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This bar in is cool as fuck
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are you even aware of the things you are saying?
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This bar in is cool as fuck
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In a bar called Lafayette in Oostende
Apparently Marvin gay was an owner until he snuffed it around the corner
Apparently Marvin gay was an owner until he snuffed it around the corner
Another two weeks yet. They wrote it on a card for me
Dave's Song of the Day
Thunder Island – Jay Ferguson
Wednesday song of the day: Today’s song is a particularly bland example of 1970s yacht rock.
The term “yacht rock” was not invented until 2005, but the genre involves mid-1970s to mid-1980s adult soft rock, usually produced in California, that is smooth and overproduced. It is often jazz-tinged. Think Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross, etc. The name derives from the fact that album covers often depicted the artists sailing or that the lyrics sometimes involved nautical themes.
The example today is from Jay Ferguson. Ferguson had been in the band Spirit in the 1960s, and formed Jo Jo Gunne in 1971. In 1976, he started a solo career. His second solo album was Thunder Island in 1977, with the title track released as the first single.
Thunder Island obliquely told of sex on the beach of a place called Thunder Island. Presumably the song’s subjects arrived there on a boat. Add in interminable “do-do-do-do” lyrics, and that’s it.
The single made it all the way to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was Ferguson’s biggest hit. He was saved from being a one-hit wonder when another record, Shakedown Cruise, placed at #31 in 1979.
Jay Ferguson on the Dutch Program Top Pop
Tomorrow: I’m right there if you get lonely
Thunder Island – Jay Ferguson
Wednesday song of the day: Today’s song is a particularly bland example of 1970s yacht rock.
The term “yacht rock” was not invented until 2005, but the genre involves mid-1970s to mid-1980s adult soft rock, usually produced in California, that is smooth and overproduced. It is often jazz-tinged. Think Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross, etc. The name derives from the fact that album covers often depicted the artists sailing or that the lyrics sometimes involved nautical themes.
The example today is from Jay Ferguson. Ferguson had been in the band Spirit in the 1960s, and formed Jo Jo Gunne in 1971. In 1976, he started a solo career. His second solo album was Thunder Island in 1977, with the title track released as the first single.
Thunder Island obliquely told of sex on the beach of a place called Thunder Island. Presumably the song’s subjects arrived there on a boat. Add in interminable “do-do-do-do” lyrics, and that’s it.
The single made it all the way to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was Ferguson’s biggest hit. He was saved from being a one-hit wonder when another record, Shakedown Cruise, placed at #31 in 1979.
Jay Ferguson on the Dutch Program Top Pop
Tomorrow: I’m right there if you get lonely
Dave's Song of the Day
Hey There Delilah – Plain White T's
Thursday song of the day: Today’s song was written to impress a pretty girl that the band’s singer had met.
In 1997, a group of high school friends in the Chicago area formed a band called the Plain White T’s. For a few years they mostly played locally, and then released albums in 2000 and 2002. The records didn’t have much commercial impact.
In 2003, the band’s singer and guitarist Tom Higgenson happened to meet an attractive steeplechase runner for Columbia University named Delilah DiCrescenzo. He wrote a song about an imaginary love affair with Delilah hoping to impress her. They never had a relationship, since DiCrescenzo already had a boyfriend, but the song Hey There Delilah was recorded for the band’s third album, All That We Needed in 2005.
A rerecorded version of Hey There Delilah was also on their fourth album, Every Second Counts, in 2006. Released as a single in May 2006, the song initially didn’t make a very big impression. It eventually found an audience though and started climbing the charts. In July 2007 it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Sales were huge, with the song selling over 4 million digital copies.
The song was nominated for two Grammys in 2008, although it didn’t win. Delilah accompanied Plain White T’s to the award ceremony.
The band had two more songs that cracked the Top 40 in 2008 and 2010, but so far has not repeated the success of Hey There Delilah.
Tomorrow: Don’t let them see you cry, you can make it
Hey There Delilah – Plain White T's
Thursday song of the day: Today’s song was written to impress a pretty girl that the band’s singer had met.
In 1997, a group of high school friends in the Chicago area formed a band called the Plain White T’s. For a few years they mostly played locally, and then released albums in 2000 and 2002. The records didn’t have much commercial impact.
In 2003, the band’s singer and guitarist Tom Higgenson happened to meet an attractive steeplechase runner for Columbia University named Delilah DiCrescenzo. He wrote a song about an imaginary love affair with Delilah hoping to impress her. They never had a relationship, since DiCrescenzo already had a boyfriend, but the song Hey There Delilah was recorded for the band’s third album, All That We Needed in 2005.
A rerecorded version of Hey There Delilah was also on their fourth album, Every Second Counts, in 2006. Released as a single in May 2006, the song initially didn’t make a very big impression. It eventually found an audience though and started climbing the charts. In July 2007 it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Sales were huge, with the song selling over 4 million digital copies.
The song was nominated for two Grammys in 2008, although it didn’t win. Delilah accompanied Plain White T’s to the award ceremony.
The band had two more songs that cracked the Top 40 in 2008 and 2010, but so far has not repeated the success of Hey There Delilah.
Tomorrow: Don’t let them see you cry, you can make it
Dude was proud of that Truck,
Truckers were OG posters you know. I remeber when he would take me on hauls when I was kid and them motherufkcers would just be chattin away about bullshit, they even knew eachother when they drove close by. Kind of like their own forum
Truckers were OG posters you know. I remeber when he would take me on hauls when I was kid and them motherufkcers would just be chattin away about bullshit, they even knew eachother when they drove close by. Kind of like their own forum
Dave's Song of the Day
Hold Your Head Up – Argent
Friday song of the day: Today’s song was a staple of 1970s radio, but the only hit for the band that originated it.
