BTW, just for the record (as it were), I should say I'm a huge fan of Tommy Tutone, who are unfairly dismissed as one hit wonders IMHO.
I mean -- c'mon. This one, which was actually the band's first Top 40 record, absolutely freaking slays me.
I should add that back in 1980, when I had just switched from playing guitar to bass (as we were getting the Floor Models together) I used to hone my four-string skills by playing along with that. I mean, what a fabulous groove.
In any case, I bring the whole thing up because it leads us, inexorably, to the subject of the weekend's business. To wit:
...and your favorite (or least favorite) post-Elvis pop/rock/soul/folk/country song with numerals in its title is...?
Discuss.
So -- my favorite?
That's from Steppenwolf's (to me) inexplicably underrated sophomore effort; it's a minority opinion, I know, but I think it's one of the greatest hard rock (in the old fashioned sense) albums ever.
And my least favorite?
Hey -- I like a lot of bubblegum stuff from that period. That song, however? I think the word is "yucky." Especially in the contemporary context of the Epstein files. 😎
Alrighty then --- what would YOUR choices be?
And have a great weekend, everybody!!!!
Cannibal and the Headhunters Land of 1000 Dances
ReplyDeleteThe Vogues Five O'Clock World
The Proclaimers (who also covered Five O'Clock World) I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
The Proclaimers covered 5 O'Clock World? Okay, I gotta hear that...
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ReplyDeleteJust did. He and his geezer band are a lot of fun, thanks. 😎
DeleteGarland Jeffreys - 35 Millimeter Dreams
ReplyDeleteDavid Bowie - 1984
ReplyDeleteBob Dylan - Highway 61 mRevisited
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th St
Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown
? & the Mysterious - 96 Tears
and, of course - Zafger & Evans - In the Year 2525
500 year countdown for 2525:)
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ReplyDeleteBee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941
DeletePost World War 2 Blues
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8:05 by Moby Grape yes
ReplyDeleteKnock 3 Times by Tony Orlando& Dawn no
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Beatles -
ReplyDeleteRevolution 1 / Revolution 9 😉
Jim Ford - 36” High (also performed by Nick Lowe)
ReplyDeleteToots and The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number
Desmond Dekker and The Aces - 007 (Shanty Town)
54-40 - One Day In Your Life
801 - Third Uncle
- Paul in DK
Too many choices, and I've work to do, dang it! Off the top of my head, tho....
ReplyDeleteOne by 3 Dog Night (a twofer there, sorta!)
One Way or Another by Blondie
A Million Miles Away by Plimsouls
Five to One by the Doors
C in California
The Who, 5:15 of course. It’s been a killer live number since the beginning and it has been a highlight of every Who concert I’ve attended in the 2000s, including the next to last show on their recent “Song Is Over” tour, which was an extraordinary concert for any band, and jaw-droppingly good for a couple of octogenarians.
ReplyDeleteChicago, 25 or 6 to 4 - for Terry Kath’s terrific guitar solo.
The Beatles, Revolution 9 - One of the major reasons why I think the White Album should have been edited down to one disc.
Oh, and I love Tommy Tutone as well, but my favorite song of theirs is Cheap Date, a neo-reggae number off their first album with some clever lyrics about a socially awkward but sincere teenage guy trying his best to convince a girl to go out with him. Having been that socially awkward but sincere teenage guy, it’s a perfect snapshot of teenage dating angst, simultaneously comedic and sweet. Great song.
DeleteBesides Kath's solo, there's that riff, that drumming, that singing, those horn lines....nothing to not like in 25 or 6 to 4.
DeleteC in California
Tommy Tutone undervalued. Of note, Steve; Jim Keller- one of TT founders with Tommy Heath, has new album out "End of the World", more rootsy than Powerpop, but still very solid and enjoyable. And I second the Steppenwolf appraisal- loved that record. They appropriate Chicago blues nicely (John Kay a country and blues admirer) and crisp, sharp neo-psych production. All time fave.
ReplyDeleteDL - Recently acquired, "Unsung Songs and Forgotten Heros" by Kay.
ReplyDeleteFirst heard the original album in '72.
Acoustic, amazing
rob
ps - he does have songs with #'s 😉
Rob: I have that vinyl somewhere. Was a big 'wolf and Kay fan. Remember his remakes of Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' On" and Hank Williams "You Win Again'. Good stuff.
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DeleteIDave, I was sitting around one night with some friends and my finger picking, chromatic notes friend put on John's album. I was, WTF, who is this playing acoustic and he tells me Kay.
I am driving myself crazy as I thought I saw them @ '68 but it appears to be a false memory 😵💫
I’d Wait a Million Years / Grass Roots
ReplyDelete10538 Overture / ELO
In the Year 2525 / Zager & Evans
2120 South Michigan Avenue / Rolling Stones
2000 Light Years from Home / Rolling Stones
1999 / prince
1977 / The Clash
1880 or So / Television
100 Years Ago / Rolling Stones
99 Luftballons / Nena
96 Tears / I like the Stranglers’ cover
57 Channels and Nothing On / Bruce Springsteen
53rd & 3rd / Ramones
52 Girls / B-52s
48 Crash / Suzi Quatro
30 Days in the Hole / Humble Pie
25th Floor / Patti Smith Group
20th Century Man / Kinks
19th Nervous Breakdown / Rolling Stones
12XU / Wire
#9 Dream / John Lennon
I’m Henry the VII, I am / Herman’s Hermits
Seven Nation Army / White Stripes
Five Minutes / Stranglers
Free Four / Pink Floyd
Gimme Three Steps / Lynyrd Skynyrd
2-4-6-8 Motorway / Tom Robinson Band
One of the Boys / Mott the Hoople
Less Than Zero / Elvis Costello
With apologies to Casey Kasem, I got nothing for "10."
10 Crack Commandments
DeleteNotorious B.I.G. 😉
Big Ten Inch Record by Bull Moose Jackson (and, later, Aerosmith)
DeleteTen Commandments of Love by the Moonglows
Ten Commandments (From Man To Woman) by Prince Buster
C in California
"5-4-3-2-1" - uh huh it was the Manfreds!
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if 6 was 9 - Hendrix, also Faithful cover by Todd Rundgren
ReplyDelete1st - Charley - I have the Faithful album in vinyl . I always opt for the covers side - Good Vibrations..
ReplyDelete2nd - 2-4,6,8. The Jackson 5. 😁
25 o'clock Dukes of the Stratosphere
ReplyDeleteLet me just say, the Middle Age Dad Jam band would have been the highlight in any of the bars, which were many that I spent hours in, as a retired professional "taster". 😉 🍺🍻
ReplyDeleteI'd go see them in a heartbeat if they were playing some low dive in my neighborhood. 😎
DeleteYeah Steve, I was well acquainted with ""friends in low places"
DeleteNever told you about my sharing a drink with a NYC "Union" labor official 😉
Tuxedo Park @ Midnight - not exactly a Long Shores Man hang. lol
Delete"7 and 7 Is" - Love
ReplyDelete"Ol' '55" - Tom Waits
"1,000 Miles Away" - Hoodoo Gurus
"Miss Freelove '69" - Hoodoo Gurus
"1,000 Dollar Car" - The Bottle Rockets
"Lookin' For a 7-11" - Ben Vaughn Combo
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ReplyDeleteI may.have deleted something but from the "Paint It Black You Devil" band -
DeleteSatanic Majesty's Request -
2000 Light Years From Home
Commander Cody Band - Seven Eleven
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I'll be the first to say 10th Avenue Freeze Out.
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats — for that, you receive a coveted PowerPop No-Prize©. 😎
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