“Blank Generation” - Richard Hell & the Voidoids

Excellent song for a hungover morning. Old New York/CBGB’s punk band, with a song that became an anthem for many, many in that particular period/scene.

Enjoy, I’ve got to drag my sorry ass to work now, for to feed The Man. Oh boy.

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“Hotel California” - Moog Cookbook

Alas, the youtube I found for this is an abbreviated (and mutilated) version, but still… if you’ve ever been curious as to what’s going on in my brain, this is as good an example as anything.

Time to go back to listening to the real thing, heh.

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“Urban Struggle” - The Vandals

Man, I love The Vandals. And spaghetti western music. Don’t worry, even if you don’t recognize the title, you’ll recognize the song. 

Yee-freakin’-haw!

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“Happy Together” - The Turtles

So we’re back on the “love songs” theme, heh. It’s chock full o’ creamy goodness, yo.

Personal relation to this song: they played my Mom’s Prom back in ‘67. Pointless trivia, yeah, but it’s my damned pointless trivia ;-)

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“All Along the Watchtower” - Jimi Hendrix

Yeah yeah, I know Bob Dylan wrote and first recorded the thing. But Jimi made it his own, damnit. And it’s about time he got on the list here.

It’s one of those songs that run through my head when it’s a particularly crappy day at work. One of many, actually, heh.

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“Knights in White Satin” - The Dickies

This is another of the “love songs” from my listening ear. Wife & I will play duelling YouTubes every now and again. The Rules: she plays a deep, meaningful, caring song for me, and I do the same for her.

Well, that’s the idea, anyway. You may’ve guessed after looking over my song list thus far that, well, I don’t have the same reserves of mushy stuff in my library as, say, any other normal human being. 

So songs like this one get played on my turns. And y’know, we dig it just the same.

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“Everywhere I Go” - The Call

This is just a nice song. Even with the Christian leanings, it’s a much better love song than, say, REM’s “The One I Love”, heh. So that’s something.

And it’s ’80s-ish, so Max might even approve.

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