Providing Musical Distractions for our Sick, Sad World
Song of the Day: Bo Diddley – Elephant Man You may have noticed, Dear Imaginary Readers, that this has been sort of a Comeback week here at Infinite Jones. We have been featuring artists from the early days of Rock and Roll who attempted to revive their careers or update their sound in order to stay …
Song of the Day: Dale Hawkins – L.A. Memphis Tyler Texas Today we invite you to enjoy this swinging little travelogue from Susie Q singer, Dale Hawkins. It’s off his surprisingly, solid 1969 album of the same name. A Country Funk Classic!
Song of the Day: The Everly Brothers – I Wonder If I Care as Much The Everly Brothers were past their big hit days by 1968 when they released Roots (although they were still very popular in England). The album is considered a very early Country Rock classic with the Everlys covering songs by artists who …
Song of the Day: Dion – Daddy Rollin’ (in Your Arms) Today’s Song of the Day was the B-side to Dion’s big 1968 comeback hit Abraham, Martin and John. It shows a much more raw, experimental direction for Dion that we wish he would have taken as it is one of our favorite things he …
Song of the Day: Nina Simone – Feeling Good We are feeling good today and it is because of the amazing Nina Simone. Today’s Song of the Day is from Nina’s 1965 album I Put a Spell on You. Strangely enough, Miss Simone does not really sound all that happy for a song song entitled …
Song of the SaturDay: Tom Waits – (Lookin’ for) The Heart of Saturday Night Dear Imaginary Readers, we guess we are doing Saturday Songs now. We noticed we have done it kind of unconsciously for the last couple of weeks, so we decided to make it Official. It ‘s just that their are SO MANY …
Song of the Day: The KingBees – My Mistake We are not exactly sure what mistake The Kingbees are owning up to in this propulsive, neo-Rockabilly gem – they seems to be apologizing for not choose the straight life over the life of a Rock and Roller (and maybe mistaking a guy for a girl …
Song of the Day: DFX2 – Something’s Always Happening Twin brothers Donald and David Farage (DFX2 – get it?) are frustrated and annoyed. They lost their employment and crashed their car and worst of all they are “threatened with obscurity”! That last thing was really more than a threat as they remain almost completely unknown …
Song of the Day: Buzzcocks – Something’s Gone Wrong Again Life is really bugging Pete Shelley. He lost a sock, his egg yoke broke (no joke), he missed a bus, etc. Somehow, Shelley and the Buzzcocks make these petty little annoyances seem ominous and even downright perilous. But, haven’t we all felt like that sometimes, …
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Song of the Day: Fred Neil – That’s the Bag I’m In “I burned my fingers on the coffee pot, Toast was cold and the orange juice was hot,” Fred Neil complains in this mostly tongue-in-cheek list of problems that are ruining his day/life. The tune is saved from sounding whiny by a slightly funky …
