#dr hook & the medicine show

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Walk Right In - Dr Hook And The Medicine Show

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It’s Tuesday, I don’t have to boil my water anymore, we get more Veilguard deets this morning, and this is still one of the most beautifully tragic songs ever written 🤍

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Marilyn Manson – Get My Rocks Off

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I was today years old when I learned Shel Silverstein wrote The Ballad of Lucy Jordan.

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Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show

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Dana's Garage Music Dr Hook and the Medicine Show

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Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show 💊 Sylvia's Mother - Reaction

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Sylvia's Mother - Bon Jovi - 2008

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Tuesday Tunes 195: Celebrity Revisited

Continuing my run through further selections of songs for previous themes, today it is the turn of Celebrity, for which I first played a set last September in #166 of this series. Looking back at it, that was a pretty good set, but as the desire for celebrity, and the disillusionment it can sometimes bring, are common themes in music I’m sharing a second set today. And they’re another good…

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Thursday February 15, 2024 6pm ET: Feature LP: Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Bankrupt (1975)

Dr. Hook – BankruptReleased: 1975 1 Levitate 2:592 Let Me Be Your Lover 2:543 Only Sixteen 2:464 I Got Stoned nd Missed It 3:175 Bubblin Up 2:076 Wups 2:247 The Millionaire 2:598 Everybody’s Making It Big But Me 2:569 Cooky nd Lila 3:2510 Everybody Loves Me 2:3711 On The Way To The Bottom 2:4912 Do Downs 0:43

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Revisiting the Charts #3: March 17, 1973 (Billboard Hot 100)

The 1970s was a very musically diverse decade. This edition of Revisiting the Charts takes a look at a weekly top 10 of one of its earlier years. Funk and soul are the dominant genres here, but there's also space for rock and country music.

1. Killing Me Softly with His Song — Roberta Flack Current Spotify stats: 284.234.330 plays

The biggest classic of this list, and for a good reason. Through its poetic lyrics, this song evokes such a singular feeling of melancholy it’s hard to forget. And it still sounds fresh.

2. Dueling Banjos — Eric Weissberg Current Spotify stats: 12.283.442 plays

This song was made famous by and is still mostly associated with the film Deliverance (1972), which isn’t surprising at all, since it’s a number that can sound cool in a scene, but it’s not really strong as an individual music recording.

3. Love Train — O’Jays Current Spotify stats: 212.667.395 plays

The 1970s tackiness is a bit too much on this one, but it’s still an enjoyable listen.

4. Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) — Deodato Current Spotify stats: 6.633.243 plays

One of those 1970s recordings which remade classical music compositions. It’s an interesting funk-fuelled experiment, and sure, the results are respectable, but I guess it works much better when you’re on a dancefloor.

5. Last Song — Edward Bear Current Spotify stats: 3.687.594 plays

An inoffensive and pleasant enough adult contemporary song. It’s also not very memorable.

6. The Cover of “Rolling Stone” — Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show Current Spotify stats: 46.708.571 plays

A cheeky and even smart satirical song. Its replay value seems rather small, though.

7. Could It Be I’m Falling in Love — The Spinners Current Spotify stats: 54.554.432 plays

I admit I think “I’ll Be Around” is a better song, but this is still a lushly produced and expertly performed example of the Philadelphia soul sound.

8. Neither of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) — Gladys Knight & the Pips Current Spotify stats: 42.253.232 plays

This one is considered a classic, but to be honest, I think there are much better examples of soul ballads from this period. I do understand its popularity, though.

9. Daddy’s Home — Jermaine Jackson Current Spotify stats: 2.156.029 plays

Too much cheesiness, even for this kind of love song.

10. Danny’s Song — Anne Murray Current Spotify stats: 17.183.148 plays

A typical 1970s country pop song. It’s almost great, but there’s something missing. The (very) Loggins lyrics are tolerable, but the melody needed more work.