Our second version is from Roger Daltrey’s third solo record “One Of The Boys” that was released in 1977. It is also a plea from myself to the kind of ‘Joe Public’ who in fear of losing face, refuse to relinquish their faith in a fallen idol” The song is about heroes and their “Clay feet’. His fans hung around the stadium chanting “Say it ain’t so Joe”. The editor likens the situation to a scandal in the twenties, when Joe Jackson, the famous baseball player, was rumored to have taken a bribe to sink his team in the final of the World series. The presenter was asking the editor of a small town newspaper outside Washington, how, in the face of conclusive evidence and proof, his readers could still show such undying support for the president they elected. “The song was provoked by a seventies documentary on Richard Nixon prior to his resignation. Murray’s version of “Say It Ain’t So Joe” comes off of his 1975 album Say It Ain’t So. Murray Head was better known for singing the song “Superstar” from the famous rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar”. The song was written by and originally recorded by actor and singer/songwriter Murray Seafield Saint-George Head or as he was better known as “Murray Head”. Just a simple yet pure song that is sung by three different gentleman. No fancy guitar solos, drum solos or any thing like that. This is a great mellow song that you will find yourself wanting to listen to a few times in a row. They were all recorded in a 5 year span by three different artists and all sound similar with just a few tweaks here and there. So after playing rock, paper, scissors with myself Gary Brooker’s 1979 version off of “No More Fear of Flying” won out. There are three different versions of this tune that are going to be showcased this week but I had to choose one version to name the post after.

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