music monday: tribute to bo diddley

One of the greats, Bo Diddley, passed away today.  So, this week, only he will be added to the rankings, at number 6.  Also, embedded are 2 videos, one of him performing “Road Runner,” and the second being the classic, “Bo, you don’t know diddley” commercials by Nike from the late 80s/early 90s.

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music monday week 7: creed(ence)

My buddy Danny Osterhout and I both really hate creed.  However, Creedence is one of my favorite bands.  I don’t like puns, but that didn’t stop me from making the joke, “We should play some Creed . . . ence.”  It was never funny, but I always laughed.  So, the updated rankings:
2.  Creedence Clearwater Revival
15. [...]

rockin

It’s in my head, now it’s in yours.

 

music monday week 4–why?

So, the first music monday controversy occurred with last weeks rankings. Jenny T asks why I would rank ABBA over Fiona Apple. From this point forward, I will just answer these questions by making fun of the artist in question, but this time, I thought I would give a little insight into basic [...]

music monday week 3: bonus tracks!

So, I’ve actually managed to keep my gimmick going for 3 weeks now.  And, I realized something . . . this list won’t be all that interesting for a while.  Not until it builds up a bit.  So, this week is a bonus week, where I add not 2, not 3, or not even 4 [...]

rock and ribs

Tonight I went to the graduation show for the the Iowa School of Rock.   I had wanted to be a part of it this spring, but couldn’t due to cost.  And, it’s lucky, because normally they have a band with adult members, but there was not one this time.  So, I would have been rocking [...]

music appreciation

Today I heard a funk version of “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.” Hearing that version really made the LSD references much more obvious.