SONGS OF SEX WORKERS Vol. 3

SONGS OF SEX WORKERS Vol. 3

SONGS OF SEX WORKERS Volume 1 spurred lots of suggestions.  Jon suggested REDD KROSS’ Standing In Front Of Poseur, Richard proposed Lili Marleen, & Jimi Jamez tossed out Black Diamond (but I threw him a curve & used a cover by REGGAE KISS).

Never On Sunday seems to pop up on a lot of volumes, but it’s a great song with a ton of cover versions in a wide variety of styles.  Few can sing it with the raw sexuality EARTHA KITT does.  Other well-known songs about sex workers include Private Dancer, Honky Tonk Women, & Walk On The Wild Side.

Less well-known is Ladies Of The Night by THE TWISTERS a Los Angeles band that was competing with The Blasters, X, & The Go-Go’s for gigs—and who put out a 12” EP on Rhino when it was primarily a reissue label.  They must have had faith in the song, because they also included it on their only full-length album on The Goods label.

ELTON JOHN sings of a Sweet Painted Lady, VENUS & THE RAZORBLADES sing of a Workin’ Girl, & NOFX sing of a specific—but fictitious fallen angel—Lori Meyers.  The person who sings Lori’s part is none other than THE MUFFS’ Kim Shattuck.

Punk's Got Soul and We've Got More Triple Song Titles

A tip of the hat to Hal, who recently found the blog and was inspired to send in two dozen Triple Song Titles from his own digital music collection! Why on earth hasn't "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" been included until now?  Heaven only knows.

We still haven't identified the mystery artist who performed "Really Really Really" (see my last post for the details, or lack thereof) -- but Koen and I each found another song with that same title. Really, we did!

I added a couple more triples to bring the set closer to the 80 minute mark, because you triple title fans have no doubt burned every one of these collections to CD. I know I haven't!  

Hal also suggested a perfect tune for the Punks Got Soul series, Serious Drinking's swell version of Candi Staton's "Young Hearts Run Free".  Thanks again, Hal!

James (another friend of the blog) nominated Lizzy Mercier Descloux's "Funky Stuff", and Richard found Akron band Chi-Pig's recording of "Going To A Go-Go".  Greetings and gratitude to all involved!

I finally found a way to get my man Moon Martin onto one of these compilations, with his version of "Boogie Woogie Country Girl" (with Jude Cole on guitar and BV).  There's a swell set of Moon Martin classics over at One Buck Guy's blog.  

They aren't all punks (there's some new wave, post punk, garage rock and whatnot), and it's not all soul (disco, funk, and R&B are present). Nevertheless, please enjoy Punks Got Soul #11 as well as Kill Kill Kill (Triple Song Titles #45).

ELSEWHERE ON THE BLOG:  much more Moon Martin.

Songs Of Sex Workers Volume 2

Songs Of Sex Workers Volume 2 

I don’t believe I’ve ever posted a compilation with four rap songs on it, but pimpin’ & being pimped is common subject matter in rap, so Tone-Loc, LL Cool J, Salt ’n’ Pepa, & Taraji P. Henson get us started off in style.

A Van Morrison-less THEM supply Street Walking Lady, but there’s also mention of Red Light Ladies, Chelsea Girls, Willie The Pimp, & Charlotte The Harlot.

Elvis Costello sings of Love For Sale, Guns N’ Roses relates the tale of My Michelle (who’s daddy was in porno), & Aerosmith are Back In The Saddle, again.  

I don’t think I knew that Gary Numan’s Are 'Friends' Electric was about the world’s oldest profession before I started my research for this series—nor The Kings Of Leon’s Arizona.  

Morrisey weighs in, as does David Bowie, & Nico, & Ramsey Lewis dusts off Never On Sunday.

 

JERRY LEE LEWIS On Larry King Live '96 Interview & Performances!

JERRY LEE LEWIS On Larry King Live '96 Interview & Performances!

 

WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?

 

IT'S ABOUT TIME! Vol. 1 Songs about seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, & years!

 

IT'S ABOUT TIME! Vol. 1 contains songs about seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, & years!

People are impatient these days.  Comedian Kathy Ladman used to joke that her dad would stand in front of the microwave saying: “C’mon!  I don’t have all minute!”

Across the 23 tracks on this first installment; Gene Vincent, Dave Dudley, & Ron Wood are marking time.

Lucinda Williams, Richard Hell, & Hank III are questioning their past, and Sam Butera, & Elvis Presley are looking to the future.  

Pink Floyd, The Blasters, and Stevie Ray Vaughan & Jimmie Vaughan warn us that time is running out.

Whatever your philosophical view—one thing is certain—this compilation will kill about 79 minutes (or 4,740 seconds) of your time.  We at JON-KY feel it will be time well-spent.

Use Your Frequency Illusion: Triple Song Titles Strike Again

I may have stopped actively looking for triple song titles, but they seem to keep finding me.  When I'm reading blogs or other music-related sites on the internet (which is almost daily), a song with three (or more) of the same word in its title will often catch my attention.   

The phenomenon of seeing the same thing again and again, and the sensation that it must be more than a coincidence, is known as the Frequency Illusion (or the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon).  Today I'm sharing songs that went into a folder as they came to my attention.  One song is from one of Richard's whistling compilations, and another is from Stinky's recent feature on the music of Wazmo Nariz.

It's entirely possible that some of the songs in today's collections have appeared in earlier volumes, There are now almost 30 volumes, and it's almost impossible to keep track.  And I have more!  Too many more...

Today's share includes a MYSTERY TRACK!  I saved one of the songs without checking to make sure that it was tagged with the artist's name. Can you identify it? I have nothing but the title ("Really, Really, Really").  The length is 3:24, if that helps. It sounds like garage rock with punk and psychedelic touches.  I couldn't find it on Allmusic, Discogs, or RateYourMusic; and Shazam can't identify it.  Can you?  

The mystery track is the last song on today's compilation Koochie Koochie Koochie.  You can download it individually (rather than the entire comp) if you just want a go at solving the mystery.  

Take That! Songwriters Taking Swipes At Others Vol. 6

Take That! Songwriters Taking Swipes Vol. 6

On this SIXTH installment of TAKE THAT! songwriters take swipes at the usual targets: authority figures, society, & the government.  This volume doesn’t focus as much on tracks recorded by the songwriter as the earlier collections. But it’s usually a fair bet that the singer’s loyalties align with the scribes’.

P.F. Sloan & Edwin Starr take aim at war, with the songs Eve Of Destruction, & well… WAR.

As a recording artist, P.F. takes a swipe at society, as does Sonny Bono, The Temptations, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, & Wendy O. Williams (backed by KISS!)

The Ramones basically tear the “Whattaya got?” page out of Marlon Brando’s book with I’m Against It, by being against nearly everything.  The Fugs’ Ed Sanders isn’t happy with hermaphrodites in The Iliad, & Jon Langford is upset with Nashville Radio.

Tennessee Ernie Ford is railing against “the man”, Bo Diddley is against drugs, Suzi Quatro glares in the direction of  Hollywood, & Loretta Lynn rails against Santa!  A bold strategy unless you plan on being on the nice list for certain this year.

While The J. Geils Band is miffed at love in general, Wayne County is incensed at being deemed unworthy of a good dicking.  And Jerry Lee Lewis is taunted by his old friends Ronnie Hawkins & Carl Perkins during a live performance—which is something no fan of The Killer's should miss!