By The Numbers

Does anyone know what time it is?

The Mamas & The Papas with a song featured on the soundtrack of Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, though Tarantino's vision of the young girls coming to the canyon is a lot scarier than that of the M&Ps.

11 O'Clock Tick Tock.  Sonic treats from The Edge. 

Does anyone know what year it is?

From Harry Nilsson's first album.  The only person to work with all four Beatles on their solo projects.

Do you remember when 1999 seemed so far in the future?  It's longer from 1999 to now than from when the song came out to 1999.

Who ya gonna call?

For Mr Wilson Pickett please call 634-5789; for Jenny 867-5309.

THE COUNTDOWN

Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders go the extra 2000 miles.

Like to dance?  Mr Pickett is here once again to help - he knows a thousand.

A little frenzy from the Hundred Mile High City.  From the movie Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels 

If 99 and a half just won't do, and you got to have a 100, once again please consult the Wicked Pickett.

You try crying precisely 96 tears.

From the rock n roll years of REM.

Strange things going on out on Highway 61.

The number for Toots & The Maytals is 54-46.

The first 48 Funks weren't good enough.  But wait till you hear #49!

Variations on the theme of 45 from Elvis Costello.

34 Ghosts IV from Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.  The source of the irresistible riff in Old Town Road by Lil Nas X.

The problems of 20th Century Man may have carried over to this century.

Too many dismal, dull affairs caused the 19th Nervous Breakdown.

I was 18 once.  So was Alice Cooper.

Where'd the klezmer band come from?

I'm doing fine on Cloud 9.  You?

"Power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged" 

I thought there were only seven days in a week.

The title is 7 And 7 Is but they never tell you what it adds up to.

From the fantasy years of Genesis.

If 6 was 9, I'm gonna live my life, the way I want to.

Take a few minutes to be cool with Dave Brubeck.

Shane Victorino's walk-up music in 2013.

Two heads can be good together.  And Jefferson Airplane should know.

And two hearts can beat as one. 

Aimee Mann tells us one is the loneliest number.

Sinatra agrees.  Particularly at a quarter to three.

But U2 is not completely sold on the concept.

3/5 of a mile in 10 seconds is 216 miles an hour.

And now we get into negative numbers.  Appropriately so.

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All songs from my music library.