Blast from the Past - 60's, 70's, 80's Music (2021)

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2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

In case I didn't mention it already: That was the first song I ever downloaded on Napster. Obviously audio only and probably it took hours...

P.S.: Ok, in the hindsight I should have selected something better for my first download ever. 20/20...

 

 

Napster.  LOL.  I downloaded from them, too.  And as you say, connection speeds slower than Slowpoke Rodriguez.  These days with 5G one can download entire FLAC discographies in a matter of minutes.

For those not familiar with the slowest mouse in Mexico . . . 
 

 

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Hoyt Axton with Evangelina off of his '79 A Rusty Old Halo LP.

There's a great hot desert south of Mexicali
If you don't have water boy you'd better not go
Tequila won't get you across that desert to Evangelina in old Mexico
 

 

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Golden Earring with their '72 single Buddy Joe.

Let me tell you about Buddy Joe
When he came down from Mexico
With his pockets full of gold
 

 

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Love with The Castle off of their '66 Da Capo LP.

Goin' back to mother
Leavin' on the double
Think I'll go to Mexico
Oh, oh
 

 

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Adam Ant with Juanito The Bandito off of the '82 Friend Or Foe LP.

Lock up your shed because Juanito's coming
Just crossed over into Mexico
Lock up your pigsties and your daughters
'Cos if it moves, you know old Juanito

 

 

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James Taylor with Mexico off of his '75 Gorilla LP.

 

Oh, Mexico
It sounds so simple I just got to go
The sun's so hot I forgot to go home
Guess I'll have to go now

 

 

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The Monkees with What Am I Doing Hanging ‘Round? off of their '67 Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. LP.

Just a loud mouth Yankee I went down to Mexico.
I didn't have much time to spend, about a week or so.
There I lightly took advantage of a girl who loved me so.
But I found myself a-thinkin' when the time had come to go...
 

 

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I'm not rating any of the above music . . . it's up to one's personal tastes so can't be rated by any one individual.  But I do have my favourites.

Emmylou with Pancho And Lefty off of her absolutely classic and timeless '77 Luxury Liner album.  And each time I bring up an Emmylou number I'm compelled to admit that I think she's one of the most beautiful women in the world eva.

Pancho was a bandit, boys
His horse was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match, you know
In the deserts down in Mexico
And nobody heard his dying words
Oh, that's the way it goes
 

 

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Leadbelly with Boll Weevil.  Found on the '69 Early Leadbelly 1935 - 1940 album.

Well the boll weevil and the little black bug
Come from a-Mexico they say
Came all the way to Texas
Just a-lookin’ for a place to stay
Just a-lookin’ for a home, just a-lookin’ for a home
 

 

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The Byrds with an alternate version of Tulsa County from their classic '69 Ballad Of Easy Rider LP.

 

My nights have been lonely since I’ve been in Tulsa County
And I really don’t know what I’m gonna do.
I just might take a trip somewhere along the southern border
‘Cause I know I’ve gotta get away from you.
I don’t know – just where I’ll go
I believe I’ll ride it down to Mexico
Down to Mexico
 

 

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Meat Puppets with Plateau off of their '84 II album.

Many hands began to scan around for the next plateau
Some said it was Greenland, and some say Mexico
Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
But those were all just guesses
Wouldn’t help you if they could

 

 

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience with their first single, the '62 Billy Roberts penned tune Hey Joe, released in Oct. '66.

Hey Joe, I said
where you goin' to run
to now, where you, where you gonna go?
Well, dig it!
I'm goin' way down south, way down south
way down south to Mexico way! Alright!
I'm goin' way down south
way down where I can be free!
Ain't no one gonna find me babe!

 

 

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The LA garage rock band, The Leaves, with the first commercially successful recorded version of Hey Joe in '65.  This is the re-recorded version which became the title track off of their '66 album.
 

 

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Grand Funk Railroad with Pass it Around off of their '76 Frank Zappa produced album 'Good Singin, Good Playin'.

I wish I had a place to stay in L.A. for a week or so
I feel like bein’ jive, hangin’ out, maybe go to Mexico
‘Cause dreamin’, baby, that’s the way I want to be
Just want to sit in a tree, sail out to sea, live like some fantasy, ahh baby

 

 

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This is most definitely a favourite of mine.  Thin Lizzy with The Cowboy Song off of their '76 Jailbreak LP.

I was took in Texas, I did not know her name
Lord, those southern girls all seem the same
Down below the border, a town in Mexico
I set out with the rodeo
Roll me over and turn me around
Let me keep spinning ’til I hit the ground
Roll me over and let me go
Riding free with the buffalo

 

 

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Patsy Cline with South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way), recorded on 25 Aug. '61, off of her '61 Showcase album.

South of the border, down Mexico way
That’s where they fell in love
When stars above
Came out to play
And now as they wander, their thoughts ever stray
South of the border, down Mexico way

 

 

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ZZ Top with Goin’ Down To Mexico off of their '71 ZZ Top's First Album LP.

