Monday morning, John and Paul pre-figure Amazon.
Still holds up to my ears, almost sixty years later.
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Monday Morning, Chan Poling’s band, The Suburbs.
It’s a catchy song, but on reading about it, I found Chan dedicated the song to the memory of his deceased wife, Eleanor, the daughter of Walter Mondale, who died at 51.
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Thanks to YouTuber MN Original
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“When You Believe In Things You Don’t Understand, Then You Suffer”
Monday morning, Stevie Wonder at the age of 22 killing it on Sesame Street, of all places, with “Superstition.” Still great.
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“Superstition”
Very superstitious, writings on the wall,
Very superstitious, ladders ’bout to fall,
Thirteen-months-old baby broke the lookin’ glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past
When you believe in things that you don’t understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain’t the way
Very superstitious, wash your face and hands,
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can,
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin’ strong,
You don’t wanna save me, sad is my song
When you believe in things that you don’t understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain’t the way, yeah, yeah
Very superstitious, nothin’ more to say,
Very superstitious, the devil’s on his way,
Thirteen-months-old baby broke the lookin’ glass,
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past
When you believe in things that you don’t understand,
Then you suffer, superstition ain’t the way, no, no, no
Thanks to YouTuber Ryan’s Smashing Life
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Africa: Toto
Monday morning after sifting through literally dozens of versions, band configurations, and covers, we settle on this 2013 version of the 1981 Toto song.
Dave Paich: lead vocals, keyboards and writer
Simon Phillips: drums
Nathan East: bass
Steve Lukather: lead guitar
And because here at Shalblog Industries® we use every part of the buffalo, expect more versions of it posted this week.
Thanks to YouTuber MADIM67
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Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow: The Shirelles
Monday morning the Shirelles pop the question in the Carole King-penned pop hit.
Thanks to YouTuber Mp3SuperSound
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
I can’t say I’m a huge Elton John fan, but this is one of my favorite of his–or anybody’s–songs.
Thanks to YouTuber The Dude
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The Last Time
Monday morning, the MonaLisa Twins worry about the last time. Mona on lead, ergo, Lisa on the harmonies.
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My Guy: Mary Wells
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Mary Wells performing her 1964 hit, the first solo female hit for Motown. Smokey Robinson was the writer. She knocked The Beatles out of first place on the May 1964 charts.
Thanks to YouTuber Smurfstools Music Time Machine
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Can’t Buy Me Love: MonaLisa Twins
March’s first Monday morning, the MonaLisa Twins from Austria check in with some Lennon-McCartney philosophy.
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You’re Just What I Needed
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Monday morning, The Cars. Their lead singer, Benjamin Orr, had to be on the short list for most charismatic rock front man since Mick Jagger.
Thanks to YouTuber Shane Combs
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Sultans Of Swing: Dire Straits
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Monday morning, Dire Straits. Mark Knopfler on guitar with one of the classics of 70s rock.
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The Beatles: I’m A Loser
Pretty Little Angel Eyes
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It’s Monday morning, summer of 1961, Evergreen Avenue in Bradley Beach, New Jersey to be exact, and the kid across the street has hauled out his record player to the front porch and is playing Curtis Lee’s “Pretty Little Angel Eyes,” over and over, far into the night, the fireflies flashing in syncopated time, stopped only by the sound of the approaching ice cream truck …
Thanks to YouTuber brianfromLI
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“Africa”: Mike Massé and The MonaLisa Twins
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Monday morning, Mike Massé and the MonaLisa Twins hit the harmonies with their cover of the 80s Toto hit, “Africa.”
Thanks to YouTuber MonaLisa Twins
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A Day In The Life: Neil Young And Paul McCartney
Stuck In The Middle With You
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Josh Turner with friends Carson McKee, Reina del Cid on lead vocals, and Toni Lindgren. They just did a great gig at Rockwood Hall in NYC last night and closed with this.
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Hit Or Myth
John, Be Good
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Monday morning, John Lennon checks off an item on his bucket list by singing with his childhood idol.
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“I Set My Sights On Monday…”
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Monday morning, you get out of bed to America’s perilously-close-to -sappy lyrics, but undeniably catchy musical hooks.
Thanks to YouTuber NoMadU55555
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Live For Today
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Monday morning, Sha-la-la-la-la-la-ing through the day, hoping you wouldn’t get drafted.
The Grass Roots, with lead singer Rob Grill.
Thanks to YouTuber Cal Vid
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Yesterday’s Gone
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The MonaLisa Twins with another summer British invasion hit of the 60s, Chad and Jeremy’s “Yesterday’s Gone.” Ever-Reliable Wikipedia tells us it was Chad’s first published song.
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A Whiter Shade Of Pale
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Who cares what the heck the abstruse lyrics mean. It’s still profound. And a happy light fandango to you, too.
Thanks to YouTuber FLY Records
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Good Vibrations
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Monday morning, the theremin calls, and you’re swept into one of the most innovative and influential popular rock songs of the 60s.
Carl Wilson on lead vocals. The song was produced by the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson from countless short pieces of tape, and many session musicians were used as well.
There’s an excellent description of the song’s history, as well as a musical deconstruction, and how the song changed the history of the pop single, at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Vibrations
Thanks to YouTuber tabouriefilms
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We Ain’t Got Nothing Yet
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Monday morning because you can’t stop dancing, the Blue Magoos.
Thanks to YouTuber MUNROWS RETRO
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Hang on Sloopy
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Thanks to YouTuber TransatlanticMoments
Monday morning The McCoys urge Sloopy to hang on.
The woman in the video is Liz Brewer who was once married to the lead singer of the McCoys, Rick Derringer.**
Who was Sloopy? So far I’ve tracked down four stories:
- One of the credited co-writers claims that he wrote the song while in Cuba, and any attractive woman there would be called a Sloopy.
- Sloopy was the nickname of jazz singer Dorothy Sloop who was a girlfriend of one of the writers.
- Jean Sloop was the name of an Ohio waitress who claims to be the inspiration.
- A businessman in St. Louis claimed that when he was just a kid in high school he wrote the song and sold it on the cheap to the credited writers. Rick Derringer seems to most believe this story—but he still doesn’t know why the high school kid used the name Sloopy.
**Update: It may be that Liz Brewer had nothing to do with the video; here’s another claimant for the dancer:
