Rambling Rhoads: 2026-07-05

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.