Getting close to the end of the songs in my collection from the Rolling Stone Top 500 list.
1. Roxanne – The Police (#388)
2. Band of Gold – Freda Payne (#391)
3. Summer In The City – Black Casino and The Ghost (#393, orig. The Lovin’ Spoonful)
4. Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley (#394)
5. Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand) – Aerosmith (#395, orig. The Shangri-Las)
6. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult (#397)
7. We’ve Only Just Begun – Modern Barbershop Quartet (#405, orig. The Carpenters)
8. Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith (#408)
9. Monkey Gone To Heaven – Pixies (#410)
10. Piano Man – Billy Joel (#421)
Kind of an uninspiring group this week, with a little too much Lite Rock for my taste. “Summer In The City”, “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”, and “Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand)”, which deserves more airplay than some other Aerosmith songs I could name (not “Sweet Emotion”, which rocks), do what they can to balance it out. Since I don’t really have much to say about these songs besides that, here’s a video of the Weird Al Yankovic parody of “Piano Man”, called “Ode to a Superhero”:
Entire song list report: Started with “Three Jolly Coachmen”, sung by the Flying Fish Sailors, Ceili’s Muse, and assorted others at “Son of Blarneyfest”. Finished with “Tora, Tora, Tora”, by Pretty And Nice, song #5532, for 82 more tunes this week. Enjoy the weekend!