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Music has  come to mean too much too me. I have become obsessed with 'my' bands. The books I  read are dedicated to the production of classic albums, biographies of musos and writers that make grandiose claims about how music changed the world. It is, alas, a particularly prevalent condition in men my age.  Nowadays,  I am loathe to make wide open statements about the difference between the sexes. As a younger man I freely did, thankfully, I was rightly put in my place.  I once opined that men are much more likely to be involved in collecting to the extent of obsession. My line of thought took in the idea of record fairs, computer swap meets and comicbook conventions. I was also speaking form personal experience of course.  My name is Tommy and I have an obsessive collecting addiction. Anyhow, I ventured this statement of intent thinking nothing of it. In fact, I thought by stating that collecting is a male disease, I was actually being complimentary of women's ability to not become so obsessed with the minutiae of, say- "The new, limited edition range of Star Wars action figures. Featuring never before noticed, you can see this alien for two...

Well... after two days floating around my head (much to the annoyance of people I work with I'm sure), today's earworm is brought to you by a bunch of guys clearly very high on LSD or some such a substance.

But what a jolly nice song it is!  For real excitement, click read more to see an even better version - brought to you by the letter B!

So I thought it would be nice to have an occasional blog where I share my "song of the day".  It won't, of course, be everyday... but sometimes a song just gets in my head.  So I thought I'd share it with you.

Today's song is "Sunny".  Here's a few versions - by James Brown (live); Ella Fitzgerald & Tom Jones; Marvin Gaye; and Stevie Wonder.  Here's a link to the playlist on YouTube.

I love these guys in Flying High (Airplane): Jiveman1:Sheeeet, man, that honkey mus' be messin' my old lady got to be runnin' col' upsihd down his head!Subtitle: GOLLY, THAT WHITE FELLOW SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM MY WIFE OR I WILL PUNCH HIM. Jiveman2:Hey Holm, I can dig it! You know he ain't gonna lay no mo' big rap upon you man! Subtitle: YES, HE IS WRONG FOR... Jiveman1: I say hey sky, s'other say I won say I pray to J I get the same ol' same ol.Subtitle: I KNEW A MAN IN A SIMILAR PREDICAMENT, AND HE ENDED UP BEING SORRY. Jiveman2: Knock yourself a pro slick. Gray matter back got perform' us' down I take TCBin, man'.Subtitle: DON'T BE NAIVE ARTHUR. EACH OF US FACES A CLEAR MORAL CHOICE. Jiveman1: You know wha' they say: See a broad to get that bodiac lay'er down an' smack 'em yack 'em.Subtitle: EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE, MAKES A MAN HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE. Together: Col' got to be! Yo!Subtitle: HOW TRUE! Together: Sheeeeeeet!Subtitle: GOLLY. Elaine: Would you gentleman care to order your dinners? Jiveman1: Bet babe, slide a piece a da porter, drink si' run th' java. Subtitle: I WOULD...

So I got to talking with my neighbours the other night... somehow or other we ended up talking about Sesame Street songs. I put it to the world that Sesame Street is in fact the home of all good music.  For just over 40 years Sesame Street has been providing us with joyful music combined with helpful alphabet, spelling and counting knowledge. My all time favourite: 1, 2, 3, 4... (the pinball song) - interestingly, it was sung by The Pointer Sisters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBWxX3713gc  In the same way that Uno is making a comeback, I predict that if you were to crack this song open on a dance floor anywhere in the world, it would go off! And here are some other classics: Bandananahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmFZcStPgPs Some & None http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7cWBrGAIcc More recently... "1, 2, 3, 4" by Feist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ9WiuJPnNA Ernie Can't Sleep (and Boogie Woogie Sheep) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk1Y4xo4XJ4 Do De Rubber Duck (Reggae) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsjbEWKK8AU Monster In The Mirror - Wubba Wubba Wubba http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maYnqbdo2jw ...