Saturday, October 9, 2021

Randy Randomguy's Romper Room O' Randomness Redux! Dept.

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In what is by some way th' Isle O'Foam©'s most popliar feature, Randy Randomguy once again gives you, Mr. & Mrs. Four Or Five Guy©, the opportunity to feature your hipness, eclecticism, and sophisticated good taste to an internet starved of those qualities!

Simply set your device to Rando, and list the first five top tunes chosen by the evil rando-bot embedded in your seemingly harmless device! Oboy! Some fun, huh, gang?!

(If you don't have a music-playing thing capable of making your choices for you, simply throw a fist of darts at your record collection!)

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82 comments:

  1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 9, 2021 at 7:56 AM

    Here's mine, Rando-Maniacs!

    A Sailor's Life - Fairport Convention
    Kodachrome - Paul Simon
    California Girls - Beach Boys
    Shady - John Phillips
    Etre Celle - Vanessa Paradis

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  2. jonderOctober 9, 2021 at 8:27 AM

    Right Death Before - ASG
    Spring Again - Biz Markie (RIP)
    And Vandalism - You Am I
    Teenager(s) - Meat Puppets
    Rain Hail Shine - Icecream Hands

    Mine randomly came out 40% Australian!

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    1. MrDaveOctober 9, 2021 at 8:21 PM

      One of my favorite Puppets' song! I got inspired to watch "Lovedolls Superstar" again after you Redd Kross piece and remembered how great that song is.

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    2. jonderOctober 10, 2021 at 8:11 AM

      Amen, Mr. Dave. In a single song, Meat Puppets capture their astonishing transformation from the first album (incoherent spazz-punk) to the second (cosmic wasted cowboys).

      I haven't started the Non-Stop Fucking Alpacas yet. But I promise when it gets going, it's gonna be non-fuckin'-stop.

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    3. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 10, 2021 at 8:19 AM

      Can I play bass? It's always been a dream of mine. Play bass for the NSFA (Not Safe For Anywhere).

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  3. BabsOctober 9, 2021 at 8:31 AM

    Two Grey Rooms - Joni Mitchell
    Mojave - Antonio Carlos Jobim
    In the Year of the Dragon - Geri Allen, Charlie Haden & Paul Motian
    Black Diamond Bay - Bob Dylan
    Junka - Sonny Clark

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 9, 2021 at 7:15 PM

      Babs, I know you're eating out of a bucket in the train yard right now, but if you can file screed sometime because your fanbase is getting antsy ...

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    2. BabsOctober 10, 2021 at 2:20 AM

      Give me a few days.

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  4. DocOctober 9, 2021 at 8:38 AM

    Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight - Tiny Tim
    Sleeping Beauty - Divinyls
    A World So Full of Love - Roger Miller
    Cinderella - Sonics
    Surfin' Hootenanny - Al Casey

    Weird, two fairy tales!

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    1. Clarence PuneOctober 10, 2021 at 2:53 AM

      Thank God! Another Tiny Tim appreciator.

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    2. BabsOctober 10, 2021 at 5:36 AM

      Tiny Tim's knowledge of music from 1900 to around 1940 was encyclopedic.

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    3. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 10, 2021 at 5:55 AM

      E-N-C-Y-C-L-Y-O-D-Y-P-I-C-L-E

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    4. BabsOctober 10, 2021 at 6:27 AM

      Oh please.

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    5. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 10, 2021 at 7:09 AM

      Wait! I can do this! E-N-Y-C-L-Y-O-C-L-Y-P-O-P-S-I-C-L-E

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    6. MrDaveOctober 10, 2021 at 7:16 AM

      E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-D-O-P-H-I-L-E

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    7. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 10, 2021 at 7:24 AM

      E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-D-O-P-H-I-L-A-D-E-L-P-H-I-A

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  5. NØOctober 9, 2021 at 10:27 AM

    Oh goody. One I can do. I figured out random last time we played this game. Oh goody.

    Un Simple Historie - Thievery Corporation
    Pasted All Over - The Bevis Frond
    African Rhythms - Oneness of Juju
    Nineteen666 - The Jesus & Mary Chain
    Clown's Parade - Creeping Pink

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  6. draftervoiOctober 9, 2021 at 12:01 PM

    Big Joe Turner - Midnight Special Train
    Marvelous 3 - Cars Collide
    Leonard Cohen - Bird On A Wire
    Orange - Judy Over The Rainbow
    The Equals - Hold Me Closer

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 9, 2021 at 12:44 PM

      Judy Over The Rainbow? I have an Orgone Box story - long time ago, a friend sent me a CD of the unissued second Orgone Box album, with the strict instructions I was not to share it. Years later my Dad threw it out.

