[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). Comments on Musk v Democracy ; 3.) The second half of the radio broadcast with tune links.
The purpose of this blog is to discuss, enlighten and educate the reader about relevant political, economic and business matters and to help maintain both a record and an appreciation for good old man-made music before AI—————————————————————————
Good evenin’ laddies and ladies
Stony here
With Suzi
Buck and Rufus
GURU’s somewhere who knows?
Got lot’s to do
So let’s get goin’
First up we’re going to do the original
Version of a tune by our next artist
It’s the original of a tune we did
A few months ago.
That cover version we did
A few months ago
Was by the Hawkmen
It was great
but
Here we have…
Peylia Marsema Balinton
That was her
birth name.
Her mother was a pianist. She
Was born in New York City
But really lived mostly in San Francisco
She had her own great career
Having several hits.
She toured with the James Brown Revue
In 59 and 60. Yes that James Brown.
Unfortunately she passed away at the age of 89
Two weeks go.
But let’s celebrate her great talent tonight
In our first tune
She’s going by her stage name
Sugar Pie DeSanto
Here’s Sugar Pie’s singin’
her hit
Soulful Dress
https://youtu.be/TVap-SkdMMs?si=BJeVUPpnBBB91VRK
yeah, and once again on a scale of 1 to 10
I’ll give that an 11.
Next up we a legendary performer
One of the early movers and shakers
That made Motown what it eventually became
In fact according to the Oracle of Wiki
He is sometimes referred to as the
Prince of Soul
And/or
The Prince of Motown
He’s known for many great hits
Including…
How Sweet it Is
Ain’t that Peculiar
Sexual Healing
And many others
He needs no introduction.
This is a truly great tune
Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
It was also covered by
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Here’s
Marvin Gaye with Heard it Through the Grapevine
https://youtu.be/VWG3npfEoHo?si=Zs0n2_X4eXohteoE
Next up we have a duet covering a tune
Written by Tom Paxton back in the 60s then
Famously covered by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
And now covered yet again…and I must say
to perfection by a gal I’ve said so many glowing things about
that I can’t come up with yet another compliment.
Here she is again masterfully accompanied by Timbo
This is
Sierra Ferrell and Timbo
Doing a great rendition of
The Last Thing on My Mind
https://youtu.be/qo5jSHJZla8?si=-6CsQXl6gQgBBDwl
Wow…just great
Well that brings us to half-time
And Yinz know what that means.
Yep time for Rufus
To make us all ….
Oh well….I’ll just have to bite my tongue
I’ll just say
Folks It’s time once again
For our station manager
Rufus Coldwater
What’s up Mr. Rufus ?
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Stony,
Am I missin’ somethin’. Do I sign your checks?
But as you would say…I’m.just kidding.
No seriously folks. I started to draft tonight’s editorial,
But then I decided that the guy in this next video has pretty much covered the waterfront on this very important topic. So, I’m goin’ to let him do the talkin. Click below…..
[Please note Musk’s Tesla bonus (worth anywhere from $50 to $100 Billion Dollars) that is noted in the video is now in litigation and has been approved by Tesla’s shareholders. However, it was recently rejected by a trial judge in Delaware (apparently because the trial judge thought Musk had too much influence over Tesla’s Board of Directors). The case is still alive, however, and on appeal at the time of this video.]
Yep. We need to consider all that stuff very seriously indeed.
This is Rufus Coldwater
Back to you Stony.
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Okay we’re back.
And if it’s the second half
That must mean
It’s time for our
Assistance Executive Producer of Everything
Ms. Suzi
To bring us up somethin’
From that deep dark dungeon
Known as the garage.
And as Yinz know If Suzi brings it
It might be
Damp, dusty, smelly and moldy
But it will be finer than the best Roquefort
you’ll ever taste smell or touch
Or in our case
Listen to
So let’s get this 45 out
Put the needle down
And listen to
A garage classic garage rock from the 60s
With a group that was from Long Island
The Mystic Tide with Stay Away
https://youtu.be/TngdSixJekM?si=Pqi6-CJbxbNgVYIZ
Great job, as always Suzi. Thanks.
Next up, is a group that will take Yinz back to MTV days
To me this group almost defines that era.
They certainly got a lot of airplay on MTV
This is from the theme
To a famous James Bond film
One of the Roger Moore versions
That interestingly also had Patrick MacNee in a supporting role
McNee was famous for his own British hit spy TV series
The Avengers. A simply must-watch show
This was a good film too. Christopher Walken was the villain.
And, perhaps most importantly.
It had a great great theme song.
Here done by none other than
Duran Duran
Let’s enjoy
a View to a Kill
https://youtu.be/Fp4CR2HcHLQ?si=Rj68vvvhBVT9GwFn
I was actually goin’ to have the Rolling Stones hit cleanup tonight
But then I happened to hear this next group who
according to the Oracle of Wiki
Came to fame right around the turn of the century
They’re from Oregon
And became known early on for the nudity in their stage acts
The opening bars of this tune sound like something
Keith Richards would play. Brown Sugar perhaps?
But whatever, it’s simply great
Courtney Taylor-Taylor
The Dandy Warhols Bohemian Like You
https://youtu.be/CU3mc0yvRNk?si=ozsgf2aN4B6_wsYf
Well that’s gonna do it for tonight folks
For Buck, Rufus, Suzi and me
I’m Stony Riva
Good night
And don’t let those gosh darned bed bugs bite !
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