Well, not so much… it’s one of those songs that sound better in your memory than in your ears, heh. Though I’ll probably feel differently about it tomorrow.

So, to drive the final nail into the theme with a contribution from my own library, here’s Luxuria and their version of Frankie Laine’s Jezebel, off their 1990 Beggar’s Banquet long player, Beast Box.

Jezebel

Jezebel!

Jezebel!

Jezebel!

Closing this out with a return to the late ’60s bombast of what feels like you’d hear under the closing credits of some cowboy western surfer flick.

Which is pro’lly 13/16 of my musical influences right there, heh.

Here’s The Rumbles, LTD. finishing off the Frankie Laine million selling, #2 on the Billboard chart (in the ever-so-wholesome era of the early ’50s… what’s up with that?) Jezebel theme here in the land of Queasy Listening.

Heh.

Jezebel!

Off the Reverend’s 1994 release, Liquor In The Front, here’s his/their take on Frankie Laine’s Jezebel.

But still, head and shoulders above some of the other versions out there, heh.

So don your cardigans, kids, and let’s have some wholesome fun with…

Jezebel!

Other than it’s pretty damned cool.

Jezebel!

Jezebel!

You’d find this version of Frankie Laine’s Jezebel on Gene Vincent’s first LP release, Blue Jean Bop. Super tasty, yo.

Jezebel!

Since most of the recordings for this song seem to be pre-1970, I’m going to be mixing up the playlist in an un-chronological way, for a reduction in the samey-samey potential. ‘Cause, y’know, I’d really like to see y’all come back tomorrow.

Here’s Herman’s Hermits, back in 1966, on (what else?) German television, performing their version of Frankie Laine’s Jezebel.

And the song was Jezebel, performed by Herman’s Hermits. I was bopping my head along with the groovy beat, when it hit me “I’ve heard this before!” but the only version I was familiar with was from a goth-ish band by the name of Luxuria, off their 1990 Beggar’s Banquet release, Beast Box that I rescued from the “we’re not playing this crap” bin at the radio station I dj’ed at. Found a lot of interesting music that way, heh.

A trip to wikipedia and a youtube safari later, and I’ve got a theme for the next however many days for y’all…

Jezebel!

So, we’ll start back at the very beginning, Frankie Laine in 1951 singing the Wayne Shanklin penned tune, and backed (at least on the vinyl version presented below) by the Norman Luboff Choir and Mitch Miller and his orchestra.

Three shots here, a vinyl pressing, a period tv appearance, and a later one (in the mid-to-late ’70s, judging by the suit).

Tomorrow’ll be either Herman’s Hermits or Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps…

I heard “I don’t wanna be a punk no more” on the radio today, and it just kinda resonated, (maybe a month or so after the fractious demise of Whoregasm).

So here’s Akron’s Rubber City Rebels with track # 3 off their 2003 long-player Pierce My Brain…

I Don’t Wanna Be A Punk No More

Quite appropos (said the guy with 6¢ in the bank). Here’s Howlin’ Wolf, back in 1966. So get yer groove on, y’all!

Performed by Buddy Guy, Junior Wells and Junior Mance… it’s seven & a half-odd minutes of a single riff. And fresh the whole way through. Pretty fuckin’ cool, man.

Now I’ve got to get back to debugging another site. This is good work music, y’all. Enjoy.

A Motif Is Just A Riff

And Phil Spector produces a song by Carole King and Gerry Goffin for that superpower of early ’60s girl groups, The Crystals.

He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) is, well, an interesting ride. The title pretty much says it all, there ain’t no surprises here. Well, maybe the only surprise is that it’s not the theme song for the Lifetime channel. Oh, zing!

Here’s two takes on it, the 1962 original, and a cover by The Motels from the 1980s.

So pucker up, buttercup…

It’s a bookend of sorts to Sunday’s Let’s Go, Man, using the thematic elements of the Mummy’s, errr, theme.

Viva la undead, yo!

The Mummy’s Eye