Great songs that people don't know about...
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Nice contributions! Thanks everyone. I've discovered a few songs that I'll keep listening to.
Here is one more that I love. People must know about it because it has been covered by half the musical world, including by Red Molly who admit to taking their band name from this song. However, I have never seen it referenced anywhere but on YouTube and on my personal playlist. No one I know seems to have ever heard it:
1952 Wincent Black Lightning:
Here is the "Red Molly" version:
1952 Wincent Black Lightning:
Here is the "Red Molly" version:
"First we get some surgery...
Lose the kids, then our identities.
One thing I know for a fact:
Mustache stays right where it's at"
"The foolish red-headed step-child, quite the precocious babe.
We like to keep it on the D.L.
Because our clientele prefers it that way"
Lose the kids, then our identities.
One thing I know for a fact:
Mustache stays right where it's at"
"The foolish red-headed step-child, quite the precocious babe.
We like to keep it on the D.L.
Because our clientele prefers it that way"
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