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Opening tune is from Space Hog's 1995 album.

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#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

OK, this one is NSFW ...

LUCILLE BOGAN - Shave 'Em Dry (1935)
www.youtube.com


#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-11 01:04 AM | Reply

Butterbeans and Susie -I Wanna Hot Dog For My Roll
www.youtube.com

Bessie Smith - Need a Little Sugar In My Bowl
www.youtube.com

Sam the Hot Dog Man - Lil Johnson
www.youtube.com

#11 | Posted by morris at 2026-07-11 01:57 AM | Reply

Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats - I Want a Bowlegged Woman
www.youtube.com

1947 Julia Lee - King Size Papa (#1 R&B hit)
www.youtube.com

Dinah Washington - Big Long Slidin' Thing
www.youtube.com

The Toppers - (I Love to Play Your Piano) Let Me Bang Your Box
www.youtube.com

#12 | Posted by morris at 2026-07-11 02:11 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Jackie Wilson & LaVern Baker - Think Twice Version X
www.youtube.com

#13 | Posted by morris at 2026-07-11 02:22 AM | Reply

This tune just popped up on a playlist here ...

Brian Brain - Fun With Music (1985)
www.youtube.com


(wow, lyrics seem to be scarce. Who wudda thunk?)

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-11 02:25 AM | Reply

Industry - State Of The Nation (1983)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1]
I see them marching off to war
They're looking so heroic
I'm told they won't be gone for long
But that's a lie and they know it
Ten thousand gone they won't return
Never to be seen again
Strategic games is all we learn in the end
But they say

[Chorus]
Don't you worry about the situation
A message from the telephone
They out there fighting for the state of the nation
I'm waiting a chance to come home
They always have to fight the alienation
And realize I'm fighting alone

[Verse 2]
When nightmares memories fades to dust
We'll get back on our feet again
This war has nothing to do with us
But somehow we're still involved in it
...


A four-decade-old tune that seems apropos of late?

#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-11 02:39 AM | Reply

Earl Vince And The Valiants - Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite
www.youtube.com

#16 | Posted by morris at 2026-07-11 02:57 AM | Reply

Rory Gallgher - Secret Agent

www.youtube.com

#17 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-11 11:49 AM | Reply

Captain Beefheart, "When Big Joan Sets Up" (tv broadcast):

youtu.be

#18 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-07-11 12:25 PM | Reply

Fred Neil, "Other Side of This Life"

feat. John Sebastian on harmonica, Felix Pappalardi on bass.

youtu.be

#19 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-07-11 12:29 PM | Reply

Fred Neil, "Fools Are a Long Time Comin'.":

youtu.be

#20 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-07-11 12:30 PM | Reply

Velvet Underground, "Sister Ray":

youtu.be

One of my fave YT comments: "People should be made to stand for this for 17 minutes at the Super Bowl."

#21 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-07-11 12:33 PM | Reply

Khatia Buniatishvili - Rhapsody in Blue

www.youtube.com

speaking of 17 mins

#22 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-11 02:08 PM | Reply

22. Always a winner.

#23 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-07-11 02:17 PM | Reply

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