As I do more and more of this little musical blogs, I’m becoming all the more cognizant of the fact that 1984 was a spectacular year for music. Maybe it just feels that way since I was twelve in 1984 and came of age with music that year. Or maybe it really was a fantastic […]
My Life Is A Song #91
I remain skeptical of how accurately pop culture portrays reality but I think it’s safe to say most couples have “their song.” Typically it’s a song associated with a special moment in their relationship. Perhaps it was the song the house DJ was playing the night they first met at the meat market dance club […]
My Life Is A Song #86
Back to 1995, months before my aforementioned unfortunate diversion into “new country”, I was still very much a fan of blues based, guitar driven rock music. The nineties was also a time when we were fascinated by the concept of black musicians being able to play rock ‘n’ roll music. You know, the stuff they […]
My Life Is A Song #78
I only ever watched approximately ten minutes of The Larry Sanders Show. And I only did that by accident as I flipped through the channels looking for something to watch and stumbled upon Warren Zevon talking. This fluke caused me to pause at which point I learned that Warren was the “guest” on The Larry […]
My Life Is A Song #77
This song just might be too dangerous to play. I’m talking an eighties one hit wonder with not one, but TWO modes of audience participation (clapping AND response singing during chorus), a title almost everyone screws up, and peculiar lyrics including the gem “labadab dab dab life”. Add in the fact I owned this on […]
My Life Is A Song #52
This is what’s called a guilty pleasure. It’s also a one hit wonder, I think. But mostly, it’s a very guilty pleasure. The kind you tell no one about, not even your most trusted friend, and you only remember it when you reconnect with an old friend who interrupts your reminiscing with, “Hey, what was […]