Well, it's Friday, and my beloved pussycat Mickey Six-Toes© has survived another week without having been devoured au poivre by marauding non-citizens of Ohio.
Whew. Although who knows -- if I was to nod off even briefly, it could get ugly.
But in the meantime, here's a fun little project to help us all wile away the darkening hours:
Best or Worst Post-Elvis Record Referencing Hair (or Hair Care Products or Hair-dos or Whatever) in Either Its Title or Lyric Or Band/Artists Name!!!
No arbitrary rules.
Oh wait -- if you nominate the crappy theme song (best known in the version by The Cowsills) from the world's crappiest Broadway musical, I will come to your house and slap you within an inch of your life.
Sorry -- that's just the way it is.
And my totally Top of My Head(Hah!!!) Top Eight is/are:
8. Lady Gaga -- Hair
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know Gaga's rip-off of that titular show tune I mentioned above probably saved some poor deeply sensitive kid's life, despite the fact that it's a piece of utter pompous crud in the abstract. But hey -- I felt obligated to include something recorded in the 21st century.
7. Nazareth -- Hair of the Dog
I've had a soft spot for these guys ever since they turned Joni Mitchell's "This Flight Tonight" into a thoroughly convincing piece of pop-metal (I've always wondered what Joni thought about it, come to think). This one, of course, deserves a special wing in the Cowbell Hall of Fame.
6. The Crew Cuts -- Sh-Boom
To this day, I can't figure if this is sad period schlock or some kind of interesting white-guy doo-wop. Your thoughts?
5. CSNY -- Almost Cut My Hair
Very silly stuff, thank you Mr. Crosby, but the Stills/Young guitar interplay is awesome, no?
4. Daddy Cool -- Teenage Blues
"I've been thinking a lot about getting a job, but I'm paranoid about my hair" has to be one of the greatest opening lines not just in pop music but in the entire history of literary endeavor going back to the Greeks. Or so I thought when I originally wrote that; I could be wrong. In any event, it's the work of one of the Great Lost Aussie Bands, and you need to hear the entirety of that album, trust me. Order a vinyl copy over at Amazon for the ridiculously inexpensive price of $8.70 HERE.
3. The Morells -- Growin' A Beard
An ode to the uses and cultivation of whiskers by the greatest party band of them all (they were The Skeletons in a later incarnation). Seriously -- I've said this before, but if I'd had an unlimited budget for a shindig and could have hired any rockers in the world as the featured entertainment, these are the guys I would have hired. And yes, I would have chosen them over NRBQ.
2. Syd Barrett -- Terrapin
"Well, oh baby, my hair's on end about you." BTW, and to give you an idea of just how long ago I first wrote this, I originally referenced the Smashing Pumpkins 2009 cover version and Billy Corgan's sad and pathetic cueball noggin in this slot.
Wow -- is it just me, or does anybody else totally not miss those pretentious putzes?
And the Numero Uno follicularly-fabulous tune of them all is obviously...
1. The Lovin' Spoonful -- Bald Headed Lena
And speaking of cueball noggins, heh heh. That's the late great Zal Yanovsky on lead vocals and "electric gorgle" (or so it says on the second Spoonful album liner notes) BTW.
Alrighty, then -- and what would your choices be?
And have a great weekend, everybody!!!
50 comments:
Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo - Elvis Costello
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen (roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair)
11952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thomas (Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme)
I Married a Monster From Outer Space - John Cooper Clarke (Feet like water wings, purple hair)
How many Beach Boys songs mention blondes?;>
Thunder Road for the win, Alex.
Dont miss the new Morells CD "Youre Gonna Hurt Yourself", features 16 studio tracks from 82 and 84 that have never been releases w 6 bonus DClinton Thompson 45 sides. Available on Discogs.