Keyboardist Rod Argent had had success with the band The Zombies in the mid and late 1960s, with hits She’s Not There in 1964, Tell Her No in 1965, and Time of the Season in 1968. All three hits were written by Argent.
In 1969 The Zombies broke up and Rod Argent started a new band, named after himself as just Argent. Their first two albums did not produce any hits, but in 1972 they released their third album, All Together Now, that contained the single Hold Your Head Up. It was written mostly by Chris White, a former bandmate of Argent’s in The Zombies, with Rod sharing songwriting credit. The music was dominated by the Hammond B-3 organ and contained one of the most popular keyboard solos in rock history. The band’s guitarist Russ Ballard did the singing.
Hold Your Head Up rose to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The full-length album version ran for over 6 minutes, but the single release was cut down to 3:15, and an even shorter version at 2:54 was provided for radio stations.
The band broke up in 1975, having never had another hit. There were a few brief reunions after 2010. Since the band broke up, Rod Argent has had a career as a solo act, session musician, and producer. Russ Ballard has had a very successful career as a songwriter, with his songs providing hits for KISS, Three Dog Night, Rainbow, Anni-Frid Lyngstad from ABBA, Santana, America, and Ace Frehley.
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Tomorrow: I gotta get even somehow
Hold Your Head Up – Argent
Friday song of the day: Today’s song was a staple of 1970s radio, but the only hit for the band that originated it.
Keyboardist Rod Argent had had success with the band The Zombies in the mid and late 1960s, with hits She’s Not There in 1964, Tell Her No in 1965, and Time of the Season in 1968. All three hits were written by Argent.
In 1969 The Zombies broke up and Rod Argent started a new band, named after himself as just Argent. Their first two albums did not produce any hits, but in 1972 they released their third album, All Together Now, that contained the single Hold Your Head Up. It was written mostly by Chris White, a former bandmate of Argent’s in The Zombies, with Rod sharing songwriting credit. The music was dominated by the Hammond B-3 organ and contained one of the most popular keyboard solos in rock history. The band’s guitarist Russ Ballard did the singing.
Hold Your Head Up rose to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The full-length album version ran for over 6 minutes, but the single release was cut down to 3:15, and an even shorter version at 2:54 was provided for radio stations.
The band broke up in 1975, having never had another hit. There were a few brief reunions after 2010. Since the band broke up, Rod Argent has had a career as a solo act, session musician, and producer. Russ Ballard has had a very successful career as a songwriter, with his songs providing hits for KISS, Three Dog Night, Rainbow, Anni-Frid Lyngstad from ABBA, Santana, America, and Ace Frehley.
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Tomorrow: I gotta get even somehow
Now it's that shitty macarena rap remix.
directed by bam margera
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this is not an official video, ignore
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this is not an official video, ignore
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Not my favourite but they can't all be home runs.
Dave's Song of the Day
Leap Year Blues – Big Bill Broonzy
Saturday song of the day: Today’s song is based on the old tradition that women can propose to men on Leap Year Day.
Blues great Big Bill Broonzy recorded a song called Leap Year Blues in 1940. The premise of the song was based on the tradition that women could propose marriage to men on February 29th, instead of the usual practice of men proposing to women. Broonzy extended this concept to reversing traditional male/female roles on Leap Year to the extent that women would have to support men financially on that day, instead of spending the men’s money as on any other day during the four years. Broonzy’s lyrics said things like “This is Leap Year, woman. Women gotta take care of their men.” and “You have to pay the rent and pay the grocery bill.” Basically he broadened the proposal custom to give himself a day off from supporting his wife or girlfriend.
There is no record how well the song sold, since the management of R&B record labels at the time was dicey at best. The Billboard “race record” charts did not begin until 1942, so there is no chart position to report. It is not one of Big Bill Broonzy’s more remembered songs, though, so indications are that it was not a hit. Still, it’s a fun little song that becomes relevant once every four years.
Tomorrow: Here I am again in the city
Leap Year Blues – Big Bill Broonzy
Saturday song of the day: Today’s song is based on the old tradition that women can propose to men on Leap Year Day.
Blues great Big Bill Broonzy recorded a song called Leap Year Blues in 1940. The premise of the song was based on the tradition that women could propose marriage to men on February 29th, instead of the usual practice of men proposing to women. Broonzy extended this concept to reversing traditional male/female roles on Leap Year to the extent that women would have to support men financially on that day, instead of spending the men’s money as on any other day during the four years. Broonzy’s lyrics said things like “This is Leap Year, woman. Women gotta take care of their men.” and “You have to pay the rent and pay the grocery bill.” Basically he broadened the proposal custom to give himself a day off from supporting his wife or girlfriend.
There is no record how well the song sold, since the management of R&B record labels at the time was dicey at best. The Billboard “race record” charts did not begin until 1942, so there is no chart position to report. It is not one of Big Bill Broonzy’s more remembered songs, though, so indications are that it was not a hit. Still, it’s a fun little song that becomes relevant once every four years.
Tomorrow: Here I am again in the city
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Sitting in this show rehearsal for this thing I'm doing, and Leona Lewis is one of the performers..... She's amazing.... And gorgeous
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It's a good thing she has a cracking voice and is hot, she had the personality of a brick on X Factor.
I really thought she was going to be the new Mariah.