J. Harvey, Arctic Monkeys, Laura Marling, Snoop Dogg, and Iggy Pop.
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Tomorrow: Everybody’s acting deaf and blind
Red Right Hand – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Tuesday song of the day: Today’s song is best known as the theme song for the TV show Peaky Blinders, but it long predates that series.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1983, and had established themselves as a popular post punk and alternative rock band over the next several years. In 1994, they released their eighth studio album, Let Love In, which included a dark song with apocalyptic overtones, entitled Red Right Hand.
The title comes from a line in the classic work Paradise Lost by John Milton. In the book, Milton used the lines “Should intermitted vengeance arm again / His red right hand to plague us?” to signify the wrath of God. It’s unclear just who the song refers to, but it is certainly a dark and ominous character.
The album version is longer, running six minutes and ten seconds, and includes some musical interludes that are cut from the 4:48 single version and the official video.
The song never charted in the United States, but it has been used in numerous movies and television shows, including (oddly) Dumb and Dumber, The X-Files, Scream, and Hellboy. The producers of Peaky Blinders meant to only use it for the first episode, but the music and lyrics fit in so well with the narrative and feel of the show that they made it the opening theme song for the entire series.
Several artists have covered Red Right Hand for use in Peaky Blinders, including P.J. Harvey, Arctic Monkeys, Laura Marling, Snoop Dogg, and Iggy Pop.
Album cut
Single/video
Tomorrow: Everybody’s acting deaf and blind
He's made Peaky Blinders.Dave's Song of the Day
Red Right Hand – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Tuesday song of the day: Today’s song is best known as the theme song for the TV show Peaky Blinders, but it long predates that series.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1983, and had established themselves as a popular post punk and alternative rock band over the next several years. In 1994, they released their eighth studio album, Let Love In, which included a dark song with apocalyptic overtones, entitled Red Right Hand.
The title comes from a line in the classic work Paradise Lost by John Milton. In the book, Milton used the lines “Should intermitted vengeance arm again / His red right hand to plague us?” to signify the wrath of God. It’s unclear just who the song refers to, but it is certainly a dark and ominous character.
The album version is longer, running six minutes and ten seconds, and includes some musical interludes that are cut from the 4:48 single version and the official video.
The song never charted in the United States, but it has been used in numerous movies and television shows, including (oddly) Dumb and Dumber, The X-Files, Scream, and Hellboy. The producers of Peaky Blinders meant to only use it for the first episode, but the music and lyrics fit in so well with the narrative and feel of the show that they made it the opening theme song for the entire series.
Several artists have covered Red Right Hand for use in Peaky Blinders, including P.J. Harvey, Arctic Monkeys, Laura Marling, Snoop Dogg, and Iggy Pop.
Album cut
Single/video
Tomorrow: Everybody’s acting deaf and blind
Dave's Song of the Day
Society's Child – Janis Ian
Wednesday song of the day: Today’s song is very much a product of its time, the mid 1960s. It deals with one of the most important issues of the era, the civil rights movement and racial relations between the black and white communities.
In 1964, a teenager from New Jersey wrote a folk song called Baby, I’ve Been Thinking. It was about a white teenage girl with a black boyfriend, and the difficulties that the interracial romance creates for her with her parents, teachers, and classmates. In the song, the girl eventually gives in to the pressure and ends the relationship. Janis Ian was the songwriter, and she started the song when she was thirteen and finished it when she was fourteen.
Ian lived in East Orange, New Jersey. It was a predominantly black neighborhood and she was one of only five white students at her high school, so naturally relationships between the races were on her mind, particularly given the nationwide racial turmoil of the time.
In 1965, she recorded the song, which was retitled Society’s Child at the insistence of the record’s producer, Shadow Morton. It was released three times between 1965 and 1967, and the third time it received the attention of composer Leonard Bernstein, who featured Janis on the prime-time TV special Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution. With this exposure, Society’s Child began receiving more attention and airplay, and became a hit. It peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 1967. Several years later, Ian was saved from being known only as a one-hit wonder when she had a bigger hit with the song At Seventeen, which reached #1 in 1975.
