Each week Only A Game’s Senior Producer Gary Waleik chooses what you hear in-between segments. This week he says, “Apologies for the weak musical showing this time. I promise to do better next week,” so you know this week’s music blog will be spectacular. Here’s what you heard:
New York, New York by Eddie Layton (from “Ya Gotta Have Heart”, Silva America, 1997)
Gary’s Take: The late Eddie Layton never got to flaunt his Hammond organ in The House That Nick Swisher Built, but I bet he was there in spirit.
Blue and White by the USC Trojan Marching Band (from Fight Songs, Delta, 1989)
Gary’s Take: If blue and white are Duke’s colors, why aren’t they also The White Devils?
The Riviera Set by Syd Dale (from Music for TV Dinners: The ‘60’s, Scamp Records, 1997)
Gary’s Take: This also happens to be the music favored by the OAG staff when we relax with our brandy snifters and Cubans. I mean cigars, not expatriate pitchers.
You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) by The Dickies (from The Incredible Shrinking Dickies, A+M, 1979)
Gary’s Take: A wonderful bit of nonsense from the masters of nonsense. This track sounds every bit as absurd as it did 30 years ago.
I really like the short instrumental piece you played after the Sheboygan NBA story. I can only describe it as “plucking violins,” the kind of music that might play in the background in a 50s TV commercial. Could you reveal the artist and song and maybe even the name of the genre. The music stirs memories of childhood and I’d love to drum up a collection of this style.
Hi, Rick. That track is titled “Workaday World”, and it’s from Music for TV Dinners, Scamp Records’ indispensible collection of kitschy production music, mostly from the ’50’s and ’60’s. I’m glad you like it. Thanks for listening to the program!