I’d flown from Boston to somewhere, wearing a suit and tie, and I was in an awful Plymouth K-Car rental with the radio on, driving to a hospital to install a medical laboratory computer system. This is a song I associate with that time in my life, the work I was doing, and all of the traveling required to do it. Bring back the 80’s!
Category: Music
Blogs and Pods for Troggs
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Ugly Things Magazine, the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll read is now a podcast! Hosted by author and music journalist Mike Stax, Ugly Things brings you wild sounds from past dimensions, when rock ‘n’ roll was young, daring, dangerous and vital.
Once Upon a Time… in 1966
Paul Anka bringing an old school style as host. With a name for the band suggested to Brian Epstein by John Lennon, the Cyrkle with their big hit by Paul Simon, “Red Rubber Ball”. Lesley Gore looking like she was expecting to be on Lawrence Welk. Peter and Gordon singing Paul McCartney’s “Woman”. And much, much more!
Shuffle Off to Buffalo
This was the big one that made the Depression bearable, and showed MGM it wasn’t the only studio that could produce musicals. Warner Brothers’ 42nd Street, released one week after FDR was inaugurated.
Happiness in the Pipe
“The Fat Angel”, Donovan’s song named for Mama Cass, is on his Sunshine Superman album, released in August ’66, only days after the Beatles’ Revolver. Relax and float downstream indeed.
Was anybody in the audience not stoned, listening to the Jefferson Airplane performing this live version of the song at the Fillmore East in New York?
The final track on Sunshine Superman is the superb “Celeste”. As perfect an example of what made the Sixties special as anything can be. Donovan was turning 20 during the production of the album.
A Long Time Ago… In Galaxies Near and Far
A Hard Day’s Night
Star Wars
