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Be sure to check out The Motels slamming cover of β€œHe Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss).”

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slamming? hhhmmm

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The Quarrymen do justice to Buddy's "That'll Be the Day". John's vocal is strong and love George's guitar solo.

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true, was surprised the audio was pretty good

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"Love Sick"--great performance by Bob, the band and Soy Bomb. Didn't realize Bob plays lead guitar along w/ Larry Campbell during the song's break. Fantastic!

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yeah, always shocked by the lead guitar here...for me Bob has never matched that album since

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Greg, I would argue MODERN TIMES (2006) stands up w/ "Thunder on the Mountain", "When the Deal Goes Down" (perhaps the greatest song written about death and being there with a loved one for the "big moment"), "Working Man Blues #2", and "Nettie Moore".

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will check out

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The only thing more fun that the Reggae Rubber Duckies song would be watching the puppeteers behind the tub when the tub when everyone joins in!

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I'm very familiar with that clip of Dylan on the Steve Allen show. I did a conference presentation on 'Hattie Carroll' in 2019, and I sometimes use it in my journalism classes since it's structured like a news story. First verse answers most of the five W and H questions; other verses follow inverted pyramid (although the lead is buried at the end, and he embellishes several details of the story). More here: https://jandoli.net/2020/05/24/bob-dylan-and-the-inverted-pyramid/

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thanks for link, I think you told me about this before, perhaps I can use the link at a later date

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Best Sesame Street song ever: β€œPuy Down the Duckie if You Want to Play the Saxophone.” Find the long version.

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