45 Number Ninety-Four

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlH7FzpdEfg

I have to say Dwight brought me to appreciate real country music. I heard this and realized the connection to rockabilly music, which I was really digging at the time (early to mid 80s). After I heard this song I went digging back into the country music I had dismissed, like Johnny Cash and Hank Williams. Thanks Dwight for bringing me to "Guitars, Cadillacs, and Hillbilly Music" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DkcQ09h2Vo&feature=related .

45 Number Ninety-Three

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxSEDnJ-1eA

It's weird, as kid I thought of Led Zeppelin as music that was beyond me. I don't mean too sophisticated or something. It was like it was darker, edgier music. Maybe I mean forbidden music. No one ever said that to me, but I some how got that message. I still don't know a lot Led Zeppelin music. I know more of their lore.

I have enjoyed Robert Plant's last two records. He has chosen some really good songs, and found great musicians to sing with. I think I posted this version of the Everly Bros. "Gone, Gone, Gone" he did with Alison Krauss, but I am posting it again because it is so hip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WRm3VsmXRE .

45 Ninety-Two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtKd_LDczUQ

I remember as kid being drawn to this song. It seemed to have a tone of sincerity that other pop songs didn't. I always liked this Rickie Lee Jones cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSgO-gFnpSk&feature=related . I found a Billy Bragg cover, but it turns out to be more of poem, with The Left Banke song played in the background on the acoustic guitar. Here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuYHBDrbmrA&feature=related .

45 Number Ninety-One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrZluYnMJUY

A little bit of candy for the soul. The label is a little hard to read. It's Wilson Pickett's version of "Sugar Sugar."

45 Number Ninety

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyzSk8HVZTc

I like this video. A young Sean Ono Lennon project. His dad would be proud. Gotta love Iggy's mug. Musically, I don't tend to be a big fan of the multi-celebrity benefit songs. Was Geldof the first to do it with "Do They Know It's Christmas?" I did like that one. I can't think of any others that came about before that. Certainly many followed for good causes. I kinda of prefer the benefit album where an artist sings a whole song, rather than just doing a line or two.

45 Number Eighty-Nine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q7KXWzA2fQ

The Beatles. I knew it would come to this. So yeah, I am not a big Beatles fan. When you say that to people they usually smile and think it is some kind of joke. I mean, to speak ill of the Beatles offends most everyone, from the casual music listener to the most dedicated musician. My intent is not to offend. It's not even to malign the talent of the Beatles. (Even if Paul is a wanker for giving us "Silly Love Songs" and "Let 'Em In." No, I won't post the links.) The fact is, they have recorded incredible pop songs, and are the most influential pop rock band ever. But my irritation is in hearing the songs over and over and hearing the accolades over and over, particularly from those casual music listeners. It is as if you have to praise the Beatles if you like music even a little. And you have to like their entire collection. So my aversion to the Beatles, I guess, is more social than musical. But then I think many of you knew that, didn't you?
(Editor's Note: I think Kevin's music appreciation is more social than musical.)

45 Number Eighty-Eight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4

I hate to end a great pop myth, but the guy that wrote this has a different interpretation of the meaning of this song than we have all been taught. Check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvB3079g_4s .

45 Number Eighty-Seven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vae_AkLb4Q

What self respecting jukebox would go on without this.


Here is Todd Snider with a little history lesson; "The Ballad of the Kingsmen" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd6pgqe3fAg .

45 Number Eighty-Six

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEYl8TtckjI

"Ahuh, huh..." This one takes me back to listening to the tunes they played over the loud speakers at the Little League field back in the early 70s. Whenever this song came on I always felt like I was hearing something I wasn't supposed to.

45 Number Eighty-Five

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uRBTVSROhI

Funny that this one follows Ray Charles. Seems like old Doug got some inspiration from Ray on this one. "Tribe" record label. Many of these old record records are interesting just for the labels. I am sure there is whole group of folks who study/collect records for the social history reflected in the record labels. Not politically correct, but I like how this one looks.

45 Number Eighty-Four

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPP8w0wMRgQ


Man, this is one man I wished I'd seen live. There was, and is, nothing like Ray.

"I Got a Woman" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrd14PxaUco&feature=related

"Mess Around" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqz876VkwwY&feature=related

"The Night Time is the Right Time" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4rG4GRTVB4&feature=BFa&list=AVGxdCwVVULXfT9ETBBFDVTaE_CuMD5Wb1&index=10

"Come Rain or Come Shine" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxs3jGy9k9w&feature=related

"Hallelujah I Love Her So" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-JsqKlVVGk&feature=related

"Hit The Road Jack" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI_nrfxV2ps&feature=related

45 Number Eighty-Three

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXq81-cGJr4

Todd is one of my pop heroes. I remember a late night outside a club waiting for him after a Utopia. show. The rest of the band finally came out and told us Todd was glued to a video game. We waited a long time, but he never came out. Must have been some game.

