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Dave's Song of the Day
Desiderata – Les Crane
Monday song of the day: Today’s song began as a 1920s poem on how to live a good life.
Writer Max Ehrmann composed a poem in the early 1920s that consisted of a number of aphorisms on how to live a good life. It included things like “Enjoy your achievements, as well as your plans” and “Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.” He titled the poem Desiderata, which is Latin for “things desired.”
Over the years it became somewhat well-known, and in the 1960s was embraced by hippies. The poem was printed on a poster that was fairly popular at the time. The poster was noticed by talk show host Les Crane, and he decided to record a spoken word version of the poem. His 1971 recording of Desiderata included an additional portion where female singers opened the record with a few short verses, saying things from the poem like “You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have a right to be here.” Then Crane entered with a straight reading of the poem.
As odd as the record was, it sold well, and peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is mostly forgotten now, and no doubt would be even lesser known if National Lampoon had not recorded a parody version the following year. This was called Deteriorata. The intro singing was replaced with “You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here.” And the spoken poem had “advice” like “Rotate your tires” and “Whenever possible, put people on hold.” This parody did not break into the Hot 100, but it was regularly played on the Doctor Demento novelty song radio show for decades, which likely introduced the original record to later generations.
Desiderata, Les Crane, 1971
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Deteriorata, National Lampoon, 1972
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Tomorrow: You’re every thought
Desiderata – Les Crane
Monday song of the day: Today’s song began as a 1920s poem on how to live a good life.
Writer Max Ehrmann composed a poem in the early 1920s that consisted of a number of aphorisms on how to live a good life. It included things like “Enjoy your achievements, as well as your plans” and “Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.” He titled the poem Desiderata, which is Latin for “things desired.”
Over the years it became somewhat well-known, and in the 1960s was embraced by hippies. The poem was printed on a poster that was fairly popular at the time. The poster was noticed by talk show host Les Crane, and he decided to record a spoken word version of the poem. His 1971 recording of Desiderata included an additional portion where female singers opened the record with a few short verses, saying things from the poem like “You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have a right to be here.” Then Crane entered with a straight reading of the poem.
As odd as the record was, it sold well, and peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is mostly forgotten now, and no doubt would be even lesser known if National Lampoon had not recorded a parody version the following year. This was called Deteriorata. The intro singing was replaced with “You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here.” And the spoken poem had “advice” like “Rotate your tires” and “Whenever possible, put people on hold.” This parody did not break into the Hot 100, but it was regularly played on the Doctor Demento novelty song radio show for decades, which likely introduced the original record to later generations.
Desiderata, Les Crane, 1971
View: https://youtu.be/gc0tXVD8TAc
Deteriorata, National Lampoon, 1972
View: https://youtu.be/LA7383noev8
Tomorrow: You’re every thought
Jelly Roll's voice is fucking sick. Love his style.
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turn on that tv and here the new battle cry of the NWO
THEN WE BE FREE
Dave's Song of the Day
All I Do Is Dream of You – Debbie Reynolds
Tuesday song of the day: Today’s song is a simple little love song that has been covered numerous times and has been used in several movies.
Songwriters Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed wrote a bouncy little love song called All I Do Is Dream of You for the 1934 film Sadie McKee. The film starred Joan Crawford and featured Gene Raymond singing the song. A few different versions were recorded and released as records in 1934, with a version by Jan Garber reaching #1 on the singles charts.
The following year, Chico Marx performed an instrumental version of the song in his usual comic piano style in the classic film A Night at the Opera. Probably the most well-known film version of the song, however, was performed by Debbie Reynolds in Singing in the Rain in 1952. This version featured Reynolds singing All I Do Is Dream of You as part of a chorus
Other recordings of the song have been performed by Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others.
Debbie Reynolds, from Singing in the Rain, 1952
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Gene Raymond, from Sadie McKee, 1934
View: https://youtu.be/OEI0Arh9R1Q
Chico Marx, from A Night at the Opera, 1935
View: https://youtu.be/jkCiRSDPIzk
Tomorrow: She’s perfect as she can be
All I Do Is Dream of You – Debbie Reynolds
Tuesday song of the day: Today’s song is a simple little love song that has been covered numerous times and has been used in several movies.
Songwriters Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed wrote a bouncy little love song called All I Do Is Dream of You for the 1934 film Sadie McKee. The film starred Joan Crawford and featured Gene Raymond singing the song. A few different versions were recorded and released as records in 1934, with a version by Jan Garber reaching #1 on the singles charts.
