'60s Moon Rock

In the new episode, we take some giant steps and discuss 4 songs from the 60s about our Earth's best friend, the oblate spheroid you can't avoid - The Moon! We launch with 1961's "Blue Moon", by The Marcels (1:51).  This one has been a golden oldie from the start, but you have to listen with fresh ears: Freddy "Fricative" Johnson's low basso profundo will paradoxically send you to the celestial sphere the song sings of, while it sends Weldon into the Linguistics lab. The second moonshot is "Mr. Moonlight" by The Beatles (41:50). This song often shows up on lists of the Fab 4's worst tunes: so what will our hosts say about this crepuscular canticle? Question: do garagers croon about the moon? Answer: Yup! Nebraska's Coachmen occupy the Waxing Gibbous phase of our episode with their organ-driven gem "Mr. Moon" from 1965 (1:16:35).  Imagine Dion backed by the Mysterians and there you have it.  All lunar expeditions must come to an end, so "Live with the Moon" by The Chayns closes the show on some melancholy notes (1:36:23). It's wordless & otherworldly! Blast off!