Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - Mini-Episode #108: One Hit Wonders, 1972

Episode Date: April 20, 2017

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Starting point is 00:00:00 That's the sound of unaged whiskey transforming into Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Around 1860, Nearest Green taught Jack Daniel how to filter whiskey through charcoal for a smoother taste, one drop at a time. This is one of many sounds in Tennessee with a story to tell. To hear them in person, plan your trip at tnvacation.com. Tennessee sounds perfect. Give it a crack, come on some obsessions. Hi, this is... I want a separate recording. I want a bootleg of all your false starts.
Starting point is 00:00:56 Because I want to listen. I'll listen to it in my dotage. Well, I've only done it like about 50,000 times. I'll have the time. I still need practice. I'll have the time to listen. Okay. Hi, this is Gilbert Godfrey,
Starting point is 00:01:10 and this is Gilbert and Frank's amazing colossal obsessions with my co-host Frank Santopadre, once again at Nutmeg, and our engineer is Frank Berterosa and Paul Rayburn Yes See I
Starting point is 00:01:33 I'm sure if you were to ask Paul his own name he would be looking it up for the next three hours and he wouldn't be able to find it. You have selective Alzheimer's. Yeah, yes. That's what you have.
Starting point is 00:01:48 You bring a tear to my eye. I don't know if I can go on. Well, we haven't done one of these in a dog's age, and that is one-hit wonders, which our fans are demanding. Yes. At least four of them. which our fans are demanding. Yes. At least four of them.
Starting point is 00:02:10 We started this a while back as a lark. I remember the first one we did was we were talking about Zeger and Evans in the year 2525. Oh, yes. And I don't know. I got just a thought one day that we would have fun doing these, and I didn't know you would take to it as well as you did, and you fell in love with the format. Oh, yes.
Starting point is 00:02:26 Oh, can I jump in on something that has nothing to do with what we're talking about? Now's the time. Last, on one of our previous shows, I mentioned I recommended the documentary Best Boy. Oh, yeah. Ira Wall. And said there was a sequel made. Right. And I couldn't think of it, so of course our fans...
Starting point is 00:02:51 Of course. And a bunch of you wrote in and said it was a sequel, was called Best Man. Right. And so how old is Philly now? Philly... He was 53 when they made Best Boy? He is still alive, and I think he's like 87.
Starting point is 00:03:09 Right. He's in assisted living, and he's 80. He's pushing 90. How about that? That's amazing. Yeah. I haven't seen the original film, but now I'm dying to see it. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:03:17 As long as you stop me in my tracks to completely in a different direction. There's something I wanted to just throw out there, too, to our listeners, and then we'll get back to One Hit Wonders, and that is that we get all of the Photoshopps that people send. Have you seen them recently? Oh, yes. Somebody did us in Of Mice and Men. Oh, no, I didn't see that.
Starting point is 00:03:35 I'll share it with you after we record. Yeah. I think I was Lon Chaney and you were. Or maybe it was the other way around. But sometimes we don't respond to them. We get a lot of stuff from people. We're very great. Amazing stuff.
Starting point is 00:03:49 Amazing art, the original art, the Photoshop's, the all kinds of things that people post on the listener society that Eric runs. Eric Fusco runs with Rob Smentek. And we're really grateful. We don't, we don't acknowledge all of them because there's so many of them coming in and we don't have the time. We'll do an episode where we basically will talk to these people. We'll acknowledge these people individually.
Starting point is 00:04:10 A lot of them just make me laugh when I see it. Really funny stuff. It's a great Cesar Romero drawing that showed up recently. I think that was recently. Oh, that one. Yes. That was done by a comic book artist. His name is escaping me at the moment.
Starting point is 00:04:22 But that's a case. That's just a great example of where I can't remember the name of the person that did it, but we'll compile these things. And if someone could do an artwork of Danny Thomas. Oh, no. Don't put that out there. They could just use the poop emoji. That would come in handy. You've just opened up Pandora's coffee table.
