…Just Don’t Take The Money!
I don’t know what this song is about, but it has a great line: You steal the air out of my lungs, you make me feel it The chorus is good, too: Just don't take the money Just don't take the money Just don't take the money Just don't take the money “Don’t Take the...
Songs That Make You Jump For Joy!
Last Friday, all around talent and Grammy winner Dan Auerbach, of the Black Keys, dropped his long anticipated new solo album, and the single, "Shine on Me” is a charmer with a Dire Straits feel—could it be because Mark Knopfler guests on guitar and injects a sound...
New Summer Song Brings to Mind The Fabulous Thunderbirds
The let loose, intense energy kick that The Fabulous Thunderbirds delivered on 1986’s party-song “Wrap it Up” comes to mind listening to “Drink Up” a zesty, up-tempo summer song by Train, that’s already getting Adult Top 40 radio play. Train, a well oiled band of...
New, Different & A “Must Listen To”
Currently #1 on the Adult Alternative format, “Feel It Still” is polished and spit shined, a smooth, lyrical, sophisticated tune that shares some of the musical underpinnings and hook filled melodies that we heard in the 70s and 80s, done especially well by...
Badass Rock n’ Roll: From Bo Diddley to the Record Company
Some people say that the lyrics in "Baby, I'm Broken" are too repetitious and simple, as if a hard-core rock n’ roll song even needs words—hello Duane Eddy and “Rebel Rouser.” Rock n’ Roll is about the gestalt: the walk AND the talk, plus attitude and charisma....
Their Name Is “New Politics” But Their Vibe Is From The 70s
Last year Danish group Lucas Graham broke through in a big way and now it seems they'll have company since another Danish band, a trio called New Politics, is on the rise, with their “One of Us” getting air play on Alternative radio. Anchored by keyboards, with...
A Good Song To Listen To While Driving Fast On The Freeway
Everybody’s heard of Bruce Springsteen, but not as many people know about Kings of Leon, a band that carries the torch of pure rock n’ roll into the 21st century. Like Springsteen, their songs feel like anthems—manifestos--in your face--the lyrics matter, but...
A Band That’s As Much Fun As The B-52s
The New Pornographers are a seven-piece Canadian band that has the same nutty, wild, raucous, hopping, joyous sound that is The B-52s. “High Ticket Attraction,” which tells a vague story that might be about a trip, or just moving around, is a descendant of The...
Echoes of “True Colors.” “Down is a “Must Listen To.”
You've probably heard “Down” by Marian Hill when CBS TV aired it on the opening of March Madness Selection Sunday as this years brackets were being announced and/or in Apple’s new iphone 7 TV ads: Marian Hill is a male/female duo, neither named Marian nor Hill*...