"almost cut my hair" - very melodramatic but even now, in an ironic mood, i like it - although "if 6 was 9" by jimi hendrix [well covered by todd rundgren] responds "if all the hippies cut off their hair, i don't care"
and, long, long before either of these - or so it seems, although it was just a decade - "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" - Edd Byrnes and Connie Stephens" - from my pre-teen years - here they are acting it out for Dick Clark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT9QZBGyXjU
and speaking of the Lovin' Spoonful, Steve Boone is still touring with a band by that name, appearing near me in a couple of weeks - Monday is his 81st birthday
Don't Pass Me By - The Beatles "she was in a car crash and she lost her hair"
rs
Liquored Up and Lacquered Down by Southern Culture on the Skids
Devil's Haircut by Beck
Sister Golden Hair by America
mc
"Are You Boy or Are You a Girl" by the Barbarians
Love the Morrells. I believe the great Ben Vaughn wrote "Growin' a Beard." Here's a video of the band playing for the lunch crowd in Chicago, 1982. Wow, Donnie Thompson, a great unsung guitarist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNY9LMcgivY
Bob in IL
Cut Your Hair by Pavement, a true classic of Western LIterature
Totally agree on the Barbarians! Great hook...
yep, all the tunes recorded @ same time now getting proper release in large part to super fan Glenn Steinkamp. between he &. I probably saw them (Skeletons, Morells & under various other names) 500 times 'tween us! they played my wedding. Ur taste in best band to have for.... is dead on in our book :)
Dreadlock Holiday 10 CC
Pencil Thin Moustache Jimmy Buffett
I saw a Werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s
His hair was perfect
Who could forget the Cowsills -
# 1 hit on Billboard- Hair
# 2 hit on B/B - Rain, The Park And Other Things ( I Love The Flower Girl ). 😉
rob
Steve, I just remembered that in 1966 Louis Prima (!) cut a Spoonful two-sider (on Kama Sutra no less!) of "Jug Band Music/Bald Headed Lena."
You're welcome.
Bob in IL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVItoq1nWcY
From 1965 -
The Barbarians -
Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl
rob. 😉
Hair, There & Everywhere by the Beatles.
Brunette Sugar by the Stones.
We're A Merkin Band by Grand Funk.
C in California
Hole. E. Shit. Thanks so much for that -- I had no idea.
A - too funny
I was off the web a couple days, and have been playing catch-up today. Thus, I posted - today - a song about hair in the comments to the dB's song. To save time, I'll post it here too. Billy Bragg's "Wake Away Renee (Version)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHrFkSeLukA&t=2s
"Wrong Haircut" and "I Dig Your Wig" - Both written and recorded by Ben Vaughn, who wrote "Growin' A Beard". It's the hair trilogy!
“Give Me Back My Wig” - Mike Henderson & The Bluebloods
“Bald Head” - Professor Longhair
“Comb Your Hair” - The Boo Radleys
“Don’t You Touch My Head” - J. B. Lenoir
“Turn The Page” - Bob Segar
“Bad Haircut” - Delbert McClinton
Rebel Rebel - Bowie Hey babe, your hair's alright.
Just woke up. Julio, my personal trainer, let me sleep in but he's on his way now. gotta a few more and a story surrounding above tune and album it came from. gotta get tortured and mauled right now. Julio really knows hiw to treat a lady.
VR
Sparks: Moustache. "But when I trimmed it very small/my Jewish friends would never call."
If that's for real, that's one of the funniest things ever, 😎
Flip Your Wig from Hüsker Dü
- Paul in DK
Barber Anne by the Beach Boys too ...
The Crew Cuts song was of course a lame cover of a much superior version by a black vocal group, the Chords.
M_Sharp listed “Give Me Back My Wig” - Mike Henderson & The Bluebloods, but I much prefer the original by Hound Dog Taylor:
https://youtu.be/b3kKZM8Shv4?si=-0hznChTnZBAqNOg
"Chicago Boxcar, Boston Back" by The Fabulous Poodles
@danny1959, love that Poodles song!
