I did zero to ten a few years back. What songs can you think of that feature ordinals or cardinals greater than tenth or ten? Well, racking wracking my brains there's
Connie Stevens, Sixteen Reasons. With footage from David Lynch, "Mulholland Drive."
Simon and Garfunkel, 59th Street Bridge Song. What a great song! Slow down you hyperkinetic hustlers, you're moving too fast!
Cannibal and the Head Hunters, Land of 1000 Dances. This one goes out to Tom Coleman who probably danced to this at the El Monte Legion Stadium circa '65. "Be there or be square!"
Question Mark and the Mysterians, 96 Tears. Is that a Farfisa organ making that cheesy sound? This one goes out to Colin McGinn.
Bobby Darin, 18 Yellow Roses
Cannonball Adderley, 74 Miles Away
Chicago, 25 or 6 to 4
Frank Zappa, Twenty Small Cigars
Tom Waits, Ol '55
Dr. Feelgood, Route 66. Energetic and attitudinal.
Paul Simon, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Paul Simon, English major, was a wee bit pretentious in some of his '60s songwriting. Case in point: Dangling Conversation. But I like it; if I didn't I wouldn't link to it.
And we spoke of things that matter
With words that must be said
Can analysis be worthwhile?
Is the theater really dead?
Billy Ward and the Dominoes, Sixty Minute Man. Explicitly sexual. I don't need to explain to my sophisticated readers what 'rock and roll' means. Some say this was the first R & R record. Others cites the following number. I myself take no position on this weighty question.
Ike Turner, Rocket 88 The video features footage and 'legage' of 1950's sex kitten Bettie Page.
Beatles, When I'm 64
Dave Allen, Highway 61 Revisited. Ever hear this version? No you haven't, which is why you need Uncle Bill's Saturday Night at the Oldies.
Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
And no doubt more . . .
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