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Sounds Like Saturday or: Does It Really Matter?

26 Saturday Sep 2020

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There are a number of releases celebrating anniversaries today. To me, the two biggest are Abbey Road (51) from The Beatles and Shout at the Devil (37) from Motley Crue. But, really do any other albums released today matter as much as Abbey Road? At least to me, they do not. It is probably my favorite album from the Fab Four, although, as I have said it jumps around between this, Sgt. Pepper, The Beatles (White Album), and Revolver. This is one of my favorite Beatles tunes regardless, but one of the best they’ve ever written and that’s saying something. This cover is airy and brilliant. Enjoy!

And don’t forget, today is RSD Drop #2! Yay, records!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Once there was a way to get back homeward. Once there was a way to get back home. Sleep little darling, do not cry and I will sing you a lullaby.” – “Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight” (Lennon/McCartney)

Sounds Like Saturday or: Peek-a-Boo

05 Saturday Sep 2020

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I’m taking a break from the “Six Starts” to do my regular Saturday and Sunday things. I’ll return on Tuesday with a big post about the memories from six years ago. Today, however, is the 32nd anniversary of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ ninth album, Peepshow. Because finding a decent “live” cover of this is and was always going to be hard, I went with a 2004 performance from Siouxsie herself. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Down where this ugly man seeks his sustenance. Down in the blue, midnight flare. A glass hand cuts through the water, scything into his twisted roots. Then from his eyes spring fireflies, breathing life into a roaring disguise.” – “Peek-A-Boo” (Siouxsie and the Banshees)

Sounds Like Saturday or: Lusty

29 Saturday Aug 2020

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Today is the 43rd anniversary or Iggy Pop’s Lust For Life album. It was co-produced by David Bowie. The title track is one of Iggy’s best-known tunes. I have no idea what is up with this party. I’m intrigued, though. Enjoy it…

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Here comes Johnny Yen again with the liquor and drugs and the flesh machine. He’s gonna do another striptease. Hey man, where’d you get that lotion? I been hurting since I bought the gimmick about something called love. Yeah, something called love. Well, that’s like hypnotizing chickens.” – “Lust For Life” (Pop/Bowie)

Sounds Like Saturday or: Foolin’

15 Saturday Aug 2020

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Whew! Caught up! Today is the 41st anniversary of the last true studio album from Led Zeppelin, In Through The Out Door. It’s not my favorite album from them, but for what it is, it’s not bad. Here’s Jason Bonham channeling his pops. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Well there’s a light in your eye that keeps shining, like a star that can’t wait for night. I hate to think I been blinded baby. Why can’t I see you tonight? And the warmth of your smile starts a burning. And the thrill of your touch give me fright. And I’m shaking so much, really yearning. Why don’t you show up and make it alright, yeah? It’s alright right.” – “Fool in the Rain” (Jones/Page/Plant)

Sounds Like Saturday or: The Second Best Imitation

08 Saturday Aug 2020

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Today is the 25th anniversary of Ben Folds’ band, Ben Folds Five’s debut self-titled album. I have really grown to love listening to Ben Folds. He’s a native of Winston-Salem, here where I am. He went to school with one of The BCPF’s brothers (perhaps) and spent a lot of time in Chapel Hill. We got to see him in the Joel Coliseum with the PWS and it was great! Because I like him, I didn’t find a cover, but the real thing. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I feel like a quote out of context. Withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see. I got the gesture and sound. Got the timing down. It’s uncanny, yeah, you think it was me. Do you think I should take a class to lose my southern accent? Did I make me up, or make the face till it stuck? I do the best imitation of myself.” – “Best Imitation of Myself” (Folds)

