R.I.P Karl Wallinger. Formally of the Waterboys but really came into his own in late 80s/early 90s with his band World Party. This song has specific resonance with me because I had broken up with a girl and we were driving in the same car after the breakup happened and this song came on the radio. We both sang the chorus at the top of our lungs and then laughed at the absurdity of it all when the song finished.
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Eric Carmen – Never Gonna Fall in Love Again
RIP Eric, solo and Raspberries vocalist
Amp Fiddler – Right Where You Are
MC5 – Ramblin’ Rose
Wayne Kramer guitarist of MC5 passed away this past weekend, he is also listed as a co-writer of most of the MC5 catalog. With his passing the only original member still alive is the drummer Dennis Thompson. Coming out of Detroit, MC5 had a short but fiery stint in the late 1960s and definitely could be considered proto-punks. Their live acts were incendiary and the band got in a bunch of trouble for their revolutionary views. Kick out the Jams is definitely a must hear album.
I actually had a one degree separation to Kramer, as a good friend of mine did a documentary on the MC5 that was getting good reviews in the film festival circuit. However, when they wanted to have a more widespread distribution, Kramer wouldn't release the rights to the music without more $$$ and the movie/DVD release languished. My friend and his wife won all court battles but the movie was never released. So he was kinda a dick too. He also threatens Dave with a gun on camera, so that was (not) cool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC5:_A_True_Testimonial
Btw, I actually have one of the few non-bootleg copies of the MC5 - A true Testimonial DVD if anyone is ever interested in seeing a copy. The band is quite fascinating and the story was fair and well done.
Melanie – Birthday Of The Sun
The Three Johns – Teenage Nightingale To Wax / English White Boy Engineer
The Shangri-Las – Leader of the Pack
Apparently featuring Robert Goulet on motorcycle
Peter Schickele – Schickele Bachanale / Variations on an Unusually Simple-Minded Theme
Mbongeni Ngema – Woza My Fohloza
Smothers Brothers – If I Had a Ship
RIP Thomas Bolyn Brothers -- sorry mom didn't like you as much