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, June 18, 2021

Lyric Of The Day #26 (June 18, 2021)

Oh, no, no, no, no, NOOO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfxw1uALKgk

 

From a recent tweet by golfer Ian Poulter, conveyed by Tom Boswell.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/06/18/us-open-hardest-major/

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  1. JFJune 20, 2021 at 11:28 AM

    The classic Mary Weiss.

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    1. Mike RhoadsJune 22, 2021 at 10:28 AM

      My Shangri-Las playlist also includes:
      Leader Of The Pack (of course)
      I Can Never Go Home Anymore
      Give Him A Great Big Kiss
      Long Live Our Love
      Out In The Streets

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  2. JFJune 20, 2021 at 11:47 AM

    Cleaning out old stuff from Mother's attic, discovered some vintage lists of pop hits. Several long forgotten (perhaps appropriately so) songs I originally listed on personal top 10 lists from the last 70s-early 80s. Though I listen to plenty of oldies on Sirius XM, none of these have ever been played while I am listening (perhaps appropriately so). Remember these gems?
    Concrete and Clay - Randy Edelman
    Girl of My Dreams - Bram Tchiakovsky
    Hey, St. Peter - Flash in the Pan
    I Do the Rock - Tim Curry
    Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds
    We Don't Talk Anymore - Cliff Richard
    I Want You Back - Graham Parker and the Rumour
    Be Good, Johnny - Men at Work

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    1. Mike RhoadsJune 22, 2021 at 10:33 AM

      I remember them all except for the first and last. The (great) version of Concrete And Clay I remember (and have heard) is by the Unit Four plus Two, in 1965. Eddie Rambeau also did it that year. Edelman's is apparently from 1976, and failed to make the Hot 100.
      The Men At Work song doesn't ring any bells at all. Album track???

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    2. JFJune 22, 2021 at 4:13 PM

      Business as Usual I believe was the album.

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    3. Mike RhoadsJune 23, 2021 at 7:30 PM

      A most appropriate title for Men At Work ...

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  3. JFJune 22, 2021 at 4:14 PM

    Edelman's version:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejoTuBQJo4k

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    1. Mike RhoadsJune 23, 2021 at 7:39 PM

      I much prefer the Unit Four Plus Two version:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CEQ640sHr8

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  4. JFJune 23, 2021 at 8:45 PM

    I agree, but both songs must have gotten lots of play on WNEW FM (102.7), which I listened to exclusively during those years. Of course, it's long gone now, replaced with 104.3, but the personalities of the DJs (the what?) are even longer gone.

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  5. Mike RhoadsJune 25, 2021 at 10:17 AM

    About half of the songs on that list got extensive airplay on WHFS, which in its prime was one of the greatest radio stations ever. Sounds like WHFS was the WNEW FM of DC, or vice versa. Don't know that HFS ever fielded a softball team, though.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHFS_(historic)
    https://boundarystones.weta.org/2018/07/05/whfs-sells-out-deejay (On the gradual demise. I was at "Damianfest")

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