June 24, 2004
Oddio Delights
We're havin' fun - the archives of the
365 Days project are back online at a new location. Great news for those of us who didn't have a chance to download everything then. Check out the banned Sesame Street ditty "I Want a Monster to Be My Friend" (originally posted Dec. 15th) for a tiny taste of muppetty subversiveness.
Also I want to advise fans of utterly fabulous '60s pop to download "Don't Drop Out" by Dolly Parton, posted at Bubblegum Machine. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. Apparently that bizarre alternate universe I always dreamed of where Dolly recorded an echoey, dramatic Shangri-Las-esque teen heartbreak ballad is -- this very one!!
Posted by mhinrichs at June 24, 2004 03:10 PM
The Loretta Lynn song on bubblegum machine is great too. Just got Johnny Cash/June Carter's first album for my birthday. Love what I call real country music.
I was going to throw in a similar plug for the Loretta song--"Fist City" is fabulous! We've been using the expression "You're about to buy a ticket to fist city" for years and knew that it came from some country song; it's good to have the actual source available.
How great is Bubblegum Machine?
Can't access the links at work for some reason... why was the Sesame Street song banned??
Anthony Newley's version of "Within You, Without You" makes my teeth ache.
I'm in with the "Fist City" love. Loretta Lynn rocks.
Nancy - the original version of "I Want a Monster to Be My Friend" was banned because the lyrics could be interpreted to be a song about child molestation. It was re-recorded with safer lyrics and the original was consigned to obscurity until 365 Days dug it back up.
