Keeping Boomers In Touch With Today's Music
We connect a song from back-in-the-day to a current hit that has a similar sound/content/style. You’ll be up to speed in 90-seconds.
Curated by Dave Sholin | Written by Lee Wade
Weezer’s Newest Has a Beatles “Blackbird” Vibe
Who among us hasn't had "one of those days," when we can relate to lyrics like these.. Everything that feels so good is bad, bad, bad All my favorite songs are slow and sad "All My Favorite Songs," Weezer's newest single has a moody Beatles vibe and a melodic...
Attention Music Lovers: Amazon’s new music channel “The Coda Connection.”
We aren't actually endorsing "The Coda Collection," a new Amazon Prime video channel, because we haven't tuned in yet, but we are totally enthusiastic about the concept and the 1:08 trailer, which sizzles. The website is a curated library of legendary performances,...
Current Hit Has an Emotional, 70’s Vibe.
In 2009 Britain band Passenger split up, but lead singer and songwriter Michael Rosenberg kept the name and went solo, having since released 12 albums; his biggest hit, by far, was 2012’s massive "Let Her Go." He kicked off 2021 with a new album-- "Songs for the Drunk...
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It’s Valentine’s Day, But….”Will You Love Me Tomorrow?”
Our official song selection for Valentines Day, 2021, is Jerry Goffin/Carole King's* classic "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by The Shirelles, which spent two weeks at #1 in 1961, a week filled with teen passion--Billboard's "Top 10" for Feb. 14th, 1961, included: Shop...
A Plea for Unity in Divided, Turbulent Times
Come on, people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another right now Written by Chet Powers and performed by the Youngbloods, 1967's "Get Together" hit a national nerve: Simple, straightforward, and oh, so needed. Flash forward to...
Jason Derulo is on a Roll!
Less than two months ago we spotlighted Jason Derulo's hit "Take You Dancing," and just a few months before that (Sept.) his dancehall flavored track "Savage Love," a collaboration with Jawsh685, was a global sensation that reached reached number one on both the...
Florida: From “One Night in Miami” to Superbowl 55 in Tampa
When it comes to sports, Florida likes to go big, from Superbowl 55, two days from now, when hometown team Tampa Bay Buccaneers host current world champion Kansas City Chiefs, to as far back as 1964, in Miami, when Cassius Clay (who had yet to take the name Muhammad...
Kings of Leon to Release New Album Next Month, Their First in Five Years
It's been a 5-year wait, but next month, Nashville rockers Kings of Leon drop their 8th album, from which they've already released two singles. The money is on Adult Alt hit "The Bandit," a hard driving 4+ minutes with a story that has fire, horses, and an old bounty...