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.

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.  

Love Love Love those Triple Song Titles

Richard is the fourth Beatle of this blog, an honored guest who has generously shared a number of compilations with us from his vast music collection.  His features on the artists Buy Off The Bar, Claw Boys Claw, Eton Crop, The Four And Onlys, and Johnny G (as well as his Plurex Records and Whistling Grandpa compilations) are entertaining, informative, and unique.  Much of this music simply cannot be found anywhere else on the wild world of webs.

He is also Chief Researcher on our Triple Song Title committee, a title that I just made up and conferred upon him right now (congrats, Richard).  On behalf of the committee, thanks thanks thanks for your diligence and devotion to our quixotic cause.  Richard has found literally hundreds more triples that haven't been posted here yet.

Richard recently suggested that Valentine's Day would be an appropriate time to share his stash of over a hundred treble-titled love songs.  What better way to woo your loved one?  Download them all, or make your own mix of "Love Love Love Songs" from your favorite artists.  The object of your affection will be mightily impressed by your strangely obsessive but thoughtful gesture! He or she need never know who actually did the digital "crate digging"! Your secret is safe with JOKONKY!  Here's a whole lotta love -- virus-free, no commitment, no batteries included and no strings attached -- with love from us to you.

Punks Got Soul (#4)

 

Here's the fourth (and likely final) volume of Punks Got Soul.  It's been interesting to think about musical genre.  Consider the artists covering these songs: are they punk? Post Punk? New Wave? Pub Rock? Mod? 

And the songs themselves: at what point does R&B evolve into soul, soul into funk, or funk into disco?  The Blasters got it right when they titled their first album American Music.  The Who had it right when they billed themselves as "Maximum R&B" -- music for dancing, but with amps to 11!

I've asked myself whether I'm just collecting examples of the whitening of Black music (like Pat Boone's version of "Tutti Frutti").  But then I remember that rock & roll was kind of a collision between jump blues and hillbilly music.  Maybe the best soul music needs a great singer -- but the best rock (and punk) needs a LOT of guitar. 

When all is said and done, the music is (in the words of Q-Tip) "devoted to the art of moving butts". I leave you with these confusing musings and another collection of 1980's versions of soul, R&B, girl groups, Motown, funk, and whatever other omfuggin' labels you might choose to apply to these songs. 

Speaking of moving butts, we have two more Triple Song Title collections today.  Sexy Sexy Sexy contains disco, funk, soul, and other styles of music for dancing. Cool Cool Cool is mostly alt-rock from the last two decades, for those of us too cool (or too self-conscious) to venture onto the dancefloor.

ELSEWHERE ON THE BLOG:  more Joan Jett, Dave Alvin, Barrence, John McGeoch, and Oil Tasters!

Punks Got Soul... Again!

 

Richard has been a friend of the blog for awhile now, and has provided a number of terrific guest contributions. After my last Punks Got Soul post, Richard made some excellent suggestions -- more than enough for a third volume.  So here it is!

Like the first two sets, this one includes some bands that aren't really punk (strictly speaking).  There's more from the Mod Revival (The Rage, The Chords, Dexys), more pub rock, some New Wave and some post-punk.  And once again, there are some girl group songs and others that might not (strictly speaking) be considered soul music.  But there are definitely some soul classics here as well as some O.G. punks like the Ramones, Drones, Leyton Buzzards and DOA.

Richard has also sent in a massive number of Triple Song Titles from all over the world, and it's been a few months since the last time they were shared with the faithful among you who enjoy them.  Today we've got Mas Mas Mas (mostly Spanish titles from Latin America, Europe, and the Afro-Cuban diaspora).  This music is outside my area of musical expertise, though I enjoy it.  I apologize for any mistakes or misattributions.  

Next is Surprise Surprise Surprise, which is just good ol' red-blooded meat & potatoes rock & roll, from names you know -- and some that may surprise you.  The third of today's Triple Song Title comps is called Fire Fire Fire, and it contains 20 scorchers with the same title, from various decades and genres.  Some of the blame (or praise) for today's post goes to Richard. He's like a fourth Beatle around here!

