Description

This week is our 52nd episode and our theme is songs with numbers in the title. Expect tales of Bob Dylan’s most vile song, love potions, social commentary with Across 110th Street, and anti-war song 99 Red Balloons.

New Music this week from Loud Women, Kath and the Kicks and Jitensha.

If you have new music you would like us to play or a story to tell, please email rockpoprambles@gmail.com

We're also over on Patreon, so come and hang out with us there: https://www.patreon.com/Bugeye

SHOW NOTES

Jitensha

https://jitenshamusic.com/

https://www.facebook.com/jitenshamusic/

https://jitensha-music.bandcamp.com/

https://twitter.com/jitenshamusic?lang=en

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jitensha/1273481673

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ATgdzev8VIXF2tCGKg3Km

Loud Women

https://loudwomen.org/reclaimthesestreets/

Kath and The Kicks

https://www.kathandthekicks.com

99 Luftballoons

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/nena/99-luftballons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Luftballons

https://genius.com/Nena-99-red-balloons-lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5a0Bl8eY&ab_channel=NENA

Across 110th Street

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Womack

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across_110th_Street_(song)

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bobby-womack-1944-2014-246105/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/28/bobby-womack-dies-aged-70

https://genius.com/Bobby-womack-across-110th-street-lyrics

Positively Fourth Street

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/oct/07/irwin-silber-obituary

http://www.edlis.org/twice/threads/open_letter_to_bob_dylan.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/28/suze-rotolo-obituary

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/suze-rotolo-bob-dylans-girlfriend-and-the-muse-behind-many-of-his-greatest-songs-dead-at-67-244629/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/09/bob-dylans-50-greatest-songs-ranked?Cmp=Share_iOsapp_other

Love Potion No.9

https://pop-culture.fandom.com/wiki/Love_Potion_No._9_(song)

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/03/love-potion-no-9-singer-sues-over-clovers-name/2615379/

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-clovers/love-potion-9

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-clovers-mn0000075171/biography

Folklore about love potions 

https://www.elitedaily.com/p/are-love-potions-real-heres-what-history-science-have-to-say-19298441

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-history/love-potions-aphrodisiacs-facts-spanish-fly/

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