[Editor’s Note: This is the latest edition of Tick’s Notes and Tunes. It is a transcript of a fictional radio broadcast with direct links to the tunes being played. The transcript is in 3 parts.
(1.)The first is the first half of a transcript of the radio broadcast with tune links; (2.) The Editorial: (which normally deals with the subject in the title of this post). This week there is no editorial. ; 3.) The second half of the radio broadcast with tune links.
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Good evenin’ everybody
Stony here.
My my my
It’s almost year end
Time is just flyin’ by
We’ve got lots of ground to cover
So let’s get goin’
We lead off tonight with an artist
We all know and love
He’s most famous for
Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone
And
Just the Two of Us
He’s in both the Rock n Roll
And the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Here from
Slab Fork West Virginia is
Bill Withers with Lovely Day
https://youtu.be/bEeaS6fuUoA?si=OeNiCWWUwRBPsm00
I just love Bill Withers’ voice, don’t you?,
Next up we’re goin’ where early R&B meets soul
This artist, according to the Oracle of Wiki
Was sometimes known as the Black Elvis
And, according to the
Orcle of Wiki
his full throttle on stage act featured
knee-drops, splits, spins, back-flips,
one-footed across-the-floor slides,
removing his tie and jacket and
throwing them off the stage,
basic boxing steps like advance and retreat shuffling
Sound like the Godfather of Soul?
Good guess…but you’re wrong !!
but it’s a guy who likely heavily influenced JB
In any event, he and Elvis were great friends
Unfortunately he passed on too early
At the age of 50
Here he is
Motown native
And Rock n Roll Hall of Fame member
Jackie Wilson singin’
Baby Workout
https://youtu.be/86dvTS36LaQ?si=PJ3FOGh11rr5Arjy
Next up we have
A London based
Dance pop band
Who were popular in the 90s
They had a hit
With a tune called
A Better Love
But are most famous
For our next tune
Which always seems to get people goin’
Here’s
Londonbeat with
I’ve Been Thinking About You
https://youtu.be/bDwI_cJ7Eds?si=gxG6eq1stEtH0U7P
Okay as luck would have it
No editorial tonight
So that means we can do more fun stuff.
Like good tunes
Okay then
Everyone always looks forward
To the segment of our broadcasts
Devoted to our Assistant Executive Producer
Of Everything
We’re talkin’ Suzi here
Anyway she’s done did it again
She’s gone to our garage
And pulled out two tunes
For us to dig on.
She knows I just love the garage stuff.
And
We know
She has great taste
The first tune is from 1966
My research on the group is too spotty
To say anything concrete about them.
So let’s just cut the chatter and enjoy
The Oscar Five with I Won’t Be Your Fool Again
https://youtu.be/sBxN5dSRVpE?si=LeGIQJ-TIPT5r8Rk
Next up is another band formed around 1966
The Oracle of Wiki describes them as
A freakbeat/psychedelic rock band
This was their first hit.
The tune itself has an interesting history
Because several bands recorded it including the Standells
(which we featured here a year or so ago)…
In fact,
the Standells version of this next tune
was banned in several parts of the
Country as being too sexually suggestive
In any event here’s the Attack version of
Try It
https://youtu.be/RNgV0a_2ssg?si=xrF6nRkgbCdXRpTs
STOP THE PRESSES !!!
HOLY BUDDY HOLLY!
What do we have here?
Folks
Our own GURU has just texted me
My goodness gracious !
Geeezz!
Woah!
Folks, this is a family friendly show
So I won’t get into the details
But….oh what the Heck
It seems that GURU was on stage
Singing this next tune last night
And apparently there were two guys
Just havin’ a dandy time
at a table right in front of the stage
If ya catch my drift
(as Seinfeld might say
“….not that there’s anything wrong with that”)
Anyway, at the start of this next tune
The two guys got up and started dancin’
With mucho gusto
Anyway, after wingin’
And swingin’ for a few bars
During the a later chorus
With GURU beltin’ out an
Energetic and
Emotionally evocative
“……Blue Hoewwwtttellll”
“……Blue Hoewwwtttellll”
one of the perhaps
overly appreciative dandies
approached our GURU
loudly proclaimed the letter “O”
and keeping his lips in that shape
Dropped down
To slightyly below
GURU’s Belt level
And bobbed his head ……
HOLY MOTHER OF…..!!!
This maneuver was
Made not only somewhat easier
But also more dramatic
Because GURU
Being on stage
Was already in an
Elevated position
Above the dancers
Thus making the whole
Episode look quite natural
And even choreographed.
GURU says he was never
Oh so glad
that he happened
To have remembered to
Zip up
AND wear his sunglasses
(as he always does) T
Because he’s sure
He had a look of pure horror
And embarrassment on his face
When all of this happened.
Eweee doggies
The actions always fast
And furious at Caddy’s
In any event
Here’s
the tune
That will now be forever
Etched in GURU’s memory
https://youtu.be/9A0LKQAwO24?si=ATXBjugEQSx2IUtM
that, of course, was Chris Isaak’s masterpiece
Blue Hotel.
Well now
Now that we’re all sated
[Cough cough]
….or at least some of us might be
….I guess….
Let’s move on to somethin’
That might be mood appropriate.
As yinz recall
Last week Suzi subbed for yours truly
And she kinda broke new ground
How you ask?
Well…she finished up with a very reflective tune
…which was a great tune…but not
A real rocker
Like yours truly
Normally comes up with
In any event.
It’s been a long long
Long long time
Since we’ve played an LZ tune
…probably too long
And since its gettin’ late
I thought I might
Conclude this evenin’s show
With a really cool late night tune.
The album from which this tune came
Had the impossible task
Of following what was/is arguably
The greatest rock album of all time
I’m talkin’ about the album that
Featured that tune
That every wannabe guitarist
Wants and/or has endlessly tried to play
I’m talkin….
…Stairway to Heaven
Stairway, of course, was on
LZ four.
But tonight’s last tune is from the
Follow up album
Houses of the Holy.
And to me just listening to this in isolation
Makes me realize why LZ
Was the “be all and all” band of that era
Boy does this take me back to college days!
See if any of Yinz remember this golden nugget
Just be patient… get out your papers
..and whatever…
….it takes a minute or two to get goin’
https://youtu.be/_vG_mTt6hCs?si=FqdPr8GWy6v-QiUT
Wow! [long inhaling sound]
[burst of air…]
You’ll have to pardon me
But I may just have to stay here at the station tonight
[cough]
For those who may not know
that was
Led Zeppelin’s No Quarter
Well, that’s it
Suzi, Buck and GURU all give their regards
So have a good night and
Never never
let them bed bugs bite.
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