And I confess that “Almost Cut My Hair” is actually one of my favorite David Crosby tunes, although I’ll also confess it’s a pretty short list…
Others…Quadrophenia is all over this topic, including the fourth song on side 1, “Cut My Hair”. When I saw Townshend solo live acoustic a couple of decades ago, he played “Cut My Hair” on the piano; very cool.
Worst…I’ll nominate “Signs” from the unlamented Five Man Electrical Band.
Hang On Sloopy – McCoys - Sloopy, let your hair down, girl, Let it hang down on me (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh).Sloopy, let your hair down, girl, Let it hang down on me, yeah, yeah (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) Come on, Sloopy (come on, come on) Well, come on, Sloopy (come on, come on) Well, come on, Sloopy (come on, come on), Well, come on, Sloopy (come on, come on) Well, it feels so good (come on, come on),You know, it feels so good (come on, come on) Oh, shake it, shake it, shake it, Sloopy (come on, come on) , Oh, shake it, shake it, shake it, yeah (come on, come on)
Shelter From the Storm – Bob Dylan - Suddenly I turned around and she was standin’ there with silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair. She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns “Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
Tangled Up in Blue – Bob Dylan - Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’ I was layin’ in bed wond’rin’ if she’d changed at all If her hair was still red
She’s a Rainbow – Rolling Stones – She comes in colors everywhere, She combs her hair. She’s like a rainbow.
Rip Her to Shreds – Blondie - Oh, you know her, would you look at that hair. Yeah, you know her, check out those shoes. She looks like she stepped out of the middle of somebody's blues
Blondes Have More Fun – Rod Stewart (it's a matter of opinion)
The Wind Blows Your Hair – Seeds
Stupid Girl – Rolling Stones - I'm not talking about the kind of clothes she wears. Look at that stupid girl. I'm not talking about the way she combs her hair. Look at that stupid girl
Plastic People – Mothers of Invention - Fine little girl, she waits for me. She’s as plastic as she can be. She paints her face with plastic goo. And wrecks her hair with some shampoo. … I don’t know, sometimes I just get tired of ya, honey.It’s your hairspray or something.
Murder In My Heart for the Judge - Moby Grape - Now he said, if you look like a man I will be your friend. Just give me your money And cut off your hair, boy I don't want to see your ugly face again.
VR
30 Days In the Hole – Humble Pie - How you doin' boy, You’re here for thirty days. Get, get, get, get your long hair cut And cut out your ways
If You Can’t Rock Me – Rolling Stones - Now, who's that black girl in the bright blue hair?
Your Mama Don’t Dance – Loggins & Messina – Out od the car, long-hair!
Devil With a Blue Dress – Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels – Wearing a wig hat and shades to match .
Tighten Up Your Wig – Steppenwolf
The Girl I Love – Led Zeppelin – She got long black wavy hair.
Cut My Hair - The Who
Rock Show – Paul McCartney & Wings – They got long hair at the Madison Square
L.A. Woman – Doors - I see your hair is burnin'. Hills are filled with fire.
Cold Rain & Snow – Grateful Dead - Well she's coming down the stairs, combing back her yellow hair.
Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon - He's the hairy handed gent who ran amok in Kent Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair …. I saw a werewolf drinkin' a piña colada at Trader Vic's His hair was perfect.
Witchy Woman – Eagles – Raven hair and ruby lips Sparks fly from her fingertips.
So You Want To Be a Rock n Roll Star – Byrds - And with your hair swung right And your pants too tight, it's gonna be all right
Atomic – Blondie - Oh, your hair is beautiful Oh, tonight Atomic
Sorrow – McCoys/Merseys/David Bowie - With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue. The only thing I ever got from you was sorrow … With your long blonde hair I couldn't sleep last night With your long blonde hair.
Help Me Make It Through the Night – Sammi Smith/Kris Kritofferson - Take the ribbon from your hair Shake it loose and let it fall Lay it soft upon my skin Like the shadows on the wall.
