Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 6-13-23

My favorite Weezer song is “Buddy Holly,” from their 1994 album titled Weezer, not to be confused with their 2001 album titled Weezer, their 2008 album titled Weezer, their 2016 album titled Weezer, or either of their 2019 albums titled Weezer. My second favorite Weezer song is “Hash Pipe,” from their 2001 album titled Weezer, not to be confused with their 1994  album titled Weezer, their 2008 album titled Weezer, their 2016 album titled Weezer, or either of their 2019 albums titled Weezer. In third place I’d probably put “Island in the Sun,” also from their 2001 album titled Weezer, not to be confused with their 1994  album titled Weezer, their 2008 album titled Weezer, their 2016 album titled Weezer, or either of their 2019 albums titled Weezer. Next for me would be “Beverly Hills,” from an album not titled Weezer, which I find confusing.

Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo was born on this date in 1950 and has never been the governor of New York. To celebrate a handful of Weezer songs are on today’s playlist. Oddly, I didn’t include any of the favorites I mentioned, which is the most confusing part of this post.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (5-9-20)

Inspired by the passing of Little Richard and the May 9 birthdays of Ghostface Killah, Sam & Dave’s Dave Prater, Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, Billy Joel, Andrew W.K., Hank Snow, The Housemartins/The Beautiful South’s Paul Heaton, The Crickets’ Sonny Curtis, The Ventures’ Nokie Edwards, Cyrkle’s Don Dannemann, Clint Holmes and Tommy Roe.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3nuAouwg8QOe7LPiBZvn3p

Winston + Foxboro Hot Tubs 002b

A Story About Billie Joe, Not Bobbie Sue

Winston + Foxboro Hot Tubs 002b

Today Tunes du Jour celebrates the 42nd birthday of Billie Joe Armstrong, lead vocalist and guitarist of Foxboro Hot Tubs. The band Green Day made FHT’s track “Mother Mary” available as a free download on their web-site. Many listeners thought Foxboro Hot Tubs sounded similar to Green Day, prompting Armstrong to release the statement “The only similarity is that we are the same band.”