ROCK Sex: "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" - Ray Charles > Gerry And The Pacemakers

ROCK Sex brings you two variations on good advice.

Today, same title, different song.

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Here's Ray Charles, singing a song written by Joe Greene.

RAY CHARLES -"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" (1959)



And here's Gerry Marsden writing and singing his own original classic.

GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS -"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (1964)




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See Also:

• SHAKE AND FINGER POP! Soul Music and the Interior Truth, with Music Player!

• THE BRITISH INVASION!, with Music Player!


• "Don't Bring Me Down" -The Animals, The Beatles, Neil Young, WAR, McCartney, ELO

• "I Want You!" - The Troggs, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Cheap Trick, Elvis Costello +


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: 'A Spooky Little Girl Like You' - Classics IV + Francoise Hardy = Barry Adamson

ROCK Sex shows how creative culture works.

Today's relay, A + B = C.

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One cool thing...

CLASSICS IV -"Spooky" (1968)



...plus another cool thing...

FRANCOISE HARDY -"Le Temps des Souvenirs" (1965)



...equals a new cool thing!

BARRY ADAMSON -"Something Wicked This Way Comes" (2006)




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See Also:

• SHAKE AND FINGER POP! Soul Music and the Interior Truth, with Music Player!

• WOMEN OF ROCK: The 1960s, with 2 Music Players!


• "Sour Times" - Lalo Schifrin > Portishead

• "She's Not There" - Bessie Smith + The Zombies = Malcolm McLaren


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK SEX: "Way of the World" - Cheap Trick > R.E.M.

ROCK Sex says the world goes round and round and life goes on and on.

Everything that goes around comes around, that's just the way.

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Here's Cheap Trick in 1979...

CHEAP TRICK -"Way of the World" (1979)



...and here's an early R.E.M. song written in 1980.

R.E.M. -"All the Right Friends" (rel. 2001)




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See Also:

• THE BRITISH INVASION!, with Music Player!

• BEATLESQUE Songs: 1969-esque, with Music Player!

• "TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN" - Tiny Bradshaw > Johnny Burnette Trio > The Yardbirds > T.Rex > Aerosmith

• "Exile On GRRL Street", Or How THE STONES Can Tribute Riot Grrrls Tributing Them!


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "Uh Huh Her" - P.J. Harvey > Uh Huh Her

ROCK Sex says this is not the same song.

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UH HUH HER is a 2004 album by P.J. Harvey.

It inspired the band name for the duo of Leisha Hailey and Camila Grey.

UH HUH HER -"Not A Love Song" (2008)



(This is not a Public Image Ltd. song.)

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. -"This Is Not A Love Song" (1983)


(Nor is this one.)

BETTY DAVIS -"Anti Love Song" (1974)




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See Also:

• THE RUNAWAYS, And Why Women Of Rock Are Essential!

• SHE SHREDS, The Magazine Dedicated to Women Guitarists & Bassists!


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "Charlie Don't Surf" - APOCALYPSE NOW > The Clash > Tears For Fears

ROCK Sex says Uncle Sam don't think but we think he should.

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APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) is Francis Ford Coppola's epic meditation on the insanity of the Vietnam War.

He particularly skewers military imperialism in a sequence where U.S. soldiers seize a beach just for some surfing recreation. When asked why, the off-sane Officer (Robert Duvall) scoffs that the Vietcong (called the VC, or 'Victor Charlie') are no threat because "Charlie don't surf."




Joe Strummer, who traveled the world as a child with his diplomat father, put the political consciousness into Punk music.

He used the line as the title of a song mocking American Imperialism with such lines as,

"Everybody wants to rule the world
Must be something we get from birth"

THE CLASH -"Charlie Don't Surf" (1981)



A few years later, Strummer amiably approached Roland Orzabal, saying he'd nicked the title for Tears For Fears own hit, "so give us a fiver".

Roland smiled and paid up.

TEARS FOR FEARS -"Everybody Wants To Rule the World" (1985)




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See Also:

• Rolling Stones > The Clash > Garbage

• "Brand New Cadillac" - Vince Taylor > The Clash > Ziggy Stardust

• "Time Is Tight!" - Booker T > The Clash > Elvis Costello > Squeeze

• "I Fought the Law and I Won!" - The Crickets > Bobby Fuller > The Clash > Metric

• "Police and Thieves" - Junior Murvin > The Clash

• "Straight To Hell" - The Clash > Alex Cox > Lilly Allen > MIA

• "I CAN'T EXPLAIN" - The Who > David Bowie > The Clash > Fatboy Slim > The Hives


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: Astounding Science Fiction > Queen

ROCK Sex says, 'That guy thinks he's the Queen of the universe. (I got news of the world for you, he is.)'.