My own personal opinion is that Society’s Child musically and lyrically really is not very good. That’s not to say that it is bad, particularly for a song written and performed by a teenager. But then, that is the problem. It sounds and feels like a song written and performed by a teenager. The subject matter held it back from radio play at first, but once it received the attention from Bernstein it took off. It became one of those songs you were supposed to like because of the controversy, and not because of its musical merits. As Janis Ian aged over the next few years, however, her talents matured. Her 1975 hit At Seventeen was a much more elegant and nuanced song. Society’s Child was the product of a precocious teenager, while At Seventeen was an adult work.
Studio recording
Segment from Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution, with Leonard Bernstein praising the song, and Janis Ian performing Society’s Child
Tomorrow: Gonna set my soul on fire
Society's Child – Janis Ian
Wednesday song of the day: Today’s song is very much a product of its time, the mid 1960s. It deals with one of the most important issues of the era, the civil rights movement and racial relations between the black and white communities.
In 1964, a teenager from New Jersey wrote a folk song called Baby, I’ve Been Thinking. It was about a white teenage girl with a black boyfriend, and the difficulties that the interracial romance creates for her with her parents, teachers, and classmates. In the song, the girl eventually gives in to the pressure and ends the relationship. Janis Ian was the songwriter, and she started the song when she was thirteen and finished it when she was fourteen.
Ian lived in East Orange, New Jersey. It was a predominantly black neighborhood and she was one of only five white students at her high school, so naturally relationships between the races were on her mind, particularly given the nationwide racial turmoil of the time.
In 1965, she recorded the song, which was retitled Society’s Child at the insistence of the record’s producer, Shadow Morton. It was released three times between 1965 and 1967, and the third time it received the attention of composer Leonard Bernstein, who featured Janis on the prime-time TV special Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution. With this exposure, Society’s Child began receiving more attention and airplay, and became a hit. It peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 1967. Several years later, Ian was saved from being known only as a one-hit wonder when she had a bigger hit with the song At Seventeen, which reached #1 in 1975.
My own personal opinion is that Society’s Child musically and lyrically really is not very good. That’s not to say that it is bad, particularly for a song written and performed by a teenager. But then, that is the problem. It sounds and feels like a song written and performed by a teenager. The subject matter held it back from radio play at first, but once it received the attention from Bernstein it took off. It became one of those songs you were supposed to like because of the controversy, and not because of its musical merits. As Janis Ian aged over the next few years, however, her talents matured. Her 1975 hit At Seventeen was a much more elegant and nuanced song. Society’s Child was the product of a precocious teenager, while At Seventeen was an adult work.
Studio recording
Segment from Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution, with Leonard Bernstein praising the song, and Janis Ian performing Society’s Child
Tomorrow: Gonna set my soul on fire
Dave's Song of the Day
Viva Las Vegas – Elvis Presley
Thursday song of the day: Since I’m flying out to Las Vegas today to attend UFC 245 on Saturday, there’s only one possible choice for Song of the Day. Sure, it’s too obvious, but sometimes a cliché just makes sense.
Of course it’s Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley. Everyone knows this song, so I’ll just go over the basics. It was the theme song for the 1964 film Viva Las Vegas, starring Elvis and a young and incredibly beautiful Ann-Margaret.
The song was recorded in July 1963 and released in April 1964, just briefly before the premiere of the film. It was a fairly minor hit by Elvis standards, topping out at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but since then it has become an iconic theme for the city of Las Vegas. I’m not really a fan of Elvis Presley, but Viva Las Vegas is a perfect fit as an anthem for the town.
It has been covered by numerous acts, including Ann-Margaret herself, Shawn Colvin, The Killers, and the Dead Kennedys. Probably the most well-known cover is the 1992 version by ZZ Top, which rose to #16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. I like the ZZ Top cover. They get the cheesiness of the song, and the city.
1964 studio recording
From the film Viva Las Vegas, 1964
ZZ Top, 1992
Tomorrow: Rid me of the problem. Do all that you can.
Viva Las Vegas – Elvis Presley
Thursday song of the day: Since I’m flying out to Las Vegas today to attend UFC 245 on Saturday, there’s only one possible choice for Song of the Day. Sure, it’s too obvious, but sometimes a cliché just makes sense.
Of course it’s Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley. Everyone knows this song, so I’ll just go over the basics. It was the theme song for the 1964 film Viva Las Vegas, starring Elvis and a young and incredibly beautiful Ann-Margaret.
