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.)

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Lyric Of The Day #28 (July 8, 2026)

They say that patriotism is the last refuge

To which a scoundrel clings

Steal a little and they throw you in jail

Steal a lot and they make you king

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpRKstHl7Y0

 

“Sweetheart Like You” has always been one of my favorite Dylan songs. For some reason, when I heard it last night on mvyradio, the last verse particularly struck me. Hard to believe it was written way back in 1983.

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  1. AnonymousJuly 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM

    Sirius XM Top 60 July 4th hits by U.S. artists (listener survey)
    The top 10:
    10. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
    9. She'd Rather Be With Me
    8. Red Rubber Ball
    7. Don't Worry, Baby
    6. Crystal Blue Persuasion
    5. Windy
    4. Light My Fire
    3. San Francisco (Wear flowers...)
    2. Bad Moon Rising
    1. I Get Around

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    1. Mike RhoadsJuly 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM

      Nice list overall. I never was a big Turtles fan, and I liked Crystal Blue Persuasion better at the time than I do today.

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