Pretentious, self-important blathering about white music, albums and artistic ambition

[Dean F.]

As usual, the only black artist on Rosie's list is Jimi Hendrix. Just
pathetic!

His mind is narrower than the side view of a postcard.

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

My list includes some earlier records.

What's It All About? - Little Leo (he's Lloyd Price's brother)
How Fine Can You Be? - Jimmy Nolen
Why Don't You Do Right? - Benny Goodman (Peggy Lee)
Wasn't That Good? - Wynonie Harris
What Did I Do? - Royals
Oh Why? - Robins
Oh Babe, What Would You Say? - Hurricane Smith
Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well? - Lucky Millinder (Wynonie Harris)
Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be? - Paul Revere & Raiders
Where Have All The Flowers Gone? - Kingston Trio
Why Can;t I Touch You? - Ronnie Dyson
What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You?) - Mills Brothers
Who Can Explain? - Frankie Lymon & Teenagers
Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis
Have You Ever Missed your Baby? - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? - Lovin' Spoonful
Who's Sorry Now? - Connie Francis
Is She Really Goin' Out With Him? - Joe Jackson
How Do You Do? - Mouth & MacNeal
Which Way You Goin', Billy? - Poppy Family
What Is Hip? - Tower Of Power

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Aug 8, 3:08 am, poisoned rose <pro...@poisonedrose.com> wrote:

> The Bloomfield Bloviator <Savo...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > My list includes some earlier records.
>

> OK, good enough.

>
> > Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? - Lovin' Spoonful
>

> This could have been a strong contender for me, but I have a CD *and* a
> LP version and neither listing has a question mark. :)

Do you have the original album?

It was first released in 1965 on the "Do You Believe In Magic" album.
The single did not come out til the spring of 1966. Whitburn lists i
with a question mark in his "Top Pop Albums" book. There are plenty of
reasons for owning these books, even if you don't care about charts.

Here's the original single.

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/c5d3a4c9374dcea61d09ae22b7b48461/o110093.jpg

> > Who's Sorry Now? - Connie Francis
>

> This surprises me...seems like the sort of track you'd blast Pendragon
> for liking.

I like several Connie records. "Many Tears Ago" is very high on my
1960 list.

[Dean F.]

Ain't That Peculiar? - Marvin Gaye
Can't You See That She's Mine? - Dave Clark Five
Do You Want To Know A Secret? - Beatles
What It Is? - Undisputed Truth
Will You Be Mine? - Swallows
Will You Love Me Tomorrow? - Shirelles

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Aug 8, 3:33 am, poisoned rose <pro...@poisonedrose.com> wrote:
> The Bloomfield Bloviator <Savo...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > > This could have been a strong contender for me, but I have a CD *and* a
> > > LP version and neither listing has a question mark. :)
>
> > Do you have the original album?
>

> I think so...Kama Sutra KLPS-8050. I bought it used and the record is
> well-worn. The song title has no question mark, either on the back cover
> or on the inner label.
>
> The band's official website skips the question mark too.
>
> http://lovinspoonful.com/discography.html

Well, the first time it was released, on that album, it has no
question mark. That's what I'd go with, but if you think that in 1965
that these acts had any control over how song titles would appear on
records you're nuts. I can show you lots of albums where titles are
spelled differently on the cover than on the record, or differently on
the picture sleeve than on the label of the 45.

I can even show you different pressings of the same record, albums and
singles, with titles, and even artists names, spelled differently.

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

Most of them do not have a ? in the title. Maybe all of them.

The original title on the Shirelles record is just "Tomorrow"

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Aug 8, 4:09 am, poisoned rose <pro...@poisonedrose.com> wrote:

> BTW, can someone give me a ruling on whether this title is a question? :)
>
> The Byrds - What's Happening?!?!

The whole topic is pretty useless, especially when most question
titles don't have the ?

By the way, I thought you had no interest in ranking songs. You seem
to be fine with it in this instance.

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Aug 8, 4:29 am, poisoned rose <pro...@poisonedrose.com> wrote:
> The Bloomfield Bloviator <Savo...@aol.com> wrote:
>

> > By the way, I thought you had no interest in ranking songs. You seem
> > to be fine with it in this instance.
>

> It was only 29 songs, and I put an arguably "interesting" spin on the
> criteria. I also added comments on certain tracks, rather than just
> mechanically posting a numbered list.

As did I when I originally posted these top 100s of each year. You're
good at looking up my posts from years ago, check it.

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

Broome is so fucking white, he thinks that "the hood" is what he
covers his bald head with when his cap is dirty.

[Jan Dean]

Who are you?

Who, who?

Who, who?

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

What are you, a fucking owl?