From: Back Home Again ; Year: 1970; Genre: Rock/Folk Rock I guess I am finally picking this tune, which is definitely not my favourite from Norman Greenbaum, but it has its place and I do listen to it every now and then. From my experience Canned Ham is probably the only other song from Mr. Greenbaum that most people acquainted with his music after his epic Spirit in the Sky . Actually, when I do think about it, I would have to say that most of his material either borders on or is of a whimsical nature, which this one definitely is whimsical, if not bordering on novelty/comedy. I still cannot, for the life of me, why someone would want to fry a canned ham nice and brown and put it in one's pocket and carry it around? The only logical conclusion I can make, other than it just being whimsical and nonsensical, is that "Canned Ham" must've been a slang/code for something else, but who knows, right? Hear Canned Ham on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago toda...
It's true - Pat invented the Funky Friday.
ReplyDeleteWas racking the brain trying to come up with a really long funk tune to put up today, until I remembered that not only did a Songfight denizen do one, but Pat and I recorded our own version of it.
Yeah, I had another tune in mind off of his blog, but then I figured what better way to do a shout out to him and his blog than visit one of his "Funky Friday" picks on the Friday of my theme week.
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