Jack and Diane

7/28/19

I've gotten behind.

Quick catch up #1

John (Cougar) Mellencamp.

Jack and Diane from the 1982 hit album "American Fool"











Friends

7/21/19



You can either blame another post here about Meghan Trainor on my wife and daughters, or you can blame it on me because she's a guilty pleasure for me.  Or you can blame it on both, either way.

Regardless, Meghan Trainor writes catchy music and I believe this is the 3rd or 4th time one of her songs has been featured here at thesongsstuckinmyhead.blogspot.com!

This is from her 2017 Album "Thank You" which has gotten repeated spins at the Cash house in the last few years.  The song is called "Friends" and it's about Friends.  Seriously.

Here's what it sounds like:









I hope and pray your week is really, really, extremely neat. 

The Rain in Spain

7/14/19

I went to see a production of 'My Fair Lady' at the local community theater.  Our friend was playing the lead male, Professor Henry Higgins, who is one of the most horrible, chauvinistic, and deplorable character in stage history.

I don't have the patience to say much more.  Form your own opinions about this show. 

Here's the song "The Rain in Spain" from MY FAIR LADY.  This is the moment where Eliza Doolittle learns how to talk.  Most people are familiar with this scene and song.  So was my subconscious on Sunday morning. 

Enjoy?









Wichita Lineman

7/7/19

This is a great song you guys!

Glen Campbell made "Wichita Lineman" a song about the solidarity of working power lines alone, into a hit back in 1968.  It's Jimmy Webb's song- and he finally recorded it himself in 1996.

Here's Jimmy Webb doing it:









And here's the one you may have heard that Campbell immortalized.  Its's a goodun'









Little Sister

6/30/19

Finishing off the month of June is one of my favorite singer-songwriters:  Rufus Wainwright.

This one is from his 2004 album Want 2.  It's the fourth track.  It's called Little Sister. 

It seems like when I saw Rufus Wainwright it concert, right around the time this album had been released, that he said this particular song was dedicated to all women, not just his own little sister.

This song demonstrated Wainwright's nearly perfect ability to combine pop music with classical.  He's a master at the merging of the two genres. 

Hope you enjoy this song.