Ten Favorite Radio Reference Songs: Yesterday Once More (#9)

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Not all songs that reference the radio have “radio” in the title, so here’s the companion countdown: songs that are about radio without mentioning “radio” in the song’s title. And, what do you follow a band like the Replacements (yesterday’s song) with? Pop, of course!! Here’s today’s song. #9: Yesterday Once More - Carpenters You can blame Karen Carpenter for my disdain for most modern pop “singers.” That woman had a voice and a half. Even when covering songs they really shouldn’t have (to this day I don’t understand what prompted them to do Klaatu’s “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft”), Karen’s voice was simply sublime. This song is a brilliant way to pay homage to growing up listening to the radio. The song begins side two of the album, then the rest of that side of the album is filled with covers as if someone’s running up and down the dial of a radio! Talk about a song that can “melt the years away”!! Yesterday Once More Written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis Recorded by the Carpenters From Now and Again, 1973 They’re back again: