rla on July 22nd, 2011


We celebrate the first birthday of Cambridge105, and of the second series of Evening under Lamplight – with a triptich of songs about Parties. Are you from Philadelphia? Then you’re especially invited. And there’s  Alice at the Mad  Tea Party, and some reflective looking back and looking forward hoping we all stay forever young.

The Fool


Attend to the fools, the jesters and the jokers. Fools in love, idiot winds, and three kinds of professional jesters, including the modern-day Stand-up Comic. Besides regulars Dylan, Ray Davies, and RLS, we have guest appearances from Frankie Lymon, Mothers of Invention, Danny Kaye, the D’Oyly Carte, Jonathan Swift, and a few others. The only way to be cool, is to let yourself first be a fool.

And take a look at our podcast on the Tarot Fool.

Essential Recordings 1955-1961 (Frankie Lymon and the Teenages, “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?”)

Cruising With Ruben & the Jets (Mothers of Invention, “How Could I Be Such a Fool”)

Blood On The Tracks (Bob Dylan, “Idiot Wind”)

The Maladjusted Jester (Danny Kaye, “The Maladjusted Jester”)

Other People S Lives (Ray Davies, “Stand-up Comic”)

Magical Mystery Tour (Beatles, “Fool on the Hill”)