Rolling Stones – "Little Red Rooster" (1964)

Watch out, straying kinpeople

'Cause the little red rooster’s on the prowl

Most online song lyric websites render the line from today’s featured record that is quoted above as “Watch out, strange kin people.”  Click here to read an article that makes a persuasive case that the line is actually “Watch out, straying kinpeople” – in other words, “Watch out, straying kinfolk.”  (In this case, the kinfolk are the hens, of course.)

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As I told you in the last 2 or 3 lines, I was so emotionally drained after I finished watching the last episode of Succession a couple of days ago that I immediately laid myself down on my sofa and told Alexa to play Sirius/XM’s “Underground Garage” channel, hoping that the music would lull me to sleep.

The very first record I heard after doing that was today’s featured record – the Rolling Stones’ cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s blues classic, “Little Red Rooster.”

The next record on the “Underground Garage” playlist was “Search and Destroy,” by Iggy Pop and the Stooges – not the ideal record to induce sleepiness.

“Search and Destroy” was followed by several other winners – Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited,” “I Can’t Get Next to You” by the Temptations, “It Won’t Be Wrong” by the Byrds, “Itchycoo Park” by the Small Faces,” and Mick Jagger’s “Memo from Turner.”

My mind was racing after finishing Succession – I was writing yesterday’s review of the show in my head as I lay on the sofa and listened to those records.  I probably wouldn’t have fallen asleep even if a less exciting group of records had been programmed, but you’d best believe there’s no way I’m dozing off to “Itchycoo Park” and “Memo from Turner.”  

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Click here to listen to The Rolling Stones’ cover of “Little Red Rooster,” which is the only true blues record to ever top the British pop charts.

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