Because It's Tuesday - week of February 25

When I was a kid, Saturday Night Fever was a big thing. It was a huge, hit movie, and the soundtrack was literally everywhere.  I think that for most kids my age (id kids born in the late 60's / early 70's) it was the first time we had been exposed to The Bee Gees.  It was a long time after that, when I learned that the The Bee Gees were gigantic in Australia and had released many hit records prior to the release of the Saturday Nigh Fever soundtrack.

Aww kids, we don't know what we don't know. As a 10 year old growing up in suburban Ontario, I certainly had no clue that today's song had been a hit for them.

The song I'm sharing today is a cover of that1967 hit, "Massachusetts" by the wonderful Ladybug Transistor. Originally released in 1998 as a b-side to their "Today Knows" 7", it was also included in the super amazing compilation CD "Oh, Merge: A Merge Records 10 Year Anniversary Compilation" in 1999. I really prefer this version to the one by the Brother's Gibb. I hope you enjoy it too xo

Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco

Gotta do the things I wanna do

And the lights all went out in Massachusetts

They brought me back to see my way with you

Because It's Tuesday - week of July 30

When I was a kid, Saturday Night Fever was a big hit movie.  What seemed to be bigger than the movie though, was the soundtrack.  You couldn't go anywhere without hearing one of the songs from it. I'm not just talking about the Bee Gees hits (and they were massive hits), the whole thing seemed to be just oozing out big hit songs.

Probably, the biggest song from that soundtrack was Stayin' Alive.  Apparently, when they teach folks how to do CPR, you're supposed to do 100 compressions per minute, which, apparently, is the number of beats per minute in Stayin' Alive so, if you need to, you can use that song in your head as a guide!

Because it's Tuesday, well you know what I do... today's cover is Lizzo's version of the classic Bee Gees disco smash.  Her cover was featured on the soundtrack for the movie, "Happy Death Day 2u."  I have not seen this movie, nor will I likely ever watch it.  I think it's some kind of sci-fi slasher pic and those are not usually the kinds of themes I enjoy in a movie.

I do, however love Lizzo and while her cover of "Stayin' Alive" is very close to the original, I dig it all the same. She's just fabulous and I enjoyed this, so much.  I'd rather hear her voice than the Bee Gees any day!!