A Westie Punk responds...

Gus P, a founding member of the legendary Westie Punks as well as one of the greatest trivia minds ever to come out of West Haven CT, has belatedly, yet astutely, offered his unique perspective in response to the Something to chew on... posting about the 25 top songs of the century listing. The listing includes JK/Reet's wedding song, You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling by the Righteous Brothers.

Augustus offers thus:
Sorry for the late response, but i don't read my e-mail very often. Lists of things are always fun, as they cause us to think about the junk we have stored (uselessly, in my case) within our brains. Lists, of course, are very subjective - even that impressive group that chose those 25 songs. Naturally, I have a problem with some glaring omissions from the list (keep in mind that often times i imitated Elvis during kindergarten 'show and tell,' so late 50's and early 60's songs made a big impression on me. Here are my beefs:

'danke schoen' by wayne newton - tell me you can prevent yourself from snapping your fingers when you hear that. and a vision of that slicked up pompadour hairdo on the ed sullivan show - please!! 'ahab the arab' (even before 'mission accomplished') by ray stevens. jumped on his camel clyde (not frazier). jo ann campbell's 'i'm the girl on wolverton mountain' in response to claude king's song. has there ever been another case of a 'take that' record in the history of music? lastly (as they're coming to medicate me), 'please mr custer' by larry verne. 'hey charlie, duck your head pfffft. hmm, you're a little bit late on that one, charlie. oooh, i bet that smarts.'

We can discuss more next month at Southington CC. I'm sure you can't wait. Gus