More Punks Play Stones

 

The last Punks Play Stones post got some good responses, so here's another set with many of the suggestions received from andreyud, J in Europe, and Richard (plus my leftovers from the first volume).  Koen provided the delectable cover image at left.

This set ventures beyond the first decade of punk, as well as outside the standard definition of punk as a genre.  There are some OG's here (Richard Hell, Joe Strummer, The Damned, Chelsea, UK Subs) and some LA punks (TSOL, Mad Parade, Social Distortion, Redd Kross). There's also some power pop from The Records and Tommy Keene, some great bands from the Nineties and the Oughties, and some old folkies what once were punks (Mekons and Nikki Sudden).  

Speaking of the mighty Mekons, those loveable lads and lasses from Leeds are touring the US next month to promote their new album Horror.  Jon Langford, Tom Greenhalgh, Sally Timms, Lu Edmonds, Susie Honeyman, Rico Bell, Steve Goulding and Dave Trumfio are the current Mekons.  

It's been a few weeks since any triple song titles have been posted here, so here's Lies Lies Lies -- a set of 30+ punk triples for anyone who hasn't gotten all their ya ya ya's out. Bon appetit!  

Soul Queens Sing Stones

Here's a collection that does what it says on the tin: women singing songs of the Rolling Stones.  Merry Clayton sang on the original recording of "Gimme Shelter", and here she makes the song her own.  Ruth Copeland was an early member of Funkadelic.  In addition to her dramatic reading of "Play With Fire" on today's comp, she too sang Gimme Shelter (with Eddie Hazel on guitar and Bernie Worrell on keys).

Tina Turner, the Pointer Sisters, and the ladies of LaBelle are here, as well as Ann Peebles (a version of "Miss You" with that classic Hi Records sound).  

Some of the performers have been forgotten by all but the crate diggers and connoisseurs of deep soul and rare funk.  Does anyone remember Blinky, Margie Miller or Capricorn Records artist Maxayn?  All of them are excellent singers.

I honestly didn't expect much from some of these covers, but was pleasantly surprised by Odetta, Jennifer Warnes, and the Fifth Dimension (with a credible "Moonlight Mile").  There are some powerful voices here, and I hope you enjoy the songs as much as I enjoyed putting together this compilation. 

And what better way to end your week than with yet another trio of Triple Song Titles!  Get ready for some 1950's pop (Wow Wow Wow), where swinging Richards (Little Richard and Richard Berry) rub shoulders with squares like Doris Day, Danny Kaye, and the Andrews Sisters!  

Then there's Weed Weed Weed (dancehall, reggae, highlife, etc), which is a collection of Afro-Caribbean songs about gardening and lawncare.  Many of these were contributed by Richard, but even he will find a couple of surprises here.

Finally, we have Kom Kom Kom, a set of pop songs in other languages.  Once again, Richard has traveled far and wide to find these schlager, chansons and novelty tunes. (If any genres are tagged incorrectly, it's my mistake and not his.) Raise your glass or spark one up as a toast to Richard!

Do Ya Think I'm New Wave? (pt. 2)

I posted a couple years ago about older artists who "went New Wave" in the late 1970's and early 80's.  There were some great suggestions in the comments, and I've encountered more examples since then.  OneBuckGuy hipped me to Randy Vanwarmer's New Wavish material.

As I wrote before, I think some artists genuinely appreciated punk and new wave.  And what's more genuine than saying, "I want in on this thing because I got bills to pay"?  But some of it reminds me of the "hope you enjoy our new direction" scene in Spinal Tap.  

You can hear punk and new wave influences on Some Girls and Who Are You (1978) as well as 1979 albums like The Wall, In Through The Out Door, Low Budget, and Rust Never Sleeps.  

1980 was the year of Drama, Duke, Permanent Waves, The Game, Mad Love, Glass Houses, Hi Infidelity, Scary Monsters, Empty Glass, and Chipmunk Punk.  It was the year of "Hold On Loosely", "I'm Alright", "Jessie's Girl", "Starting Over", "Coming Up", "Games Without Frontiers" and "Love Stinks".  Cher started a band called Black Rose. 