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    2. draftervoiOctober 10, 2021 at 5:01 AM

      My baseball cards, Marvel Comics, Mad Magazines, Fillmore posters...mom...you threw away a fortune...

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    3. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 10, 2021 at 5:52 AM

      Gawd, don't start me to talking. Parents can be shitheads.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 9, 2021 at 12:01 PM

    Helpless - John Dee Graham (A. Escovedo cover)
    What's Left Behind - The Sadies
    Town - Richard Buckner
    She Wants to Know - Guided By Voices
    Kick That Little Foot Sally Ann - Round Robin

    --Muzak McMusics

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    1. draftervoiOctober 10, 2021 at 5:04 AM

      I discovered Round Robin a few years back...isn't that the Blossoms on background vocals on that one?

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  8. Michael P.October 9, 2021 at 3:01 PM

    Elvis Presley-Angel
    The Yardbirds-Heart Full Of Soul
    Jackie DeShannon-I Keep Wanting You
    Barry & Life-Top-Less Girl
    Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band-We've Found The Answer

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  9. GaryOctober 9, 2021 at 3:32 PM

    Police And Thieves - The Clash
    Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
    Dizzie Miss Lizzie - The Beatles
    Helplessly Hoping - CS&N
    The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun) - Yes

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 9, 2021 at 7:13 PM

      This raises the question, what do you do when a side-long epic comes up on rando? Skip or stick it out?

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    2. MrDaveOctober 9, 2021 at 8:26 PM

      Like your favorite undergarment ... depends.

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    3. GaryOctober 10, 2021 at 5:21 AM

      Don't get out of the car until 'Shine on you crazy diamond parts 1-9' finishes. It just wouldn't be polite sir !

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    4. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 10, 2021 at 5:50 AM

      You're right. Rules is rules, and it behooves a person to listen to the whole track. I listened to Facelift all the way through the other day.

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  10. ElmerOctober 9, 2021 at 6:42 PM

    The Rogues - Say You Love Me
    Splatcats - In Like Flynn
    Leon Smith & the Orbit Rockers - Dynamic
    Paul Hopkins Jr. - Hoopy at the World's Fair
    Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits

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  11. Scott1669October 9, 2021 at 6:59 PM

    The player runs in my shop 24x7 so I walked out there this morning and these are the 5 things I heard;
    Hungry Freaks, Daddy Frank Zappa
    Robert Hall Clothes commercial Circa 1956
    Confidence Man The Jeff Healey Band
    Theme from 'The Rat Race' Richard Maltby
    Doo Doo David T. Walker

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 9, 2021 at 7:11 PM

      I don't care what your shop sells. Here - take my money.

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    2. draftervoiOctober 10, 2021 at 4:59 AM

      I immediately went to YouTube and listened to Robert Hall commercials. I have no memory of them as a retailer here in the Bay Area.

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    3. BabsOctober 10, 2021 at 5:30 AM

      Robert Hall was an East coast menswear retailer. They were decidedly inexpensive and low to middle brow operation. From the 50s to sometime in the 70s, if you were wearing a cheap suit, someone might have commented: "Robert Hall is here."

      Does anyone remember Thom McAn shoes?

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    4. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 10, 2021 at 5:37 AM

      I'm a Botany 500 type guy. I remember Thom McAn shoes and I don't know why.

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    5. draftervoiOctober 10, 2021 at 10:49 AM

      Maybe it was the imprinted memory of Neil Diamond playing the generation card, "How comes what most of THEM don't like, we like most?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9mULO_QGE8

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    6. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 10, 2021 at 11:14 AM

      What do we want? BRASS ON SHOES! When do we want it?

      Uh ...

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    7. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 10, 2021 at 11:19 AM

      "Robert Hall" was founded by Jacob Schwab. Guess he didn't want to be tagged with Schwab Schmutter.

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    8. BabaOctober 10, 2021 at 7:05 PM

      Nothing made a man look like a shlemiel, more than a Robert Hall suit with Thom McAn shoes.

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    9. geOctober 10, 2021 at 7:38 PM

      a robert hall jingle has been nudging its way into my consciousness for a while before this mention, recalled from mucho decades ago:
      ''when the value goes up-up-up/ and the prices go down-down down
      robert hall this season will show you the reason: high qual-i-ty....econ-o-my''
      over the summer this old colt 45 jingle did ditto: "Colt 45 malt liquor is fun/with smoothness and life all rolled into 1---a completely unique experience: Colt 45!"
      another would be this hooky ad:
      "when her friends come to call/lucky little lady/she feeds them mommy's way/with her LITTLE HOSTESS BUFFET.... by Marx!"
      anyone else remember the tunes as i do?

