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Opening tune is from Space Hog's 1995 album.

Enjoy!


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-10 08:51 PM | Reply

Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On - Ed Sullivan Show January 14, 1968

#2 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-07-10 09:31 PM | Reply

Love & Rockets - Haunted When the Minutes Drag (1986)
www.youtube.com

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-10 09:56 PM | Reply

@#3

Back in the day, I went to the local YMCA for exercise. The exercise area was an area off the pool area.

Between sets I used to wander out to the pool area and talk with the lifeguard on duty.

One thing I noticed, as we were talking, he always had his eyes focused upon the people in the pool. He did not look at me. I admired him for that.

At one point, he showed me the clipboard that the lifeguards used while on duty.

Written by a lifeguard on that clipboard was the quoted song title, "Haunted When The Minutes Drag."

The song has stuck in my mind since then ...



#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-10 10:11 PM | Reply

@#4

Along those lines...

Blotto - I Wanna Be A Lifeguard (1980)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
Selling shoes
Another loser working in a shopping mall
9 to 5
A slave driver telling me "Get on the ball!"
A crowded store
I kneel before them
Misery beyond compare
Sweaty socks
A lady boxer
What's she got against fresh air?
I want an ocean and some sunscreen lotion
Take me to the beach with a thousand pretty girls in reach

CHORUS
I, I, I wanna be a lifeguard (help, help, help, help)
I, I, I wanna guard your life
...


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-10 10:39 PM | Reply

On My Own
B. W. Stevenson

www.youtube.com

Texas Morning
B. W. Stevenson

www.youtube.com

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-10 10:47 PM | Reply

OK, not posting a tune in this comment, but saying something that may be apropos ...

I notice that for some of the songs that i upload to my youtube account, there are copyright restrictions.

Not a surprise. When the restriction is severe, I just delete the uploaded video and move on. Youtube seems to be happy with that approach.

But then, occasionally, I'll upload a song and see a moderated copyright notice. It has always stated that the music video I just uploaded is not viewable in Belarus or Russia, and asks if I am OK with that.

I say "yes."

But curious that there are music publishing companies "out there" who do not want their music heard in Russia or Belarus.


If I were more curious about it, I'd dig in and see who they are, but not tonight ...

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-10 11:37 PM | Reply

Songs you will never hear on commercial radio ...

Exude - Boys Just Want to Have Sex (1984) (extended version)
www.youtube.com

Yeah, I first heard that tune on the local college station.


It's a great parody of the Cyndi Lauper song.


#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-11 12:22 AM | Reply

Good stuff ...

The Lone Bellow - Live In The Gallery (Full Performance) (2026)
www.youtube.com


#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-11 12:37 AM | Reply

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