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Rock in peace, Little Richard. 87 wonderful years old.
Dave's Song of the Day
Fire Woman – The Cult
Saturday song of the day: Today’s song is the most recognizable song from this English band.
In the early 1980s, Ian Astbury was in a band called Southern Death Cult. That project ended after one album in 1983, and Astbury formed a new band that he named Death Cult. Before long, he shortened the name to simply The Cult, and that stuck. By 1989, The Cult released their fourth album, Sonic Temple. It proved to be their most popular album, and contained their biggest hit single, Fire Woman.
Fire Woman was a hard rock anthem telling of a woman the singer admires. Astbury later said that there was no real woman that he based the song upon, but rather he just used an archetype or universal symbol of a lusty woman. The song topped out at #46 on the Billboard Hot 100 but was more popular on Alternative and college radio stations of the time, placing at #2 on the Alternative Rock charts. It remains the most recognizable record by The Cult in the United States.
Tomorrow: Sure like to ball
Fire Woman – The Cult
Saturday song of the day: Today’s song is the most recognizable song from this English band.
In the early 1980s, Ian Astbury was in a band called Southern Death Cult. That project ended after one album in 1983, and Astbury formed a new band that he named Death Cult. Before long, he shortened the name to simply The Cult, and that stuck. By 1989, The Cult released their fourth album, Sonic Temple. It proved to be their most popular album, and contained their biggest hit single, Fire Woman.
Fire Woman was a hard rock anthem telling of a woman the singer admires. Astbury later said that there was no real woman that he based the song upon, but rather he just used an archetype or universal symbol of a lusty woman. The song topped out at #46 on the Billboard Hot 100 but was more popular on Alternative and college radio stations of the time, placing at #2 on the Alternative Rock charts. It remains the most recognizable record by The Cult in the United States.
Tomorrow: Sure like to ball
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Dave's Song of the Day
Good Golly, Miss Molly – Little Richard
Sunday song of the day: Today’s song is one of the best-known records from a rock and roll legend who passed away yesterday.
“The Architect of Rock and Roll”, Richard Penniman, passed away yesterday at the age of 87. Better known as Little Richard, he began performing professionally in 1947, when he was just fourteen years old. He began recording in 1951 and had his first big hit in 1955 with the classic Tutti Fruiti. He continued producing hits throughout the 1950s and was incredibly influential in the early development of Rock and Roll.
It is hard to overstate just how important his wild vocals and flamboyant stage persona were in the early days of rock and roll, especially as one of the first black artists who crossed over to the white teenage audience of the day.
Todays song is one of his biggest hits, Good Golly, Miss Molly. Like many of Little Richard’s songs, it is upbeat with strong sexual overtones. “Sure like to ball” in the song could be explained away that Molly liked to party and dance, but the more obvious interpretation is that she liked lots of sex. Many of Richard’s songs were covered in more sedate versions by white artists like Pat Boone, or even less “safe” performers like Elvis Presley.
Little Richard continued performing until well into the 2010s, when health issues forced him to cut his heavy schedule. His awards and honors are too numerous to list. Suffice it to say that he was one of the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 when the Hall was conceived.
Tomorrow: Topless ladies look away
Good Golly, Miss Molly – Little Richard
Sunday song of the day: Today’s song is one of the best-known records from a rock and roll legend who passed away yesterday.
“The Architect of Rock and Roll”, Richard Penniman, passed away yesterday at the age of 87. Better known as Little Richard, he began performing professionally in 1947, when he was just fourteen years old. He began recording in 1951 and had his first big hit in 1955 with the classic Tutti Fruiti. He continued producing hits throughout the 1950s and was incredibly influential in the early development of Rock and Roll.
It is hard to overstate just how important his wild vocals and flamboyant stage persona were in the early days of rock and roll, especially as one of the first black artists who crossed over to the white teenage audience of the day.
Todays song is one of his biggest hits, Good Golly, Miss Molly. Like many of Little Richard’s songs, it is upbeat with strong sexual overtones. “Sure like to ball” in the song could be explained away that Molly liked to party and dance, but the more obvious interpretation is that she liked lots of sex. Many of Richard’s songs were covered in more sedate versions by white artists like Pat Boone, or even less “safe” performers like Elvis Presley.
Little Richard continued performing until well into the 2010s, when health issues forced him to cut his heavy schedule. His awards and honors are too numerous to list. Suffice it to say that he was one of the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 when the Hall was conceived.
Tomorrow: Topless ladies look away
Dave's Song of the Day
Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) – Squeeze
Monday song of the day: Today’s song was inspired by a vacation at a beach resort.
Chris Difford was the lyricist for the English band Squeeze, and in working on the band’s third album he wrote a song that was based on a vacation to an English seaside resort he had taken when he was younger. That song was Pulling Mussels (From the Shell). The lyrics tell of lazing on the beach, reading a trashy paperback, shopping and other holiday activities. Most importantly though, he obliquely tells of hooking up with a girl “behind the chalet” for some summer sex. “Pulling Mussels” (or possibly “pulling muscles”) is apparently British slang for intercourse.
The song was included on the album Argybargy and was released as a single in May 1980. [As you can see from the record label above, in the band’s early years they were referred to as “UK Squeeze” in the United States and a few other countries to avoid confusion with existing bands that included the word “Squeeze” in their names. Eventually they became known by their proper name everywhere and the “UK” was dropped.] Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) was a hit in England, reaching #44 on the UK Singles Chart. The song didn’t translate very well in the United States, though, and failed to chart at all. Eventually it caught on, though, and became one of their most popular songs in live shows.
Tomorrow: Before I met you I was falling apart
Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) – Squeeze
Monday song of the day: Today’s song was inspired by a vacation at a beach resort.
Chris Difford was the lyricist for the English band Squeeze, and in working on the band’s third album he wrote a song that was based on a vacation to an English seaside resort he had taken when he was younger. That song was Pulling Mussels (From the Shell). The lyrics tell of lazing on the beach, reading a trashy paperback, shopping and other holiday activities. Most importantly though, he obliquely tells of hooking up with a girl “behind the chalet” for some summer sex. “Pulling Mussels” (or possibly “pulling muscles”) is apparently British slang for intercourse.
The song was included on the album Argybargy and was released as a single in May 1980. [As you can see from the record label above, in the band’s early years they were referred to as “UK Squeeze” in the United States and a few other countries to avoid confusion with existing bands that included the word “Squeeze” in their names. Eventually they became known by their proper name everywhere and the “UK” was dropped.] Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) was a hit in England, reaching #44 on the UK Singles Chart. The song didn’t translate very well in the United States, though, and failed to chart at all. Eventually it caught on, though, and became one of their most popular songs in live shows.
Tomorrow: Before I met you I was falling apart
Mate. Love EOTS. Not my normal sort of go to jam but them and another band who started at the same time really flicked my switch into trippiness. Ex mod on SDog who disappeared got me into them.
Nice reminder, matey.