[David Herrick]

I’m only seeming to come up with things from my childhood, but I guess that makes sense because your threshold of fear is lower as a kid. Here’s one from the Electric Company (twice in a row for some reason):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yByR1voF6S4

[David Herrick]

This is the nightmare-inducing theme song from a Saturday morning TV show I watched when I was a little kid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btpd8zg5VWA

[David Herrick]

Recent data for Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma:

For October 10th, V = 13200 and C = 35.9. For October 11th, V = 23557 and C = 64.1. For October 12th, V = 12884 and C = 35.0. For October 13th, V = 10757 and C = 29.3. And for October 14th, V = 9146 and C = 24.9.

[David Herrick]

For the last hour of October 11th, for the We’re Going Live announcement video, V = 5832 and C = 20.9. I imagine this one will have a pretty short shelf life, though.

[David Herrick]

I agree with Tim: it’s very hard to pick an absolute favorite. Part of the problem for me is that if I choose one that many others consider to be among their best, I don’t know whether I independently love it too, or if I’m just yielding to peer pressure. Here’s one that I’ve genuinely enjoyed since I first heard it but that doesn’t get a lot of attention, so I guess I’ll call it my favorite. I love the chord progressions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsjTO0yZQjk

[David Herrick]

For the last hour of October 9th, Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma is at V = 13560 and C = 36.9.

[David Herrick]

Happy Thanksgiving, Canadians!

I posted this video a couple of years ago, but we’ve gained some new faces since then:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPFrFZ2ym6w

[David Herrick]

Here are the milestone predictions for the next month or so:

She Loves You: 300,000 views on October 1st

If I Fell: 3,000,000 views on October 1st

Here Comes the Sun: 700,000 views on October 4th

Please Mr. Postman / Wipe Out: 4,000,000 views on October 9th

Bus Stop: 1,500,000 views on October 21st

Can’t Buy Me Love: 1,000,000 views on November 2nd

[David Herrick]

Here are the September stats. All data are averaged over the period from September 1st through September 30th, except for Janitor Joe, which is averaged over just the last three days.

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simultaneous views:

1) Please Mr. Postman / Wipe Out: C = 5.76 (+0.92)

2) Here Comes the Sun: C = 4.25 (+1.95)

3) Drive My Car (2012): C = 4.13 (+1.10)

4) While My Guitar Gently Weeps: C = 3.86 (+0.91)

5) She Loves You: C = 3.70 (+1.38)

6) You Can’t Do That: C = 2.81 (+0.99)

7) I Saw Her Standing There: C = 2.15 (+0.52)

8) Nowhere Man: C = 1.85 (+0.28)

9) Paint it Black: C = 1.82 (+0.01)

10) When I’m Sixty-Four: C = 1.76 (+0.38)

11) She’s a Woman: C = 1.56 (-0.79)

12) If I Fell: C = 1.54 (+0.15)

13) Day Tripper: C = 1.51 (+0.17)

14) I’m a Believer: C = 1.28 (+0.28)

15) San Francisco: C = 1.26 (+0.11)

16) This Boy: C = 1.22 (+0.18)

17) Till There Was You: C = 1.19 (+0.21)

18) Wish You Were Here: C = 1.19 (-0.05)

19) Africa: C = 1.16 (+0.15)

20) Tell My Why: C = 1.08 (-0.14)

views per day:

1) Drive My Car (2012): V = 2138 (+570)

2) Please Mr. Postman / Wipe Out: V = 2030 (+323)

3) She Loves You: V = 1804 (+673)

4) Here Comes the Sun: V = 1749 (+802)

5) You Can’t Do That: V = 1291 (+456)

6) While My Guitar Gently Weeps: V = 1218 (+289)

7) I Saw Her Standing There: V = 915 (+220)

8) When I’m Sixty-Four: V = 868 (+185)

9) Nowhere Man: V = 824 (+124)

10) Paint it Black: V = 720 (+6)

11) If I Fell: V = 696 (+65)

12) Day Tripper: V = 660 (+73)

13) Till There Was You: V = 630 (+116)

14) Tell Me Why: V = 600 (-276)

15) In My Life: V = 573 (+142)

16) She’s a Woman: V = 556 (-281)

17) San Francisco: V = 554 (+51)

18) This Boy: V = 520 (+77)

19) I’m a Believer: V = 513 (+114)

20) Please Please Me: V = 502 (+80)

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So it looks like we’ve definitely busted out of that hack-induced slump! Here Comes the Sun and She Loves You in particular made huge gains. And Drive My Car has inched ahead of Please Mr. Postman again in total views for the month. (I guess that postal van doesn’t have quite the acceleration of a car.)

[David Herrick]

When I’m down I generally prefer quiet introspection to music. The most beautiful and moving songs to me are actually the sad ones with soul-searching lyrics about dealing with a hopeless situation. Some of them always make me tear up and want to reach out and give the singer a big comforting hug. Examples include Patches (Dickey Lee), Seasons in the Sun (Terry Jacks), and The Winner Takes it All (ABBA).

[David Herrick]

Neat, Tim! My brother and his daughter met Butch Patrick a few years ago at a comic con. He signed her box of Lidsville DVD’s, and seemed happy to be recognized for a role besides Eddie Munster. Oh, and in between the Munsters and Lidsville he starred in the Christmas episode of the Monkees.

[David Herrick]

I enjoyed the Munsters and the Addams Family too, Tim. I guess the laugh track kept the viewing experience “safe”.

There were some things about Captain Kangaroo that really disturbed me. For example, what was the source of those ping pong balls that Mr. Moose always mentally summoned to fall on the Captain’s head? And that big black circle beneath Dancing Bear’s eyes: was that supposed to be a nose, or a mouth frozen in a perpetual expression of horror?

Fun fact: I don’t know if you noticed it in the credits, but the protagonist on Lidsville was played by Butch Patrick, a.k.a. Eddie Munster.

[David Herrick]

I love that one too, Tim! My favorite cover song from that album.

[David Herrick]

Perhaps this is common knowledge, but I heard that John wasn’t really “trying” to sing it like that. They had been in the studio all day recording vocals, and his voice was just shot.

[David Herrick]

Wow, JP! I spent all of 1977 in front of a TV set, and I’ve never heard of this show. It must have aired opposite Donny and Marie or something.