Starting point is 00:04:42 Just opened up Pandora's coffee table. And the other thing I wanted to add to that, too, is if anybody has written us on the Facebook page on instant messaging or there's the Gilbert page, there's my page, there's the Listener Society. There are so many messages that have backed up. I apologize. I will eventually, I or someone eventually will get to them. I try to respond to as many of them as I see or as I can get to. There are hundreds. I just found a bunch of them. I don't work Facebook that well.
Starting point is 00:05:13 And I just said to my wife the other day, I just found a bunch of fan emails that I got for the show from 2014. Yeah, hey, could you guys do our podcast? It's next week. Hey, could you guys do our podcast? It's next week. So I apologize, and I stumble onto a lot of them. I'm terrible. He's terrible at it.
Starting point is 00:05:35 You know, a lot of them are bill collectors, so don't even worry about it. We don't have a staff, too, so we'll get to as many as we can when we can. So I apologize, but keep them coming. So let's get back to one hit wonders we never got to we started with 1966 and we worked our way all the way up through 71 and this is 1972 and i know you had your transistor radio in 1972 and you were listening to some of these songs some of them frankie has queued up some of them we'll just talk about. Some of them Paul will look up. But January 1st, 1972, this is a one-hit wonder. An American Trilogy by Mickey Newberry. Do you know this one at all?
Starting point is 00:06:13 We don't have it queued up, but we have the next one queued up. This was Dixie, All My Troubles, All My Trials, and Battle H battle him in the Republic as a montage. Does this mean anything to you? Not so far. Went to number 26, and it was actually covered by Elvis and appears in the movie Elvis in Concert, or Elvis on Tour. That was the first one-hit wonder of 1972, January 1st. Mickey Newberry, I don't remember that.
Starting point is 00:06:42 Excuse me. Thank you, Frank, for cleaning this up. It's all staying in there, by the way. I'm not cutting any of this up. I know Mickey Newberry, and he has a great song. I mean, I don't know him personally, but he had another great song about
Starting point is 00:06:58 the whore who tried to find the guy. Do you know this one? No, I don't, but look it up. I will look it up. Let me look it up and tell you about it. Oh, good. He won't say anything else for the rest of the show. I'll get back to you next episode. This next one appeared in the movie Anchorman, believe it or not.
Starting point is 00:07:16 Went to number four. Wait, would this be Afternoon Delight? No, your years are off. That's coming in a later episode. Oh, okay. This is a song called Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards. Sunshine's gone, she's tried to run my... Oh, that's right.
Starting point is 00:07:32 Yeah. 1972. How much does it cost? I'll buy it. We found one he knows. Time is all we've lost. I'll try it. You can't even run your own life
Starting point is 00:07:45 I'll be damned if you run mine Nicely done. He's got it. You didn't have to cue that one up. You knew it. This one we do have cued up. And this is more timely than ever as the awful Pepsi commercial has been in the news.
Starting point is 00:08:01 Oh, jeez. And I think people know where we're going with this one. It went to number 13, January 15th, way back in 1972. Frankie? I'd like to build the world to sing and perfect up
Starting point is 00:08:15 but oh! Grow apple trees and honeybees and blue-eyed turtle doves. I'd like to teach She's got the lyrics there. Wait a second. Perfect harmony
Starting point is 00:08:31 with the lyrics. I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it calm. Yeah, that was I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony by the Hillside Singers. And that was for Coca-Cola.
Starting point is 00:08:46 For Coca-Cola, which a lot of people, it's funny because we planned this episode even before that crazy Pepsi commercial with Kendall Jenner aired. Now everybody's talking about this. They're comparing it to the classic Coke commercial. Well, because one made sense and one was an insult to everyone. Yes, yes. The Kendall Jenner commercial has turned out to be quite the debacle. This has an interesting story. In the In Memoriam episode this year, one of the guys who passed that we talked about was Bill Backer, who was the ad man who worked
Starting point is 00:09:17 for McCann Erickson, who came up with this. And the story goes, he was at an airport in ireland he was on a layover with a songwriter named roger cook a roger cook wrote long cool woman in a black dress for the hollies and they were at a layover and he scrawled this on a napkin i'd like to buy the world a coke and roger cook as the story goes uh put it to music. And the rest is history. And then it was recorded again by the New Seekers. So it was recorded twice. Well, it was originally recorded for the commercial. I think so.
