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
Echos From The King Of Pop
“The Weeknd” is a 25-year-old multi-talented pop star from Toronto who sings, writes and produces his own music; he’s been on the Top 40 charts virtually non-stop for the past year and a half with a string of top 10 hits. While he has his own style and sound, it’s...
If You Thought Sophie B. Hawkins Was Hot, Than Meet Selena Gomez
In 1992, Sophie B. Hawkins, than 28-years old, sang an intense song about deep desire and love’s frustrations --it was gruff, and rough and not very melodic, the lyrics were choppy but her intent was clear, and she was sincere, and "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" was...
Happy Birthday Frank Sinatra!
Tomorrow is Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday, a man who truly did it his way from start to finish and became a force unlike any other in American entertainment. In 1965, when he was 50-years old, his “September of My Years" won the Grammy for best album, and one of its...
New Song Brings Back the Mood of Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel”
Twenty years ago, Sarah Mc Lachlan dazzled fans around the world with her touching ballad “Angel,” and today, Sara Bareilles’ “She Used to be Mine” sets a similar mood. Both Sarah/Sara express sensitive, deep emotions in thoughtful, poetic lyrics. “She Used to be...
“Fire & The Flood” Evokes the Sounds and Rhythms of “Graceland”
Remember how exciting Paul Simon’s “Graceland” sounded, back in 1988? All those unusual sounds and rhythms, mixed up in the most magical way. Australian singer/songwriter Vance Joy is not the creative force that Paul Simon is, but he’s very good, and his new...
Pop Music For The Thinking Man
Some people categorize twenty one pilots’ sound as “Schizophrenic Pop” and that seems an apt description of their newest release, “Stressed Out,” a snappy up tempo 3-minutes that laments how stressful it is to be an adult. They wish they “could turn back time, to the...
A Great Feel Good Song!
Is the news of the day bringing you down, maybe ruining your day? Than here’s a big uplifting dose of sunshine and hope! Bobby McFerrin hit the jackpot in 1988 with “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” which just about everybody heard and liked, and while it’s a long shot that...
Charlie Puth: the Sinatra for the Millennial generation?
Forgive the gushing, but 23-year-old charming, adorable, clean cut Charlie Puth is also a prodigious talent with a distinctive style, who plays the piano, sings, writes and produces, and one can’t help but compare him to that other piano man, Billy Joel, who was just...
The Friday After Thanksgiving…
Yesterdays Thanksgiving feast can only mean on thing..LEFTOVERS! And while there are several songs about turkey ("Turkey In The Straw," Little Eva's "Lets Turkey Trot") there is only one song focused on what goes over turkey ..that's Dee Dee Sharp's 1962 follow up to...