By 1981, even ZZ Top had a synthesizer. Olivia Newton-John dared to get "Physical". "You Better You Bet", "In The Air Tonight", "Freeze Frame", and "Urgent" (with an assist from Thomas Dolby) were on the radio. Even "O Superman" was on the radio!  (Possibly the strangest avant garde art project to become a hit song since "Money" by the Flying Lizards.)

In 1982, Neil Young underwent a Trans-formation; Bruce Springsteen explored the influence of Suicide's music on Nebraska; and the solo debuts of Robert Plant, Donald Fagen, Don Henley and Glenn Frey were released.  Pat Benatar was beginning to Get Nervous (1982), and she enlisted songwriter Billy Steinberg (aka Billy Thermal).

In 1983, Kansas took Drastic Measures and Styx released Kilroy Was Here.  Both groups broke up over those albums.  Other progressive and hard rock bands (Genesis, Rush, Yes, King Crimson, Heart, BOC) survived the 80's by simplifying their sound and updating their image to stay on the radio and get on MTV.  This gambit didn't always pay off, as some bands alienated old fans without gaining new ones (e.g., Foghat, Gentle Giant and Jethro Tull).  

Some of the songs here are terrible.  None of them represents the artists' best work.  They are collected here not to be mocked, but as examples of how performers faced the challenge of adapting to new trends in the face of declining sales and airplay.

Berni and Richard have been sending in more triple song titles, so here's another trio of compilations.  Fake Fake Fake is all Japanese punk rock (from 1990 to 2020).  Boing Boing Boing includes country, rockabilly, Western swing, bluegrass, Cajun, etc.  Fool Fool Fool is mostly 1960's pop.  (Just for fun, Boing Boing Boing also includes a song called "Fool Fool Fool", and Fool Fool Fool ends with a song called "Boing Boing Boing".)

Just remember: when love is gone, there's always justice.  And when justice is gone, there's always force.  Here come the planes!

Blammed Blammed Blammed

Translator (early days in SF)

Before getting into today's compilations, here is some music news that I'm excited about.  

Next month, Liberation Hall will release a live Translator album called Beyond Today (recorded in 1986 at The Farm in SF), with two bonus studio tracks recorded in 2023-24 by the original Translator members!  Steve Barton (one of Translator's two singer/songwriters) is a prolific solo artist, with an album in 2024 and two new digital singles so far in 2025 (all of which you can stream and purchase at Bandcamp).  Steve often works with Translator drummer Dave Scheff (who gets a solo feature on the live album). 

Beyond Today is an electrifying live set of Translator favorites with some impressive psychedelic guitar workouts, and it's capped off by a storming version of "Roll Over Beethoven".  It will be available next month in LP, CD and digital formats.  Get it here!  

Liberation Hall will also reissue the self-titled album by Pearl Harbor & The Explosions (LP, CD and digital) with bonus tracks!  And the Redd Kross documentary is now available for home viewing from Vimeo!  

Andreyud and Richard helped me to compile Blammed Blammed Blammed. Nathan recently posted Blue Blue Blue's album, and he recommended "Bad Habits" by FuckFuckFuck. Today's set of triple band names includes the triple triples "No No No" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Bright Bright Bright" by Dark Dark Dark, and "Light Light Light" by Black Black Black!

Today's other shares are Sell Sell Sell (mostly 1990's alt-rock), and another set of song titles with four or more words (Again & Again & Again & Again).

Leftover Explorers and Triples

Anchovies?  You've got the wrong man. 
I spell my name with VITRIOL!

Peter Lubin set a high bar for our American Explorers fantasy camp.  He wanted to make sure the tracks were representative of the artists’ talents and the ethos of the original American Explorers series, which featured legendary practitioners of many genres of popular American music:  blues, country, jazz, soul, gospel, zydeco, rock, and rockabilly.  