The song was recorded in July 1963 and released in April 1964, just briefly before the premiere of the film. It was a fairly minor hit by Elvis standards, topping out at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but since then it has become an iconic theme for the city of Las Vegas. I’m not really a fan of Elvis Presley, but Viva Las Vegas is a perfect fit as an anthem for the town.
It has been covered by numerous acts, including Ann-Margaret herself, Shawn Colvin, The Killers, and the Dead Kennedys. Probably the most well-known cover is the 1992 version by ZZ Top, which rose to #16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. I like the ZZ Top cover. They get the cheesiness of the song, and the city.
1964 studio recording
From the film Viva Las Vegas, 1964
ZZ Top, 1992
Tomorrow: Rid me of the problem. Do all that you can.
Omg w all these paragraphs. Making this thread a huge pain in the dick.
The year was 2020. Late December. There was a chill in the air but I was wearing my hoodie so all good. I heard the sounds of a young female rapper playing on my phone. Who is this? I asked myself. Well it turned out to be Doja Cat. The song was really catchy and I listened to it twice. But it was lunchtime and i was getting hungry. So I thought what do I Wana eat today? I was first thinking pizza but then I was like nah I think I'ma get Chinese. But the Chinese place always has a line. Hmmmmm I pondered on it a minute and decided Chinese food.
So I drove over to the Chinese place. My truck sounded a little off but what do i know. I guess I will take it to the garage this month. Hope it isn't too expensive. Ajywhoo I think I mite get general tsos chicken. Yes why not. Wait how about pork egg too young tho? So I asked them if they could do half and half for me. And they did! So I waited arou d for my food.
Finally got my food and got back in my truck. Still not sounding good maybe it is a belt. I shoukd look at it myself. That would be a good time for me to listen to some more Doja Cat. I wonder what she is all about and what her other songs are like. Maybe I will listen to them while I look at my engine. Maybe I won't I haven't made up my mind yet. I wonder what Doja cat had for breakfast today. Hmmmmmm I bet it was delicious. She dresses nice too I bet she smells good.
Here is Doja cats single Rules that is a good song i like very much. I sometimes play it on my TV or Bluetooth speaker too. Although my Bluetooth isn't the best sound. It's still pretty sweet. I like to use it. The charger cord is always falling out ao that stinks. But if u want to check out Doja cats song I am going to post a link at the bottom of this post right underneath where i am typing RightNow so don't forget to turn your volume up and get ready to have a good time w this video I'm about to post right about now after I go get the llink and come back. I hope all these words are still here. Guess we will find out here I go wish me luck brb
So I drove over to the Chinese place. My truck sounded a little off but what do i know. I guess I will take it to the garage this month. Hope it isn't too expensive. Ajywhoo I think I mite get general tsos chicken. Yes why not. Wait how about pork egg too young tho? So I asked them if they could do half and half for me. And they did! So I waited arou d for my food.
Finally got my food and got back in my truck. Still not sounding good maybe it is a belt. I shoukd look at it myself. That would be a good time for me to listen to some more Doja Cat. I wonder what she is all about and what her other songs are like. Maybe I will listen to them while I look at my engine. Maybe I won't I haven't made up my mind yet. I wonder what Doja cat had for breakfast today. Hmmmmmm I bet it was delicious. She dresses nice too I bet she smells good.
Here is Doja cats single Rules that is a good song i like very much. I sometimes play it on my TV or Bluetooth speaker too. Although my Bluetooth isn't the best sound. It's still pretty sweet. I like to use it. The charger cord is always falling out ao that stinks. But if u want to check out Doja cats song I am going to post a link at the bottom of this post right underneath where i am typing RightNow so don't forget to turn your volume up and get ready to have a good time w this video I'm about to post right about now after I go get the llink and come back. I hope all these words are still here. Guess we will find out here I go wish me luck brb
Dave's Song of the Day
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Friday song of the day: Today is Friday the 13th, so a song dealing with bad luck seems apropos.
Today’s song is Superstition by Stevie Wonder. As great as he is, he’s also sort of a cautionary tale. Stevie Wonder went from being one of the most important and talented figures in popular music to a sad purveyor of maudlin crap. In 1972 when he recorded his fifteenth studio album, Talking Book, he was very much still in his “brilliant” phase where he was releasing innovative and influential music. It’s hard to believe he was just twenty-two years old at the time. Wonder had been in the music business since he was eleven, and had scored his first #1 record at the age of just thirteen.