Starting point is 00:09:55 And then when it was so popular, they reworded it and released it as a single. But it's also like one of those classic earworm songs. You get it in your head and you got it for weeks. Oh, it's horrible. Oh, yeah. But scrawled on a napkin during a layover and became an iconic ad. So that's the story of that one. And I love that it became the Mad Men series finale.
Starting point is 00:10:20 That's right. That's right. And I was saying to you, Frankie, that I think that and somebody could look this up if we had a researcher here who was in the room with us. That I think Don Draper was loosely based this may be bullshit, but I saw it somewhere
Starting point is 00:10:36 loosely based on this guy Bill Backer. And it's interesting that they both have alliterative names. Or that he was an amalgam of lots of people, but this guy Bill Backer being one of them. If only there was a way to Google that. If only there was a way to figure it out. Craig, not you too. So I'm going to fly through some of these other songs.
Starting point is 00:10:53 Once You Understand by Think, January 15th, went to 23. White Lies, Blue Eyes by Bullet. Gilbert, just raise your hand if you know any of these. These didn't chart very high. Kiss an Angel Good Morning by Charlie Pryde. That one I remember vaguely. Charlie Pryde, who's I think still with us. I think so.
Starting point is 00:11:13 Black country star. Did a lot of work. I think he had his own summer variety show or something of that nature. Here's another one that we have queued up. And the lead singer of this, Sonny Garacci, just passed away a couple of that nature. Here's another one that we have queued up. And the lead singer of this, Sonny Garacci, just passed away a couple of weeks ago. ¶¶ ¶¶
Starting point is 00:11:32 ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ You are the most sweet to get shared. Quiet and blue like the sky among over you.
Starting point is 00:11:55 Close enough. And if I can't find my way back home, It just wouldn't be fair Cause branches and you are the moments we two can share Nicely done. Wow. You know, it's a shame people can't see the emotion on Gilbert's face. It is. It's staggering.
Starting point is 00:12:22 Yeah, he's like Celine Dion. You sang that originally? It was sung by Climax. We should probably keep it that way. If Sonny Garacci wasn't dead now, or wasn't dead before, he really... The thing is, I didn't expect Gilbert to come in. I was looking at the computer.
Starting point is 00:12:43 He has that effect on people. expect Gilbert to come in. I was looking at the computer. Yeah. And he jogged you. He has that effect on people. Sonny Garacci was also the lead singer from a band called The Outsiders. Time Won't Let Me. Oh, great one. Time won't let me. Time won't let me.
Starting point is 00:13:01 Time won't let me. He's feeling it tonight, Paul. He is a man on a mission tonight. We don't need to print out any lyrics. We're good. Precious and Few was also my prom theme, I'd like to point out. Back in Mineola High School. Oh, that's perfect.
Starting point is 00:13:18 Yeah, I did not attend, but I was told. We will return to Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast after this. And now back to the show. Here's another one. Joy. And this was the instrumental to Beethoven's, do you know this? Ode to Joy. Oh.
Starting point is 00:13:40 By Apollo. Oh, sorry. Apollo 100 featuring Tom Parker. Yes. Used very prominently in Boogie Nights. Oh, sorry. Apollo 100 featuring Tom Parker. Yes. Used very prominently in Boogie Nights. Oh, yeah. Actually. We don't have it queued up.
Starting point is 00:13:52 But this next one, I think you do know. And this one has Gilbert Gottfried Amazing Colossal Podcast relevance. This went to number 10, March 4th of 1972. relevance. This went to number 10, March 4th of 1972. Oh, I don't know the words to this. Big hit. Da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da-da
Starting point is 00:14:16 Da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da-da Caddy Mac told me back that I love you You're dirty and sweet I'm mad It's Bang-A-Gong, Get It On. Oh, yeah. Bang-A-Gong, Get It On. That's it.
