Music on Only A Game 11/7/09

Each week Only A Game's Senior Producer Gary Waleik chooses what you hear in-between segments.  This week he says, "Apologies for the weak musical showing this time. I promise to do better next week," so you know this week's music blog will be spectacular.  Here's what you heard:

New York, New York by Eddie Layton (from “Ya Gotta Have Heart”, Silva America, 1997)
Gary's Take: The late Eddie Layton never got to flaunt his Hammond organ in The House That Nick Swisher Built, but I bet he was there in spirit.

 Blue and White by the USC Trojan Marching Band (from Fight Songs, Delta, 1989)
Gary's Take:  If blue and white are Duke’s colors, why aren’t they also The White Devils?

The Riviera Set by Syd Dale (from Music for TV Dinners: The ‘60’s, Scamp Records, 1997)
Gary's Take:  This also happens to be the music favored by the OAG staff when we relax with our brandy snifters and Cubans. I mean cigars, not expatriate pitchers.

You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) by The Dickies (from The Incredible Shrinking Dickies, A+M, 1979)
Gary's Take:  A wonderful bit of nonsense from the masters of nonsense. This track sounds every bit as absurd as it did 30 years ago.