Contenders and Votes for April 1st Battle of the Bands
Rhythm of the Rain
Gary Lewis and the Playboys 4 votes
Dan Fogleberg 5 + 1(me) = 6 votes
Originally released by the Cascades in late 1962, the song rose to #3 on Billboard’s Top 100 the following spring. Their version of Rhythm of the Rain was used in the soundtrack of the 1979 film “Quadrophenia”, loosely based on the Who’s rock opera of the same name. Several references of the Who appear in the film as ‘Easter Eggs’. Did anyone see the film?
Speaking of Easter Eggs, are you coloring any at your house this weekend?
Don’t forget to hop around and see how the other battles went:
The Battle of The Bands (BOTB) is your basic Which-do-you-like-best contest where the one that gets the most votes wins. All you have to do is show up (the 1st of every month) give a listen and cast your vote in the comment section. Votes will be tallied and the winner revealed on or about the 8th day of the month.
Here it is, April already. If only in name. You sure can’t tell by the weather. The season tries to change every day, but winter refuses to let go. Not a week after I put away all the quilts and throw blankets, I woke up to this:
The struggle is real for a snowbound Saguaro
But mostly, we’ve had a ton of rain. We pay closer attention to bridge conditions these days, now that our rivers are actually running. It’s as if winter has been practicing for the biggest April prank ever.
Have you ever been pranked?
On this day in 2017, Bob Dylan finally accepted the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to him the year before. I, for one, honestly wondered if he’d walk up as if to claim his award and say “April Fool!” instead. It was April 1, 1970 when John Lennon and Yoko issued a prank press release stating the two of them were having sex change operations.
Known for collaborations on songs such as “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool”, songwriter Jack Keller, passed away from leukemia on April 1, 2005.
So many themes to choose from for today’s battle…here goes!
So, there you have it, Folks. Which do you like best? After you vote, and before you go – I highly recommend visiting the rest of the BOTB participants – they’re pros! And a few of them hold two battles a month! Here’s where to find them:
The Battle Of The Bands (BOTB) is your basic Which-do-you-like-best contest where the one that gets the most votes wins. All you have to do is show up (the 1st of every month), give a listen and cast your vote in the comment section. Votes will be tallied and the winner revealed on or about the 8th day of the month.
On this day in 1997 a Motley Crue fan who suffered permanent hearing damage after a concert in New Jersey had his lawsuit thrown out of court by a judge who ruled that the fan knew the risk he was taking when he sat near the stage. Have you ever experienced temporary hearing loss after a concert?
On a differentnote, having celebrated about as many birthdays as lives well-lived last month, I’ve settled on “Angel” as a themefor this month’s battle.
So, there you have it, Folks. Which do you like best? After you vote, and before you go – I highly recommend visiting the rest of the BOTB participants – they’re pros! And a few of them hold two battles a month! Here’s where to find them:
It’s a safe bet we’ve all heard at least one song written, maybe even performed, by Australian-born Sia, but you won’t likely see the shy songbird in concert because she often sings behind the curtains while her dancers take the stage and bring her songs to life. Meanwhile, from the same US coast (at about the same time) that inspired the Mamas & Papas, The Beach Boys formed arguably the only band capable of withstanding the British invasion of The Beatles. While staying viable was by no means easy, they still managed to add a few cover tracks to their ever-growing list of hits. For your listening pleasure (and because Stephen brought it to my attention) here’s The Beach Boys:
The Battle Of The Bands (BOTB) is your basic Which-do-you-like-best contest where the one that gets the most votes wins. All you have to do is show up (the 1st of every month) give a listen and cast your vote in the comment section. Votes will be tallied and the winner revealed on or about the 8th day of the month.
In case you’re curious, this is what prompted my “Winter Daze” theme song for this battle:
We’ll be shoveling snow till summer!
So, there you have it, Folks. Which do you like best? After you vote, and before you go – I highly recommend visiting the rest of the BOTB participants – they’re pros! And a few of them hold two battles a month! Here’s where to find them:
Having covered the likes of Howlin Wolf, Dylan, Seeger, and Guthrie, I thought Delila’s folksy rock sound would have garnered a couple more votes than it did here. It wasn’t for lack of talent, to be sure. Way back before I’d heard any other than Johhny Cash’s mournful version, I thought listeners ought to be provided free tissues just for listening. I voted for Jason because I think his upbeat rendition lightens the mood considerably 😉
The Battle Of the Bands (BOTB) is your basic Which-do-you-like-best contest, where the one that gets the most votes wins. All you have to do is show up (the 1st of every month),give a listen and cast your vote in the comment section. Votes will be tallied and the winner revealed on the 8th day of the month.
Happier New Year, everyone! Top songs this time last year were “Easy on me” by Edele and “We don’t talk about Bruno” by the cast of Encanto. At some point during a year full of idiocies and ironies, Mick Jagger released a song that does a good job describing the fallout called “Strange Game” for an AppleTV+ series called Slow Horses.
We lost a few of the good ole greats; Meatloaf, Don Wilson (Ventures), Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Jerry Lee Lewis, and a host of other youngsters gone too soon.
Sometimes time itself has a way of sidelining our achievements – while in progress. For instance, did anyone catch Tony Bennett’s final live “I get a kick out of you” show a year or so ago with Lady Gaga? The last concert I ever took my dad to was when Tony Bennett performed at the Desert Diamond Casino, just outside of town. Sweet memories.
There’s only one reason I chose the song I’ve selected for today’s Battle of The Bands, and that is because it’s Sunday!
Written by Kris Kristofferson, Ray Stevens first recorded the song that Johnny Cash would take to #1 on the Billboard US Country chart in 1969. Johnny’s version is the one I remember best, especially the way he sang the line about children singing in Sunday school. I believed he meant it. However, not counting his own version, more than a dozen artists had recorded the song by 2013, when Kristofferson remarked in an interview that it was the song that allowed him to quit working for a living.
So, there you have it, Folks! Which do you like best? After you vote, and before you go – I highly recommend visiting the rest of the BOTB participants – they’re pros! And a few of them hold two battles a month! Here’s where to find them:
Contenders and votes (and one ruling) for December 1, 2022,
Christmas BoTB – Winter Wonderland
Anna Kendrick and Snoop Dogg 1 + 1 = 2
Michael Buble and Rod Stewart 4
Earth Wind & Fire 1
All around great turnout for Mike and Rod, wouldn’t you say? I’m pleased to see that nary a contender went unnoticed 😉 That’s the spirit, BoTB participants!
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