Starting point is 00:14:40 Get It On. Right, by the late Mark Bolan and T-Rex. Do you know why this song has Gilbert Gottfried significance, podcast significance? Because two of the backup singers are Mark Volman and Howard Kalin. Wow. How cool is that? Yeah. Where did you dig that one up?
Starting point is 00:14:59 Yeah. In my research. Background singers and T-Rex. In my research for Howard Kalin when we had him on the show. Yeah, bang-a-gong, get it on. Went to number 10. And Mark Boland died tragically at the age of 29 in a car accident. A glam rocker.
Starting point is 00:15:14 Next up was Softly Whispering I Love You by the English Congregation. You should see the way Gilbert's staring at me as I say these titles. That was March 4th. You know, it's funny so that makes at least two groups called congregation yeah because there was the uh dave oh there was the mike curb congregation mike curb congregation he became the lieutenant governor of california oh wow yeah Mike Curb. And Mike Curb. Good trivia, huh? Yeah. Mike Curb sang, oh, wait a second. Feels like I'm made out of gingerbread. Uh-huh.
Starting point is 00:15:54 Uh-huh. Lip smacking. Oh, oh. Lip licking, crumb picking gingerbread. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Can't talk about rainy weather now.
Starting point is 00:16:08 I finally got myself together now. Sweet, tasty, and tan, sweet gingerbread man. Wow. Sweet, tasty, and tan, sweet gingerbread man. You have completely stumped me.
Starting point is 00:16:24 Was it called sweet gingerbread man. You have completely stumped me. Was it called Sweet Gingerbread Man? Yes. My Curb Congregation? Yes. I know Burning Bridges only from Kelly's Heroes. Wow, that was impressive. That was used in the movie The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart. I know the movie.
Starting point is 00:16:40 With Don Gordon. Yeah, I know the movie. Wow, what a reference. Yeah. Gil, you impress me more each week. Yeah. Moving forward, we'll do Jungle Fever by the- I got a feeling couldn't trade for anything for Ola Beans.
Starting point is 00:17:00 Is this Jungle Fever? In Ola world, feel like I'm made out of gingerbread. Okay, go ahead. So here's something. Go ahead. I can throw something in there. You laugh at Sweet Gingerbread Man. Yes, I did.
Starting point is 00:17:15 It was recorded later by Sarah Vaughn and Michelle Legrand. Wow, impressive. How can that be? That can't be right. Impressive. Twirl in a cane made of peppermint. All right, let's move on. Jungle Fever went to number eight by the Chakachas or the Chakachas.
Starting point is 00:17:36 Ain't Understanding Mellow by Brenda Lee Eager. Gilbert, wave your hand. Oh, wait a second. That one sounds very familiar. How about Crazy Mama by J.J. Cale? Hmm. April 8th. J.J. Cale was a folky kind of guy.
Starting point is 00:17:50 I believe so. Suavecito by Malo. Run, Run, Run by JoJo Gunn. That vaguely I have. Mr. Can't You See by Buffy St. Marie. Buffy St. Marie became a bitch. Oh, yes, yes. Can't you see? Oh, can't you see? No, that's a different one. I don't know See by Buffy St. Marie. Buffy St. Marie became a... Oh, yes, yes. Can't you see, oh, can't you see.
Starting point is 00:18:07 No, that's a different one. I don't know. I don't know. She was a Cree Indian, a Canadian Indian. I remember Buffy St. Marie. Yeah, she had a big career in variety. Who sang that one out of Joe something? He was the Indian guy.
Starting point is 00:18:24 Joe something? Yeah, no Indian guy. Joe something? Yeah. No, I don't know. He was like, they made more than one. Billy Jack? Billy Jack. Yeah, that was the, no, that was. That was another Indian girl.
Starting point is 00:18:35 Yeah, I don't know who that is. Buffy St. Marie had a great song called Universal Soldier. You remember that about the sort of soldier who appeared in every war, you know, decades of war? She wrote up Where We Belong, the song with Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes. Officer and a Gentleman. Really? She wrote that. She had talent.
Starting point is 00:18:55 She did it in a TV career, too. Buffy St. Marie, that one went to 38. Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody. Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. Something I've been thinking about. I'm going to get mistaken, but I can't stop thinking about my Hot Rod Lincoln. Hot Rod Lincoln.