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    10. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 11, 2021 at 4:58 AM

      In the UK, a portly dude called Cyril Lord sold cheap carpets to the masses, with the stirring jingle "this is luxury you can afford, from Cyril Lord!!!!" Other jingles are available.

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    11. BabsOctober 11, 2021 at 6:11 AM

      ge's Colt 45 comment, brought to mind:
      "Schaefer is the one beer to have
      When you’re having more than one
      Schaefer flavor doesn’t fade
      Even when your thirst is done

      The most rewarding flavor in this man’s world
      For people who are having fun
      Schaefer is the one beer to have
      When you’re having more than one!"

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    12. BabsOctober 11, 2021 at 6:14 AM

      Oh great, now it's stuck in my head.

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    13. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 11, 2021 at 6:34 AM

      I'm diggin' this!

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_CYpPOjzj4

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    14. Dave HeasmanOctober 11, 2021 at 6:35 AM

      Enter the Bonzos - "Here is boredom you can afford..."

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    15. Dave HeasmanOctober 11, 2021 at 6:38 AM

      And for cheap clothing - "John Collier John Collier* the window to watch "

      * previously the Fifty-shilling tailor.

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    16. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 11, 2021 at 6:39 AM

      *bangs forehead repeatedly on desk*

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    17. draftervoiOctober 11, 2021 at 8:17 AM

      Every metro market had their own jingles. A few years back (well...14 years, time fugits...) the movie Zodiac had a background detail that jumped out at me...the Gensler Lee Diamond jingle. Played to death on KYA and KFRC, the two big AM stations ruling the Top 40 market, the lyrics were permanently tattooed in teen memory: "Gensler Lee Diamonds, it's the place to buy diamonds (if you're really smart). Gensler Lee Diamonds, the store... with a heart!" https://chirb.it/Cgf047

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    18. geOctober 11, 2021 at 2:58 PM

      then there was this:
      first & only jingle to ever use pig latin lingo??
      ''Crispy and ee-licious-day
      -Uilds-bay up your -uscles-may
      -illed with real -uit avor-flay....Oot-fray -oops-lay!''
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIpJosS5pMs

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    19. draftervoiOctober 12, 2021 at 9:12 AM

      Well, that's weird... I wonder if there was one of those kids' manias sweeping the country, only instead of coonskin caps it was schoolyard pig-latin?

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    20. geOctober 12, 2021 at 4:05 PM

      coonskin caps? -Guilty, had-to-have-1!
      "Day-vee, Davy Crockett, King of the wild frontier"
      ['...killed him a b'ar when he was only 3!']

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  12. JohnOctober 9, 2021 at 7:34 PM

    It's Better Not To Be The King - Cotton Mather
    As You Like It - Hacienda
    Eccentric Waters - John Greaves
    Shanghai Noodle Factory - Traffic
    Talking Shit - Robert Glasper/Miles Davis

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  13. geOctober 9, 2021 at 7:42 PM

    No phone, no random game, no cry--
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG6pDRZ9q-4
    but if i may suggest a subset to this thread
    it might be 'Best Song Ever!' or at least
    'Best Song w/ but 3 Elements Ever[ly]'
    2 vox, 1 guitar

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  14. MrDaveOctober 9, 2021 at 8:31 PM

    Hot as a Docker's Armpit - Budgie
    Here comes your Man - Pixies
    Drivin' Sounth - Dom Mariani
    Revival - Deerhunter
    Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin

    A couple of tracks down (Weirdos & Richard Lloyd) is Dream Syndicate - Halloween

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    1. jonderOctober 11, 2021 at 6:43 PM

      40% 4AD bands, you hipster hypocrite. Now is the time for Halloween songs, hooray!

      My all time favorite song for the season of the witch:
      https://youtu.be/v17M-WqPZYc

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    2. MrDaveOctober 11, 2021 at 7:44 PM

      Haha -- you got me on a technicality with the Pixies but I have no excuse for Deerhunter, lol. Guilty as charged.

      That is truly the worst Halloween song I've ever heard! Speaking of which, the home hifi is now Halloween music only at MrDave's this month -- 5000 songs worth, and that Method Actors atrocity ain't one of 'em. (I exempt my personal iPhone & laptop listening -- I only inflict that on the rest of the family!)

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    3. jonderOctober 12, 2021 at 6:34 AM

      Ouch, MrDave. I really do love that Method Actors song, and my wife does too. Are you a falsetto-phobe, or was it the steel drums? Or the combination thereof?

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  15. ThéoOctober 10, 2021 at 12:45 AM

    Polly - Micadelia
    Human Behaviour - Björk
    Como Dois e Dois - Gal Costa
    The End - Sibylle Baier
    Skin Is, My - Andrew Bird

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  16. Peanuts MolloyOctober 10, 2021 at 1:32 AM

    Barleycorn - Tim Van Eyken
    Lenny - Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Pinball - Brian Protheroe
    Elusive - Scott Matthews
    Home - Michael Buble

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 10, 2021 at 5:42 AM

      Michael Buble making his unique appearance on the IoF, I'm guessing.

