Whole lotta firepower on that stage with Arthur Conley. Stax/Volt was the shizzle.
When we used to play this song out in clubs, we referred to it as a "laundry list." It means the song doesn't really have any lyrics, it's just a sort of shipping manifest with a beat. What's your favorite laundry list song? How about Kung-fu Fighting?
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I don't know if these make the list (maybe too many lyrics) but I like them simply because of the grooves. "For the love of Money" O'Jays. "Love and Happiness" Al Green. "What is hip?" Tower of Power.
Forgot "Cut the Cake" - Average White Band.
Creeque Alley by the Mamas and the Papas is sort of a laundry list - kind of a list of inside jokes and adventures.
I seem to remember some dance songs that were lists of various dances popular among the youth of the time. Just can't remember the names of them right this minute.
Humbly submitted: the Monkees' Goin' Down.
Very cool laundry list. It don't make any sense, 'cept it does.
How about a prog laundry list in alphabetical order.
Low-hanging fruit: LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Thanks for reminding me - Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire.
Thanks, I think...
Man, I wish I hadn't started thinkin' about this - Johnny Cash, I've Been Everywhere.
I am sure Gilbert and Sullivan wrote a laundry list or two, but with luck, I will leave this topic alone for a while.
I had no luck whatsoever.
I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General.
Rarely performed by rock bands, however.
Two can play this game: the lowest hanging fruit.
G Bob- There's bad, and then there's that.
It's like hitting a man in the head with a shovel and then forcing him to read an encyclopedia aloud.
A reminder not to do one's ditty laundry in public....
"Do Your Thing" and "Express Yourself,"
-both by
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
(unique in that the band's name had more words then both of their hits combined)
Scooby- That's a bitchin' bass line right there.
Merry Christmas!
Sir Duke.
Took two days for that to rattle out of my recently concussed head.
Merry Christmas!
Johnny G- Oh, that's excellent.
How about:
Just slip out the back, jack,
Make a new plan, Stan,
No need to be coy, Roy...
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