Starting point is 00:19:10 Drive me to drinking, but I can't stop thinking about my Hot Rod Lincoln. My sister used to love that song and play it endlessly. Now, here's one I know you like, Gil, and that is Crosby and Nash. Oh, yes. June 17th, 1972. There I am. Oh, I was. Great.
Starting point is 00:19:42 She's my aunt. Hey, hey. Dara's feeling it. Oh, you know what? You know what? Can we? Yeah, Frank. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:20:02 I don't know the first part. Can you print that out? Paul didn't get it to you? No. I'm really enjoying this evening. This is turning into an hour episode. We've got to move through this if it's going to be a mini. I know, but I still want to sing Immigration.
Starting point is 00:20:20 Okay, we'll do it at the end. Yeah, because Gil is a very political guy. Let me pull it up. Thanks, i'm gonna keep going uh that went to 36 barely charted it was the only time that nash and crosby uh charted as a duo top 40 and just barely made it in they seem like they would have had like you know know, 500 hits. Right, right, right. Let's see. Long-haired lover from Liverpool by little Jimmy Osmond. The littlest Osmond.
Starting point is 00:20:53 Oh, yes. Jimmy, who was the youngest performer to have a number one hit at the age of nine. Would Billy J. Kramer have known these guys? I don't think so. Fellow Liverpudlians, wrong generation. No. Well, yeah. I think it was just a song
Starting point is 00:21:06 about a guy from Liverpool. Little Jimmy Osmond was from Utah. Like the rest of the Osmonds. Amazing Grace by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Anything? Went to 11?
Starting point is 00:21:17 I have all their albums. I know you do. I've Been Lonely for So Long by Frederick Knight. And if we're going to do Immigration Man at the end, I was going to skip this one and bring it back. But we'll bring it up, Frankie. Oh! Oh!
Starting point is 00:21:40 I said I love you. I don't know why. I wonder if it's true And you make me cry I know that you're a ghost And I love you too But I got one solution Gotta start anew
Starting point is 00:22:00 How do you do? Oh no I think I'm not enough if I can be the poor. And he can say, well, I've been doing. And he will know. And I can go for driving, boy. And you will see that I can do anything for. I'll do
Starting point is 00:22:27 you too. Are you finished? I looked it up on Paul's computer. It turns out Malfin McNeil went on to become a long-running detective series on CBS. Malfin McNeil. Yes, exactly. A big hit in the 70s
Starting point is 00:22:45 i didn't know that i think mouth is dead we lost mouth but we talked about this sadly we lost mouth this came up in a previous episode we weren't even on the year and somehow you started singing this song
Starting point is 00:23:00 and i'm trying to remember the context i think they were from new zealand either that or norway or some strange singing this song. And I'm trying to remember the context. I think they were from New Zealand. Either that or... Or Norway or some strange... Or Holland. I hear a call for research. It was. I think Holland.
Starting point is 00:23:10 I think it was the Netherlands. You're right. I think it was the Netherlands. But she's around. I did the research at the time. We got to talk to her. We got to call McNeil and ask about mouth? She was cute back then.
Starting point is 00:23:20 Well, that was 1972, my friend. All right. But Frank, while Paul's looking that up, we're going to keep plowing through this. Day by day from Godspell. Oh, day by day. Day by day. Oh, dear Lord. These things I pray.
Starting point is 00:23:40 Written by Stephen Schwartz, who went to my high school. A little trivia. See, leave it to the Jews to write this Christ music. Isn't that interesting? Yeah. The Netherlands is right. Yeah, Mouth of Mania. The Netherlands is right.
Starting point is 00:23:52 How Do You Do, 1972. Topped the Dutch chart and became a top ten hit in the U.S. I think it was a Eurovision Song Contest winner, too. And just to be clear, the Dutch chart only has three songs. Really? Not much of an achievement. Very good. Layla by Derek and the Dominoes.
