Today we wish Queen Elizabeth II a most royally Happy 8oth Birthday!
I honor of this special occasion, we here at Jumbled Encephalon Noodle Salad would like to suggest the following musical playlist, for your portable MP3 player, computer or turntable at home:
God Save the Queen - Madness - yes, the band that brought us "Our House", "One Step Beyond...", "It Must Be Love" and "Night Boat To Cairo". This track is available on The Business, their UK-only singles box set. You haven't heard the British National Anthem until you've heard Madness play it live.
On kazoos.
Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Beatles - a cover of the Larry Williams song, from their 1965 LP Help! Quick Fab trivia: "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" marks the last time a cover version of someone else's song appeared on an original Beatles album. Every track on every album that followed (from Rubber Soul to Let It Be) was penned by Lennon / McCartney, George Harrison and / or Ringo Starr (under his real name, Richard Starkey).
Speaking of Ringo...
Elizabeth Reigns - Ringo Starr - from his Ringo Rama CD, one of his best in years. Evidently Mr. Starkey isn't a monarchist.
God Save The Queen - The Sex Pistols - These guys aren't monarchists, either. In fact, based on their first infamous single ("Anarchy For The UK"), they were anarchists. I do not share their views, or their angst. As a matter of fact, I struggled with including this on the list. However, compared to other Pistols tracks I heard when I was in my teens (and especially some of the hard-edged noise passing for music these days), this is pretty tame stuff. I quit listening to these guys years ago.
Killer Queen - Queen - from their third album, Sheer Heart Attack, this is the song that put Queen on the charts.
Queen of my Double-Wide Trailer - Sammy Kershaw - No commentary necessary.
I'm Henry The VIIIth, I Am - Herman's Hermits - Ditto
Down In The Cockpit - XTC - Win back that castle, Andy!
Castles Made of Sand - the Jimi Hendrix Experience - Added considering the discussion of the role (and future) of the British monarchy in recent years.
Her Majesty - The Beatles - If you have the Abbey Road CD and the ability to mix things up a bit, try reconstructing the medley of the songs on side two to their original unreleased configuration. When The Beatles, George Martin and Geoff Emerick originally assembled the Abbey Road medley, "Her Majesty" fit between "Mean Mr. Mustard" and "Polythene Pam". In fact, the opening chord you hear on "Her Majesty" is actually the last note of "Mr. Mustard" because, when they decided "Her Majesty" just didn't flow, they simply clipped that portion out of the master tape. It supposedly ended up at the end of Abbey Road on accident (a point proven by the fact that the song isn't listed on the sleeve or label of the first pressings of Abbey Road).
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