We combed Discogs, AllMusic and RateYourMusic for releases and appearances by the artists on Peter's list, and we “auditioned” about 70 albums.  Peter discarded a lot of his own nominees, and he suggested alternates for some of the tracks that we proposed. Some of the artists (like Marty Stuart, Rodney Crowell and Ray Wylie Hubbard) were dropped simply because they have thriving careers and didn’t need our “help” as imaginary A&R representatives.  We also had a surplus of blues and jazz guitarists, all of whom were deserving. We gradually whittled four hours of music down to two.  

The compilations are stronger as a result of this aggressive “pruning” – but there were songs I fell in love with that didn’t make it past the final round.  Even these discards are top quality tracks. Today (for my own listening pleasure, and for anyone who might be curious) I'm sharing some personal favorites that were cut from the project or replaced by other songs.

One of Peter's favorite musicians who we didn't get to include is Don Randi.  Peter highly recommends the early 60's albums by the Don Randi Trio.  Don is still an active performer, but hasn't recorded in years.  He would be perfect for an album in a revived American Explorers series.  Here's Don in action:

In addition to these Leftover Explorers, there's another trifecta of Triple Song Titles.  Many were sent in by Richard, as well as andreyud, Berni, CC, and Stinky.  I had no idea how many songs there were at the start of this thing.  It has gotten way out of hand, but (as with the Fantasy American Explorers project), it has also led to some truly wonderful artists and songs that I might not have heard otherwise.  Here's one cool example: Cool, Cool, Cool by The Clare Sisters (click on the song title for a cool-cool-cool animated video!)

If you're not exhausted by the triples, please enjoy Six Six Sixties (rock songs of the decade), Shame Shame Shame (funk, soul and disco), and Poing Poing Poing (schlager and chansons).  

Hey hey hey -- more iple-tray itles-tay!

Thanks to the heroic efforts of Richard, Stinky, CC, rising star andreyud, and boozy Berni, there are three more entries in the Triple Song Title sweepstakes -- or maybe we should call it an endurance contest.  How many more of these can you take?  Let's find out -- together!

Today's first set could be classified as World Music, but this time from Latin America and the Afro-Caribbean diaspora.  You may know them as shithole countries, teeming with bad hombres from the wrong side of the Gulf Of America.  There's reggae, cumbia, ska, calypso, pachanga, bossa nova, merengue, mento, salsa, samba -- all those funny little songs that brown people sing while they harvest the ingredients for your taco bowl, landscape your golf course, or build your next hotel.

Next up is New Music, more specifically stuff from the past 15 years.  This one includes an ode to the unelected immigrant tech bro who is all up in our servers, PLUS the first song featured on this blog that was created by AI!  Can your ears tell which one it is?

And finally, there's Music Of The 70's.  Can it be that it was all so simple then? There was a wall across Berlin, not the Rio Grande. There was a president who sold his farm to avoid conflicts of interest.  A world of afros and apple pie, Camaro T-tops and gasoline lines.  Hey there, baby! Say, what's your sign?  You know you got to boogie, cuz your platforms are fine! (Disco will be featured in an upcoming compilation.)  This set includes another historic first: the first double triple, where both the song title and the name of the performer (C.C.C. Incorporated) are triplets!  Bravo, Richard!

From the bottom of our three-chambered hearts, the ruling troika here at Jokonky offers a heartfelt thank you, thank you, thank you to our clever comrades of the commentariat.  Будем здоровы!

Triskaphilia

 

Blame The Damned. "Neat Neat Neat", Damned Damned Damned and "Noise Noise Noise" are probably the root of my fascination with song titles that repeat the same word three times.  

Today's packet of three includes Bier Bier Bier (Dutch music), Blah Blah Blah (punk rock),  and Repetition Repetition Repetition (80's new wave and post-punk).  The Dutch one does include "Na Na Na" by The Shoes (as requested), and the 80's comp includes Richard's beloved BowWowWow as well as "Bow Wow Wow Wow", a track by Was (Not Was).

Thanks again to Stinky and Richard.  Stinky turned me on to music of the Lambrini Girls. Richard scoured the Brought To Life compilations for suitable titles.  One band that caught my interest was Turbo Hy-Dramatics, a group of New Yorkers who performed and recorded in Germany.  It was drummer Vinnie Signorelli's debut as a recording artist.  I really dig "Knock Knock Knock", and I recommend "We Are Mad And We Are Taking No Shit" -- a song as relevant today as it was in 1984.

