I had my iPod at the New Year’s Eve party I attended this evening and at one point we played the XTC album “Black Sea.” Now I was fortunate to see them on tour in 1980 behind that album and little did I know at the time that it would be their last tour ever […]
New Years Eve Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "In The Year 2525" by Zager and Evans
Denny Zager and Rick Evans met in college in Nebraska in the early 1960s and began playing music together. They recorded this song in 1968 and it reached the top of the charts during the summer of ’69 in time for man’s first steps on the moon. It stayed atop the charts while man continued to […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "The Other Shoe" by F*&#d Up
The only thing F*&#d Up about this record is that I only heard it for the first time last week and as a result it did not make my Top Albums List Of 2011…and it is certainly good enough to be on the list. This Canadian Punk band has been around since 2001 releasing a […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "The Jean Genie" by David Bowie
Here’s the long lost Top Of the Pops live clip recorded on January 3, 1973 featuring Bowie and the Spiders From Mars. The clip was said to be lost and recently rediscovered. It received its first broadcast in England since it originally aired back in 1973 on December 21, 2011. Glam rock never sounded so […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Groove's Groove" by Richard "Groove" Holmes
Song Of The Day – “Groove’s Groove” by Richard “Groove” Holmes Like fellow Jazz organ giants Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff and Jimmy McGriff, Holmes released countless organ-drenched Soul Jazz sides during the 1960s paving the way for Acid Jazz and Hip-Hop. Here is the edited 7″ version of this song […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Trees" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra
I first came into contact with this song in a rendition by Alfalfa on “The Little Rascals.” This version hails from 1930 by the Chicago sweet band led by Isham Jones. Jones was a cold taskmaster of a bandleader which is kind of at odds with the sweet music he made with his group. At […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Swingin' Dem Jingle Bells" by Fats Waller
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Swingin’ Dem Jingle Bells” by Fats Waller What more could you ask for on Christmas than this rambunctious reading of “Jingle Bells” from 1936 by the larger than life pianist extraordinaire Fats Waller. Meld that with a fine holiday Betty Boop video […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Unrequited Love" by Lykke Li
Song Of The Day – “Unrequited Love” by Lykke Li It’s a little bit 1950s Doo Wop ballad…a little bit early ’60s girl group…and a whole lot up-to-the-minute 2011 indie pop. Lykke Li hails from Sweden where she was born Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson in 1986. She released her debut […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Sweet Little Sixteen" by Chuck Berry
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Sweet Little Sixteen” by Chuck Berry All that is great about Rock ‘n’ Roll can be found right here! Driving guitar riff…superb lyrics way ahead of their time for 1958…duck walking guitar solo…clarinet solo…an original song by perhaps the greatest Rock ‘n’ […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Broadway" by The Clash
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Broadway” by The Clash This song was originally released on their sprawling triple album, “Sandinista.” At the time of its release, it was hailed as a major statement by the band and it received almost unanimous positive reviews. In reality, the record […]
