#SongFacts music trivia

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♫ Superman (It's Not Easy) ♫ (Redux)

I last played this one back in 2021 … twice, in fact, three months apart!  Not intentionally, but because I was lazy and didn’t check my archives in June to see that I had already played the song in March!  But now, it’s been three years, so I figure a redux is a safe bet!  This song came to mind upon learning that no fewer than five of the 9/11 heroes — fire fighters, police officers, rescuers —…

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♫ Patches ♫ (Redux)

From out of nowhere, unbidden, this song came to my mind yesterday afternoon.  I was certain I had never played it here before … but wait … better check the archives just in case … OOPS!  Yep, I played it just over two years ago, in fact!  Whatever has happened to my memory?  Anyway, since it popped into my mind this afternoon, it has been looping through … the one line I can remember playing…

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♫ Angel Of The Morning ♫

A week or three ago, Clive mentioned a few artists/groups he is especially fond of, and among them was Juice Newton.  I couldn’t recall … well, frankly, I couldn’t recall if Juice Newton was a band or an individual singer, let alone any songs attributed to them/him/her.  (Hey, I’m old and senile, okay?  Cut me some slack here!)  So, I went in search of, and found that a) Juice Newton is a female…

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♫ Manic Monday ♫

I last played this one in October 2022, not quite two years ago.  I was in the mood to play a ‘Monday’ song on … Monday, and was considering “Monday, Monday” by The Mamas and The Papas, but then I noticed this one in the archives and since I’ve only played it once here, it won the draw!  One thing is added … when I played this two years ago, Clive posted in his comment a video clip of a homemade…

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♫ Darling Be Home Soon ♫

Welcome to Day #4 of Lovin’ Spoonful Week!  Would someone PLEASE slow down time?!?!?  Already the week is more than half over and I’m still in Monday mode!  And I have a list of songs to play for this week that I’ll never manage to get through!  Sigh.  Ah well, I’ll give it my best shot … that’s all I can do, right?  And I really am having loads of fun with this unplanned tribute week! This one…

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♫ Come Monday ♫ (Redux)

I wanted to do a ‘Monday’ song for today, since it is … well, Monday!  But I’ve already played most of my favourite ‘Monday’ songs in the past two years.  Wouldn’t you think, given that Monday is likely the most globally hated day of the week, that there would be more ‘Monday’ songs?  Oh well … in that case, I’ll pick my favourite of the lot and just redux it anyway!  It is, after all, Monday! …

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♫ Green Onions ♫

Okay, so yesterday’s song bombed … literally bombed 💣.  Out of 30+ views, only two people had anything positive to say about it.  So, todays has to be an improvement over that, right?  Right???  Ah well, you win some, you lose some … it’s all in a day’s work. Green Onions is an instrumental composition recorded in 1962 by Booker T. & the M.G.’s. Described as “one of the most popular instrumental…

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♫ You Don't Mess Around With Jim ♫

I’m a big Jim Croce fan, so I can’t imagine why I haven’t played this one before here on Filosofa’s Word, but I haven’t!  So … let us rectify that situation right now! SongFacts has the scoop on the story behind the song … The “Jim” in this song is not Croce. Ingrid Croce, who was married to Jim when he died in a 1973 plane crash at age 30, told Songfacts the story: “Jim [Croce] sold air time for…

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♫ Still ♫ (Redux)

A redux tonight … it always takes me a day or two to switch gears after I do a weeklong artist series, and it seems that first day I go for either some Stevie or some Lionel … today is no exception!  Just grin and bear it, Clive … you’ll find something to love later in the week, I hope.  This was written by Lionel Richie for a couple who decided to end their marriage in order to save their…

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♫ That'll Be The Day ♫ (Redux)

Tonight I am suffering from well below freezing temperatures and exhaustion, so while I was planning a new song, I think instead I will revert to one I’ve played only once back in August 2020.  I have added a video I found that gives some background and history of Buddy Holly and his all-too-short life I thought you might find interesting.  I’m pondering doing another week-long artist series…

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♫ Lay Lady Lay ♫

As best I can figure, I have never played this one before, but WordPress seems unfamiliar today with the concept of alphabetical lists, so I cannot be 100% certain!  I’m hoping to start a new week-long artist series tomorrow, but for today, I decided on a bit of Bob Dylan. According to SongFacts … In the summer of 1968, the producers of the movie Midnight Cowboy reached out to Dylan to see if he…

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♫ Two Hearts ♫

Well, folks, Christmas is now officially OVER … and while I had a great holiday with family & friends, I am now exhausted and glad to say it’s over for another year … just need to get the tree down and put the house back to its normal state of chaos!  Last night I was over at Clive’s place for his final Advent Countdown post and listened to Do They Know It’s Christmas by Band Aid and seeing Phil…

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♫ If I Fell ♫

Alas!  A Beatles song I haven’t played here before!  Will miracles never cease?  This one didn’t seem to have charted well except in Norway and the Netherlands, though it did chart at #53 in the U.S.  Still, I remember it well, and hopefully others will, too! According to SongFacts … John Lennon wrote this song, which may have been influenced by the ambivalence he felt during his first marriage.…

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♫ Do You Remember? ♫

I could have sworn I had played this one before, but I searched and double-searched my archives and cannot find it.  Well, let me just correct that oversight right now!  Phil Collins is one of my ‘go-to’ guys and while this isn’t in my top 5 list of his songs, I do like it … and I’ve already played all my top 5 P.C. songs this year! According to Songfacts … This is a single from Phil Collins’…

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♫ The Only Living Boy In New York ♫

Now I’ve played the most well-known of Simon & Garfunkel’s repertoire, so for tonight, Day #6 of S&G Week, I’m playing one that may be somewhat less well-known, but that is definitely worthy of a spotlight here and it has some really interesting background!  This one was recommended to me by our friend Clive, and he even provided the best video for me!  Thank you, Clive!!! According to Songfacts…

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♫ How Long ♫

Tonight’s song is another of those that I think someone mentioned to me last week while I was playing ‘America Week’, but I cannot remember who mentioned it, or if it just randomly popped into my head, as songs sometimes do. The lyrics, “how long has this been going on” certainly sound like a lover or a spouse having caught their mate in an illicit relationship, doesn’t it?  But nope, according…