Okay, so while Chris gets a pop to wash down that expensive meal he got us from McDonalds, lemme tell you, Target year 1965 is all kinda messed up, 2 new songs and a new #1 on the M10, an' we're on time an' doin' a show this week! One thing I kin let slip is that we ran across'a article from Pitchfork givin' a list'a their top 100 albums of the 2020's so fer... an' the only M10 acts that made it- but placed good- were 100 Gecs with 10,000Gecs at #49, and Alvvays an' Blue Rev at #15. Way ta go!
Also, it wunnunt be right ta not say a word to another highwayman comin' ta join me...
Kris Kristofferson, which leaves only Willie on the good Earth. Since Chris is takin' so daburn long, I'll cue up the song he wanted ta play in Kris's honor...
(Note: Since we can't trust YT to play in all countries, if you need to, the song is Desperadoes Waiting For A Train by the Highwaymen.)
Geez, still no Chris... wunner if he had ta walk to the bottler or somethin'... Anyhow, like I sez, we're doin' 1965, an' the first messed up thing is,the #1's this week. Hang On Sloopy by the McCoys was #1 here. Now the story goes that Chris an' Laurie met a real nice guy who claimed ta be the drummer on the single record. Chris wanted to do a story on it, but fer some reason, ol' boy din't want the story told. Guess he figured Chris's blog had a wide, influential audience or somethin'. Must a been true, though, it was only a couple years later, the gent passed, an' he had durn near as many people come to his funeral as they did mine. Anyway, it got ta 8 in Australia, but if it charted in Canada, nobody knows it. At the same time, an outfit called Little Caesar and the Consuls hit #3 up north, must be why the McCoys din't.
In Canada, it wuz Sonny Bono an' Laugh At Me. Despite the easy joke in the title, that Chris allus laughs at, it weren't a bad song. It hit 10 here... but Australia laughed and said, "#99".
An' Down Under, it wuz the Beatles- of course- with Help, which had just finished it's run at the top up north, an' wuz #7 this week on Cashbox. Hmmm, still no Chris. Maybe I'll just sneak in a number... no, best not. The first debut this week, though, comes in at 10 fer Star Kendrick an' Geowulf... it's called Nightmare...
Kinda makes ya wonder if'n she's regretting goin' solo... Speakin' of solo, I guess that's whut I'm doin' tonight. So let's move on ta the biggest movin' bullets this week...
5- this here's the flip of the #3 mover... the Beatles and Act Naturally. 15 spots ta #33, it would go 'fire's out' here at 28, whilst ever'one else just counted it with the a-side; which believe it or not, wuz actually the intended b-side... this'll shock ya more when we get there...
4- The Gentrys an' Keep On Dancing, also 15 up ta 28. Peaked at 58 in Australia, here at 4, but once agin, if'n it charted in Canada, our crack research team can't find it...
3- the original b-side of Act Naturally- the Beatles an' Yesterday. Movin' 23 ta #4, it wuz #1 here, 2 in Australia, #4 in Canada. Guess they daresn't leave the Beatles off...
2- A Lover's Concerto by the Toys. This'n made Chris tear up when we played it in rehearsal (Note: This stuff is NEVER rehearsed) , so I'm guessin' it might be his biggest of the week. Up 25 ta # 29, it hit the top in North America, an' 6 in Australia.
An' the biggest mover- 35 spots ta #39...
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...Gary Lewis an' the Playboys, Everybody Loves A Clown! Here, a #4 peak, Canada chips in with an 8, Australia stiffs us with a 61.
AHEM. I guess it's time ta play that second debut at #8. This is anuther of the "Chris an' Laurie play the alphabet" tunes they found. From 2015, here's Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters, with Jukebox...
That song kinda gets ya inna happy spot... especially there towards the end...
I agree. She puts me in mind of Lucinda Williams without the rough edge...
EEEEEEEK! Good gravy, warn a person wouldja? Where in tarnation ya been?
Watching to see how good a job you do by yourself... and that's pretty good! Definitely worthy of a raise.
Finally, yer givin' me a r... hey wait, you don' pay me nothin'!
Your estate is worth close to half a billion dollars! I think you of all people can afford an imaginary paycheck!
Well, I guess... so you finally gonna do somethin' here?
Yeah, why not? The rest of the M10...
9- Stuck there for a third week, The Heavy Heavy and Because You're Mine.
7- Slipping another spot, Dorothy with Mud.
6- The other "alphabet song", as Elvis called them, the Go-Betweens up 2 with 1988's Streets Of Your Town.
5- Beabadoobie slipping from the top with Beaches.
4- Up one for Linkin Park and The Emptiness Machine.
3- Down one for Beach House and Somewhere Tonight.
2- Up two for illuminati hotties and Sleeping In.
And the new #1- also an "alphabet song":
...Emblem3 and Chloe (You're The One I Want)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And with that, I ride off into the sunset, justice being set aright...
Who the heck was that masked man, haw!
R.I.P. Kris Kristofferson! 😢 Another devastating loss in the music world.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of Little Caesar and the Consuls but remember The McCoys' version of 'Hang on Sloopy' very well. It MUST have charted here.
'Yesterday' was the original B side of 'Act Naturally'? That is surprising! The Honeycutters have a good sound.
So I found an absolutely incredible site for all songs Australian... nothing like that for Canada. The one I do use is great for acts that had big hits (as in, top 100s for a particular year). For lesser lights, it almost takes hitting another years top 100.
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