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MY WAY my way

I love Frank Sinatra’s MY WAY, which was the English version of French song “Comme d’habitude” composed by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. The American words was written by Paul Anka and blisslessly adapted by Sid Vicious. At 56 I’m ready to do my version.
I FUCKED IT UP MY WAY
And now I’m no longer young
I […]

Viva Las Vegas

Ann-Magret and Elvis
VIVA LAS VEGAS
The Dead Kennedys did a great version of that song.
She never had an affair with Jello Biafra

Jocko and ET

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And the only MIchael Jackson song suitable to singing around a campfire is BEN.

CATCH A FIRE bob marley and the wailers

CATCH A FIRE was released by Island Records in 1973. The only reggae song to hit the US Charts prior to the Wailers had been DA ISRAELITES by Desmond Dekker, which was featured in the movie THE HARDER THEY COME hitting NY theaters. No one in America was ready for reggae, but Bob Marley’s music […]

Isaac Hayes RIP

Isaac Hayes debut into mainstream America with his hit SHAFT, the title track from Gordon Park’s film about a bad black man doing good. As a teenager he beat Nat King Cole in a talent contest and went on to perform for Stax record as well as write SOUL MAN. the Black Moses parlayed his […]

Yodrak Salukjai RIP

Pleng Luk Thung or Music of the rice field children is the plaintive country music of Thailand. The songs about the bad times, broken hearts, and busted dreams appeal to the exiles from Ban Nok or the hicks much like country/western brings tears to the eyes of Okie oil drillers stuck on a drilling platform […]

Gary Glitter Free

ROCK & ROLL 1 & 2 are sports arena favorites after the home team has scored a goal. Few of the mob are aware that the genius behind this rock anthem is Gary Glitter or that the ex-glam rocker has been serving a 3 year prison sentence in Viet-Nam. The crime - child molestation.
The ageing […]

McCain not MC for the ages

“I ate the music my kids play,” John McCain told reporters.
Here’s a list of his 23 year-old daughter Meghan McCain’s CDs
David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Beach Boys, Madonna, Jay-Z, the Smiths, Björk, Kanye West, the Cure, T. Rex, the Velvet Underground, 2 Pac and Dr. Dre, Elliott Smith, […]

Low Road McCain

Years ago a friend of mine went to a boxing match in Jakarta. Muhammad Ali was a guest of Tommie Sukarno, the son of the Indonesian dictator. The fomer heavyweight champ was visibly suffering from his ailment, but greeted his fans with enthusiasm and My friend went over to shake Ali’s hand.
“You know you look […]

Amy Winehouse on Crack

THE SUN has aired online a video during which Amy Winehouse snorts cocaine with her Hoover-sized beak. It’s illegal in London to huff blow. She’s a bad girl. So what? Rock stars are supposed to be dopers. It’s not like she’s pretending to be Snow White. Go for it.
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