The first single from Talking Book was Superstition, a funky song about bad luck and various superstitions. The song’s lyrics mentioned black cats, broken mirrors, the number 13, and various other things associated with bad luck, while rejecting the idea that they had any control over events. It was released the week before Halloween in 1972, and rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Tomorrow: When he picks up trash, he puts it in a garbage can
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Friday song of the day: Today is Friday the 13th, so a song dealing with bad luck seems apropos.
Today’s song is Superstition by Stevie Wonder. As great as he is, he’s also sort of a cautionary tale. Stevie Wonder went from being one of the most important and talented figures in popular music to a sad purveyor of maudlin crap. In 1972 when he recorded his fifteenth studio album, Talking Book, he was very much still in his “brilliant” phase where he was releasing innovative and influential music. It’s hard to believe he was just twenty-two years old at the time. Wonder had been in the music business since he was eleven, and had scored his first #1 record at the age of just thirteen.
The first single from Talking Book was Superstition, a funky song about bad luck and various superstitions. The song’s lyrics mentioned black cats, broken mirrors, the number 13, and various other things associated with bad luck, while rejecting the idea that they had any control over events. It was released the week before Halloween in 1972, and rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Tomorrow: When he picks up trash, he puts it in a garbage can
Dave's Song of the Day
Fist City – Loretta Lynn
Saturday song of the day: It’s UFC 245 fight night, so we need a song about fighting. Elton John’s Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting seems a bit too on the nose, so I went with something a little less obvious.
In 1968, Loretta Lynn released her twelfth studio album, entitled Fist City. The title track was the second single from the album and went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Country chart.
The song deals with her cheating husband, and a threat to any woman who tries to take Loretta’s man. She explains in no uncertain terms that there will be dire consequences for anyone who messes around with him. The line “You better close your face and stay outta my way” is sheer brilliance. Supposedly the song was based on a real-life incident.
And yes, I believe that 1968 Loretta Lynn would absolutely beat the hell out of anyone who crossed her.
Tomorrow: Stick with me baby, I’m the fellow you came in with.
Fist City – Loretta Lynn
Saturday song of the day: It’s UFC 245 fight night, so we need a song about fighting. Elton John’s Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting seems a bit too on the nose, so I went with something a little less obvious.
In 1968, Loretta Lynn released her twelfth studio album, entitled Fist City. The title track was the second single from the album and went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Country chart.
The song deals with her cheating husband, and a threat to any woman who tries to take Loretta’s man. She explains in no uncertain terms that there will be dire consequences for anyone who messes around with him. The line “You better close your face and stay outta my way” is sheer brilliance. Supposedly the song was based on a real-life incident.
And yes, I believe that 1968 Loretta Lynn would absolutely beat the hell out of anyone who crossed her.
Tomorrow: Stick with me baby, I’m the fellow you came in with.
Dave's Song of the Day
Luck Be a Lady – Marlon Brando
Sunday song of the day: Oddly, today’s song of the day is performed by Marlon Brando.
In 1950, a new musical called Guys and Dolls opened on Broadway. It concerned a romance between a gambler, Sky Masterson, and Sarah Brown of the Save-a-Soul Mission. One of the musical’s popular songs was Luck Be a Lady, sung by the Sky Masterson character.
Robert Alda originated the role of Masterson in the Broadway production. Today he is probably better known as Alan Alda’s father. When Hollywood made a film adaptation of Guys and Dolls in 1955, they cast one of the biggest stars of the day, Marlon Brando, as Sky Masterson. While Brando is more known for his serious dramatic work and not as a singer, he actually did a credible job in the role. And thus we are left with Marlon Brando recording of Luck Be a Lady.
Later, the song became one of Frank Sinatra’s signature tunes. Sinatra had played the role of Nathan Detroit opposite Brando in the Guys and Dolls movie, and in 1963 recorded the play’s most popular song himself.
Marlon Brando in the 1955 Guys and Dolls film
Robert Alda in the 1950 original Broadway cast recording
Frank Sinatra, recorded in 1963
Tomorrow: Foolishly laying our hearts on the table
Luck Be a Lady – Marlon Brando
Sunday song of the day: Oddly, today’s song of the day is performed by Marlon Brando.