Everyone knows Todd's solo hits, but I really like his work with his band Utopia. Some of my favourite power pop is from this band. Like;

"Say Yeah" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF5pZaz6MnE .

"Call It What You Will, But Don't Call It Love" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=324i4zs8I_M&feature=related .

"Forgotten But Not Gone" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLp1WHxFCP8&feature=related .

"Feet Don't Fail Me Now" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97H6diExocA&feature=related .

"Neck On Up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97H6diExocA&feature=related .

"I'm Looking At You But I'm Talking To Myself" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0_CqDWunQg .

"Lysistrata" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGIB7Aph_lE .

45 Number Eighty-Two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69O4PXzAQ5Y&feature=related

I once went through a menu from an Italian restaurant and wrote additional lyrics to this song.

(Some of the clean ones)

"When you wait for her call like a big meat-a ball, that's amore."

"When you want her alone like a nice hot calzone, that's amore."

"When her love makes you strong just like veal parmigiana, that's amore."

"When you're both stuck like glue just like tiramisu, that's amore."

45 Number Eighty-One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHJzRhk08iU&feature=related

Another amazing find of Neil Young on 45. I just never thought of a song like this as a single. The link takes you to a 1976 live acoustic version. Neil played this song often before it ever made it on to the record Comes A Time. The Neil song I don't have on 45, but want on my jukebox; "Motorcycle Mama" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19_w5UP3PAc .

45 Number Eighty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeWC59FJqGc

A buddy once described guys like Eddie and Gene Vincent as the heavy metal acts of the 50s. I think I would describe them more like the punk/new wave of that era, but either way great music and good fun. My favourite Cochran songs; "C'mon on Everybody" (of course) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyU5bsfRdpE and "Nervous Breakdown" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apO0d0hdZbo . The latter was just covered by Wanda Jackson on her, Jack White produced, record from last year. A lot of chatter about Wanda's record, but I wasn't crazy about it. Wanda though will forever be in my hip category for her songs "Fujiyama Mama" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vtGwGBuBHc and "Let's Have a Party" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ksBcV-qrgo&feature=related .

45 Number Seventy-Nine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ2iHC5YilM

So if there is no big hole in the middle is it still a 45? I mean I can't play it on the jukebox. Man that ticks me off.

45 Number Seventy-Eight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaqRwFyoGgQ&feature=fvst

Another band I under appreciated until I was older. Their music was all over the AM radio when I was a youngster, and I knew all the lyrics, but I didn't really know the band, or perhaps I should say John Sebastian. John is an NRBQ fan, and performed with them often in the 80s, and it was through this connection I revisited the Spoonful. Sebastian and the Spoonful have written some great pop songs. Songs that to me seem as if they just always existed on my radio. A couple of favourites; "Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEAHDk2MAlM&feature=related and "Darlin' Be Home Soon" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyICxs10_4I .

45 Number Seventy-Seven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTlv5LoSsIs&feature=related

This is in on my list of essential jukebox singalong songs. Along with their other hit "Baby, Now That I Found You" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7CvuadC8_c&feature=related . Both ear worm songs I don't mind catching. But of course now I have all my bad ear worm songs running through my head (Beach Boys-Kokomo and Falco-Rock Me Amadeus), and now you have all your bad ear worm songs running through your head. Your welcome.

45 Number Seventy-Six

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS-NQ5UXCPc&playnext=1&list=PL276D13D142085B15

I left the sleeve on this. Most of the 45s I have that are not picture sleeves don't have the original paper sleeves. I ran into a garage sale that happened to have a bunch of Stones in the original London paper. Very cool. Oh yeah, this is a nice 1960's nugget from English bad boys, with the original band line up in the video. I still haven't read Keith's recent bio. I did read the excerpt in Rolling Stone magazine. It was a part from the turmoil during the Brian Jones era. Very interesting, though sad.

45 Number Seventy-Five

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKj2p2xqzGc

I'm not known as a blues fan. I like it in measured doses, and mixed in. Lightnin' is the real deal.

