Tonight's The Night
Frank Kogan, top 50 songs in reverse alphabetical order
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Rockcritics.com The Shirelles' "Tonight's The Night" isn't about the night, it's the need for the night. And Debbie Deb, from her other dance hit, "Lookout weekend, here I come," not the party but anticipating the party. "When I hear music it makes me
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--Do you really prefer "Totally Wired" to "Change On Me" and "West End Girls"?
Yes, and to "That's The Joint" and "Welcome To The Jungle," at least in the moment I made this list. But I don't prefer it to "Sister Ray" or "Like A Rolling Stone" or "Remember (Walking In The Sand)" or "96 Tears" or "Funky Broadway" or "You Keep Me Hangin' On." The decade shenanigans were to stop the Sixties from dominating the list and to save me from serious boredom.
--Um, Frank, just because a party is fraught doesn't mean it isn't a party. In fact, being fraught might make the party more interesting.
Okay, yes, don't pick on me for my rhetorical devices. (And before Chuck throws it in my face, I do remember him quoting to me that I'd once said something like we don't add fear and uncertainty to a party to make the party more realistic, we do it to make it a better party.)
--Since you're alphabetizing by surnames where applicable, and Little Willie John is alphabetized under John, why isn't DJ Wesley Gonzaga ( ... )
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