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Sunny Top Ten: Waterloo Sunset (#6)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 26 Jul

Howdy! Well, heck, I slept until noon again today. I don't know why I'm sleeping late on the weekend...it's not like I'm working or anything. Instead of going out into the blast furnace I'm staying here,...

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June Moon: Full Moon

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 5 Jun 25

Howdy from Ashland, KY. I’m continuing on my visits to places today, but first…you must be serenaded with another song with “moon” in the title. A few days early from the “real thing” this month, but here’s today’s...

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1965 Songs: A Well Respected Man

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 18 Apr 25

As usual, when I cross the river and eat at the Chuy’s over here, they give me too much salad. No cooking tonight! But there will be music, and lots of it! Here’s the next song on the list of things that are now 60...

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My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: Come Dancing

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 12 Sep 24

Every now and then I have to tell newer readers that I’m not schizophrenic, because the widely diverse things that I listen to might make people scratch their heads. This might be one of those days. I mean, what goes well with...

100 favorite rock songs

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Rock Title Songs: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 17 Aug 24

Rerun? Oh, no. Completely different song from yesterday’s with the same (almost) title. Yes, different songs can have the same title. In fact, I have three songs on my iPod named “Country Boy,” and another three...

rock title songs

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1964 Top Ten: You Really Got Me (#8)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 23 Jun 24

Holy cow, it rained!!!! Nothing like the flooding in South Dakota (I can’t believe the Falls Park in Sioux Falls…unreal, and not in a good way ), but it doesn’t feel like an oven out there. Good enough weather for...

british invasion

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Remembering 2023’s Music Losses: John Gosling

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 9 Jan 24

Ugly, ugly weather in the south. It’s supposed to get very cold here…just in time for the 30th anniversary of the “snowstorm of the century” in Kentucky. (Understand, we aren’t used to 16” snowfalls, so...

2023 music obituaries

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Play it Again, Sam #15a - "Stop Your Sobbing"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43650) • Denver, Colorado 16 Jun 18

I swear, having to take days off is causing Play it Again, Sam to seem like it's taking forever. We have made some progress, however. As always, Play it Again, Sam is a two part discussion consisting of an original song followed...

play it again sam

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Favorite "Night"Songs #9 - "All Day and All of the Night"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43650) • Denver, Colorado 28 Jul 17

I am a night owl, so I figured why not celebrate the night with my Favorite "Night" Songs series, which is songs with "night" in the title. We are at #9: "All Day and All of the Night" by The Kinks. From their 1964 album,...

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Favorite "Fly" Songs #10 - "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43650) • Denver, Colorado 6 Jan 17

Having taken a foray into baseball, we're back to music here at Team Freak Headquarters, with a new series, Favorite "Fly" Songs. We begin with #10, "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" by legendary British band The Kinks. Led by...

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Just When it Couldn't Have Gotten any Better

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43650) • Denver, Colorado 28 Mar 16

Not only am I obsessed with music, but in particular live music, ever since I saw Eddie Money for my first concert. In the early 80's, when I was a junior in high school, I saw the original lineup of the Pretenders at the City...

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The Kinks to be the latest band to reform?

jend80 @jend80 (2071) • United Kingdom 10 Nov 08

according to Uncut's newletter today, the band are writing songs together again and Ray wants them to reunite http://uncut.co.uk/news/the_kinks/news/12407

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Johnny Thunders

jend80 @jend80 (2071) • United Kingdom 11 Oct 07

(the New York Dolls/solo punk singer) did he name himself after The Kinks song Johnny Thunder (that's on thire Village Green Preservation Society album)?

johnny thunders

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