Love songs can be … … nauseating. As my children assert their musical tastes on the household, my ears are increasingly besieged by the stomach churning bilge that is a pop music ballads. Not that rock ballads or, god forbid, country ballads are much better and I say that as someone who greatly appreciated when […]
My Life Is A Song #41
You’d never guess from looking at my wife that she’s a former adult film star, which is good because she wasn’t. Likewise, you’d never guess from looking at her that she’s a big Van Halen fan, which is unfortunate because she is. Not that Van Halen fans are typically easy to spot. Despite the big […]
My Life Is A Song #39
ELO is such a perplexing band. They were big, but not huge. They wrote some good rock tunes, but nothing fantastic. They are respected but not universally loved. They were skilled and they were cheesy. In a sense, they encapsulate 70s rock perfectly. I have a double CD greatest hits collection and if you take […]
My Life Is A Song #37
New Year’s Eve hasn’t felt like a special day for me the past few years. The kids aren’t yet old enough to want to stay up until midnight and I’m no longer young enough to want to stay up until midnight. I’m also too sickly to want to stay up until midnight. Or drink or […]