Starting point is 00:24:12 Layla. Iconic song. Layla was one of those in competition with MacArthur's Park as the longest song. Seven plus minutes. Yeah. Inspired by a seventh century love story, Layla and Majnoon. And don't they, Layla, I think is what they're playing
Starting point is 00:24:33 in Goodfellas. It is. When he thinks the helicopters are chasing him. At one point, yeah, I think so. And also Harry Nielsen's Jump in the Fire. Oh, yes. Is also used in that. In Goodfellas, isn't it when they start finding all the bodies as the instrumental part from
Starting point is 00:24:48 Lady and the Beast? Oh, yes. Yes, it is. Yes, that's it. They find, what's his name in the frozen truck? Yeah. Carbone. Yeah, that's when it starts playing.
Starting point is 00:24:57 Ding, ding. Right. Ding. But, of course, written by Clapton about his unrequited love for Patty Boyd, for George Harrison White. He did the wonderful redo of that for MTV Unplugged. It's great. He did the acoustic version.
Starting point is 00:25:14 It's a much more down, quieter thing. It's terrific. They're both good. We're going to fly through this so Dara doesn't kill me for doing a 60-minute mini-episode. Joey Heatherton charted, Gil, with Gone, the song Gone Gone Joey is still with us at the age of 72 She once punched a woman at the passport I remember Yes
Starting point is 00:25:33 Yes, and her husband, her ex-husband Lance Renssel also got into some trouble Hold your head up And her father, of course, was the merry mailman. The merry mailman, Ray Heatherton. Hold Your Head Up by Argent. Oh. Hold your head up. Hold your head up.
Starting point is 00:25:53 Yeah. Hold your head up. That went to number five. Motorcycle Mama by Sail Cat. A song I always liked, but I didn't cue it up. Interesting because it was a concept album, part of a concept album with a biker theme. And this is interesting. The art on the album was done by Mad Magazine's Jack Davis.
Starting point is 00:26:11 Wow. Al Jaffe's old friend, the legendary Jack Davis. Small Beginnings by Flash. And then this one by Daniel Boone from September. I think I'll take a walk in the park. I don't remember any of the words to this. I remember the song.
Starting point is 00:26:41 It's a beautiful day. Oh, okay. Remember this one? Yes, I remember the song, but I never knew the words to it. I remember the song. It's a beautiful day. Remember this one? Yes, I remember the song, but I never knew the words to it. If you're going to play it, though, you've got to turn the damn thing up.
Starting point is 00:26:54 It's a great song. It's a great feel-good song. Trying to get through these in 72 is a long year of one-hit wonders. Uriah Heep with Easy Livin' in September. September 23rd. Popcorn by Hot Butter, which we've talked about. Another instrumental.
Starting point is 00:27:09 Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. That's right. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Hot Butter. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. And there was even, I even know the bridge to that. Yeah, oh yes. Very good.
Starting point is 00:27:24 Thank you. But the bridge was. Yeah. Oh, yes. Very good. Thank you. But the bridge was... Very good. He remembers the bridge to Popcorn by Hot Butter. That was also the theme of the Sunday morning movie that used to play Abedin Costello on PIX Channel 11. Here's another classic by Arlo Guthrie. And the only time he charted. Written by the great Steve Goodman.
Starting point is 00:27:58 Frankie? Oh, yes. A classic. Nice groove there. Steve Goodman, yes. A classic. Nice groove there. Oh, Steve Goodman, great. Riding on the city of New Orleans. Illinois Central Monday morning train. Great stuff.
Starting point is 00:28:19 You got information on this one? City of New Orleans. On the city of New Orleans? Do we think it was a real Orleans. I don't know. On the city of New Orleans? Do we think it was a real train? I don't know. There's some story about Steve Goodman. Good morning, America! How are you?
Starting point is 00:28:38 I'm proud to know you. I'm your native son. Wow. That one shocked me almost as much as the way Daniel Moon started. On some of these tunes, I don't know if you noticed, there are three of us and we're getting five and six part harmony. It's just way the hell off. But I love that song.
