As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

#100 Somewhere In America There's A Street Named After My Dad -- Was (Not Was) (1988)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PGV1Xofhcg
 
If you were alive and listening to any radio in the 1980s, you almost certainly heard “Walk the Dinosaur” by the “band” Was (Not Was). It’s a great song, as was their other (largely underrated) hit, “Spy in the House of Love”. Both of these are from their great album What Up, Dog?, all of whose songs are as quirky as the singles would suggest. In fact, a few of them make Dinosaur sound almost normal. Somewhere in America, while still a bit offbase, is surprisingly poignant as well, with a small touch of politics (“no showbiz beginners making global decisions”) thrown in.

I'm not sure there are very many great songs relating to fatherhood. "Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was" by the Chi-Lites certainly qualifies.
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