In 1950, a new musical called Guys and Dolls opened on Broadway. It concerned a romance between a gambler, Sky Masterson, and Sarah Brown of the Save-a-Soul Mission. One of the musical’s popular songs was Luck Be a Lady, sung by the Sky Masterson character.
Robert Alda originated the role of Masterson in the Broadway production. Today he is probably better known as Alan Alda’s father. When Hollywood made a film adaptation of Guys and Dolls in 1955, they cast one of the biggest stars of the day, Marlon Brando, as Sky Masterson. While Brando is more known for his serious dramatic work and not as a singer, he actually did a credible job in the role. And thus we are left with Marlon Brando recording of Luck Be a Lady.
Later, the song became one of Frank Sinatra’s signature tunes. Sinatra had played the role of Nathan Detroit opposite Brando in the Guys and Dolls movie, and in 1963 recorded the play’s most popular song himself.
Marlon Brando in the 1955 Guys and Dolls film
Robert Alda in the 1950 original Broadway cast recording
Frank Sinatra, recorded in 1963
Tomorrow: Foolishly laying our hearts on the table
Superstition was first recorded by Jeff Beck, who created the riff.Dave's Song of the Day
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Friday song of the day: Today is Friday the 13th, so a song dealing with bad luck seems apropos.
Today’s song is Superstition by Stevie Wonder. As great as he is, he’s also sort of a cautionary tale. Stevie Wonder went from being one of the most important and talented figures in popular music to a sad purveyor of maudlin crap. In 1972 when he recorded his fifteenth studio album, Talking Book, he was very much still in his “brilliant” phase where he was releasing innovative and influential music. It’s hard to believe he was just twenty-two years old at the time. Wonder had been in the music business since he was eleven, and had scored his first #1 record at the age of just thirteen.
The first single from Talking Book was Superstition, a funky song about bad luck and various superstitions. The song’s lyrics mentioned black cats, broken mirrors, the number 13, and various other things associated with bad luck, while rejecting the idea that they had any control over events. It was released the week before Halloween in 1972, and rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Tomorrow: When he picks up trash, he puts it in a garbage can
Stevie's record company convinced him to drop it on the market before Jeff, because it was so awesome.
Dave's Song of the Day
Stumblin' In – Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
Monday song of the day: Today’s song of the day was the biggest hit of Suzi Quatro’s career, but was a major change from her earlier music. She was known for a harder rock style, but this song is a bit of soft pop fluff.
Suzi Quatro is best known in the United States for playing the character Leather Tuscadero in seven episodes of the sitcom Happy Days from 1977-1979. She had been in the music industry since the 1960s, and was active in the Glam Rock genre in the early 1970s. In the United States, she had only two minor hits, with Can the Can reaching #56 in 1973 and a cover of All Shook Up charting at #85 in 1974. She was much more popular in Europe, especially in Germany.
In a departure from her harder sound, Quatro recorded the pop trifle Stumblin’ In with Chris Norman in 1978, and it became a hit, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The popularity of the record may have been helped by her newfound fame playing Leather Tuscadero at the time on Happy Days.. Since then, she has had a few very minor hits in the US, but none that have broken into the top 40.
Tomorrow: Been forty days since I don’t know when
Stumblin' In – Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
Monday song of the day: Today’s song of the day was the biggest hit of Suzi Quatro’s career, but was a major change from her earlier music. She was known for a harder rock style, but this song is a bit of soft pop fluff.
Suzi Quatro is best known in the United States for playing the character Leather Tuscadero in seven episodes of the sitcom Happy Days from 1977-1979. She had been in the music industry since the 1960s, and was active in the Glam Rock genre in the early 1970s. In the United States, she had only two minor hits, with Can the Can reaching #56 in 1973 and a cover of All Shook Up charting at #85 in 1974. She was much more popular in Europe, especially in Germany.
In a departure from her harder sound, Quatro recorded the pop trifle Stumblin’ In with Chris Norman in 1978, and it became a hit, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The popularity of the record may have been helped by her newfound fame playing Leather Tuscadero at the time on Happy Days.. Since then, she has had a few very minor hits in the US, but none that have broken into the top 40.
Tomorrow: Been forty days since I don’t know when