Mexicali Blues – Bob Weir/Grateful Dead - She had raven hair, a ruffled dress, a necklace made of gold …
Come Together – Beatles – He got hair down to his knee …
San Francisco – Scott McKenzie – Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
Signs – Five Man Electrical Band - And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people Need not apply"I
If There Is Something – Roxy Music - Shake your head girl With your ponytail. Takes me right back When you were young
Long Haired Country Boy – Charlie Daniels Band
Melissa – Allman Brothers - A sunbeam's shining through his hair Fear not to have a care Well, pick up your gear and gypsy roll on, roll on
Pretenders – Night In My Veins - He's got his hands in my hair and his lips everywhere Oh yeah It feels good It's alright Even if it's just the night in my veins
VR
Land – Patti Smith - Coiled snakes white and shiny twirling and encircling Our lives are now entwined, we will fall Yes, we're together twining Your nerves, your mane of the black shining horse And my fingers all entwined through the air I could feel it, it was the hair going through my fingers (I feel it, I feel it, I feel it, I feel it) The hairs were like wires going through my body (I feel it, I feel it, I feel it, I feel it) I, I, that's how I That's how I, I died (At that tower of Babel, they knew what they were after, they knew what they were after) Everything on the current moved up I tried to stop it, but it was too warm, too unbelievably smooth (no possibility) Like playing in the sea, in the sea of possibility.
The Witch – Sonics - She got long black hair and a big black car. I know what you're thinking but you won't get far. She gonna make you itch 'Cause she's the witch
I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night – Electric Prunes - Last night your shadow fell upon my lonely room. I touched your golden hair and tasted your perfume. Your eyes were filled with love the way they used to be. Your gentle hand reached out to comfort me. Then came the dawn. And you were gone. You were gone, gone, gone. I had too much to dream last night. Too much to dream. I'm not ready to face the light. I had too much to dream last night.
Candyman – Grateful Dead - Come all you pretty women with your hair a-hanging down.
Harry the Hairy Ape – Ray Stevens
Going To California – Led Zeppelin - Going to California with an aching in my heart. Someone told me there's a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.
Misty Mountain Hop – Led Zeppelin - Walking in the park just the other day, baby, what do you, what do you think I saw? Crowds of people sitting on the grass with flowers in their hair said Hey, boy, do you wanna score?
That’s the Way - I can't believe what people saying. You're gonna let your hair hang down. I'm satisfied to sit here working all day long. You're in the darker side of town.
Academy Award – Jo Jo Gunne – Wears her hair like Hedy Lamar. She's driving in her Venus blue car. She's a stone cold diver, social climber. Deep inside you know she's a star.
Samson and Delilah – Grateful Dead - She had good looks - God knows - and coal black hair That Samson said, Delilah you cut off my hair.
VR
Triad – Byrds/Jefferson Applause/David Crosby - You want to know how it will be. Me and her or you and me. You both sit there with your long hair flowing. Your eyes are alive, your minds are still growing. Saying to me, "What can we do now that we both love you?" I love you too. But I don't really see, why can't we go on as three.
Surfin’ USA – Beach Boys - If everybody had an ocean across the U.S.A. Then everybody'd be surfin' like Californi-a. You'd see 'em wearing their baggies. Huarachi sandals too. A bushy bushy blonde hairdo. Surfin' U.S.A
Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White – Standells – I mean to tell ya you better tell your mama and your papa somethin'. I'll split off by myself with another chick yeah, Ah just a kick You think those guys in the white collars are better than I am baby, yhen flake off You don't dig this long hair, get yourself a crew-cut baby YeahI mean what I said.
