Past Movie Scratches: Pool-- Grown-- Rough--Pearl-- Mummy-- Pets

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2019.

73.  DEAD POOL--  9-2--  A superhero like none other.  Really funny comments.

74.  GROWN UPS II--  9-8--  Those wacky pals are back with one really big outrageous 80s party with the J. Geils Band.

75.  ROUGH NIGHT--   9-9-- A bachelorette party that really goes wrong.  Another "Hangover."

76.  PEARL HARBOR--  9-12--  All that great action.  All that corny melodrama.

77.  THE MUMMY--  10-19--  A lady with a real attitude problem.

78.  SECRET LIVES OF PETS--  10-21--  Those animals are just so doggone cute.  Gotta love the rabbit with all that attitude.

Pass the Popcorn.  --RoadPool

The Drive's Halloween A to Z Spooktacular Today, 10 AM to ? 'Cat Scratch Fever'

Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM has stated playing nothing but Halloween songs already and will continue until the ghouls come home.  In honor of you-know-what.  And, they are playing them alphabetically.

They just finished playing 

CAT SCRATCH FEVER--  Ted Nugent

CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN-  Guess Who

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON--  Dave Edmunds

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They started with:

ABFRACADABRA--  Steve Miller

BACK IN BLACK--  ACDC

BAD MOON RISING--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

BATTLE OF EVERMORE--  Led Zeppelin

BEAST OF BURDEN--  Rolling Stones

BEWARE OF DARKNESS--  George Harrison

It streams so get your Halloween Scaredies right here today and tonight.  

--RoadBoo

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I See Earthquakes And Lightning.  I See Bad Times Today."  Answer below.  --RoadSkeered

"Bad Moon Rising"

It's a Howlin' Halloween Around Here For Sure: 10 Songs to 'Skeer' the Daylights Out of You 'Werewolves of London'

From Bob Stroud's Ten at Ten on Chicago's Drive, 97.1 FM, WDRV from Oct. 30, 2020.

Yep, gonna be a strange one indeed this year.  Besides being the first time since Liz and I have been married that we're not giving out candy (and I didn't even decorate the outside of the house).  Plus, the Illinois governor has decided to stop inside dining and drinking at restaurants and bars in Lake and McHenry counties as of today.  

Yep, it's Happy Coronavirus Time to All.  But, sadly, necessary.

Anyhow, we can still play our spooky music.  And here are ten sure-fired "skeerd" songs, compliments of Baron Von Frankenstroud.

1.  I PUT A SPELL ON YOU--  Screamin' Jay Hawkins

2.  SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD--  Police

3.  SPOOKY--  Classics IV

4.  PSYCHO KILLER--  Talking Heads

5.  SEASON OF THE WITCH--  Donovan

6.  DEVIL INSIDE-- INXS

7.  DANCING WITH MR. D--  Rolling Stones

8.  GHOSTBUSTERS--  Ray Parker, Jr.

9.  WEREWOLVES OF LONDON--  Warren Zevon

10.  SCARY MONSTERS--  David Bowie

By the way, tomorrow from 10 am CDST to whenever, Chicago's WDRV 97.1 FM will be doing Halloween Songs A to Z.  So, if you like listening to Halloween scaries, give it a listen.  I sure will be.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "In The Cool Of The Evenin' When Everything Is Gettin' Kind Of Groovy."  Answer below.  --RoadBoo

"Spooky"

Music Deaths: Pete Carr, Lead Guitarist of Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

PETE CARR, 70

Died 27 June 2020

Guitar player, session musician who played with the famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.

An early friend of Duane Allman.  Played guitar on five #1 singles:

"If Lovin' You Is Wrong" by Luther Ingram

"Tonight's the Night" by Rod Stewart

"Torn Between Two Lovers" by Mary MacGregor

"Woman in Love" by Barbra Streisand

"What Kind of Fool" by Barbra Streisand

Others he worked with:  Joan Baez, Bob Seger, Joe Cocker, Boz Skaggs, Paul Simon, Staple Singers, Wilson Pickett and Hank Williams Jr.