Speaking of The Damned, the band will tour the US in May.  The lineup is Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies and Paul Gray.  Opening bands are The BellRays (May 1-14) and The Adverts (May 16-31).  Looking forward to some noise, noise, noise when The Damned come to town.  

ELSEWHERE ON THE BLOG:  Stinky's amazing Brian James post, Koen's post on Dutch pirate radio, and Lisa Kekaula of The BellRays.

Return Of The Son Of Triple Word Scores

 

Maybe this theme was beaten into the ground awhile ago, but it has risen from the grave thanks to contributions from Richard and Stinky, as well as a few leftover suggestions from readers' comments and some tracks that I stumbled upon while wandering the web.

Richard went through his collection and sent in a couple hundred songs from all over the world.  And then Stinky started emailing mp3's -- just one at a time, every now and then.  The two of them convinced me that it was worth revisiting.

It's taken awhile to sort them into compilations.  With such a volume of tunes, it became possible to organize them into themed compilations.  I enjoy the diversity of the first few Triple Word comps, and Crab Devil and I did a couple where the songs all had the same or similar titles.

But how to organize them -- chronologically? geographically? by genre? I ended up with some of each, and here are the first three (out of a total of sixteen or more CD-length sets).  Yeah Yeah Yeah is mostly rhythm & blues.   Wild Wild Wild is country music -- as old as Grandpa Jones, and as recent as two years ago.  Heavy Heavy Heavy is music by African artists, from L'Orchestre TP OK Jazz to Femi Kuti and Vusi Mahlasela -- and from the north, south, west (and possibly east) of the continent.

More Songs With Even More Repetitive Titles

 

Please welcome our guest Richard, who has enlivened the comments section on "world music" and other recent topics.  There hasn't been a "triple word score" post in awhile, but that's only because I've been sorting through dozens of songs that Richard shared from his collection of music from all over the world.  

One goal of this "research" has been to create a compilation of songs with titles that repeat the same word four or more times.  I had a list of some quadruples and quintuples, and Berni suggested several more, but Richard came up with enough to fill two sets of songs.  In our email exchanges, he used the phrase "four or further", which became the title of today's comps.

As you can see from the first tracklist, some of the titles are just a letter, a number, or a syllable (like Otis Redding's "Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa").  While looking up some of the artists on Discogs, I discovered that Laetitia Zonzambé (who sings "ô ô ô ô ô") also recorded the Otis Redding tune a few years ago.  It's the only song that appears twice.

The second volume of "Four Or Further" is mostly pop, rock and country, and is sung in English (with the exception of Spanish punk band The Meas and an Italian language cover by Paola Turci of a "cod reggae" song (which you will likely recognize).  That's about as worldly as it gets on the second set, unless you count ABBA, Vengaboys or Chris Knox as "international" artists.  Their music should sound familiar to anyone raised on popular music from North America or the British Isles. (Familiar yet strange, in the case of Chris Knox.)

There have been eight triple word song title comps posted here since the madness began in March. Richard, Berni, Crab Devil, steVe, Nathan, One Buck Guy, MrDave, Koen, and Stinky have suggested song titles for past and future comps.  Apologies if I've forgotten anyone. 

Aside from the novelty and the challenge of finding these songs, it's been a real pleasure to hear so many artists who are new to my ears.  There's enough music on the hard drive for at least six more CD-length comps of triple songs, and I keep finding more (or they find me).  Further suggestions are always welcome!  

In the meantime, Richard and I hope you will enjoy today's share of almost four dozen quadruples, quintuples, and so on.  "Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do It Again" might be the most repetitious title, but Ginger (from The Wildhearts) also deserves recognition for "You're the One, You're the One, Yeah I Know You're the One, You're the One (Yeah, I Know You're the One)".

Rock, Rock, Rock and Ride, Ride, Ride

This wasn't intended to be a series, but happily it became one.  Berni, Richard, SteVe, One Buck Guy and Crab Devil caught the bug and have been sharing excellent examples of what might be called "triple word score" song titles.  Once you start noticing them, it's hard to stop!

