Stuttering songs

* Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes by David Bowie.

Bowie, David. Hunky Dory. New York, N.Y.: RCA, 1971.

* B-B-B-Benny and the Jets by Elton John.

John, Elton, and Bernie Taupin. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. NYC: Rocket, 1973.
* B-B-B-B-B-B-Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood & The Destroyers.

Thorogood, George. Bad to the Bone. Hollywood, Calif: EMI Manhattan, 1982.

*[B-B-B-Baby] You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet by Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

Bachman Turner Overdrive (Musical group). Not Fragile. [Chicago, Ill.]: Mercury, 1974.

* T-T-T-Time Machine by Cracker.

Cracker (Musical group). Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey. Santa Monica, CA: 429 Records, 2009.

*Lo-Lo-Lo-Lo-Lola by The Kinks.

Kinks (Musical group), and Ray Davies. One for the road. New York, N.Y.: Konk Records, 1999.

I love The Kinks

Kinks (Musical group), & Davies, R. (1980). One for the road. New York, N.Y.: Arista.

I love, love, love The Kinks. Here's my version of Lola:



Here's the real deal:



Isn't that a cool guitar? One time my Grandma Swensen tried to give hers to a guy I was casually dating. He thanked her, but wisely suggested that she keep it in the family.

When I was in high school I went to a Kinks concert at the Hartford Civic Center. It was an okay show, but not great. They played too many songs from the Come Dancing album instead of the classics.



Here's an excellent interview with Kinks front man, Ray Davies: csmonitor.com.

Christmas pop

Here are some of my favorite pop songs about Christmas:
Merry Christmas, Emily by Cracker
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Merry Christmas: I Don't Want to Fight Tonight by the Ramones
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Father Christmas by the Kinks
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Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses
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Merry Christmas, Baby by Bruce Springsteen
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Have a happy Christmas!
Love,
Rebecca

Lon Chaney and David Watts

Today at work, my friends from the Archives Department were talking about old movies, and I heard Lon Chaney's name mentioned. My ears perked up and I interrupted: "Excuse me, did you just say Lon Chaney? Isn't he the guy in the Warren Zevon song?" My friends said, "What song? Lon Chaney or Lon Chaney, Jr.?" I replied, "Both!" and broke out into song:

Well, I saw Lon Chaney walkin' with the queen, doin' the werewolves of London.
I saw Lon Chaney Jr. walkin' with the queen, doin' the werewolves of London . . .

Don't worry--I refrained from howling. Since I was on a roll, and since the Archives Department is working on a Dalí project, I also serenaded them with the Pixies' hit, Debaser.

got me a movie
i want you to know
slicing up eyeballs
i want you to know
girlie so groovy
i want you to know
don't know about you
but i am un chien andalusia . . .

Then my friends and I talked on and on about Salvador Dalí and his crazy projects. (He shares credit with Luis Buñuel for the surrealist film, Un Chien Andalou.)


And speaking of song references . . .

Who the heck is David Watts?

The Kinks

Do you remember perusing friends' record collections in the 1970's and 1980's? Double albums like Frampton Comes Alive, The Who's Tommy, and The Kinks' One for the Road were always easy to spot at a house party.

Speaking of the Kinks, check out this interview with Ray Davies on npr.org. I heard it on the radio while I was driving to the doctor's office this morning.