![]() I couldn’t stop thinking about her, even as I couldn’t work up the courage to tell her, and “Pinky” didn’t help matters one bit. They just wanted me to keep the volume down-hard to do with “The Bitch Is Back,” which rocks harder than almost anything else Elton ever did, with the possible exceptions of “Stinker,” a track from side 2, or “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting.”Īfter “The Bitch Is Back,” there’s “Pinky,” a song about a girl who’s “as perfect as the 4th of July.” At that moment of 1974, I knew one myself. There were no complaints about “hear him whip the women just around midnight,” or “Let’s Make a Dope Deal,” or about “The Bitch Is Back,” either. I was concerned that my parents might not approve of “The Bitch Is Back,” but they had never raised any objections before about what I listened to. (My brother had its predecessor, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, although I’m not sure when he bought it.) I can remember the day I got it, an autumn Saturday in 1974 after “The Bitch Is Back” had hit the radio. Caribou was the first Elton John album I bought with my own money while it was a hit. ![]() Here and There accompanied me in the car for several days a couple of weeks back, and entirely by accident, Caribou did last week. I have had Elton John on the brain lately. To read more about the music of January 1977, click here. ![]() Randy says he especially likes these One Day in Your Life posts, so that was excuse enough to write one. I’m a fan of his blog (which has six years of archives for you to get lost in, and I recommend you do so), and he’s a fan of this one. The other night, I met my Internet friend Randy Raley in the real world for the first time. Some things in our lives we can’t be remotely objective about, and this week is one of them. Perspective From the Present: I am incapable of any kind of perspective on this week. Hot new songs include “Dancing Queen” by ABBA, “Hard Luck Woman” by KISS, and “Carry on Wayward Son” by Kansas, but the hottest is the new Fleetwood Mac single, “Go Your Own Way,” up to #28 from #45. Al Stewart’s “Year of the Cat” makes the biggest move within the top 40, up to #22 from #32. New in the top 10 are “Blinded by the Light” by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band at #7 and “New Kid in Town” by the Eagles at #10. On the Cash Box survey dated January 22, 1977, “Car Wash” by Rose Royce is in its second week at #1. On primetime TV, NBC’s lineup includes Police Story, and CBS airs episodes of M*A*S*H, One Day at a Time, and Kojak, but most viewers are watching the third episode of Roots, which ABC has scheduled on eight straight nights to get it over with, fearing it will be a ratings disaster. Tom Waits appears on the daytime TV show Dinah!, where he performs “Step Right Up” from his album Small Change. David Brenner co-hosts The Mike Douglas Show this week today, guests include Phyllis Diller, actor David Doyle, and film director Dino DeLaurentiis. (Dates will be postponed when Robert Plant comes down with laryngitis.) Queen plays Ottawa, Ontario, KISS plays Terre Haute, Indiana, ELO is at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, and the Atlanta Rhythm Section appears at the Bottom Line in New York City. Led Zeppelin announces an upcoming American tour, set to open in Texas at the end of February. About an hour south of Madison, a farm wife with three sons aged 16, 14, and 10, not known for being an early adopter of new technology, will soon get one for her kitchen. A local appliance store invites customers to a demonstration of the new Litton microwave oven. At the Prange-Way department store in Madison, Wisconsin, bicentennial glassware is closeout priced-six 15-ounce glasses for $2.99, one dollar off. The National Hockey League all-star game is played in Vancouver the Wales Conference team beats the Campbell Conference team 4-3. Movie stuntman Dale Van Sickel dies at age 69, and in Waterloo, Wisconsin, an early-morning house fire kills three children aged 3, 8, and 10. In Racine, Wisconsin, teachers go on strike. The Senate confirms Griffin Bell as Carter’s attorney general, and Joseph Califano is sworn in as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Today, Budget Director Bert Lance announces a plan to award taxpayers a $50 rebate for each exemption they claim, to help stimulate the ecomomy. Top administration officials must now drive themselves to work instead of taking government limousines. ![]() Among many actions during his first week in office, President Carter continues to address natural gas shortages around the country, and he has rescinded President Ford’s order lifting price controls on gasoline. The weather across the country is generally pretty good for the depths of winter, although Cleveland and Detroit get some snow. ![]()
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