Now Normal Chronicles or: The Switch

31 Friday Jul 2020

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So, here’s the deal. I am traveling today and don’t know when I’ll have any WiFi to create a post, so I’m going to do the “Sounds Like Saturday” for tomorrow, which is August 1. August 1, 1981, MTV premiered and changed music promotion and airplay forever. MTV, in its true form, has gone the way of the dinosaur, with the “M” no longer standing for “music” but “miscellaneous.” But, this was the first song played on the channel and it was fitting and true. Ask Christopher Cross. I love Postmodern Jukebox, too, so this fits. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I heard you on the wireless back in fifty-two. Lying awake intent at tuning in on you. If I was young it didn’t stop you coming through. They took the credit for your second symphony. Rewritten by machine on new technology. And now I understand the problems you can see. I met your children. What did you tell them? Video killed the radio star…” – “Video Killed the Radio Star” (Downes/Horn/Woolley)

Sounds Like Saturday or: Back Black Back

25 Saturday Jul 2020

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Today is the 40th anniversary of one of the most powerful hard rock albums of all time (at least to me), AC/DC’s Back In Black. It was a statement from the band that had lost its frontman, the voice, Bon Scott. Brian Johnson had big shoes to fill and fill them he did. To me, this is the AC/DC album. So, enjoy that time when Meat Loaf played Angus Young in an AC/DC cover band!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Flying on a free flight. Driving all night with my machinery. ‘Cause I got the power, any hour to show the man in me. I got reputations blown to pieces with my artillery. I’ll be guided in. We’ll be ridin’ given what you got to me. Don’t you struggle. Don’t you fight. Don’t you worry ’cause it’s your turn tonight! Let me put my love into you, babe.” – “Let Me Put My Love Into You” (Young/Young/Johnson)

Sounds Like Saturday or: This Means Nothing to Me

11 Saturday Jul 2020

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Today is the 40th anniversary of Ultravox’s Vienna. I know a few songs by Ultravox and have loved what I’ve heard. I love that new wave synth stuff from the late 70s/early 80s. This, the title song, is kind of haunting and Midge Ure, the lead vox for Ultravox did a fantastic job. I dig it. I think you will, too. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“We walked in the cold air, freezing breath on a windowpane. Lying and waiting. A man in the dark in a picture frame, so mystic and soulful. A voice reaching out in a piercing cry, it stays with you until… The feeling has gone, only you and I. It means nothing to me. This means nothing to me. Oh, Vienna.” – “Vienna” (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure)

Sounds Like Saturday or: The End of the Matter

27 Saturday Jun 2020

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Today is the 31st anniversary of Don Henley’s The End of the Innocence album. I remember when it came out. I remember when the title track was first released that I knew that was Bruce Hornsby playing the piano, he just has that style. This album is #389 on the RS list and I like it. I used to do this song with my old, departed friend, Noel Livengood. I picked this version, well because the dude has a righteous beard. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I’m learning to live without you now. But I miss you sometimes. The more I know, the less I understand. All the things I thought I knew, I’m learning again. I’ve been tryin’ to get down to the heart of the matter but my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter but I think it’s about forgiveness. Forgiveness. Even if, even if you don’t love me anymore.” – “Heart of the Matter” (Campbell/Henley/Souther)

Sounds Like Saturday or: Take Me Home, or Don’t

20 Saturday Jun 2020

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Well, today is the 157th anniversary of my birth state, West Virginia. I have so many great memories of that state from around 1971 (when I can remember things) until around 2012 (the last time I was there). I moved to WSNC on 6/21/1986 (so can you guess what tomorrow’s blog post will be about? You may be right, but you may be wrong). I went back often from ’86 to about ’92 or so. Then for holidays until 2008. After that, I went back maybe twice. It’s not that I dislike WV. I have no problems telling people that I am from there, originally. I am not ashamed of it. But, Facebook has allowed me to see my friends from up there as often as I like and my family that is still there is on Facebook and many come down here a few times a year (when we’re not in C-19 Lockdown). I hate driving and well, that’s three and a half hours that I could be doing something else, honestly. So, for today’s song, I dedicate it to my friends, family and the state I was born in and had so many wonderful memories of and that’s good enough for me.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Almost heaven, West Virginia. Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River. Life is old there, older than the trees. Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze.” – “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (Danoff/Danoff/Denver)