But I clicked on Youtube, and as I described in the earlier post, I got an interesting mix of "recommended". In this case, an Andrews Sisters rendition of "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar".
Well. The first time I ever heard that song was some thirty years ago, and the performer was Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. Which made me think of some of my other Commander Cody faves. Unfortunately, I couldn't locate a Youtube vid of "Lost in the Ozone", at least, not the song I was looking for, only a different song by some heavy metal group called Motorhead.
Fortunately, I was able to find a couple of other CCatLPA faves:
Seeds and Stems Again Blues:
And, of course, their signature tune:
I really need to track down the original version of that song. But not tonight.
UPDATE: Okay, tonight. I found it on Youtube. Turns out that Charlie Ryan passed away just this year in February at the age of (about) 92. RIP, man, we love you. Meantime, here is Charlie singing "Hot Rod Lincoln". Compare the lyrics to Commander Cody's remake above.
Click through on the video to read the story about the song itself. Pretty cool.
Iz out!
2 months ago
3 comments:
Fun song. Goes together real well with "Hot Rod Race" by Jimmy Dolan. As it should.
That's kinda gotta suck just a bit, though: when somebody else's remake of your song is a bigger hit and remembered longer than your original version.
Motorhead is certainly more my cup of tea, but this is interesting stuff.
That's kinda gotta suck just a bit, though: when somebody else's remake of your song is a bigger hit and remembered longer than your original version.
Yeah, especially when the original lyrics are better. Seriously, "twisted the speedometer cable off the end" beats "my speedometer said that I hit top end" any day.
And "went around the corner with the tires on the sides" so totally outclasses "flames coming from out of the sides", lyrically speaking.
RIP, Charlie. What a ride, my man.
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