For my last week (for now) as Guest Conductor, I had a simple request: do an acrostic, where the first letters of each song line up to spell "pumpkin spice," or "pumpkin" if you didn’t feel like finding 12 songs. Here’s my solution, using songs that reached #1 on the Hot 100 between 1965 and 1971.
I built this table with the TABLEIZER!, that takes a spreadsheet and turns it into an HTML table. Even sized all the columns!
| # | Song | Artist | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | Penny Lane | The Beatles | 1967 |
| U | Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey | Paul McCartney | 1971 |
| M | Mama Told Me (Not To Come) | Three Dog Night | 1970 |
| P | People Got To Be Free | The Rascals | 1968 |
| K | Kind of a Drag | The Buckinghams | 1967 |
| I | I’m A Believer | The Monkees | 1967 |
| N | Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) | Steam | 1969 |
| S | Sugar, Sugar | The Archies | 1969 |
| P | Paint It, Black | The Rolling Stones | 1966 |
| I | I’m Henry the Eighth, I Am | Herman’s Hermits | 1965 |
| C | Cherish | The Association | 1966 |
| E | Everything Is Beautiful | Ray Stevens | 1970 |
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And that’s Monday’s Music Moves Me for October 25, 2021.
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Knew them all (no surprise to you, I’m sure). After reading Songbird’s post, I was all primed to hear The Monkees. Actually, I like almost all your selections but my favorite, besides The Monkees, was Cherish. Love The Association – had one of their albums. Alana ramblinwitham
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I think the term for bands like The Monkees and The Association is “sunshine pop,” and it’s a great mood elevator.
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That was a clever theme. I like your choices.
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Thanks on both the theme and the choices!
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Great line-up of songs. Brings back a lot of memories of high school and my first years of college.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
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Thanks!
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Wow! Brilliant idea!
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And it was mine….😃
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Yes, that’s the best part!
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K am loving your playlist. You chose a song by The Monkees, you’ve won my heart.
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I love The Monkees, and this was the perfect excuse to use them. I’m usually bound by a survey or a theme that precludes it.
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John,
I went with the longer form as you and we didn’t cross on a single song. I love building acrostic music sets. I’m delighted you pitched this as your last theme for October. I scrolled through your song list and I recognize many if not all of them. Now, I’m just going to listen to the set while I do other things. Thanks for being an honorary co-host this month. As always, it was a pleasure to have you on board and if you’d like to do it again in 2022 then let me know. 😉 Have a boogietastic week, my friend!
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It’s a fun exercise, isn’t it? As I said, mine were all #1’s from the late ’60’s, early ’70’s, so they should be pretty familiar….
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wonderful choices!
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Thanks!
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Absolutely brilliant, well done 💜
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Thanks!
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Every one an amazing song.
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Glad you like them!
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