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Frank Kelly Freas painted this cover for the pulp anthology magazine "Astounding Science Fiction" in 1953.

Queen's drummer Roger Taylor owned a copy, and the band commissioned Freas to repaint his iconic work as their album cover in 1977.

This is the gatefold cover.

Here is the artist (second from left) showing the band his celebrated work.

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See Also:

• Rene Magritte > THE EXORCIST > THE POSSESSION

• MAGRITTE = The Beatles > Jeff Beck > THE EXORCIST > Jackson Browne > Styx > TWIN PEAKS

• PLANET STORIES - Whip It Good!

• "Electric Ladyland" - Peggy Moffitt > Janelle Monae


• "Good Times!" - Chic > SugarHill Gang > Queen > Defunkt > Ting Tings


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "Fuel My Fire" - Cosmic Psychos > L7 > The Prodigy

ROCK Sex has fingerprints that belong to you.

Today, the hand-off that kindled "Fuel My Fire".

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An Aussie Punk band gets the riff and chanting chorus simmering.

COSMIC PSYCHOS -"Lost Cause" (1989)



Then the ever-brilliant L7 throw gasoine on it.

L7 -"Fuel My Fire" (1994)



And here's The Prodigy reheating a Punk Electronica cover of L7.

THE PRODIGY -"Fuel My Fire" (1997)




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See Also:

• THE RUNAWAYS, And Why Women Of Rock Are Essential!

• "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" - X-Ray Spex > Free Kitten > Chicks On Speed > Pussy Riot


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "Fell In Love With a Girl/Boy" - The White Stripes > Joss Stone > King Princess

ROCK Sex doesn't consider it cheating!

Today, it's triple-plus-good with three variations of "Fell In Love With a Girl".

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Here's the Garage-Punk original...

THE WHITE STRIPES -"Fell In Love With a Girl" (2002)



...and here's the Funky Soul version...

JOSS STONE -"Fell In Love With a Boy" (2003)



...and here's the Garage-Punk cover version!

KING PRINCESS -"Fell In Love With a Girl" (2018)




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See Also:

• DON'T TREAD ON ME: The Original Punk of 1960s Garage Rock, with Music Player!

• "John The Revelator" - Son House > White Stripes > Gillian Welch > Depeche Mode



• "Walk On the Wild Side" - Genderblenders/ Enders/ Transcenders!

• Love and Let Love! -Bessie Smith, Rita Chao, Nancy Sit, Tina Turner


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "PHYSICAL GRAFFITI" - Led Zeppelin > Branford Marsalis > Rolling Stones

ROCK Sex sees the writing on the wall.

Today, the timelss cover for PHYSICAL GRAFFITI.

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Here's the iconic cover for Led Zeppelin's double-album PHYSICAL GRAFFITI (1975), featuring a New York tenement building at 96 and 98 St. Mark's Place.

Jazz trumpeter Branford Marsalis, a Led Zeppelin fan, homaged this cover for his 1984 album, SCENES IN THE CITY.

It's on the same steps of the Zeppelin tenement that Mick and Keith meet up in this famous video, an early hit on MTV.

THE ROLLING STONES -"Waiting On a Friend" (1981)




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See Also:

• "Whole Lotta Love" - Muddy Waters > Led Zeppelin > Funkadelic > Tina Turner

• LADIES FIRST: "When the Levee Breaks!" - Memphis Minnie > Led Zeppelin

• "For What It's Worth": - Buffalo Springfield > Led Zeppelin > Public Enemy

• "Exile On GRRL Street", Or How THE STONES Can Tribute Riot Grrrls Tributing Them!


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "She's Not There" - Bessie Smith + The Zombies = Malcolm McLaren

ROCK Sex says, "Her voice was soft and cool/ Her eyes were clear and bright".

Today, how A = B = C.

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One cool thing...

BESSIE SMITH -"St. Louis Blues" (1925)




...plus another cool thing...

THE ZOMBIES -"She's Not There" (1964)




...equals a new cool thing.

MALCOLM McLAREN -"About Her" (2004)




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See Also:

• LADIES FIRST: "When the Levee Breaks!" - Memphis Minnie > Led Zeppelin

• LADIES FIRST: "See See Rider" - Ma Rainey > Janis Joplin > Mitch Ryder

• THE BRITISH INVASION!, with Music Player!


• "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" - Paul Revere > The Monkees > Sex Pistols

• "Don't Gimme Me No Lip Child" - Dave Berry > Sex Pistols

• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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