And when I say Buddy Holly-ish that's not an exaggeration; as you may have noticed, the song's riff is pretty much identical to that of "Words of Love."
Which leads us inevitably and inexorably towards the subject of today's business. To wit:
...and your favorite post-Elvis pop/rock/folk/soul/jazz/country song featuring (either by suggestion or literally) a number either in the title or the lyrics is...???
Discuss.
No arbitrary rules, although I'm gonna be pretty annoyed if you chose an album rather than a song. I mean -- none of that Chicago III crap, okay?
And in case you're wondering about my choice -- it's this.
A;righty then -- what would YOUR choices be?
And have a great weekend everybody!!!!
30 comments:
Toots and The Maytals 54-46 (That's My Number) is fabulous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8g8bBGz6Vc
I can’t believe you didn’t choose Rush 2112, Steve. :-)
- Paul in DK
99 & 1/2 Just Won’t Do
Wilson Pickett
Captain Al
One After 909, Beatles
One, Harry Nilsson and Three Dog Night
Land of 1000 Dances, Wilson Pickett
867-5309/Jenny, Tommy Tutone
3 Times A Lady, Commodores
The Time- 777-9311
Well, Graham Parker's Three Chords Good good is cued up on the shuffle right now, so let's start with that.
1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson
1969 - The Stooges
1984 - David Bowie
53rd & 3rd - The Ramones
Rainy Day Women &# 12 & 35 - Bob Dylan
45 - Elvis Costello
5 Gears in REverse - Elvis Costello
4th Of July Asbury Park - Bruce Springsteen
Trying to win the prize for greatest range:
Less Than Zero - Elvis Costello
1,000,000 - R.E.M.
(Maybe I should Have used "Love Minus Zero No Limit"?)
At Seventeen - Janis Ian
Ol' 55 - Tom Waits
1 2 3 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Company
rs
uno dos one two tres cuatro! Sam the Sham and the Pharaoh's - Wooly Bully
rs
You get an honorary coveted PowerPop No-Prize for that. 😎
Jimmy Buffet - It's 5 O'clock Somewhere
Waylon Jennings - Heartaches By The Number
Wishbone Ash - A Thousand Years
I can't believe I didn't put this one up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksgrUsTrZLo&list=RDksgrUsTrZLo&start_radio=1
Gunter glieben glauchen globen 😉
We’re not getting younger, Steve. 😅
2000 Miles - Pretenders
Driver 8 - R.E.M.
Flight 19 - Phil Manzanera/801
- Paul in DK
Among my all-time fave songs are Chicago's 25 Or 6 To 4, Richard Thompson's 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, and Fleetwood Mac's Oh Well Pt 2, so those go in. But I'll add these greats:
Blues Magoos Ain't Got Nothing Yet
BTO Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
DeLaSoul 3 Is A Magic Number
Steely Dan Rikki Don't Lose That Number
REM Driver 8
Folk Implosion Nothing's Gonna Stop The Flow
U2 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (live Under A Blood Red Sky EP)
Toots & Maytals The 6 And The 7 Books (1963 or 1970s version, either is fine)
Plimsouls A Million Miles Away
Nick Cave & Dirty 3 Zero Is Also A Number
Beatles Revolution #9 (I may be the only Beatles fan -- nay, music fan -- who likes Rev #9)
John Lennon #9 Dream
Bob Seger 2+2
Billy Preston Nothing From Nothing
Hot Chocolate Every 1's A Winner
Dylan & Band Million Dollar Bash
Skeletons 30 Days In The Workhouse
Humble Pie 30 Days In The Hole
White Stripes 7 Nation Army
Mamas & Papas 12:30
Los Lobos One Time One Night
Alice Cooper Eighteen and Billion Dollar Babies
Aphex Twin Avril 14
Blondie One Way Or Another
Stones 2000 Light Years From Home
Sanford Clark It's Nothing To Me
3 Dog Night One
Love 7 And 7 Is
Bottle Rockets $1000 Car
Tommy Tutone 867-5309
C in California
Johnny Horton - Battle of New Orleans
"In 1814 we took a little trip..."
Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
" He stood 6 foot 5 and weighed 245..."
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds
"Just ring 36 24 36 hey
I lead a life of crime"
Ron Nagle - 61 Clay
Oh Hi C in California! How's by you?
Moby Grape - 8:05
Jefferson Airplane - 3/5 of a Mile in 10 seconds
8:05 - Moby Grape
Reelin' and Rockin' - Chuck Berry / DC5
Third Time Lucky - Foghat
Third Rate Romance- Amazing Rhythm Aces
Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan
Rikki Don't Lose That Number- Steely Dan
What Time Is It? - The Jive Five
The Number One Song In Heaven- Sparks
32 Footsteps - They Might Be Giants
Two Hearts - John Hiatt , Springsteen lots more have songs with this title.
rs
Hard to fathom all these submissions and we still haven't gotten to...
Lucky Number - Lene Lovich (and Nina Hagen!!)
YES!!!!!!!!!!!
2000 Man - The Stones
It's not in the title, but "Senses Working Overtime" certainly features numbers prominently in the chorus
Walter Murphy - A Fifth of Beethoven
John Cash - Five Feet High and Rising
I considered Lucky Number, but I always liked "Home" better.
C in California
I was 19 when this song came out, now I am six decades older - "When I'm 64"
Same numbers in Brick House
Had to do some math - this was released in 1967, I was 16.
59 years later makes me 75 😳
"When I'm 64," now sounds like the sweet bird of youth ;-)
Charley - if my math is correct you deserve PowerPop cudos
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