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It's half a century since Eddie Cochran first complained about the debilitating condition. But there still ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues - not this year, at least.
It's half a century since Eddie Cochran first complained about the debilitating condition. But there still ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues - not this year, at least.
It's half a century since Eddie Cochran first complained about the debilitating condition. But there still ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues - not this year, at least.
It's half a century since Eddie Cochran first complained about the debilitating condition. But there still ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues - not this year, at least.
The Holy Spirit "Speaks"! "This has gotta be true!" To UK; i.e. Ur Kweer nation. Here I was certain that Roger Daltrey wrote Summertime Blues, and I was wondering why The Who never played it and why it hasn't been broadcasted lately. Then I see that Eddie Cochran wrote it, yet Live at Leeds has the best version of it, except the final verse. So I wrote a new final verse. This should be folk music by...
Eddie Cochran "Summertime Blues" Blue Cheer "Summertime Blues" Sly & The Family Stone "Hot Fun In The Summertime" Jan & Dean "Surf City" Beach Boys "Surfin' Safari" Cruel Summer "Bananarama"
Summer has finally arrived, and so here are a few versions of Eddie Cochran's seasonally appropriate Summertime Blues. First a video of The Who doing it at Monterey: Of course, I can't leave out the most rocking cover version of...
"I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler About working all summer just to try 'n' earn a dollar" Now I love the genius of Eddie Cochran but his classic 113 seconds to the trails of 1950's teenage life is not a philosophy to run your business 50 years later. You know you've heard it "Nothing happens now it's the summer". Come on that's wishy-washy thinking. But Rod what can I do? I hear some...
It all started innocently enough over at my joint when I put up this charming clip. One of the two or three regular readers of my blog, who chooses, perhaps out of laziness, to go by the moniker Anonymous, left this comment: Great 60’s Male Vocalists in No Particular Order: John LennonElvis PresleyPaul JonesPaul McCartney Roy Orbison [...]
Today is the birthday … of Olympia Dukakis. She’s 77. Miss Dukakis won the Oscar for best supporting actress for Moonstruck. … of Martin Landau. He’s 77. Mr. Landau has been nominated for three best supporting actor Oscars, winning of course for Ed Wood. … of Danny Aiello. He’s 75. Mr. [...]
Can Disney's latest squeaky clean act the Jonas Brothers live the rock'n'roll lifestyle without succumbing to its sordid thrills? They can if they follow this guide
A themed compilation like this is revealing not only of the highs, but also the lows in arguably the most important decade in the history of popular music. As defined here it reveals also that the U.S. underground of that time was as open to cynical opportunists as it was to fervent idealists. Thus for every MC5 there's a Tiny Tim...