Being indoors on a rainy day - actually a long rainy week I watched videos and documentaries on YouTube on the TV. One of the docos I watched was about pop/rock music from the 1960s and 1970s and the emergence of 'concept' albums.
This gave me a great idea that I thought that I'm obliged to share with you. Maybe The Music Curmudgeon could write 'concept' blog posts. BINGO!
The first will be a look at what songs are applicable to each day of the week. Now I'm not saying that these are definitive as there are just so many songs out there with days of the week in the titles - they are my choices and, in some cases the overwhelming most popular choices.
MONDAY
There are lots of songs about Monday but we would be remiss for not selecting the Mama's and Poppa's song 'Monday Monday'.
It's not my favourite but in this concept series we will often be looking at the most popular options.
TUESDAY
The 'biggie' of course is 'Tuesday Afternoon' by The Moody Blues. Back in about 1969 I would have voted this top as well.
I prefer The Pogues 'Tuesday Morning' now. The sound is a lot like the 'Dunedin' sound in 1980's New Zealand released by Flying Nun Records as popularised by The Verlaines, The Chills, Toy Love and The Clean. great stuff.
WEDNESDAY
It's hard to go past the talented Paul Simon and 'Wednesday Morning 3AM' is still good and no doubt the most popular of the Wednesday songs.
Charles Mingus' s 'Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting' is pretty damned good though. Mingus isn't first favourite of mine in Jazz music (too much damned double bass) but I was listening to him on Miles Davis's 'Blue Moods' album the other night while I was playing snooker (the stereo system is in the snooker room).
THURSDAY
Maybe not the 'biggie' here but, in its day DD Smash's 'Outlook for Thursday' was pretty popular. Dave Dobbyn, like Neil Finn is a really good songwriter. I like this.
For something a bit darker though with some scary undercurrent check out David Bowie's 'Thursday's Child'. Be careful.
FRIDAY
For guys of our age there's no contest for the first pick. The Easybeats 'Friday On My Mind' pretty much defined the 1960s and our priorities. Still sounds damned good.
In later years though I discovered Steely Dan which, to me, is the best by far rock/pop band. I'm so glad I saw Becker and Fagen playing in Auckland a few years ago before Walter Becker died.
SATURDAY
Yes I know Elton John is famous for his 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting' song but Elton John's not for me. I'll go back to David Bowie whose 'Drive In Saturday' was just as big and a whole lot better. This is really good - buddy!
'Saturday Night At The Movies' by The Drifters is classy but for older class I'll go with Sam Cooke's 'Another Saturday Night'. Lovely.
SUNDAY
The 'biggie' no doubt is U2's 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and I'd better put it here because I did say that we'd be looking at the most popular options.
For me though, my youth was defined by the 1960s British music from the likes of Cream, Traffic, Rolling Sones etc but especially The Small Faces. This song, 'Lazy Sunday Afternoon' I adored when at school in about the fifth form.
I trust that you enjoyed this 'concept'. who knows it could be extended into months of the year, seasons of the year (Vivaldi and Stravinsky wrote some tunes about these), planets (Holst will be at the forefront there but The Moody Blues could give him a run for his money not to mention Alabama 5 with 'Woke Up This Morning').
Stay posted!
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