Starting point is 00:29:02 And Steve Goodman, another guy we lost very young, didn't live to see his beloved Cubs win the World Series. From the Beginning by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. That's a good one. 39. I mean, that's like an album cut kind of song. That's a rock anthem. I don't think of it as a
Starting point is 00:29:19 top 40 song, but it was. Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues by Danny... Some gotta win, some gotta lose. That's it. Good time Charlie's got the blues. You ain't kidding. Danny O'Keefe.
Starting point is 00:29:35 You play too long, you lose your wife. You play too long, you lose your life. That's it. You don't know which ones he's gonna know. Yeah. All the Young Dudes by Martha Hoople. Martha Hoople. Can I go back to City of New Orleans very quickly? Just to say that that was actually the train at Illinois Central Railroad from Chicago to New Orleans.
Starting point is 00:29:56 There you go. And Goodman used to travel. Well, he was a Chicagoan, Steve Goodman. That's right. But he used to travel on a train to visit his wife's family, which must have been down the other end of the line. How did he get Arlo Guthrie to record the song? I think there's a story attached to that. Let me check that out. As I fly through these. Convention 72 by the Delegates. And that was one of those novelty
Starting point is 00:30:13 records where they would basically set up the interview and then play a snippet of music. Oh my God! Now, was that one company that put all those out? The guy that did them was Dickie Goodman. But I'm not sure he did this. This may have been a precursor to Dickie Goodman. But it's like Senator Eagleton is here with Governor McGovern. How did Senator McGovern? Put the bomb in. Right.
Starting point is 00:30:36 Yeah. They'd start singing Rocket Man for no reason. And we've got a Martian who's just landed. Well, Dickie Goodman did them a little later, but this may have been the first one of those. The Delegates 1972. Convention 1972 by the Delegates. Then there was Thunder and Lightning
Starting point is 00:30:54 by Chai Coltrane or Shy Coltrane. And finally, American City Suite by Cashman and West. Terry Cashman better known for talking baseball. There was also Cashman, Pastilli, and West. Terry Cashman, better known for talking baseball. There was also Cashman, Pastilli, and West. Well, look at you.
Starting point is 00:31:09 There you go. Look at you, Mr. Researcher. Who did that. So they're at the Quiet Night Bar in Chicago. There you go. That's the story. All right. Goodman saw Arlo Guthrie.
Starting point is 00:31:18 Steve Goodman saw Arlo Guthrie, asked to play a song for him. Arlo Guthrie said, buy me a beer, and I'll listen until I finish the beer. And Steve Goodman bought him a beer, played the song, and before he finished the beer, he said he wanted to record it. And the only time he hit the charts. There we go. Pretty good story. Son of Woody Guthrie.
Starting point is 00:31:33 It was from the album Hobo's Lullaby. Yeah. There you go. I urge our listeners to check out the music of Steve Goodman. So what do you want to take us out on, Gil? Which do you wish you want to close on? Okay. Pick one.
Starting point is 00:31:45 Make it one that you have the lyrics for. I'm going to... This one I actually know a lot of. Okay. But, yeah. Because I always like this song. Okay, Frankie, we're going to do it. Okay.
Starting point is 00:32:00 You want to sign off before? Oh, okay. This has been Gilbert and Frank's Amazing Colossal Obsessions. Go for it. I was at the immigration scene Shining and feeling clean Could it be a sin? I got stopped by the immigration man
Starting point is 00:32:24 He says he doesn't know if he can I got stopped by the immigration man. He says he doesn't know if he can. Let me in. Let me in. Immigration man. Can I cross the line and pray I can stay another day? Let me in. Immigration man. I won't tell you a line today.
Starting point is 00:32:50 I can't see it anyway. There he was with his immigration face Giving me a paper chase But the sun was coming Cause all I want He looked into my eyes Under over my face And sent me running.
Starting point is 00:33:27 Won't you let me in? Don't leave me. Immigration man, can I cross the line and pray I can stay another day? Won't you let me in? Immigration man, I won't tow your line today. I can't see it anyway
Starting point is 00:33:48 with my integration form it's big enough to keep me warm when the cold winds coming so go where you will as long as you think you can you better watch out watch out for the man
Starting point is 00:34:05 Anywhere you're going

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