Month: January 2019

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Mental Jukebox January 2019

Mental Jukebox Song(s) of the Day – 01/13/19

“Build Me Up Buttercup” – The Foundations – 45 single. Not sure why this popped up. I have been watching Season One of American Gods and one episode featured “Runaround Sue” (Dion). The horn “stinger” in that song (da-da-da-da-da-da) is similar to the one on this song. Also, someone posted the Billboard Top 100 from 1969 at work so maybe this was on the list?

“20 Century Man” – The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies. Finally watched all of the movie 20th Century with John Barrymore and Carole Lombard. One of the original screwball comedies from the same writers and director of my favorite of the genre, His Girl Friday. This is one of my favorite songs by the Kinks from my favorite studio album of theirs.

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Mental Jukebox Song(s) of the Day – 01/05/2019

“Statesboro Blues”/Allman Brothers Band/Live From A&R Studios
Makes sense – I fell asleep listening to this album last night.

“The Tide Is High”/Blondie/The Best of Blondie
Makes sense – I heard this in a fast food restaurant a few days ago.

“Sing This All Together”/The Rolling Stones/Their Satantic Majesties Request (with the lenticular cover)
Makes no sense – I haven’t heard or thought about this song in years. Enjoyed it back in the day (and now) but I have no idea what would have triggered this song today. Haven’t listened to or thought about any Stones music recently. I have been listening to other Nicky Hopkins performances (mostly with the Jerry Garcia Band) and thinking about how much I enjoyed all of his playing (Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, etc.) but when I think about his contributions to the Stones it’s usually from Beggars Banquet or Let It Bleed, for example, the intro to “Monkey Man”.