tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post114620835595243966..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Friday FillerJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1146537193809244462006-05-01T22:33:00.000-04:002006-05-01T22:33:00.000-04:00Sunny, Bobby HebbCovered by everybody, probably be...<I> Sunny, Bobby Hebb</I><BR/><BR/><I>Covered by everybody, probably because syrupy optimism never really goes out of style. </I><BR/><BR/>Although <I>The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia</I> says he wrote it after his brother was killed in a mugging. (I dunno -- under those swingin' horns, I hear melancholy.)<BR/><BR/><I>I guess it's R&B, though it sounds at times like a soul singer's attempt to Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1146514159140726742006-05-01T16:09:00.000-04:002006-05-01T16:09:00.000-04:001966? Bluesbreakers, Paul Butterfield, the first ...1966? Bluesbreakers, Paul Butterfield, the first Yardbirds singles with Jeff Beck...but probably not for sixth graders. Dylan lands a great one in there too, doesn't he?<BR/><BR/>Lets see, what didn't I appreciate in sixth grade...good god, I can't remember anything from age 12. Ooops, time for a beer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1146329783111190802006-04-29T12:56:00.000-04:002006-04-29T12:56:00.000-04:00sam kinison had a hell of a cover of wild thing. i...sam kinison had a hell of a cover of wild thing. it was just up his alley of screaming at fate/destiny/<BR/>the nature of things.<BR/><BR/>"i don't care when it was it was in the third grade or last week she broke your heart oh oh OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH."<BR/><BR/>also, the l.a. band x covered wild thing well.T.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10118736826323475876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1146270363451552422006-04-28T20:26:00.000-04:002006-04-28T20:26:00.000-04:00I've always thought that was a great line. It prac...I've always thought that was a great line. It practically stops the song in its tracks.<BR/><BR/>As for the Stones, I just heard my kid bludgeoning "Gimme Shelter" and "Brown Sugar" over and over with the amp on 11 and I'm becoming less of a fan by the day...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com