All Around The World- Little Willie John
Making Believe- Emmylou Harris
Listen To Me- Baby Huey
Her Mind Is Gone- Professor Longhair
Dick Around- Sparks
Unloved Children- Todd Rundgren
Joy Inside My Tears- Stevie Wonder
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All Around The World- Little Willie John
"Grits ain't groceries, eggs ain't poultry, and Mona Lisa was a man."
Eggs ain't poultry. Still a favorite of mine.
Making Believe- Emmylou Harris
Whether singing this Kitty Wells via Jimmy Work hit, or the phone book, Miss Emmylou Harris never fails to hit the spot.
Listen To Me- Baby Huey
350 pounds of psychedelic soul courtesy of Curtis Mayfield, and the late great James Ramey aka Baby Huey. This track has one of my favorite intros. It's a groove I could listen to on a loop for...well... a little while longer, at least.
Her Mind Is Gone- Professor Longhair
I knew it was coming, but the official announcement of the New Orleans Jazz Fest cancellation happened this week and I was both sad and relieved. This track was the first that came to mind.
Dick Around- Sparks
Doing a lot of this lately and hopefully not for too long going forward.
Unloved Children- Todd Rundgren
I'm sure you have seen these god awful lists that get tossed around on the internet, usually from Pitchfork or Stereogum--50 Best Who Songs Ranked, 20 Worst Rick Wakeman Album Covers Ranked, etc.--awful click bait at best. And the word "ranked" gets under my skin, as well. Well, I have been wanting to write a buyer's guide to Todd Rundgren for years. I figure I am capable and trustworthy and I know a little more than a bit about the subject. I might get started this week, since I have the time, if you know what I am saying. This track is from "Nearly Human," Rundgren's 1989 release and a record that would probably "rank" as #6 on my list of "best Todd" records.
Joy Inside My Tears- Stevie Wonder
This was the first song I heard from "Songs In The Key of Life" way back when. On WNEW-FM! How great was FM radio in the 70's? This one felt good following Todd and closing things out.
Stay clean and safe. I'll be here, doing business as usual. Hope you will be, too.
6 comments:
Very nice -- thanks Sal.
The thing that always bugs me about those clickbait lists is when they are too big. When I list the "Top Fifty xxx" that just shows I'm too lazy to really think it out. David Letterman could do it with Ten. I'll even go for Twenty or (a thoughtful) Twenty Five.
That said ... if Unloved Children is number six I'm intrigued wondering what's number five :-)
JAYESSEMM,
To be clear...because this is what's on everyone's mind this morning :) the album "Nearly Human" is #6, not the song "Unloved Children." Now that that's clear, we can all go back to washing our hands and eating legumes.
Looking forward to this!
I just have always dug Baby Huey. Nice segue into the Professor. Stay healthy and strong. As Dan Rather briefly signed off "Courage."
Nice one, Mr N. The Baby Huey is a bit of all right and the Sparks track always brings on a smile (as did your comment). Thanks for zipping it. Cheers!
Thanks! I'm locked out of work so I'll have more time for music listening. All good ones, I prefer Fess' later version.
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