Shuffle #50 (March 14, 2015)

Cath – The Bluebells

I’ve Got You Under My Skin – The Four Seasons

Walk This Way – Aerosmith

The Love You Save – The Jackson 5

How Deep Is Your Love – The Bee Gees

Love Ain’t For Keeping – The Who

One Toke Over The Line – Brewer & Shipley

The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff

Sweet Surrender – Sarah McLachlan

Do You Love Me -- Guster

An obscure classic lives!

I was overjoyed yesterday to hear for the first time (although almost certainly not the last) the newest Geico TV commercial, “Free-range chicken”, which features my #21 favorite song of all time, the obscure 1965 Roy Orbison classic “Ride Away”.

 

Maybe I’ll have to switch my auto insurance now.   ;-)

Serendipity #31

Low Budget – The Kinks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ468ibpQ4M

Heard 3/10/2015 around 6:00, at Jerry’s Subs (Shady Grove)

LP #19 John Prine (1971)

Like Sade, John Prine went on to have a long and reasonably successful musical career, but never managed to top the magic of that debut album. Prine certainly never got much airplay on the radio, but I’d bet that most of what he gets these days (on adult-alternative and Americana stations) comes from songs on this record.

 

Fun fact – “Illegal Smile” was the theme song for a 1974 sitcom on ABC called “The Texas Wheelers.” Despite (or perhaps because of) the music, the show only lasted for 8 episodes, despite starring Jack Elam, Gary Busey, and Mark Hamill.

 

Favorite tracks:

Paradise

Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore

Angel From Montgomery

Sam Stone

Illegal Smile