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Song of the Day #3,927: ‘Without You’ – Badfinger

I know Badfinger’s most famous song, 1970’s ‘Without You,’ pretty well, though probably not through their original version. Harry Nilsson’s version reached #1 for a month in early 1972, and Mariah Carey had an international hit with the song in 1994, a week after Nilsson’s death.

The original version, featured today, has a definite late-60s Beatles vibe, appropriate because Badfinger was the first band signed to The Beatles’ Apple label and the band recorded songs written by Paul McCartney and George Harrison. Apparently Nilsson thought this was a Beatles track when he first heard it.

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Song of the Day #1,909: ‘Baby Blue’ – Badfinger

breaking_bad_baby_blue_badfingerSpeaking of the Breaking Bad finale, here’s the song that creator Vince Gilligan chose to wrap the whole thing up.

The opening line, “Guess I got what I deserve,” could certainly be debated when it comes to the show’s antihero, Walter White. I’ve read arguments that Walt got off too easy in the end.

But I imagine it was another line that drew Gilligan to this song: “The special love I have for you, my Baby Blue.” It was, after all, Walter’s signature blue meth that brought him all the glory and tragedy that unfolded over five amazing seasons.

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