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    2. Peanuts MolloyOctober 10, 2021 at 6:07 AM

      It's a nice song, co-written by Mr Bubbly himself apparantly, and just waiting for a Rod Stewart cover version with a "Brighton Beach" sort of arrangement.

      Cheers, Peanuts Molloy.

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    3. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 10, 2021 at 7:11 AM

      Hey! I'm in no position to judge!

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    4. BabsOctober 11, 2021 at 12:31 AM

      Said the Bishop.....

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  17. DeadmandeadmanOctober 10, 2021 at 2:51 AM

    Revolutionary Kind - Gomez
    Mississippi God damn - Nina Simone
    Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
    The Diamond Sea - Sonic Youth
    Stack-O-Lee -Dr John

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  18. binkerboOctober 10, 2021 at 3:49 AM

    Damn thing just died!

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  19. tcw3October 10, 2021 at 4:28 AM

    Standing on the Shore - Annie Briggs
    Listen - The Infamous Stringdusters
    Of Thee I Sing - Leon Russell
    Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
    A Small Town - Oliver Cherer

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  20. cdelintOctober 10, 2021 at 4:32 AM

    Skeletons - Aubrey Debauchery
    On the Water - Josh Ritter
    Angels - DoDeans
    Ode to Pacific Anarchism - Giants in the Trees
    Day In, Day Out - Boy Dylan

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    1. BambiOctober 10, 2021 at 5:26 PM

      Aubrey Debauchery, great name, had to check them out.

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  21. A guy called TakOctober 10, 2021 at 2:42 PM

    Silver Lining - Jenny Lewis
    This Offer Is Repeatable - Elvis Costello & Brodsky Quartet
    El Mar - George Benson
    Even So - Everything But The Girl
    Love Or Confusion - Jimi Hendrix Experience

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  22. BambiOctober 10, 2021 at 5:25 PM

    Manish Boys - Take my Tip
    Steve Hillage - Palm Trees
    Graham Parker - Don't ask me Questions
    Garland Jeffreys - Hail, Hail Rock n Roll
    Yes - Big Generator

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  23. SoftshoebananaOctober 11, 2021 at 3:51 AM

    Dry Cleaning : Her Hippo
    Spoon : Take The Fifth
    XTC : The Loving
    Deutsche Bank :Cuber Mensch
    Santana : Oye Como Va

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 11, 2021 at 5:01 AM

      From the obscure to the ubiquitous* in five mood-swinging choices!

      *U-B-I-S-C-U-I-T-U-S

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  24. iamjethroOctober 11, 2021 at 6:03 AM

    Beatles - Sun King
    MFSB Feat The # Degrees - TSOP (The Sound OF Philadelphia)
    Paul Revere and the Raiders - Hungry
    Temptations - You're My Everything
    Bay City Rollers - Angel Angel

    Random indeed and not even what I go to usually, but it is on the drive and what the mystery gnome inside picks, he picks.

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIOctober 11, 2021 at 6:28 AM

      My selection wasn't what I'd like to think of as representative of my tastes, either. That's another blog piece, maybe. What's fascinating about rando is the forced connections it makes. Love to see the Bay City Rollers here, Michael Buble ...

      "It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
      Planted on their columns now that bind me
      Or something that somebody said
      Because they thought we fit together walking
      It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing
      Or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and find
      That you're moving on the backroads
      By the rivers of my memory ..."

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    2. iamjethroOctober 11, 2021 at 6:34 AM

      Oh, I still have strong feelings about most of the songs on that list. Just have not turned to them in a while.
      Tracy Ullman's version of "Baby I Lied" came up after those. I had forgotten how much I really love that song.

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  25. Hugh CandysideOctober 12, 2021 at 3:27 AM

    I wasn't going to play but...
    I Need a Restraint - Electric Six
    Miles Davis & Gil Evans - Studio Discussion
    Let It Be Me - Leonard Nimoy
    Webb Pierce - In The Jailhouse Now
    Black Horse - Elouise

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  26. GreenockianOctober 12, 2021 at 2:49 PM

    Wow! The potential for embarrassment is so high with this request: what about all those cheesy tunes hidden in the depths of the hard drive? Thankfully they kept their heads down - well, depends what you think of Paul McCartney's opus offering. No Dean Martin Christmas songs this time round!
    Dave Davies - If you are leaving
    Al Stewart - Song on the radio
    Greg Allman - Queen of hearts
    Paul McCartney - Take it away
    The Association - Forty times

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