The Chain (aka tune association)

[Richard A Thackeray]

The Stray Cats
Wicked Whisky (instrumental, with Setzer showing another side to his playing)

It's from the (self-produced) 2nd LP; 'Gonna Ball', as seen in the 'thumbnail'


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfN3dNEWNCw

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Broadway stage cast of
Wicked
'Popular' (Elaine Paige, played this on her Radio 2 show on Sunday, daughter sang it for a grade 7? singing exam quite a few years ago)


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4rpG-dipYA

 

[newfhouse]

Stranglers - Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)

View: https://youtu.be/lZ4ImMZth28

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

OMD
Enola Gay

I presume most of you will realise the link


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XJ2GiR6Bo

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Heaven 17
Let's All Make A Bomb


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOQfysyK-YU

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Steve Earle
Waitin' On The Sky To Fall (Earle is commenting on the Vietnam draft-boards, but the title could equally apply to the 'Cuban Missile Crisis', etc...)


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGpz7npU0Ls

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

And, having mentioned the 'Cuban Missile Crisis'

Terry & Gerry
Kennedy Says


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLC6hqb7DmE

 

[newfhouse]

Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor

View: https://youtu.be/sgpa7wEAz7I

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Childhood memories help here, as my mother was a big fan

Gene Pitney
If I Didn't Have A Dime


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYj23AJTZfg

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Nanci Griffiths
Love At The Five & Dime


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GK462XnRjQ

 

[cycling_eejit]

Queens of the Stone Age - You think I ain't worth a dollar, but I feel like a millionaire

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

If I Had $1,000,000 – Barenaked Ladies

 

[Accy cyclist]

Working For The Yankee Dollar - The Skids

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Gene Pitney & George Jones
I've Got Five Dollars & It's Saturday Night


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywm0Q3O5osI

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It's not quite here for;

Dave Edmunds
Almost Saturday Night


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5gU9lDMUKo