S.O.D. "My Next 30 Years" by Tim McGraw1/15
11/15/2022 This country song, written by country music artist Phil Vassar, went to #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, and #27 on the Billboard Hot 100.
S.O.D. "Honey Don't Front" by Grand Puba
11/14/2022 From the American rapper’s debut album, “Reel to Reel,” released in 1992. His real name is Maxwell Dixon. He is from Rochelle, New York and also is an emcee.
S.O.D. "Itchykoo Park" by The Small Faces
11/13/2022 Psychedelic pop will always contain secret references, mostly drug related, and this is mainly true for the 60s. The BBC put a ban on this song because of this. Two hours after the song was released, it was so popular that the ban was lifted.
S.O.D. "Johnny Bagga' Donuts" by Palma Violets
11/12/2022 Indie rock and garage rock. These two genres kept this English group together for five years. They released two albums and 11 singles. Give it a go at coming up with a meaning for this strange tune.
S.O.D. "Cold Cold Ground" by Tom Waits
11/11/2022 Here is that voice again that no one could ever mistake. From the 1987 album, “Frank’s Wild Years,” which is also a play written by Waits and his wife, Kathleen Brennan. A few of the songs including this one, were picked for media spots.
S.O.D. "Into the Valley" by Skids
11/10/2022 This punk rock band wrote this punk rock song that was released in 1979. It’s meaning mainly has to do with young Scottish boys being recruited into the military.
S.O.D. "Psychic Pilot Checks Out" by Robert Pollard
11/9/2022 This singer songwriter and guitarist is the primary cranium behind the group, Guided By Voices. One of the more accomplished songwriters of our time, he has written more than 3000 songs.
S.O.D. The Rattlesnake Trail" by Jethro Tull
11/8/2022 This English progressive rock band has been around since 1967. Looks like they went on the rattlesnake trail in 1989, and came out alive. Rock On!!!
S.O.D. "Life in a Northern Town" by The Dream Academy
11/7/2022 This song was written as an elegy to musician Nick Drake, who left us in 1974 at the age of 26. It is also the group’s debut single. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd had a hand in the production.
S.O.D. "Channel Swimmer" by 10cc
11/6/2022 This song is from the band’s 1975 album, “The Original Soundtrack,” which has nothing to do with any movie. “Channel Swimmer” is the B-side to the released single, “Life is a Minestrone.”
S.O.D. "I Will Not Bow" by Breaking Benjamin
11/5/2022 This 2009 alternative metal tune was used extensively on the MLB network in 2010. It is also the song you hear during the Ending credits of the 2009 film, “Surrogates” starring Bruce Willis.
S.O.D. "Just a Notion" by ABBA
11/4/2022 A record must have been sent here. Almost 44 years slid by between this song’s recording and release, 1978-2021. It was initially thought unmixable, and after the band’s reunion in 2016, it was worked into the album, “Voyage.”
S.O.D. "Beggin' for thread" by Banks
11/3/2022 Singer songwriters seem to be a dime a dozen these days. They are all however doing amazing things. Jillian Rose Banks taught herself to play piano at the age of 15. She has a bachelors degree in psychology.
S.O.D. "Let's Live for Today" by The Grass Roots
11/2/2022 “Piangi con me” Is the Italian title that this song was first recorded as in 1966. It was then performed by the English band, The Rokes, with Italian lyrics. The Grass Roots released in 1967. You hardly see any song charting in South Africa these days, but in 1967 this song was #1 there.
S.O.D. "Pet Sematary" by Ramones
11/1/2022 From the 1989 film, directed by Stephen King. Dee Dee Ramone was inspired by King to compose the tune. The band was invited to King‘s home in Maine, due to him being a huge fan. After King gave Dee Dee a copy of the Pet Sematary novel, he immediately came up with the lyrics during their visit.
S.O.D. "Halloween" by Misfits
10/31/2022 It’s spooky time again. Things are definitely more spooky than they were last year. Enjoy and stay loose.
S.O.D. "Thirst" by Dallas Green
10/30/2022 This Canadian singer songwriter and guitarist has been active since 2001. He also goes by the name of City and Colour. To his credit are 11 albums, 2 EPs, and 26 singles. This single was released in 2013.
S.O.D. "Apartment Story" by The National
10/29/2022 This 2007 rock/post punk revival song was included in Q magazine’s list of 50 Essential Downloads of its release year. The National is a five piece rock group out of Cincinnati, and has been active since 1999. They chose the band name due to it being a simple name that people could relate to. This had an effect in some foreign countries.
S.O.D. "Zebras and Airplanes" by Alicia Keys
10/28/2022 These female dynamos just keep impressing the masses. From the 2009 album “The Element of Freedom.” One of the most successful albums in the history of this thing called Music. We began listening to it after we hit the period button after button.
S.O.D. "Points of View" by Joey Albert & Pops Fernandez
10/27/2022 The names may seem male, but the voices are not. A woman named Joey, yes. A woman named Pops, that’s right. Maria Josefina Albert, and Maria Cielita Lukban Fernandez, both Filipino singers, bring you these mesmerizing vocals.