Thanks to everyone who stopped by to listen and cast a vote
on my latest Battle of the Bands! In what is becoming a confounding trend, I’ve gone and selected two of my own favorite (in this case, Summer) songs to battle each other for the win, and choosing seems next to impossible! Maybe I’ll
flag down the mail carrier…
Anyhow, despite one vote I’ve taken the liberty of assuming I know who it was for, and including mine, here’s how we tallied up:
Another Park, Another Sunday - 3
Hot Rod Hearts - Robbie Dupree 5
One person who took a guess on the B-Side question was
correct in naming Another Park, Another Sunday!
At least, I think so… Thanks for playing along, Stephen T. ;-)
According to Songfacts,
it was first released as a single with “Black Water” as it’s B-Side, but one
story has it that DJs didn’t appreciate a line in the song and gave the B-Side
more airtime which helped it’s popularity so much (‘Black Water’ became they’re
first #1 hit) that they “flipped” it to A-Side and ‘Another Park’ became the
B-Side. Wikipedia
seems to agree…
Thanks, Everyone!
dIEDRE ~
ReplyDeleteI know that feeling. I usually try to avoid pitting two songs I greatly love against each other because I hate the idea of having to vote "against" one of them. However, occasionally I'll do it when I suspect I need to toughen-up some.
Interesting story about how those Doobie Bros songs flip-flopped. I always liked 'Black Water', but it got so played-to-death that I grew tired of hearing it. I feel it was the most overplayed song where I grew up (L.A.), even more so than 'Hotel California'. I still like the Doobie Bros music and own a 'Greatest Hits' CD of theirs, but when 'Black Water' comes up, I skip forward, if I'm anywhere near the player. Too bad, because I really did like it the first 7 million, 4 thousand, 3 hundred and 6 six times I heard it.
Yes, I did vote for 'HOT ROD HEARTS', if'n mine was the vote you were not entirely sure about.
~ D-FensDogG
Howdy Stephen! Indeed you were the one - thanks for clarifying your intention;-) Happy June!
DeleteWell, I came up short in this battle but that's the way the cookie crumbles. While I wasn't familiar with Another Park, Another Sunday like everyone on the planet am very familiar with Black Water. That tune really says summer! Thanks for reporting the results my friend. Enjoy June it'll be gone before ya know it. ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Cathy! If it makes you feel any better, we almost had a tie! Thanks so much for playing along ;-)
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