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.

[Angharad]

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Cover of the Day:

"Tush", #20  Pop, 9/13/1975, ZZ Top

Cover by Austin, TX underground legends Fastball, from volume 5 of the "All ATX" covers series

[Snagg]

Today in Musical History, September 14th:

1955: A bored and restless Little Richard, on a lunch break while in the studio with Bumps Blackwell, hauls off and rips through the original, utterly filthy version of "Tutti Frutti" - 

And Blackwell, who had been unhappy with the bland, cautious material that had already been laid down, grabs a nearby songwriter, Dorothy Bostrie, to re-write the racy lyrics into acceptable radio fodder, cues the band, and hits "Record" - 

And, one could make a strong argument that rock & roll is born, right then and there.

[Snagg]

Just another of the apparently inexhaustible Mike Dillon's million-and-one bands and musical projects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Dillon_(musician)

[Snagg]

Cover of the Day:

"Get Up, Stand Up"; Never charted; Single released 9/14/73, by Bob Marley & the Wailers, on "Burnin'"

Cover by the Specials, from their 2021 album, "Protest Songs"

[Angharad]

Huh. I always assumed Marley's "Get Up, Stand Up" made it onto the charts.

[Snagg]

One would think so, but a song being famous, isn't a sure sign that it was a hit; Zeppelin never even released "Stairway To Heaven" as a single, but anytime somebody says "Led Zeppelin", that's the song that pops into most people's heads.

[Snagg]

Today in Musical History, September 15th:

1957: John Coltrane records "Blue Train"

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Cover of the Day:



"Situation Vacant", by the Kinks, released 9/14/1967, on "Something Else"

Chuck Prophet's version comes from a 2017 MOJO magazine, various-artists, 50th-anniversary tribute to the album

[Snagg]

Today in Musical History, September 16th:

1966: A British magistrate calls the Rolling Stones “complete morons, who wear filthy clothes”.

Well, THAT certainly put an end to those uncouth ruffians and their hijinks.