Jolene – Dolly Parton - Your beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks of auburn hair. With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green. Your smile is like a breath of spring. Your voice is soft like summer rain. And I cannot compete with you, Jolene
The Rain, the Park & Other Things – Cowsills - I saw her sitting in the rain. Raindrops falling on her. She didn't seem to care. She sat there and smiled at me. Then I knew she could make me happy, Flowers in her hair. Flowers everywhere. Oh, I don't know just why, she simply caught my eye. I love the flower girl. She seemed so sweet and kind. She crept into my mind.
Devil’s Elbow – Heads, Hands & Feet - Methodist minister called on me and he asked my denomination. He said with my hair and my band and me we’d improve the congregation.
It Must Have Been the Roses – Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead - She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons in her long brown hair
Beach Boys – Friends - You told me when my girl was untrue. I loaned you money when the funds weren't too cool. I talked your folks out of making you cut off your hair.
Uneasy Rider – Charlie Daniels - Well he's a friend of them long-haired hippie type pinko fags. I betcha he's even got a Commie flag tacked up on the wall inside of his garage.
Good Times Roll – The Cars - Let them leave you up in the air. Let them brush your rock and roll hair. Let the good times roll.
Davis Bowie – Jean Genie – saves all your dead hair for making up underwear.
Louie Louie – Kingsmen/Paul Revete & the Raiders – On that ship I dream she there. I smell the rose in her hair.
VR
Vincent Black Lightning – Richard Thompson - Said Red Molly to James, "That's a fine motorbike a girl could feel special on any such like." Said James to Red Molly, "My hat's off to you. It's a Vincent Black Lightning 1952." "And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme" And he pulled her on behind and down to Knoxville they did ride.
Alleys of Austin – Michael Murphy - Out in the alleys of Austin there's a song on the side of the wall. The bricks and the bottles and the mongrels are trying to make sense out of it all. And the moon looks all too familiar. The kids say "There ain't no man in there."While the laid back baboo, n by the light of the Texas moon, is combing his auburn hair. He's just combing his auburn hair
Girl From the North Country – Bob Dylan - See for me that her hair's hangin' down. It curls and falls all down her breast. See for me that her hair's hangin' down. That's the way I remember her best.
Guinnevere – Crosby, Stills & Nash - Guinevere had golden hair like yours, milady, like yours. Streaming out when we'd ride through the warm wind down by the bay. Yesterday.
Box of Rain – Grateful Dead - And it's just a box of rain. Or a ribbon for your hair. Such a long, long time to be gone. And a short time to be there.
I Am a Child – Buffalo Springfield - I am a child, I last a while. You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile. You hold my hand, rough up my hair. It's lots of fun to have you there.
Growin’ Up – The Burr - I combed my hair till it was just right.
Lady Stardust – David Bowie – People stared at the makeup on his face. Laughed at his long black hair, his animal grace. The boy in the bright blue jeans jumped up on the stage. Lady Stardust sang his songs of darkness and disgrace.
VR
Can’t wait to hear that Ray Steven’s song,,,,,
Deep Cuts -
T Rex
My People Were Fair And Had Sky In They're Hair...But Now Are Content To Wear To Stars On Their Brows
Mott The Hoople
One O The Boys
Know That I Grow My Hair Just To Scare The Teacher
rob
My goodness gracious me. Ain't little Johnny a creature!
VR
Uh oh "Hair/Cowsills"...
Steve come find me -
I enlisted in the Witness Protection Program - that slap will be tough
Another Deep Cut - B side.
Chad & Jeremy
You Are She
"Don't Even Know Know The Color Of Your Hair"
rob
Diving 100 meters -
Cliff Richards
Heart User
To finish -"She Wears Her Hair Real Wild*
If you listen to the lyrics in looking back to an unrequited love it reminds me of a song sans hairShes
sans hair - Billy Joel, She's Always A Woman
To Me. My psychiatrists conuseum
Apologies, I have 40 years of Chunky Carpenters finger that have to be navigate a phone keyboard
rob
Here are some more:
The Spider and the Fly – Rolling Stones - Sit up, fed up, low down, go round down to the bar at the place I'm at. Sitting drinking, superficially thinking About the rinsed-out blonde on my left. Then I said, "Hi", like a spider to a fly, remembering what my little girl said.
