Give Thanks And Praise- The Gladiators
The Monkey Speaks His Mind- Dave Bartholomew
Lysistrata- Utopia
If This Room Could Talk- Sly & The Family Stone
Whisper- Ty Segall
You Can't Stop Her- Bobby Marchan & The Clowns
The Night Was So Young- The Beach Boys
Give Thanks And Praise- The Gladiators
(From an excellent, recently released RSD collection of rare tracks, single mixes and dub mixes, here is the opener from one of the best reggae groups of all time.)
The Monkey Speaks His Mind- Dave Bartholomew
(While continuing to read John Broven's book "Rhythm & Blues In New Orleans," I'm discovering new gems and rediscovering old classics, like this one.)
Lysistrata- Utopia
(Pop perfection from Todd & the boys.)
If This Room Could Talk- Sly & The Family Stone
(We know why this is here.)
Whisper- Ty Segall
(I enjoyed Ty Segall's new one and decided to check out a few of his previous releases before his next three come out by January. This track stuck.)
You Can't Stop Her- Bobby Marchan & The Clowns
(Here is one of the new discoveries from that Broven book, with my new favorite lyric. "You can lead a mule to water, but you can't make him drink. You can send a fool to college, but you can't make him think.")
The Night Was So Young- The Beach Boys
(I maintain that both "15 Big Ones" and "Love You" are as good as anything the Beach Boys released in the 70's. And deep into Side Two of the brilliantly wacky "Love You" is this gorgeous bit of music. Goodnight, Brian.)
4 comments:
Love The Beach Boys song, can’t wait to hear the rest.😎
My brother died in 2014, and I'd put 'The Monkey Speaks His Mind' on a CD comp I'd made for him, in an effort to expand his horizons a bit beyond the classic rawk he favored (and which I love, too). He singled out that track as a fave, so I think of him whenever I think of Dave Bartholomew. The only other song I remember him singling out from any of my comps is 'Walk In The Woods' off Pete Case's first solo album.
I see your immediately-recognizable avatar lower left, but still haven't seen an explanation for 39.....
C in California
Yeah, way cool avatar!
Didn't know about the 'Q' tribute album - Sexsmith covering one of my fave Q songs, My Girlfriend's Pretty.
Randy
I started a monkey playlist with The Monkey. Just last weekend, I was picking up one of my sons and a few of his friends after a night out on the town. After they all got in I pressed play. The car was quiet for a minute and then one of the friends says, “Who’s speaking here?” He sounded worried.
In case anyone’s interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2mlBSZJ83ThI9tKLQxY1WV?si=mU9EuBw_SZi7vSZQNpairQ&pi=AwSt5ZcaSaeCX
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