45 Number Seventy-Four

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqiDOuwUJxk

Chose the B side for this record. This song was my pensive, alone in my room, singing along, high school years' song. From the great Turnstiles album. The link takes you to a nice live 1977 recording. The A side ain't to shabby either; "Say Good Bye to Hollywood" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ5Nek7HFqw&feature=related . The link is to another 1977 live performance, drummer Liberty DeVitto playing great right in the middle of the stage.

45 Number Seventy-Three

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgYO3Se-VHk

Wow! Check out this video of this song from Elvis' Sundance music show. It features Ron Sexsmith and Elvis singing Ron's arrangement of the song. It is fantastic! That's Neko Case, Sheryl Crow and Jessie Winchester giving Elvis and Ron longing looks as they sing.

Ok, book songs:

"When I Write the Book" - Rockpile (Nick Lowe)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qhX-E4IyTk

"The Book of Love" - Magnetic Fields
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkjXr9SrzQE

"Can't Judge a Book by Looking at It's Cover" - Bo Diddly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lch0o4wwGyw&feature=related

"My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors" - Moxy Fruvous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9F_XHb81N0

"Encyclopedia" - NRBQ

45 Number Seventy-Two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62UfgT1K0Tw

If we didn't have this record, we wouldn't have this record from the Ramones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z9iUdiS3hI&feature=related .

45 Number Seventy-One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5roebfnD-bc&feature=related

Nice video from 1970 at the Isle of Wight Festival. Pete in his white jump suit. Never had a chance to see Keith play live. I love to watch video of him. Here is a "My Generation" video with collage of Who footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=594WLzzb3JI&feature=related .

Richie Havens did a recent cover of "Won't Get Fooled Again" that I really liked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUzxMR3oZ2k .

45 Number Seventy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry2td7q5ZMc

Well as you might have gathered from earlier posts, Dave is one of my musical Gods. In college we sought out his shows like pilgrimages. One of those journeys took some buddys and me to Dave's room at the Holiday in Oneonta NY. A shocked Edmunds happily signed our picture sleeves, as he professed astonishment that anyone in the small upstate town had ever heard of him. Speaking of picture sleeves, someone has a real nice slide show of I'll bet damn near all of Dave's picture sleeves, which provide the visual for his version of "Baby I Love You" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVRWktdnODg&feature=related . If you're an Edmunds fan you should have a look. I am happy to say I have many of the picture sleeves featured in the slide show, although I don't have one for Dave's version of NRBQ's "Me and The Boys," which is one I really would like. His rendition of the song is pretty sweet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA7BKHDWQdk .

45 Number Sixty-Nine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPJ36QrwXz4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxxpePEjQaI

Neil. Not sure what to say here. I often feel that there are some musicians that make more than music. There is something, dare I say, spiritual, when I listen to his records. His voice, the words, his expressive guitar playing, they all seem to reach a different spot in me.

Neil is a great thing to have on the jukebox, but usually it's "Heart of Gold." To have a stomper like "Homegrown" is awesome. (The video link above takes you to a recent solo performance with Neil playing the banjo). And then to get "Hey Babe" on the flip side, is way cool. Both from the great American Stars and Bars album. I am pulling that out tonight.

I have seen a couple of Neil's incarnations. Solo at the NY State Fair. The Shocking Pinks at the fair as well. And the Blue Notes at the Weedsport County Fair grounds. Never saw Crazy Horse though. I won't even try to put together a list of favourite Neil songs, but here's a couple of Neil related stuff I dig.

• Neil's Bridge School Concerts, especially the early ones. From one of the early discs of the concerts they put out there is David Bowie with an acoustic "Heroes" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIyLSI7yKm8 ), Patti Smith's "People Have the Power," and Elvis Costello doing "Allison" with Neil singing backing vocals. Here is a link to Costello doing Neil's "Tell Me Why" from a more recent Bridge School concert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qWc3VUivDc .
  
• From the My Better Self album, Dar Williams' cover of "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" with Marshall Crenshaw playing and singing.
• The Bridge record, which is a tribute album that features modern rockers interpreting Neil (Flaming Lips, Nick Cave, Victoria Williams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib98a5wW-6s , Sonic Youth, Soul Asylum, and many more).
  

45 Number Sixty -Eight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB3RBxnn98g

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So here is how it goes. You go to the rummage sale and there in the box of 25 forty-fives is "Personality Crisis" by the NY Dolls. Of course you have to get it. you offer the guy a buck. He says "Nope, five bucks for the whole box." So now you have "United We Stand" by The Brotherhood of Man. But look at this video. We have to show it for the children's sake. We can't let them make the same cultural and fashion mistakes.