It's time again to hand the turntables over to Mini Moose. Here are her seven picks for April.
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SONG OF THE monDAY
Takin’ Care of Business is from Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s 1973 album, Bachman-Turner Overdrive II. The original chorus riff and melody ripped off Paperback Writer but rewrites and an impromptu recording by Norman Durkee turned it into “the Provincial rock anthem of Manitoba.”
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SONG OF THE tuesDAY
You Can’t Always Get What You Want is from The Rolling Stones 1969 album, Let It Bleed. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and features the London Bach Choir. Rolling Stone ranked it at 100 on their list of “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
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SONG OF THE wednesDAY
How Bizarre is from New Zealand's OMC released in 1995 as the lead single from the band's album, How Bizarre. The song samples Herman's Hermits's There's a Kind of Hush. Outside the US, How Bizarre is considered a one-hit wonder, but in New Zealand, OMC was quite successful.
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SONG OF THE thursDAY
Bette Davis Eyes was written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon and made popular by Kim Carnes. DeShannon recorded it in 1974, but Carnes’s 1981 version from the album Mistaken Identity spent nine weeks at No. 1 and won a Grammy for both Record and Song of the Year.
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SONG OF THE friDAY
Another One Bites the Dust is from Queen’s eighth studio album, The Game (1980). The song was a worldwide hit and the longest running top ten song of 1980. It earned a Grammy nomination, is Queen’s best-selling single, and has been ranked 39 on Billboard’s “All-Time Top Songs.”
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SONG OF THE saturDAY
Be My Baby was written by Jeff Berry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector and originally recorded by The Ronettes in 1963. The song had a great influence on Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. He considers Don't Worry Baby the male answer to Be My Baby.
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SONG OF THE sunDAY
U.B. Jesus is from David Byrne's 2001 album, Look Into the Eyeball. U.B. Jesus is the first track on the album, and although it wasn't as popular as Like Humans Do, it takes a swipe at Christian fundamentalism all while serving up a great jam to dance to. Shine on, David Byrne!
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