I was on my way down to Mexico
There was trouble on the rise
It was nothing more than I’d left behind
Which was much to my surprise
I turned around and lit a cigarette
Wiped the dust off of my boots
When up ahead I saw the crowd
I knew it was no use

 

 

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ZZ Top with El Diablo off of their '76 Tejas LP.

 

Did you ever hear the story

that happened not long ago

'bout the man with a tan:

el diablo de Mexico?

 

 

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Fleetwood Mac with Hypnotized off of their '73 Mystery To Me LP.

They say there’s a place down in Mexico
Where a man can fly over mountains and hills
And he don’t need an airplane or some kind of engine
And he never will
Now you know it’s a meaningless question
To ask if those stories are right
‘Cause what matters most is the feeling
You get when you’re hypnotized

 

 

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Paul and Linda McCartney Back Seat Of My Car of of their '71 Ram LP.

The laser lights are pretty
We may end up in Mexico City
But listen to her daddy’s song
Making love is wrong
Ooh, we’re just busy riding
Sitting in the back seat of my car

 

 

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Little Feat with Willin' off of their '70 Sailin' Shoes LP.

 

Smuggled some smokes and folks from Mexico
Baked by the sun, every time I go to Mexico
And I’m still
And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonapah
Driven every kind of rig that’s ever been made
Driven the back roads, so I wouldn’t get weighed
And if you give me … weed, whites, and wine
And you show me a sign
I’ll be willin’
To be movin’

 

 

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Christopher Cross with Ride Like The Wind off of his '79 self-titled debut.

And I’ve got such a long way to go (such a long way to go)
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I’ll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind

 

 

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Alice Cooper with Raped And Freezin’ off of his '73 Billion dollar Babies LP.  I can confirm there's TV member who went to high school with Cooper in Arizona.  Myself?  Never cared for Alice.

 

Felt like I was hit by a diesel or a Greyhound bus
She was no baby-sitter
“Get up, sugar, never thought you’d be a quitter”
I opened the back door, she was greedy

I ran through the desert, she was chasin’
No time to get dressed, so I was naked, stranded in Chihuahua

Alone raped and freezing
Alone cold and sneezing
Alone down in Mexico
Alone
 

 

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Simon & Garfunkel with The Only Living Boy in New York off of their final album released in '70, Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Simon & Garfunkel take a much more poetic turn on the concept of going down to Mexico.

During the recording of their fifth and final album, Bridge over Troubled Water, Art Garfunkel bailed out of the sessions to act in the film Catch-22, which was filmed in Mexico. Left alone to finish the album in New York, Paul Simon wrote this gorgeously heartbreaking vignette about the end of a friendship.

Tom, get your plane right on time
I know your part’ll go fine
Fly down to Mexico
Da-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da and here I am
The only living boy in New York

 

 

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Steely Dan with My Old School off of their '73 Countdown To Ecstasy LP.

Well I hear the whistle but I can’t go
I’m gonna take her down to Mexico
She said oh no
Guadalajara won’t do

 

 

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AC/DC with Riff Raff off of their '78 live LP, If You Want Blood You've Got It.  AC/DC is, for the greater part, too much noise for me.  I do like this track since it mainly features Angus Young's masterful guitar work rather than screamin' meemies vocals.

 

See it on the television every day
Hear it on the radio
It ain’t humid but it sure is hot
Down in Mexico

 

 

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The Sonics with Have Love, Will Travel off of their '65 Here Are The Sonics!!! LP.

 

Yeah, I’ll travel from Maine to Mexico
Just to find a little girl that loves me so
No matter when, no matter where I’ll be
I’m looking for a woman that’ll satisfy me

Have love, will travel

 

 

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Howlin' Wolf with Killing Floor off of his '72 Chester Burnett A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf LP.

 

I shoulda quit you
A long time ago
I shoulda quit you, babe
A long time ago
I shoulda quit you pretty mama
And went on to Mexico

 

 

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ZZ Top with Mexican Blackbird off of their '75 Fandango LP.

If you're down in Acuna and you ain't up to being alone
don't spend all your money on just any honey that's grown.
Go find the Mexican blackbird and send all your troubles back home.

They all call her her "puta" 'cause no one really knows her name.
She works the cantina, dancin' and a-lovin's her trade.
Her mama was Mez'can and her daddy was the ace of spades.

Oh, let's drive that old Chrysler down to Mexico, boy.
Said, keep your hands on the wheel there.
Oh, it sure is fine, ain't it?
Now, ya got it! Hand me another one of them brews from back there.
Oh, this is gonna be so good.

Mm, she's hot as a pepper but smooth as a Mexican brew.
So head for the border and put in an order or two.
The wings of the blackbird will spread like an eagle for you.

Oh, one more time,
can you roll me another Bull Durham, please?
Can't you do it with one hand, boy?

 

 

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This one breaks into the 90's but it's a good tune.

Concrete Blonde with the title track off of their '93 Mexican Moon LP.

I look up at the sky
I am tired and dry
Uno Tecate and lime
Thinking of you
Underneath the Mexican moonlight
Thinking of you
Underneath the Mexican moon