I called this mixed CD Greetings because it generally contains some salutation. It’s often Hello; sometimes that word is in the title, but not always.
What’s That You’re Doing – Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. From Macca’s Tug of War album. “Good morning. Or good afternoon. Good night.” Written by McCartney/Wonder.
Good Morning Good Morning – Big Daddy. I love the group’s cover of the entire Sgt. Pepper, in various styles from the 1950s.
Good Day Sunshine – the Tremeloes. Besides this being a cover of a song from the Beatles’ Revolver album, there is another Fab connection. They were the group whom Decca Records signed in January 1962 instead of The Beatles.
Good Morning Starshine – Hair Original Cast album. “The earth says hello”.
Hello – Oasis. Some critics in their heyday had sonically compared Oasis with The Beatles if they were still recording in the 1990s.
Hello Hello – Sopwith Camel. “Would you like some of my tangerine?”
Hello Hello – Mono Puff. This is a product from John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants. It’s on Hello Records.
Hitchcockian
Vertigo – U2. “Hello, hello (hola).”
Big Time – Peter Gabriel. “Hi, there.” From the So album.
Hello Hooray – Alice Cooper. “Hello! Hooray! Let the show begin. I’ve been ready.” I could have gone with the Judy Collins version, but it didn’t fit as well sonically.
Welcome – the Who. “Come to my house. Be one of the comfortable people.” The title is the last word sung on this track from the rock opera Tommy..
Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2 – Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. From the Greatest Hits album. “Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends.”
Welcome To The Terrordome – Public Enemy. “Yo, who you trust, man? (Would you join me please in welcome-in-ing)”
Tommy’s Holiday Camp – the Who. Another Tommy track, ending with a sinister Welcome.
“Good Morning Starshine” covered by Bob McGrath on “Sesame Street” is outstanding, too.
It was the first song my toddler (who is now almost 40 years old!) insisted on learning his version of the words to…We heard Bob sing it in concert at The Egg Theatre in Albany in the late 1980s. He led the kid and family attendees in also singing it together using a red carnation as a baton.
The extra thrill was that my kid, Max, ran up and gave Bob that very carnation at the start of the show…Nothing but magic there that day…
Big Daddy’s cover of Sgt. Pepper was a LOT of fun.
Within You Without YOou as beat poetry – very nice.