I would venture to say that we are now among the world's leading experts on this musical phenomenon. However, there may be readers who don't share this obsession, and I don't want it to dominate the blog, so these collections will continue to alternate with other posts from the usual gang of idiots (Koen, Stinky and yrs truly).  Richard is on deck with a bumper crop of triples, but for today...  

Crab Devil recently commented that "there must surely be 20-plus songs (from the 1950s and early 1960s alone) with the title 'Rock Rock Rock'," but I had only found a few.  

One was cowritten by Glen Moore and Milton Subotsky, the same guys who wrote "Rock Therapy" and "Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)".  Another was composed by Peppermint Harris (who wrote "Raining In My Heart" and "I Got Loaded"). It was recorded by Amos Milburn. A third was written and recorded by Richard Berry (author of "Louie Louie" and "Have Love, Will Travel").  I found a fourth on a 1962 single by The Blue Jays (a quartet from LA). 

Crab Devil reports that "The most famous rendition of the Moore-Subotsky song would have to be that by Jimmy Cavello and His House Rockers, a recording featured prominently in the 1956 film titled, um, Rock Rock Rock. For some reason, the Brits of the period seem to have gone nuts over that song, which was covered in (presumably) rapid succession by Art Baxter, Don Lang, Shorty Mitchell, and Tony Crombie."

The announcer who introduces Lee Young (with Woolf Phillips And His Skyrockets) calls their "Rock Rock Rock" (1953) "Britain's first-ever rock song." Crab Devil also discovered "a wildass acoustic rockabilly thrashout obscuro" demo from 1956 by Eddie McCall, and a 1959 single by Max Alexander and the Hi-Fi Combo which "happens to be identical to a 1971 release (or I suppose reissue) attributed to Joe Gene and the Cordells and titled 'Rock Everybody Rock'." (Both singles have the same song on the flip side, "Little Rome".)

An R&B group from Philly called The Big Boys released a 1955 single called "Rock-Rock-Rock-A-Bye Baby", and the b-side of Dusty Boyd & The Rockers' 1958 single is called "Rock, Rock, Rocket Ship".  Crab Devil praises its "garage-caliber rock 'n' roll with trashcan drumming, echo-laden guitar, overwrought hillbilly vocals, and mystifying space-age lyrics." 

Another "Rock Rock Rock" b-side is from a 1963 single by The Dixiebelles. It was written by Bill Justis, and includes the immortal couplet, "Yeah, rock rock rock! / Yeah, put it in your sock!" Crab Devil and I found a few more from later decades to fill out this set.
 

Meanwhile, I discovered that the most common "triple word score" song title isn't "Rock, Rock, Rock" -- it's "Ride, Ride, Ride"!  Today's second share includes almost two dozen songs of that title, each by a different songwriter, with the exception of PRE's cover of Half Japanese.  John Zorn sits in with Half Japanese on the original -- and he blows, blows, blows!

Papa John Phillips wrote a "Ride Ride Ride" for his early 60's combo The Smoothies, and Jeff Barry wrote one for The Archies.  Lynn Anderson's momma wrote one for Lynn to sing (I prefer Sleepy LaBeef's version).  Bob Crewe cowrote one for The Eleventh Hour (a studio group that also recorded the first version of "Lady Marmalade").  There's even a "Ride Ride Ride" by a Scientology swing band. Put that in your sock.

Music Music Music

Heavens to Murgatroyd, it's that theme again!  You know the one.  Here's another fifty tracks of music, music, music!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to Berni, Crab Devil, MrDave, One Buck Guy, steVe and Richard (whose suggestion gives today's first comp its title) for all their contributions!

Berni made the most suggestions, including Joel Plaskett, whose triple album Three includes a dozen songs that earn a triple-word score. Plaskett followed that with a quadruple album.  Oh, Canada -- a nation of inveterate showoffs who never know when to shut up.  

