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I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag by Country Joe and The Fish parodies the kind of "glories of war" sentiments expressed in Over There Also from the Vietnam era, The Unknown Soldier (<) by The Doors has some strange poetic lyrics: Make a grave for the unknown soldier Nestled in your hollow shoulder The unknown soldier Breakfast where the news is read Television children fed Bullet strikes the helmet's head

Over There might be considered "modern" in the sense that it is not "ancient", but it is basically cheerleading for US involvement at the end of World War I and pretty much glorifies going to battle. Some sample lyrics: Hurry right away, no delay, go today, Make your daddy glad to have had such a lad Tell your sweetheart not to pine, To be proud her boy's in line... We'll be over, we're coming over. And we won't be back till it's over over there!

War by Edwin Starr Sky Pilot by Eric Burdon & The Animals Universal Soldier by Buffy Sainte-Marie (covered by Donovan)

An excellent place to check for cover versions of songs by well-known artists is the Covers Project. Here's their listing for Pink Floyd (<). The lists are made up of submissions by visitors, and sometimes contain some pretty obvious errors, but the site is at work correcting that situation.

From the designated party-pooper, here's a a bit of healthy skepticism (<)

Happy Birthday, Mr. Otha Ellas Bates McDaniel!

Hard to believe Del Shannon (<) would be 70 today.

The classic "Sticky Fingers" usually shows up in these album cover threads, but I'd never seen this Brown Sugar/Bitch single jacket until recently.

I don't know if this is the kind of enlightening information you were looking for, but according to the Dr Pepper Museum website

I don't know if this is the kind of enlightening information you were looking for, but according to the Dr Pepper Museum website

This question has been asked (<) and (>) answered twice within the last month or so. The catchy song is Picture Book by the Kinks

Buddy Guy mixes it up real good. jr, check out Remembering Stevie (a tribute to your man) on Buddy's "Damn Right, I've Got The Blues" CD (1991). Buddy's straighter blues like There Is Something On Your Mind complement rockers like his incredible version of Mustang Sally. He plays songs from Willie Dixon and John Hiatt, and he's joined by Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, and even Clapton on some of the tracks.

This song was also recorded by Paul Revere and The Raiders, and I'm pretty sure it was released on an album before The Monkees version.

'Kurt', not Captain 'Kirk'.

All Is Loneliness by Big Brother and The Holding Company Only The Lonely by Roy Orbison Helpless, Out On The Weekend, Round And Round (It Won't Be Long) or one of dozens of other songs by Neil Young. He's a Loneliness Specialist.

from one of my posts about Woodstock: *(Soul Survivor is a Rolling Stones song.)

I agree. Valleri is The Monkees best. Neat history of this song from the Great Provider (<)

From the Wikipedia article on the Monkees

Musical interlude: The people came and listened Some of them came and played Others gave flowers away, yes they did Down in Monterey, Down in Monterey. Young gods smiled upon the crowd Their music being born of love Children danced night and day Religion was being born Down in Monterey The Byrds and the Airplane did fly Oh, Ravi Shankar's music made me cry The Who exploded into fire and light Hugh Masekela's music was black as night The Grateful Dead blew everybody's mind Jimi Hendrix, baby, believe me, set the world on fire, yeah His Majesty, Prince Jones, smiled as he moved among the crowd Ten thousand electric guitars were groovin' real loud, yeah You want to find the truth in life? Don't pass music by And you know I would not lie, no, I would not lie, No, I would not lie Down in Monterey All right!!! Three days of understanding, of moving with one another Even the cops grooved with us Do you believe me, yeah? Down in Monterey, down in Monterey Down in Monterey, down in Monterey I think that maybe I'm dreaming Monterey, Monterey Down in Monterey Did you hear what I say? Down in Monterey ~ Eric Burdon And The Animals, Monterey

I thought Chris/Roger/Dave might quote TV's Baretta: "And dat's the name of dat tune ('is called')"

His time is up. Say what?

Then you'd better stick with the Sinsemillia.

I did hesitate and reflect for in excess of eleven or twelve seconds. But seriously, Kevin, I just included the link for supplementary staring fuel. CD packages just can't compete with getting that foot-square front and back piece of art to hold when you listen to a new/old LP. Yawn... Yawn... Man, excuse me. For some reason I'm having trouble keeping my eyes open. :sleepy:

I don't want to elbow anybody's Muse, but lots of good staring potential in this old thread (<)

Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin Rock Steady - Bad Company Fame - The Movie Theme Fame - David Bowie (This song is damned annoying to me. What accounts for its popularity?)