Music Diary, Vol. -77
For the rationale behind this mad effort, explanations here . The full series of Music Diary posts are here . The full playlist is above, also here . Week of July 18-24, 2022 LYRICS: George Jones, "The Grand Tour" SONG: The Italian crooner Claudio Villa is worth exploring beyond his indelible tracks on the Big Night soundtrack. This beguiling ode to Mexico has a country-rock guitar ostinato and an otherworldly falsetto, like a railroad train guided by an angel. LYRICS: Al Bowlly & Lew Stone & His Band (Kern/Fields), "You Couldn't Be Cuter" SONG: If you don’t know Erika Wennerstrom’s great American rock band Heartless Bastards, this straightahead post-breakup banger is a great intro. I hear the faintest ghost of Squeeze’s “Up the Junction” in its main melody, but it goes its own cussed way. LYRICS: Peggy Lee (Matt Dennis/Les Clark), "Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World" SONG: A cousin bequeathed the Jan and Dean LP Ride t...
