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waylon was really fucked up for this song it looks like...lotta freestyle and improv...plus sweating...basically said fuck the lyrics I'm gonna jam out
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq3MXSrKyk8
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq3MXSrKyk8
Dave's Song of the Day
God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
Tuesday song of the day: There aren’t that many songs that are legitimate masterpieces. Today’s song is one of them.
In 1966, the Beach Boys were already big stars from their earlier surf and cars songs. For their 11th studio album, Brian Wilson wrote most of the songs, assisted by lyricist Tony Asher. The album turned out to be the great Pet Sounds, and it included a love song called God Only Knows. The musical arrangement was much more intricate than earlier Beach Boys music, and included harpsicord, viola, cello, and several other instruments not normally associated with rock & roll. Wilson claims he wrote the song after listening to the Beatles’ new album Rubber Soul and felt challenged to write something that good.
God Only Knows was released as the B-side of the Wouldn’t It Be Nice single, which rose to #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. While God Only Knows was not released as an A-side of a single in the United States, it has since been recognized as a classic. It placed at #25 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is included on numerous other “Greatest Ever” lists.
Tomorrow: Momma knows but she don’t care
God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
Tuesday song of the day: There aren’t that many songs that are legitimate masterpieces. Today’s song is one of them.
In 1966, the Beach Boys were already big stars from their earlier surf and cars songs. For their 11th studio album, Brian Wilson wrote most of the songs, assisted by lyricist Tony Asher. The album turned out to be the great Pet Sounds, and it included a love song called God Only Knows. The musical arrangement was much more intricate than earlier Beach Boys music, and included harpsicord, viola, cello, and several other instruments not normally associated with rock & roll. Wilson claims he wrote the song after listening to the Beatles’ new album Rubber Soul and felt challenged to write something that good.
God Only Knows was released as the B-side of the Wouldn’t It Be Nice single, which rose to #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. While God Only Knows was not released as an A-side of a single in the United States, it has since been recognized as a classic. It placed at #25 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is included on numerous other “Greatest Ever” lists.
Tomorrow: Momma knows but she don’t care
Has no one given this a glance? Husband and I have known Jay Parma for years, it was really neat that they put it together and 36 musicians came together for it. Jay's getting the heads up permission wise from everyone so I can go to the press with it and try to work out some way of getting money from it as a charity thing for medical workers. He has a massive youtube presence so we have that as a platform.
Dave's Song of the Day
England Rocks – Ian Hunter’s Overnight Angels
Wednesday song of the day: Today’s song became better known in the United States when the artist reworked the lyrics slightly and re-recorded it.
Former Mott the Hoople leader Ian Hunter released the non-album track England Rocks in 1977. The B-side was the song Wild N’ Free from his Overnight Angels album. For some reason, the artist was listed as Ian Hunter’s Overnight Angels. I presume this was the name he gave to the backing band used in recording the album, but it is essentially a solo release. Due to Hunter firing his manager and planning to switch record labels, CBS Records refused to release the album and single in the United States, and the song was only available here as an import.
Two years later, Hunter released the album You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic. This album was released in the US and included the song Cleveland Rocks. This was a reworking of England Rocks. Beside changing the location, there were a few minor lyric changes and the addition of an old Alan Freed radio sound bite, but it was the same song otherwise. Hunter claimed that he had always intended to have the song be about Cleveland, which he felt was an overlooked city. “”I originally wrote Cleveland Rocks’ for Cleveland,” he said. “I changed it later to England Rocks because I thought it should be a single somewhere and Columbia wouldn’t release it as a single in the U.S. (too regional). Cleveland Rocks is Cleveland’s song and that’s the truth.”
While Cleveland Rocks ended up being just an album cut, it was very popular, especially in Cleveland, where it has served as a victory song for the Indians and the Browns. In 1998, a cover version by The Presidents of the United States of America became the theme song for The Drew Carey Show, which of course was set in Cleveland.
England Rocks, 1977
Cleveland Rocks, 1979
The Presidents of the United States of America, The Drew Carey Show, 1998
Tomorrow: Talking Italian
England Rocks – Ian Hunter’s Overnight Angels
Wednesday song of the day: Today’s song became better known in the United States when the artist reworked the lyrics slightly and re-recorded it.
Former Mott the Hoople leader Ian Hunter released the non-album track England Rocks in 1977. The B-side was the song Wild N’ Free from his Overnight Angels album. For some reason, the artist was listed as Ian Hunter’s Overnight Angels. I presume this was the name he gave to the backing band used in recording the album, but it is essentially a solo release. Due to Hunter firing his manager and planning to switch record labels, CBS Records refused to release the album and single in the United States, and the song was only available here as an import.
Two years later, Hunter released the album You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic. This album was released in the US and included the song Cleveland Rocks. This was a reworking of England Rocks. Beside changing the location, there were a few minor lyric changes and the addition of an old Alan Freed radio sound bite, but it was the same song otherwise. Hunter claimed that he had always intended to have the song be about Cleveland, which he felt was an overlooked city. “”I originally wrote Cleveland Rocks’ for Cleveland,” he said. “I changed it later to England Rocks because I thought it should be a single somewhere and Columbia wouldn’t release it as a single in the U.S. (too regional). Cleveland Rocks is Cleveland’s song and that’s the truth.”
While Cleveland Rocks ended up being just an album cut, it was very popular, especially in Cleveland, where it has served as a victory song for the Indians and the Browns. In 1998, a cover version by The Presidents of the United States of America became the theme song for The Drew Carey Show, which of course was set in Cleveland.
England Rocks, 1977
Cleveland Rocks, 1979
The Presidents of the United States of America, The Drew Carey Show, 1998
Tomorrow: Talking Italian
Dave's Song of the Day
Robert De Niro’s Waiting – Bananarama
Thursday song of the day: Today’s song originally had a date-rape element that was removed.
