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."