The following year, Chico Marx performed an instrumental version of the song in his usual comic piano style in the classic film A Night at the Opera. Probably the most well-known film version of the song, however, was performed by Debbie Reynolds in Singing in the Rain in 1952. This version featured Reynolds singing All I Do Is Dream of You as part of a chorus
Other recordings of the song have been performed by Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others.
Debbie Reynolds, from Singing in the Rain, 1952
View: https://youtu.be/_RbG5hdMBHk
Gene Raymond, from Sadie McKee, 1934
View: https://youtu.be/OEI0Arh9R1Q
Chico Marx, from A Night at the Opera, 1935
View: https://youtu.be/jkCiRSDPIzk
Tomorrow: She’s perfect as she can be
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Dave's Song of the Day
She’s So High – Tal Bachman
Wednesday song of the day: Today’s song is an ode to a girl who is way out of the singer’s league.
Tal Bachman is the son of Randy Bachman, guitarist for 1970s groups The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. In 1999 he released his first album, titled simply Tal Bachman. The first single from the album was She’s So High, a song about worshiping a girl. He was inspired to write it by an incident in high school.
He explained at the time to MTV, “I attempted to bribe the hottest girl in our high school to go out on a date with [my stepbrother]. So as the conversation between me and what I thought was this godly, exalted woman progressed, I began to feel more and more uncomfortable and awkward, and so I just remember that feeling… I don’t want to say fear, but just kind of being in awe of her.”
The song rose to #3 in Bachman’s native Canada, and in the U.S. made it to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, helped by a quirky video. Bachman still performs today, but She’s So High has been his only record to crack the U.S. Charts, although he has had a few other hits in Canada.
View: https://youtu.be/_ElORM9O-0U
Tomorrow: I’m going around in circles all the time
She’s So High – Tal Bachman
Wednesday song of the day: Today’s song is an ode to a girl who is way out of the singer’s league.
Tal Bachman is the son of Randy Bachman, guitarist for 1970s groups The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. In 1999 he released his first album, titled simply Tal Bachman. The first single from the album was She’s So High, a song about worshiping a girl. He was inspired to write it by an incident in high school.
He explained at the time to MTV, “I attempted to bribe the hottest girl in our high school to go out on a date with [my stepbrother]. So as the conversation between me and what I thought was this godly, exalted woman progressed, I began to feel more and more uncomfortable and awkward, and so I just remember that feeling… I don’t want to say fear, but just kind of being in awe of her.”
The song rose to #3 in Bachman’s native Canada, and in the U.S. made it to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, helped by a quirky video. Bachman still performs today, but She’s So High has been his only record to crack the U.S. Charts, although he has had a few other hits in Canada.
View: https://youtu.be/_ElORM9O-0U
Tomorrow: I’m going around in circles all the time
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Dave's Song of the Day
Dizzy – Tommy Roe
Thursday song of the day: Today’s song was the second #1 hit for this bubblegum icon.
Tommy Roe is best known for several hits in the bubblegum genre in the 1960s and early 1970s. His first hit was 1962’s Sheila, which went all the way to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He had several other hits, but his only other #1 record did not come until 1968, when he recorded Dizzy. It was a poppy little love song about how being near his girl made the singer dizzy.
Roe recorded Dizzy with famed studio musicians The Wrecking Crew. It was released in November 1968, and slowly rose up the charts, finally reaching #1 on the Hot 100 in March 1969. It was Roe’s biggest selling single, with worldwide sales of over 6 million copies, with 4 million in the United States.
View: https://youtu.be/mCOKCQiwDQ8
Tomorrow: And endless compromises
Dizzy – Tommy Roe
Thursday song of the day: Today’s song was the second #1 hit for this bubblegum icon.
Tommy Roe is best known for several hits in the bubblegum genre in the 1960s and early 1970s. His first hit was 1962’s Sheila, which went all the way to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He had several other hits, but his only other #1 record did not come until 1968, when he recorded Dizzy. It was a poppy little love song about how being near his girl made the singer dizzy.
Roe recorded Dizzy with famed studio musicians The Wrecking Crew. It was released in November 1968, and slowly rose up the charts, finally reaching #1 on the Hot 100 in March 1969. It was Roe’s biggest selling single, with worldwide sales of over 6 million copies, with 4 million in the United States.
View: https://youtu.be/mCOKCQiwDQ8
Tomorrow: And endless compromises