Lady Stiletto – Elliott Murphy - Ch baby you got such a way with words. You got such a way with your hairstyle. There's only one thing that you do I don't believe. That's when you smile.
The Man Who Sends Me Home – Laura Nyro - There's a man who loves me when it hurts inside. There's a man who loves me when my hair is tied, when my hair is down. When I touch the man, Lord, I rise to rooftops in his eyes.
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton - It's late in the evening. She's wondering what clothes to wear. She'll put on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hair. And then she asks me, do I look all right? And I say, yes, you look wonderful tonight. Blech!!
Unknown Legend – Neil Young - Somewhere on a desert highway she rides a Harley-Davidson. Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind. She's been runnin' half her life. The chrome and steel she rides collidin' with the very air she breathes
Lady Godiva – Peter and Gordon - Seventeen, a beauty queen. She made a ride that caused a scene in the town. Her long blonde hair hangin' down around her knees. All the cats who dig striptease prayin' for a little breeze. Her long blonde hair falling down across her arms hiding all the lady's charms.
Hazel – Bob Dylan/The Band - Hazel, dirty-blonde hair. I wouldn't be ashamed to be seen with you anywhere. You got something I want plenty of. Ooh, a little touch of your love.
Too Much Monkey Business – Chuck Berry - Blonde hair, good-looking. Trying to get me hooked and married. Get a home, settle down by the book. Too much monkey business,
For me to be involved again.
Take It Back – Cream - Don't let them take me to where streams are red. I want to stay here and sleep in my own bed. Need all your loving, long blonde hair. Don't let them take me 'cause I'm easily scared. Take it back, take it back, take that thing right out of here. (about a draft notice, no?)
Pretty Ballerina – Left Banke - I had a date with a pretty ballerina. Her hair so brilliant that it hurt my eyes. I asked her for this dance and then she obliged me. Was I surprised? Yeah. Was I surprised? No, not at all. .... Just close your eyes and she'll be there.
Off to see Jenny & the Mexicats
VR
One of my favorite bands -
The Sex Pistols
Seventeen
"We don't care about about long hair,
I don't wear flares"
rob
Why didn’t I think of the Left Banke?
Sunlight – Youngbloods/Three Dog Night - Have you seen the sunlight pouring in through her hair? Felt her warm mouth on you in the summer's air? Running in a field of brown. Laughing, rolling, on the ground. Smiling as she pulls you down. That's the way she feels about you. That's the way she feels about you.
Wild Night - Van Morrison - As you brush your shoes, stand before the mirror and you comb your hair, grab your coat and hat - And you walk wet streets tryin' to remember all the wild night breezes in your mem'ry ever. And everything looks so complete when you're walkin' out on the street and the wind catches your feet sends you flyin', cryin'. Ooo-woo-wee. The wild night is calling.
Looking Elsewhere – Jim Lauderdale - Looking elsewhere. From the sky to the ground. From the sea to the sunset. From the hill to the town. From the creek to the bar room. From the dawn till the sun sinks over the mountain and another day is done. Elsewhere, that's where I was looking, when I should have been looking right over there. Over and over, right over there. Sweet apple blossoms twined in your hair.
Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young – I wanna live with a cinnamon girl. I could be happy the rest of my life with a cinnamon girl.
Sweet Hitchhiker - Creedence - Was ridin' alongside the highway rollin' up the country side. Thinkin' I'm the devil's heatwave. What you burn in your crazy mind? Saw a slight distraction standin' by the road. She was smilin' there. Yellow in her hair. Do you wanna? I was thinkin' would you care? Sweet hitchhiker we could make music at the Greasy King. Sweet Hitchhiker, Won't you ride on my fast machine?