Music Deaths: Tom Finn of the Left Banke

TOM FINN, 71

Died 27 June 2020

Bass player and vocalist with the Left Banke (Baroque Rock) who had a big hit in 1966 with "Walk Away Renee."

He was the last surviving member of the original Left Banke.  Lead singer Steve Martin Caro died in January of this year.

"Walk Away Renee"  (#5-1966)

"Pretty Ballerina"  (#15-1967)

Past Movie Scratches: Megalodon-- Godzilla-- Brother-- Impact-- Lethal-- Rogue

Past Movie Scratches:  Movies that I saw on TV in 2019, before the virus.

67.  MEGALODON--  8-17--  It's the U.S. Navy vs. a really, really big shark.  Svenghouli will have a field day when he gets around to hosting this movie.  Pretty dumb and dumber.

68.  GODZILLA--  8-18--  The big guy actually saves us.  Go, you GODZILLA!!!

69.  ON BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU--  8-20--  Great story and even better music.  Good old Pete the Toad.  More characters than you can believe.

70.  DEEP IMPACT--  8-22--  Another rogue asteroid menacing the Earth.  But Fish gets it.

71.  LETHAL WEAPON--  8-29--  Mel's a wild child,  but vengeance-minded.

72.  STAR WARS:  ROGUE ONE--  9-1--  Getting the plans for the Empire's Death Star.  How it all started.

--RoadZilla

Past Movie Scratches: Pearl-- War-- Suicide-- Battleship-- Resident-- Zombie

Past Movie Scratches:  These are songs I watched on TV in 2019.

61.  PEARL HARBOR--  6-25--   Doolittle gets 'em back!!  Go Doolittle.

62.WAR DOGS--  6-25--  War!!!  It is good for something.  Making money do those who supply the tools of trade.

63.  SUICIDE SQUAD--  6-30--  Task Force X.  That Harley's quite the gal.  Funny and crazy at the same time.  Just the gal for the Joker.

64.  BATTLESHIP--  7-18--  It's Aliens vs. the Mighty Mo.  The Aliens never stood a chance.

65.  RESIDENT EVIL 5:  RETRIBUTION--  8-13--     That was Umbrella and Red Queen.  Go humans.

66.  ZOMBIE TIDAL WAVE--  8-17--   Another SyFy cheesefest.  The worst acting, corniest acting and really bad visual effects.

--RoadBattleship

WLS Top Ten for Week of October 26, 1970: "It Don't Matter To Me"

The Top Ten in Chi-Town fifty years ago.

1.  I'LL BE THERE--  Jackson Five

2.  WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN--  Carpenters

3.  IT DON'T MATTER TO ME--  Bread   If you think these guys on ly sang slow, soft pop songs, give a listen to their "On the Waters" album on You Tube.

4.  FIRE & RAIN--  James Taylor

5.  I THINK I LOVE YOU--  Partridge Family   Their TV show could have been called "The Monkees II."

6.  GREEN-EYED LADY--  Sugarloaf

7.  SOMEBODY'S BEEN SLEEPING--  100 Proof

8.  LOLA--  Kinks   Was there ever a song so recognizable after the first few notes?  Well, maybe song #10.  

9.  DEEPER & DEEPER--  Freda Payne

10.  ALL RIGHT NOW--  Free

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DEBUTS

21.  GYPSY WOMAN--  Brian Hyland

25.  MONTEGO BAY--  Bobby Bloom

26.  TEARS OF A CLOWN--  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

28.  HEAVEN HELP US ALL--  Stevie Wonder

30.  STAND BY YOUR MAN--    Candi Staton

Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Just Yesterday Morning, They Let Me Know You Were Gone."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Fire & Rain"

Goin' Back to 1974-- Part 4: "Number 9 Dream"

ALREADY GONE--  Eagles    This was my favorite Eagles song until we got into Route 66 and there was that "Standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona" tune.
U.S. BLUES--  Grateful Dead
SEASONS OF WHITHER--  Aerosmith

THE THRILL OF IT ALL--  Roxy Music
NUMBER 9 DREAM--  John Lennon
YOU'RE NO GOOD--  Linda Ronstadt        Still my favorite female singer.  Just something about her.

