I’ve decided to throw my hands in the air like I just don’t care and celebrate the complete chaos and anarchy that seems to be our for-certain plight at this point. Let’s Go CRAAAAAAZY! Two flavors here, songs about craziness and songs from folks who seem to be, well, pretty nuts. Paul Delicato was a Jersey boy who sang with enough of a twang that the folks at AVI records decided he should cut a C&W-flavored disco album. My copy of the album came from either a radio station or a deejay pool, and written on the back is “Based on Side Two, this isn’t for us. Throw it out.” I beg your pardon, but whoever was listening to this must have been deaf, because side two kicks off with one of my all-time favorite nutty disco numbers, a medley of “Train of Thought” and “Mystery Train,” which just in concept alone is brilliant, but Paul’s read on this is quite good. Not as good as Cher’s ballsy version of TOT, but still good. (N.B.: if Elvis had recorded this, I think it would have, er um, shot to #1.) Who doesn’t love a song from the POV of a freshly dead person? Another triumph of psycho POV is a very recent discovery, “I’m Cindy,” released by an obscure act, Pulse 3, on a French-based label. It’s sung by a duo of female vocalists (split personality?) from the POV of a woman who was shunned in her ugly duckling youth, returning (to the dancefloor, one assumes) to claim her vengeance and at least make sure everyone remembers her name. Really disturbed—and fun! (It’s become my new soundtrack when I deal with dating apps.) And to make sure you get the point, Pulse 3 follows that with a song called “Crazy Girl” that’s not nearly as amazing, but is on here nevertheless. Another twofer comes from the Glass Family: “Crazy” as a jazzy throwback and “Crazy” as a dancefloor burner. The Glass Family first emerged in the late 1960s as a hippy jam band. In the early ’70s, they released a 45 that was an ode to weed (it’s on at least one of my podcasts) that became a surprise disco hit. Glass Family then became a hippy disco band (I love those!) and put out two pretty decent albums.

Madhouse—Silver Convention ’76 ☻ She Drives Me Crazy—Fine Young Cannibals v. Monie Love ☻ I’ll Wake Up Screaming in the Middle of the Night—D.C. LaRue ’78 ☻ Losing My Mind—Pet Shop Boys ’91 ☻ Train of Thought/Mystery Train—Paul Delicato ’77 ☻ Crazy Girl—Pulse 3 ’79 ☻ Goin’ Out of My Head—Gloria Gaynor ’78 ☻ Screaming—Pet Shop Boys ’99 ☻ Lost in Music—Sister Sledge ’79 ☻ Going Bananas—Side Effect ’77 ☻ Crazy (Jazzy)—Glass Family ’79 ☻ I’m Cindy—Pulse 3 ’79 ☻ Crazy—Gnarls Barkley ’06 ☻ The Visitors—ABBA ’81 ☻ Crazy—Glass Family ’79