Get On the Good Foot – James Brown - Said the long-hair hippies and the afro blacks they all get together across the tracks and they party. Ho! On the good foot. You know they dance on the good foot. Dance on the good foot.
My Boyfriend Got a Beatle Haircut – Donna Lynn –
The Boy with the Beatle Hair – The Swans
Hotel California - Eagles - On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair. Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air.
Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie - Ziggy really sang. Screwed-up eyes and screwed-down hairdo.
Renaissance Fair – The Byrds - Maids pass gracefully in laughter. Wine colored flowers in their hair. Last call from lands I've never been to. I think that maybe I'm dreaming.
Bob Seger – Turn the Page - Well you walk into a restaurant strung out from the road. And you feel the eyes upon you as you're shakin' off the cold. You pretend it doesn't bother you but you just want to explode. Most times you can't hear 'em talk, other times you can. All the same old cliches. "Is that a woman or a man?" And you always seem outnumbered. You don't dare make a stand.
Brass Buttons – Gram Parsons - Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes. Warm evenings, pale mornings, bottled blues. And the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair. Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes.
Whisper - Jim Lauderdale - Maybe in our autumn days, when my hair has turned to gray, I will take you by the hand and pull you close to me. And then I’ll whisper, whisper I think I love you. Whisper, whisper. I think I love you too. I like to... Whisper
Touch of Grey – Grateful Dead - Oh, well, a touch of grey kind of suits you anyway. That was all I had to say, and It's alright.
VR
"Rebel Rebel - Bowie - Hey babe, your hair's alright.
" ... gotta a few more and a story surrounding above tune and album it came from. ... "
Bowie’s Diamond Dogs was released a couple of months after The Rocky Horror Show premiered at the Roxy. The Los Angeles cast included Tim Curry, Bill Miller, Abigale Haness, Bruce Scott, Kim Milford and Meat Loaf. It was the talk of the town. Sandy and I had already seen it three times. We were fixing to see it a fourth. She had a crush on Rocky (Milford) and she wanted to get with him. I bet her a jar of whites that he was gay. Confident bitch that she was, Sandy said it didn’t matter, she could un-gay him. I cracked up and told her that she’d better bring the whole trick bag. She thought he was cute. He wasn’t my style – too fuckin’ short. Too Tiger Beatish. Good butt though.
Three months prior to Diamond Dogs, Sandy had put together a homemade Bowie compilation on our Akai deck. She titled it “The Best of Ricky and the Balloons.” She purchased an import copy of the Rebel, Rebel/Queen Bitch single at Tower Records on Sunset. At the time, it hadn’t been released in America yet. She was excited about putting it on a 90-minute Maxell UD and blasting it in her red TR6. She liked “Rebel, Rebel” so much she put it as the lead and closing track on both sides of the cassette. We’d rock out and sing along in the car. It had attitude galore. To us the lyrics were “You love bands when they play it hard. You want more and you want it forced.” Whether we misheard them, or not, that’s what I still hear. That line and “You’ve got your transmission and your live wire. You’ve got your cue line and a handful of ludes” were our favorites. A couple of months later, when the single came out in America, they added conga and percussion and totally fucked it up. Obviously, the song is gender bending. Bowie could just as easily be talking about a boy or girl. Sandy and I took it as being Bowie’s nod to his rabid teen-girl glam fans. By the end of 1975, Cherie Currie kinda put a face on our image of the song.
VR
More to the story but fuck it.
Green Green Grass of Home - Porter Wagoner/Jerry Lee Lewis/Tom Jones etc. - Down the road I look and there runs Mary. Hair of gold and lips like cherries. It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.
Before the Kiss a Redcap - Blue Oyster Cult - So grab your rose and ringside seat. We're back home at Conry's Bar. The blond girl with her tattoo, reds and wine, coke of course. Oh, my Suzy, my Suzy. Why did we ever start. It's morning now; you'd never know.
The gin, the gin glows in the dark, glows in the dark.
VR
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