TIME OUT--  Joe Walsh
HEROES ARE HARD TO FIND--  Fleetwood Mac
SKATING AWAY ON THE THIN ICE OF A NEW DAY--  Jethro Tull     Winners of the first Grammy for Heavy Metal.  Really, Jethro Tull, Heavy Metal?

TROUBLE NO MORE--    Muddy Waters

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Well I Heard Some People Talkin' Just The Other Day."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Already Gone"

Goin' Back to 1974-- Part 3: "Mirage"

Parts 1 and 2 are on October 18 and 19.

RIDE MY TIGER--  Jefferson Starship
SPANISH MOON--  Little Feat
BRIDGE OF SIGHS--  Robin Trower

I SHOT THE SHERIFF--  Eric Clapton
ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY--  Bonnie Raitt
LONG LIVE ROCK--  Who

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD--  Chaka Kahn & Rufus
MIRAGE--  Santana
TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE--  Rolling Stones

DING DONG--  George Harrison
BLOODY WELL RIGHT--  Supertramp
RAISED ON ROBBERY--  Joni Mitchell

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "All Around My Home Town, They're Trying To Track me Down."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"I Shot the Sheriff"

Past Movie Scratches: Guardians-- Awakens-- Empire-- Ride-- Wolf-- Rogue

Can you guess the names of the above movies before you look at the list below?

Past Movie Scratches:  Movies I watched on TV in 2019.

55.  GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY--  4-27--  What a wacky group!    "We are Groot!"  My favorite Marvel heroes.

56.  STAR WARS:  THE FORCE AWAKENS--  5-27--  Or, Finding Luke Skywalker.  And, what about Han Solo's kid.  His grandfather's kid.

57.  STAR WARS EPISODE V:  THEN EMPIRE STRIKES BACK--  5-27--  Welcome to the Ice Planet, the Abominable Snowman and we get to meet Yoda, we do.

58.  RIDE ALONG 2--  5-30--  A little bit of Ben Barber goes a real long way.

59.  THE WOLF OF WALL STREET--  6-1--  More sex and drugs than you've ever seen. If you see Leo copulating once, you've seen him a 100 times.

60.  ROGUE ONE--  6-14--  Sets the stage for the first (or the 4th) Star Wars movie.  That is why Obi Wan Kenobi had to help.

Pass the Popcorn.

--RoadWars

WLS Top Ten for Week of October 19, 1970: "Lola"

The top ten songs in Chicago fifty years ago according to WLS, 890 AM.

1.  I'LL BE THERE--  Jackson Five

2.  GREEN-EYED LADY--  Sugarloaf

3.  WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN--  Carpenters

4.  LOLA--  Kinks

5.  ALL RIGHT NOW--  Free

6.  IT DON'T MATTER TO ME--  Bread

7.  LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA--  New Seekers

8.  CRACKLIN' ROSIE--  Neil Diamond

9.  FIRE & RAIN--   James Taylor

10.  THAT'S WHERE I WENT WRONG--  Poppy Family

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DEBUTS ON THE TOP 30

21.  I THINK I LOVE YOU--  Partridge Family

27.  LET'S WORK TOGETHER--  Canned Heat

28.  GYPSY WOMAN--  Brian Hyland

30.  OUR HOUSE--  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Soothing Every Raging Wave That Comes."  Answer below.  ----RoadDog

"Green-Eyed Lady"

Going Back to 1974-- Part 1: "Any Major Dude Will Tell You"

On December 2, 2018, WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback featured the year 1974 and was hosted by Johnny Mars.

1974 was another busy year for me as I finished teaching my first year at Magee Middle School and started my second one.  We moved from our first apartment in Des Plaines, Illinois, to our second one in Vernon Hills, Illinois.  This one was about half way between where I worked in Round Lake and where Liz worked at General Finance Corporation in Evanston, Illinois.

I taught summer school at Grayslake High School.

