Rambling Rhoads: 2020-03-29

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.)

Friday, April 3, 2020

Bill Withers

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bill-withers-obituary-977929/

I love Questlove’s comment that “Bill Withers is the closest thing black people have to a Bruce Springsteen.”

Favorite songs:

The Same Love That Made Me Laugh

Ain’t No Sunshine

Lovely Day

Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?

Use Me

Kissing My Love

Lean On Me

Harlem

Grandma’s Hands

I Can't Write Left Handed

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

A short playlist for April 1

Fools Fall In Love – The Drifters

Why Do Fools Fall In Love – Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things) – Martha & The Vandellas

I Fooled You This Time – Gene Chandler

Only A Fool Would Say That – Steely Dan

Monday, March 30, 2020

A few songs for our time

Splendid Isolation – Warren Zevon

Don’t Stand So Close To Me – The Police

No Particular Place To Go – Chuck Berry

Keep Your Distance – Richard Thompson

In My Room – The Beach Boys

Paradise For One – James Hunter Six

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Lyric Of The Day #6 (March 29, 2020)

I'm a man of means by no means

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

A classic line from Roger Miller’s best-known song (and biggest hit). Also one of the greatest songs of all time with finger-snapping.

Lyric Of The Day #5 (March 29, 2020)

I get slandered, libeled,

I hear words I never heard in the Bible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFOi0pfroiU

Nice pair of lines from the great Paul Simon.

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