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, May 9, 2025

How “smart” is your new car?

Can your car make animal sounds? Do you want it to?

 

I’m driving along wishing my car were white and chatting with myself when Miss Prissy Pants interrupts to say she can’t help me with “that” right now. “I’m not talking to you,” I say, and she responds, “I’m sorry, could you repeat that, please?” “I’m not talking to you, dadgummit!”

 

“I’m afraid I’ll need more information to help you with that,” she says, “but did you know that I can make animal sounds? Ask me what sound a dog makes.” Seriously? Of course, I did. And she did. Bark like a dog. She can do elephants, giraffes and cats, too. I stopped there.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/02/cars-ai-chatbot-chatgpt-annoying-tech/

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  1. AnonymousMay 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM

    Nothing says 7th grade spring than this week's top 10:
    1 MONDAY, MONDAY –The Mamas and the Papas
    2 RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 & 35 –Bob Dylan
    3 GOOD LOVIN’ –The Young Rascals
    4 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN –Percy Sledge
    5 A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE –The Mindbenders
    6 KICKS –Paul Revere and the Raiders
    7 HOW DOES THAT GRAB YOU, DARLIN’ –Nancy Sinatra
    8 MESSAGE TO MICHAEL –Dionne Warwick
    9 SLOOP JOHN B –The Beach Boys
    10 LOVE IS LIKE AN ITCHING IN MY HEART –The Supremes
    And to feel even more the year we turned 13, here are the next four:
    11 (You’re My) SOUL AND INSPIRATION –The Righteous Brothers
    12 GLORIA –The Shadows Of Knight
    13 THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE (Anymore) –The Walker Brothers
    14 EIGHT MILES HIGH –The Byrds
    Quite a list of songs!

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    1. Mike RhoadsMay 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM

      THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE (Anymore) is one of my all-time favorites https://ramblingrhoads.blogspot.com/2016/09/126-sun-aint-gonna-shine-anymore-walker.html
      OTOH, I would be perfectly happy if I never heard Groovy Kind of Love again (either version).

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    2. AnonymousMay 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM

      Written by Carole Sager!

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    3. Mike RhoadsMay 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM

      Well, upon further research, it turns out that I would be happy to go without any of her material, with the exception of On My Own and an obscure 1991 Aretha Franklin track (Ever Changing Times, which also happens to feature Michael McDonald).

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    4. AnonymousMay 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM

      For the record, The Sun AIn't Gonna Shine Anymore is on my top 10 of '66 and the Walker Brothers are a highly underrated group from that era.

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    5. Mike RhoadsMay 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM

      I completely agree!

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