After all, the Big Show IS everybody's favorite freeform musical phantasmagoria. Look that up in your Funk and Wagnall's, skipper.
But first, listen to the show. You'll be glad you did.
It's 3 Chords & the Truth, y'all. Be there. Aloha.
After all, the Big Show IS everybody's favorite freeform musical phantasmagoria. Look that up in your Funk and Wagnall's, skipper.
But first, listen to the show. You'll be glad you did.
It's 3 Chords & the Truth, y'all. Be there. Aloha.
I turned on the Internet stream of my high-school radio station this morning just in time to hear the DJ mention that this spring, they're kicking off WBRH's 45th anniversary celebration.
Wut?
In 1977.
S***.
IT ALSO HAPPENS that I have a birthday coming up in a few days. It would appear that I'm no longer 18, much less 16.
It would appear that I'm 45 years older than 16.
S***.
That would explain that when I walk by, I fall to pieces. A little help here . . . I've fallen, and I can't get up.
Well, that kind of sets the scene for this week's edition of 3 Chords & the Truth. Expect some music from when I was 61 years younger than I am now . . . and 39 years younger . . . and 47 years younger . . . and 51 years younger . . . and you get the gist here.
And that's a very good thing. It was a very good year. All of 'em.
It's 3 Chords & the Truth, y'all. Be there. Aloha.
Does anybody really care?
Do we go forward or backward?
Personally, I'd go with a lot. It's that good.
And that's good enough, because it's the Big Show. It's as simple as that.
Period.
I said period.
It's 3 Chords & the Truth, y'all. Be there. Aloha.
We're gonna have us some legitimate musical discourse.
NOTE: We have ways of making you like this episode of 3 Chords & the Truth.
Uhhhh . . . we're all patriots here, right?
As usual, the musical mix here on the Big Show runs from soup to nuts. and there is a high degree of confidence that you will love the program this week. Right?I said . . . riiiight? Excellent.
See, discourse is good.
Yeah, it's a great show. The best show. You wouldn't believe how good the show is this week.
It is some serious musical discourse. Or else.
As a matter of fact, I have a peaceful, easy feeling about the whole shootin' match.
NOTE: No Mike Pences were hanged during the course of the Big Show.
It's 3 Chords & the Truth, y'all. Be there. Aloha.
I've been known to not wear pants -- and for all you know, I'm not wearing pants now -- but you don't need to see that. This is why some of us are in radio.
Well, this is another edition of 3 Chords & the Truth, and it's as good as usual.And, as per the norm, the river of sound runs broad and deep. I guess that's one reason why it's called the Big Show. After all, we have more than 30,000 songs to pick from, and the music library grows by the week.
For true.
It's 3 Chords & the Truth, y'all. Be there. Aloha.
Ow! Who gave me . . . a . . . shot?
I'm getting sleep . . . y . . . now. It's 3 Chords & the Truth . . . y'all. Beeeeeeeee there. Aaaaaaalohaaa . . . .
Sometimes, you stumble upon stuff.
Sometimes, it can get you to thinking hard.
And, sometimes, you just have to stop and wonder "Who am I?"
Last spring's Baton Rouge High senior video (above) was something I stumbled upon this week. And it ended with something that hit home:
Remember, this is who we were.
Who will we become?
THIRTY YEARS of memories came flooding back. Thirty years ago, I was where last semester's seniors were. And the same questions were on our minds, too.
Thirty years on, I wonder.
Who was I?
Who did I become?
Indeed, who did we all become? Sounds like a theme for a set on 3 Chords & the Truth, the show where we're not afraid to look at such things. In a musical manner, of course.
It's the Big Show, and you can find it here. And here. And at the upper right-hand corner of the blog.
3 Chords & the Truth. Be there. Aloha.
AND Bob Meyers . . . rest in peace, buddy.
And then on 3 Chords & the Truth, we go on to play stuff by the band that took its name from Samples' Hee-Haw bits -- BR5-49.
IT'S NOT flippin' brain surgery. I am an idiot. I have outed myself as a gol-darned redneck. I had relatives who lived in the country.
In trailers.
Some still do.
And, oh, what's the point . . . I mean, what the hell. The Big Show is gonna end up being the no-show. OK, you want some truth with your three chords?
I'll give you truth. Whether or not you can handle it is another question.
I drink Schlitz . . . PBR is kind of pricey.
There. I've gone and done it now. My credibility is toast. I don't care.
So, if you care about as damn little as I do, give 3 Chords & the Truth a listen this week. It's the Big Show. Be there. Aloha.
HEY, Y'ALL! Watch thi. . . .
BOTH ARE REAL. Both are good. As far as we're concerned on 3 Chords & the Truth, both are real good.
I think that tells you all you need to know about this week's episode of the Big Show. In fact, I think that tells you all you need to know about any episode of our little program.
It's 3 Chords & the Truth, y'all. Be there. Aloha.
Man, I miss stuff like this. You can take the boy out of the 1960s -- and the South -- but. . . .
I especially like the part where the director thinks "We got us this fancy new zoom lens and, by God, we're 'a gonna use that sucker. Outlandishly."
Must Get Out
Maroon 5 (Songs About Jane)
2003
Your Heart Is Breaking Down
Choo Choo (Choo Choo)
2008
Should I Cry (alternate take)
Jackie De Shannon (The Definitive Collection)
1964
Six Days on The Road
Dave Dudley (Country USA - 1963)
1963
Straight Eight
Spencer Bohren (Born in a Biscayne)
1984
Boris the Spider
The Who (My Generation -- The Very Best of the Who)
1966
Real Love
Cretones (Thin Red Line)
1980
Lost in the Supermarket
The Clash (London Calling)
1979
You're Lost Little Girl
The Doors (Strange Days)
1967
Innocence Lost
Steve Taylor (I Predict 1990)
1987
Lost My Mind
Matthew Sweet (100% Fun)
1995
Departure / Ride My See-Saw
The Moody Blues (In Search of the Lost Chord)
1968
Handshake Drugs
Wilco (A Ghost Is Born)
2004
Brightly Wound
Eisley (Room Noises)
2005
Sole Salvation
English Beat (Special Beat Service)
1982
I Do
J. Geils Band (Monkey Island)
1977
Easy Does It
Count Basie & His Orchestra (The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 2)
1940
Do You Love Me
The Contours (The Classic Rhythm & Blues Collection: 1958-1963)
1962
Baby Workout
Jackie Wilson (The Classic Rhythm & Blues Collection: 1958-1963)
1963
I Saw Her Standing There
Beatles (Meet The Beatles!)
1964
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
The Silkie (British Invasion Gold)
1965
Everything Gonna Be Everything
Don Covay (See-Saw)
1966
She May Call You Up Tonight
The Left Banke (There's Gonna Be A Storm - The Complete Recordings 1966-1969)
1967
Frankenstein
New York Dolls (New York Dolls)
1973