Pop Stand: Just Shoe Me
Coming up with a list of foot and shoe songs ain’t no Little Feat
This edition of Pop Stand is dedicated to my Aunt Nell, one of the most positive, adaptable humans I’ve ever known.
For a few years when she was in her 20s, she had to wear prescription corrective shoes for a foot problem. They were, in a word, ugly, and she hated them. Yet Nell’s attitude, true to her spirit, was, “If you have a smile on your face, nobody notices your shoes.”
Smile? Hmm. That’s a good heading for a future Pop Stand.
Today it’s foot notes. Add titles if you can and are so inclined.
I Bought You the Shoes — Al Kooper
“That you’re walking away in/The bright royal blues/That you’re going astray in”
Those Shoes — The Eagles
High Heeled Sneakers — Tommy Tucker
Barefootin’ — Robert Parker
Tan Shoes and Pink Shoelaces — Dodie Stevens
Mississippi Mud — Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys (featuring Bing Crosby)
“It’s a treat to beat your feet on the Mississippi mud”
Footloose — Kenny Loggins
