Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Song of the Day # 291 John Denver

 
A bit off my general track. This reminds me of my parents' sparse record collection and Grandma's Feather Bed, one of the songs I remember most from my childhood. John Denver was a wholesome as The Waltons and as much counter culture. Still, this is a very good song getting across his utterly clean cut persona but also his undoubted talent for melody and goes out to a com padre of mine Chris who attends the Record Player thing I go to in Newcastle and is prone to buying John Denver boxsets. I was drawn to listen to this by an early Kurt Cobain mixtape I saw listed here. The other songs here might not all be so much to your liking Chris, but makes interesting reading:
 
The Men In My Little Girl’s Life” by Mike Douglas
“The Sounds of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel
“Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!” by The Beatles
“A Day In The Life” by The Beatles
“Eruption” by Van Halen
“Hot Pants” by James Brown
“Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves” by Cher
“Go Away Little Girl” by Donny Osmond
“Rocky Mountain High” by John Denver
“Everybody Loves Somebody” by Dean Martin
“The Candy Man” by Sammy Davis, Jr.
“In A Gadda Da Vida” by Iron Butterfly
“Wild Thing” by William Shatner
“Taxman” by The Beatles
“I Think I Love You” by The Partridge Family
“Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?” by The Barbarians
“Queen Of The Reich” by Queensryche
“Last Caress/Green Hell” covered by Metallica
“Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin
“Get Down, Make Love” by Queen
“ABC” by The Jackson Five
“I Want Your Sex” by George Michael
“Run to the Hills” by Iron Maiden
“Eye Of The Chicken” by Butthole Surfers
“Dance of the Cobra” by Butthole Surfers
“The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey’s Grave” by Butthole Surfers
“New Age” by The Velvet Underground
“Love Buzz” by Shocking Blue
Orchestral music from 200 Motels by Frank Zappa
“Help I’m A Rock” / “It Can’t Happen Here” by Frank Zappa
“Call Any Vegetable” by Frank Zappa
“The Day We Fall In Love” by The Monkees
“Sweet Leaf” by Black Sabbath (intro)
Theme from The Andy Griffith Show
Mike Love (of The Beach Boys) talking about “Transcendental Meditation”
Excerpts of Jimi Hendrix speaking at the Monterey Pop Festival
Excerpts of Paul Stanley from KISS’ Alive!
Excerpts of Daniel Johnston screaming about Satan
Excerpts from sound effects records
Various children’s records (Curious George, Sesame Street, The Flintstones, Star Wars).'
 
 

2 comments:

  1. Well done that man!

    Finally recognising greatness where music snobs will tell you there is none to be found. Sure he can be twee and saccharine, but when he's on top form he's magical.

    Barring the Donny Osmond, Partridge Family and Buthole surfers I think I have everything else listed too. Well, obviously not the strange shit at the end...

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  2. I certainly enjoyed that song. I'm not sure I'll be investing in the box set!

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