We also started looking for an affordable house (and eventually moved into one in Round Lake Beach (for $33,000).

ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY--  Bachman Turner Overdrive
WALK ON--  Neil Young
ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU--  Steely Dan

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "We Rented A Truck And A Semi To Go."  Answer below.  RoadDog


"Roll On Down the Highway"

Music Deaths: Keith Tippett (Played with King Crimson) and Vera Lynn (Popular WW II Singer)

KEITH TIPPETT, 72

Died 14 June 2020

Pianist/composer.  Worked with King Crimson.

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VERA LYNN, 103

Died 18 June 2020

Singer best known for her song "We'll meet Again," a popular WW II song.  I'll write about her in more detail in my Tattooed On Your Soul: World War II blog.

Music Deaths: Ricky Valance Sang 'Tell Laura I Love Her'

RICKY VALANCE, 81

Died 12 June 2020

Real name David Spencer.  Welsh pop singer.  Best-known for his UK #1 single "Tell Laura I Love Her."  He was the first Welsh singer to have a #1 UK hit.  

Covered Ray Peterson's "Tell Laura I Love Her" which hit #7 on U.S. charts in 1960.

Had a #1 on UK charts even before Tom Jones.  Who'd have figured.

Going Back to 1974-- Part 2: "You're No Good"

OVERNIGHT SENSATION--  Raspberries
ROCK STEADY--  Bad Company
INTRO / SWEET JANE--  Lou Reed

YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHING--  Stevie Wonder
THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY--  Genesis
1984--  David Bowie

THE THRILL OF IT ALL--  Roxy Music
NUMBER 9 DREAM--  John Lennon
YOU'RE NO GOOD--  Linda Ronstadt

TIME OUT--  Joe Walsh
SWEET HOME ALABAMA--  Lynyrd Skynyrd   Love those Welcome to Alabama signs.
HEROES ARE HARD TO FIND--  Fleetwood Mac

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Feelin' Better, Now That We're Through."    Answer below.  --RoadDog


"You're No Good"

1974

Bob Stroud has us back to 1974 on his Ten at Ten on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1, 96.9 FM, the Drive on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020.  That's 46 years ago for those counting.

WISHING YOU WERE HERE--  Chicago  (I always think this is Pink Floyd for some reason.)
TRAIN KEP A ROLLIN'--  Aerosmith
DANCE WITH ME--  Orleans

DREAMER--  Supertramp
RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 & #35--  LIVE--  Bob Dylan
MAINLINE FLORIDA--  Eric Clapton
OVERNIGHT SENSATION--  Raspberries

COME AND GET YOUR LOVE--  Redbone
I'LL HAVE TO SAY I LOVE YOU IN A SONG--  Jim Croce
BILLY DON'T BE A HERO--  Paper Lace

My pick was "Come and Get Your Love."

#1 song this date:  "SEASONS IN THE SUN" by Terry Jacks
#1 albun:   "JOHN DENVER GREATEST HITS"
#1 movie at the Box Office:  "BLAZING SADDLES"

--RoadDog

Deaths of Big MLB Stars Recently: Seaver, Ford, Gibson, Brock, Beckert and Morgan

One thing about baseball today, where players seem to change teams every few years (and of course with all the many teams we now have) I really don't know the names of many of today's stars.  But not so in the past.

Everyone of the names, except Whitey Ford, were players I really knew from the 1960s.  I became interested in baseball about 1963 and Ford was just about done by then.

But, Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock (so sad that the Cubs traded him) and Joe Morgan were features in my love of baseball back then.  Man, were they good, but they have all died within the past couple months.

Earlier this year, another big-time player from  back then died and that was Al Kaline of the Tigers.  Of interest, I found out his salary in 1959 when he hit .327 and that was $31,000.

Also, one player for the 1960s Cubs that I really liked, Glenn Beckert (1965-1973) died.

These three White Sox players have also died this year:

Ed Farmer (1979-1981)

Jay Johnstone  ((9171-1972)

Claudell Washington (1978-1980)

Childhood Memories.  --RoadDog