Blast IT

[caseyjo]

Whats the last song, Tv Vid, or on-line tune you listened to?..If you cant remember, what do you feel like listening to & if you dont feel like listening to anything, what is one of your all time favorite tunes?..Take your pic.....It's Blast it  time in the old TBd music room tonight.... So hit it peeps This is what I just listened to......It's actually on my profile right now.

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Cover of the Day, July 20th:

"Folsom Prison Blues" (the live version), #1 C&W, 7/20/68 (The studio version, from 1955, only goes to #4 on the C&W charts), Johnny Cash

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Today in Musical History, July 21st:

2017: The Beijing Municipal Bureau of China bans Justin Bieber from performing in China, citing Bieber's "bad behavior".

....but we all know it's really just because he sucks THAT bad.

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Cover of the Day:

"Fever" (Eddie Copely / John Davenport), #1 R&B, 7/21/56 Little Willie John

Brian Eno w/ the Winkies, recorded 2/1974, "Top Gear", BBC Radio London

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Today in Music History, July 22nd:

1977: Elvis Costello releases his debut album, "My Aim Is True".

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Cover of the Day, July 22nd:

"Soul Finger", #3 R&B, 7/22/67, the Bar-Kays

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Today in Musical History, July 23rd:

1994: A year after he dies, the International Astronomical Union names a meter, discovered in 1980, orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, after Frank Zappa.

It is now officially known as Zappafrank.

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Cover of the Day:

"Ask Me Now", first recorded by Thelonious Monk during his Blue Note sessions, July 23rd, 1951

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This Mike Neer guy had the idea of doing an album of Monk covers...with steel guitar as the primary instrument, instead of piano - and damned if it doesn't work.

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Today in Musical History, July 24th:

1969: Paul McCartney writes and records a demo for a new song at Abbey Road studios, "Come And Get It", for Ringo's movie "The Magic Christian". McCartney then reads an interview with a Welsh band, the Iveys, an Apple Records act with several European hits, who complain that Apple won't release any more of their new songs solely because Apple is being managed so badly. (Which was pretty much true.)

Macca then offers the song to the Iveys, and produces their recording of it on August 2nd, 1969, insisting that they replicate McCartney's demo as closely as possible. As Apple prepares to release the song (because nobody tells Paul McCartney "no"), their manager gets the Iveys to, at least, change their name, which isn't "hip" enough for the times; the band settle on Badfinger, which was the original working title of "With A Little Help From My Friends": "Bad Finger Boogie".

"Come And Get It" is released December, '69, and goes Top 10 around the world.