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NICK LOWE: HALF A BOY AND HALF A MAN

Balladeer’s Blog strikes again with a segment of Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead! If you liked the sheer oddball appeal of The Prosthetic Forehead Song from awhile back then you’ll LOVE Nick Lowe’s combination of Buckwheat Zydecko and Buddy Holly. It’s Half a Boy and Half a Man!

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BOB SEGER: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL NEVER FORGETS

Balladeer’s Blog’s segment Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead has proven incredibly popular so here’s another round. This shoutout is for what I consider to be the most overlooked hit song from Bob Seger: Rock ‘N’ Roll Never Forgets.

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GEORGE THOROGOOD: IF YOU DON’T START DRINKIN’ I’M GONNA LEAVE

Time for another go ’round of Balladeer’s Blog’s Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead! This time it’s George Thorogood with one of his three best songs about booze, If You Don’t Start Drinkin’ I’m Gonna Leave.

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PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS: ROCK SHOW

Time for another segment of Balladeer’s Blog’s Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead! Paul McCartney, best known as the husband of the late Linda McCartney, performs here with Linda’s band Wings (I’m kidding.) It’s the sproingy, springy version of the song Rock Show without the slow Venus & Mars prelude:

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QUEEN: NEED YOUR LOVIN’

It is time for another musical shoutout from Balladeer’s Blog. This time around it’s the Queen song Need Your Lovin’.

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GREG KIHN BAND: THE BREAKUP SONG

Time for another musical shoutout from Balladeer’s Blog. This one goes out to the Greg Kihn Band and The Breakup Song aka They Don’t Write Like That Anymore.

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THE KINKS: DESTROYER

Balladeer’s Blog’s “Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead” features the Kinks song Destroyer often called Paranoia the Destroyer.

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TALKING HEADS: PSYCHO KILLER

Time for another installment of Balladeer’s Blog’s “Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead.” This time around it’s Talking Heads with their song Psycho Killer.

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LUSH: LADY KILLERS

Time once again for “Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead.” This time around Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at the band Lush and their hit song Lady Killers.

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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: THE PROSTHETIC FOREHEAD SONG

They Might Be GiantsBalladeer’s Blog’s latest installment of “Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead” features the band They Might Be Giants.

From Flood it’s their song We Want A Rock which is often referred to as The Prosthetic Forehead Song.

After all, the best songs capture something universal about the human condition and, let’s face it – Everybody DOES want prosthetic foreheads on their real heads!

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