Culture Bubbles 158 - saturnalya

Only been about 110 years since Saturday became a "day off". That changed at the same time we collectively decided that pre-teen kids shouldn't work in factories anymore. Naturally, the oligarchs of the day hated all of that, coloring such changes as "filthy socialism". America's "Golden Age" was literally built on the backs of 9-year old girls at sewing machines, and 10-year old boys in the coal mines. Everything old is new again, right?

01-01 Tex Benecke & Marion Harris & The Modernaires & Glenn Miller Orchestra - Victor 1509 - Juke Box Saturday Night (1942)
01-02 Edd "Kookie" Byrnes - Hot Rod Rock 202 - Saturday Night On The Sunset Strip (1959)
01-03 Cat Stevens - A&M 1602 - Another Saturday Night (1974)
01-04 Tyrone And The Nu Ports - Darrow D5-20 - On A Saturday Night (1963)
01-05 Ian Whitcomb - Ian Whitcomb's Mod, Mod Music Hall! 202 - Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night? (1966)
01-06 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 402 - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (1973)
02-01 Chicago - Chicago V 202 - Saturday In The Park (1972)
02-02 Studebaker John & The Hawks - Waiting On The Sun 03 - Every Night Is A Saturday Night (2008)
02-03 Lil Hardin Armstrong - Brunswick 02732 - Harlem On Saturday Night (1939)
02-04 De La Soul - Tommy Boy 990 - A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" (1991)
02-05 Jimmy Buffett - Son Of A Son Of A Sailor 104 - Livingston Saturday Night (1978)
03-01 Alarm Alarm - Bloody Hell! 04 - Saturday Night (2020)
03-02 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Decca 24725 - Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts 1 and 2) (1949)
03-03 The Cure - Boys Don't Cry 104 - 10:15 Saturday Night (1980)
03-04 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley & Company 205 - Met You On A Saturday (1962)
03-05 Dave Edmunds - Twangin... 105 - Almost Saturday Night (1981)
03-06 The Eagles - Desperado 204 - Saturday Night (1973)
04-01 Elton John - Inglewood CA 1974-10-05 17 - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (1974)

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Thursday, April 10, 2025