Sunday, September 14, 2025

Songs Of The Week, 2025: 9/6-9/12


 

Joan Crawford- Blue Oyster Cult
Jesus Is Just Alright- The Doobie Brothers
Smoke & Fiction- X
I Know It's A Sin- Rocket Morgan
Pardon My Heart- Neil Young w/Crazy Horse
Little Green Bag- George Baker Selection
Bongo Man (A Come)- Jimmy Cliff

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Joan Crawford- Blue Oyster Cult
(I was never a fan of novelty songs, but this classic is much more than that.)

Jesus Is Just Alright- The Doobie Brothers
(I prefer the Doobies version over the Byrds)

Smoke & Fiction- X
("I still pray a little bit, but there's no saint for this.")

I Know It's A Sin- Rocket Morgan
(This one is from deep in the swamps of Louisiana. Rocket Morgan recorded a few excellent records before finding God and giving up music. Idiot.)

Pardon My Heart- Neil Young w/Crazy Horse

(My fave off "Zuma." Am I the only one who thinks "Cortez The Killer" belongs on a different album? Great song, but it ruins the flow of this album...for me.)

Little Green Bag- George Baker Selection
(Been a minute since I heard this one.)

Bongo Man (A Come)- Jimmy Cliff 

(Many versions of this track, including of few by Cliff himself. This one is the one.)

5 comments:

Tinpot said...

Love your appraisal of Rocket Morgan.

Anonymous said...

I've got a couple of tracks by Rocket somewhere in my digital library - this is a new one... and a great one!

Nice to hear some rockabilly on BW!

Randy

Noel M said...

Thanks for this mix, Sal!

Bill said...

Following on from the Cortez discussion earlier in the week, I made a quick edit to side one of Hawks and Doves. I think Cortez fits in nicely to that already weird album side. Take a listen:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0fbHwIaeEhUGSvrFSw7hKE?si=Wi6_5Ww6TY-L2y-8p1u6nA&pi=1OG5WBdsRZ6Et

erik said...

That Jimmy Cliff, outstanding! Thank you Sal!