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Post by Kapitan on Jan 10, 2022 15:05:11 GMT
"Psalms 40:2," by the Mountain Goats.
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Post by Kapitan on Jan 10, 2022 15:06:43 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Jan 10, 2022 15:11:44 GMT
Sticking with the psalmic theme--though this one more literally than the last one--how about one of my favorite songs of '21 for our next one? "Psalm 42," by Nathan Salsburg.
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Post by kds on Jan 10, 2022 16:01:42 GMT
Sticking with the Bible - Hymn 43, off Jethro Tull's classic Aqualung album.
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Post by jk on Jan 10, 2022 18:42:16 GMT
#44 is "Forty-Four" by the great Howlin' Wolf:
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Post by carllove on Jan 10, 2022 21:41:34 GMT
I think this one is the last Elvis Costello song to chart. #92 on the UK charts.
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Post by Kapitan on Jan 10, 2022 21:53:10 GMT
I think this one is the last Elvis Costello song to chart. #92 on the UK charts. I like it. Were I quicker on the draw I'd have gone with this:
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Post by jk on Jan 11, 2022 10:54:37 GMT
From 1963, here are The Showmen (of "It Will Stand" fame) with "39-21-46", written by singer and band leader Norman "General" Johnson:
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Post by jk on Jan 11, 2022 13:32:48 GMT
"Me and Louise Higginbotham use to race across the yard / Back in 1947 that's when more than times were hard"
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Post by Kapitan on Jan 11, 2022 13:40:30 GMT
Here is a pair of 48s, one from my youth and one of a more recent vintage.
From 1989, perhaps the most stereotypical hair metal band imaginable, Pretty Boy Floyd with "48 Hours to Rock."
And from 2014, Your Old Droog's "48th Street."
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Post by B.E. on Jan 11, 2022 14:13:19 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Jan 11, 2022 14:15:42 GMT
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Post by jk on Jan 11, 2022 14:26:56 GMT
"Forty Nine, Fifty One" ~ Hank Locklin:
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Post by jk on Jan 12, 2022 11:00:43 GMT
"I heard you on my wireless back in '52 Lying awake, intent at tuning in on you"
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Post by jk on Jan 12, 2022 13:39:24 GMT
Wow. These lyrics hold out hope for the future of this thread:
"Forty-seven, sixty-three Eighty-five, seventy-four Sixty-seven, sixty-six Fifty-one, (Orange) seventy-nine Forty-two, twenty-four Forty-five, sixty-ten Six, seven, fifty-six Sixty-five, (Orange) forty-four Fifty-three, forty-four"
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