In 1984, Bananarama was preparing their second album, to be simply titled Bananarama. They had had success with their first album in 1982, Deep Sea Skiving, and especially with their standalone single in 1983, Cruel Summer. Cruel Summer was a big hit, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
Bananarama would of course include the lighthearted hit to give the single a home on an album, but otherwise, the members of Bananarama wanted a more serious vibe on the record. While they had commercial success, they were stung by critics who felt their music was too saccharine and frivolous. As a result, they intentionally added a darker edge to their new music. One of these songs was Robert De Niro’s Waiting. The lyrics detail the fantasy of a girl who was unhappy with the men available to her and instead fixates on male images in movies.
The original lyrics had a date-rape situation sending her into this fantasy world rather than just a dating pool of immature and crude guys. This element was deleted from the song, however, as they felt it was probably too extreme. In a 2019 interview, Bananarama member Sarah Dallin denied that rape was involved in the song, although band members had confirmed that the song originally had rape as a motif in earlier interviews. Dallin herself talked about the original story line in a 2017 interview, saying “The line about walking in the park and ‘people are staring and following me’ reflected an uglier stalking side to the fantasy. The date-rape notion was Siobhan’s idea, possibly from something we’d read in a newspaper.” Also, the object of the fantasy at first was Al Pacino, but they settled on Robert De Niro as a better fit lyrically.
Robert De Niro’s Waiting hit #3 on the UK singles chart, but did not do nearly as well in the United States, peaking at #95 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. At the time the song was out and was a big hit in the UK, however, Robert De Niro was there filming Brazil and invited the band to dinner, so they got to actually meet him.
Tomorrow: I got something that will sho ‘nuff set your stuff on fire
Robert De Niro’s Waiting – Bananarama
Thursday song of the day: Today’s song originally had a date-rape element that was removed.
In 1984, Bananarama was preparing their second album, to be simply titled Bananarama. They had had success with their first album in 1982, Deep Sea Skiving, and especially with their standalone single in 1983, Cruel Summer. Cruel Summer was a big hit, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
Bananarama would of course include the lighthearted hit to give the single a home on an album, but otherwise, the members of Bananarama wanted a more serious vibe on the record. While they had commercial success, they were stung by critics who felt their music was too saccharine and frivolous. As a result, they intentionally added a darker edge to their new music. One of these songs was Robert De Niro’s Waiting. The lyrics detail the fantasy of a girl who was unhappy with the men available to her and instead fixates on male images in movies.
The original lyrics had a date-rape situation sending her into this fantasy world rather than just a dating pool of immature and crude guys. This element was deleted from the song, however, as they felt it was probably too extreme. In a 2019 interview, Bananarama member Sarah Dallin denied that rape was involved in the song, although band members had confirmed that the song originally had rape as a motif in earlier interviews. Dallin herself talked about the original story line in a 2017 interview, saying “The line about walking in the park and ‘people are staring and following me’ reflected an uglier stalking side to the fantasy. The date-rape notion was Siobhan’s idea, possibly from something we’d read in a newspaper.” Also, the object of the fantasy at first was Al Pacino, but they settled on Robert De Niro as a better fit lyrically.
Robert De Niro’s Waiting hit #3 on the UK singles chart, but did not do nearly as well in the United States, peaking at #95 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. At the time the song was out and was a big hit in the UK, however, Robert De Niro was there filming Brazil and invited the band to dinner, so they got to actually meet him.
Tomorrow: I got something that will sho ‘nuff set your stuff on fire
Not even shy about their baseline to Stand By Me mixing in to a Taylor Swift cover.
So good...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFX8VJUtDgY
@Splinty - Giving your long-legged woman some love here...
So good...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFX8VJUtDgY
@Splinty - Giving your long-legged woman some love here...
Dave's Song of the Day
Tell Me Something Good – Rufus
Friday song of the day: Today’s song was a surprise gift to the band by Stevie Wonder.
As the band Rufus was recording their second album in 1974, an unexpected guest showed up at a recording session. It was Stevie Wonder, and being a fan of the band’s lead singer Chaka Khan, he had a few songs that he had written that he offered to her. Chaka said she did not like the song Come and Get This Stuff that he had offered, so instead Stevie gave her Tell Me Something Good. This one she liked, so they recorded her singing it. Wonder didn’t like that take and suggested she sing it in a different key. This second take was the one used on the record.
Tell me Something Good was included on the album Rags to Rufus and was released as a single in June 1974. It went to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance. Not long afterward, when it became clear that Chaka was the star attraction of the band, the name was changed to Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan. They released several more albums before Chaka Khan eventually went solo in 1984.
Tomorrow: Shoot ‘em ‘fore they run now
Tell Me Something Good – Rufus
Friday song of the day: Today’s song was a surprise gift to the band by Stevie Wonder.
As the band Rufus was recording their second album in 1974, an unexpected guest showed up at a recording session. It was Stevie Wonder, and being a fan of the band’s lead singer Chaka Khan, he had a few songs that he had written that he offered to her. Chaka said she did not like the song Come and Get This Stuff that he had offered, so instead Stevie gave her Tell Me Something Good. This one she liked, so they recorded her singing it. Wonder didn’t like that take and suggested she sing it in a different key. This second take was the one used on the record.
Tell me Something Good was included on the album Rags to Rufus and was released as a single in June 1974. It went to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance. Not long afterward, when it became clear that Chaka was the star attraction of the band, the name was changed to Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan. They released several more albums before Chaka Khan eventually went solo in 1984.
Tomorrow: Shoot ‘em ‘fore they run now