One Buck Guy made some great suggestions as well, including several Doppelnamers: two different songs called "Tora Tora Tora" and one called "Hi Hi Hi" that wasn't written by Paul McCartney.  Be sure to check out the One Buck Blog for tons of great music and discussion.  And don't miss Berni's mix of live Calexico tracks over at the C90 Lounge!

Speaking of blogs, this is the 300th post on this one here, which might be more impressive if it hadn't taken six years to accomplish.  Couldn't have done it without my unindicted co-conspirators, Stinky and Koen (who has a blog of his oen)!  Just remember: we may not work fast here at Jonderblog, but we do a lousy job!

And it wouldn't have been worth doing without you readers and your comments.  We truly appreciate knowing that you like the music shared here, and thanks to everyone who has suggested and shared great music in return.  I wouldn't have known about Joel Plaskett or Anna Hillburg without Readers Like You.  

Are these the last installments in this series?  Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps. Berni just sent in another half dozen songs, so who knows?  I realize that the novelty has worn off, but there's a wide variety of music to enjoy here, from blues, swing and rockabilly (lots of rockabilly) to hard rock, ska and hip hop. Music Music Music starts with a lewd double entendre from 1938 (courtesy of the Light Crust Doughboys), and Shake Shake Shake ends with something equally crude from Auntie Hammy, eight decades later (hat tip to Crab Devil).  Let's put another nickel in the nickelodeon...

More More More Fun Fun Fun

 

Thanks to helpful readers like Berni, Crab Devil, One Buck Guy, steVe, and our own Koen, another set of songs was assembled to complement the first two. 

The initial goal was to compile songs to fit the theme without looking up anything online. This resulted in some significant omissions that I really should have remembered (the Beach Boys and Motley Crue, for example).

Fun, Fun, Fun includes all the great songs that readers suggested, plus some that came to me after posting the first two sets.

This time around, I allowed myself to search the internet.  I'd wonder, "Is there a song called Kill Kill Kill?" and then look it up.  Other titles seemed to summon themselves unbidden, an example of the frequency illusion. When you think about one thing, you begin to see examples of it everywhere, and you wonder if it's more than a coincidence. Reading about music nearly every day, it isn't unusual to encounter song titles that fit the theme.  One day in the comments section on Babs' blog, two titles were mentioned that fit the theme ("Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie" and "Drink Drink Drink"). 

Today's second set is called Rock, Rock, Rock.  Some song titles are present on both of these collections.  They aren't cover songs; instead, they are what Stinky calls Doppelnamers -- different songs with the same title.  There are a few cover songs here, including Therapy's version of "Gimme Gimme Gimme" (the ABBA song, not the Black Flag one).

Happy Birthday to Iggy Pop!  Other artists on today's comps that have been featured elsewhere on the blog include Willie Dixon, Mel Torme, and Barrence Whitfield & The Savages.

Sing, Sing, Sing and Dance, Dance, Dance

You may ask yourself, Why Why Why?  But you can see no reason, because there are no reasons.  What reason do you need to be shown?  Indeed, what else is there to Say Say Say?

Sometimes you get an idea and think Neat Neat Neat! Let's go Down, Down, Down that rabbit hole.  Like when I did this post.  Or when Stinky shared this double album.  We're willing to Go Go Go to ridiculous lengths to bring you ridiculous concepts.

Are there really over 40 songs here?  Yes, Yes, Yes!  It took a Long, Long, Long time to come up with them.  I looked up a few (not gonna Lie Lie Lie), but most of them popped into my head.  Can't say I like every song, but as a whole it Turn Turn Turned out Well Well Well. 

 

These two sets Run Run Run the gamut from Cold, Cold, Cold to Hot Hot Hot!!  Is this the last word on the subject?  No, No, No.  I bet you can think of a few More, More, More if you Try, Try, Try! Please, Please, Please share them in the comments.  

Share this post with your friends and say Hi, Hi, Hi!  Maybe it will get a Buzz, Buzz, Buzz on social media.  Or maybe it's another idea destined to Die Die Die.  

At least I can stop thinking about it now.  Sometimes an idea will just Nag Nag Nag at you (like a song stuck in your head), and then one day it's Gone Gone Gone before you had a chance to say Bye Bye Bye.