Song of the Day: Super Bowl Goin' to 'Kansas City,' Here It Comes?
Greg Mitchell is the author of a dozen books and now writer/director of award-winning films. He was also a longtime editor of the legendary Crawdaddy.
This is about as close as I will get to the Super Bowl (again) tomorrow. My team is never in it and the halftime shows—well, let’s not go there. But just to get those who care in the mood for Super Sunday—especially if you are a Chiefs fan: Here are the Beatles, 1964, live, with a scorching George solo. And this link allegedly captures the boys playing it earlier at the infamous Cavern. Lyrics have always been bendable for this song.
Of course, Wilbert Harrison had the first major hit with it in 1959 and here it is a wonderful live-at-piano version that year. Priceless. Of course, written by Leiber-Stoller.
Little Richard rocked his version. James Brown and Chuck Berry also did it. And then countless others, black and white.
Okay, offering equal time. Elton usually overdoes his “Philadelphia Freedom” but here he is a younger man, in 1980, in Central Park.
And if that’s not enough, maybe you need to zen out a bit before the game with this Fountains of Wayne football classic….”All Kinds of Time.” I will therefore spare you the stadium rah-rah chants and cheers.
Cartoon of the Day
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Awesome to the 5th power.
I hadn’t seen the 1959 Wilbert Harrison video. What a treat! I always heard a NOLA style in his music but just discovered he was born and died in my state of North Carolina. Love the Song of the Day entries. Thanks!