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
“Hey Everybody” Has “Hungry Like The Wolf” Energy & Bounce
New in the U.S., but been around for a while, are a really young foursome from down under: "5 Seconds Of Summer" –-aka as “5SOS.” Cleverly written lyrics, high energy, and youthful exuberance are getting their latest release “Hey Everybody” lots of radio play and lots...
ADELE!
Just in case you missed it, Adele has a new song out, and within days it had almost 150 million youtube views. Adele's an international super-star, one of the top selling acts of the century, " and her eagerly awaited 3rd album is due out, and the first single is...
Happy Halloween
It was the summer of 1964, the waning months of the official Baby Boom. On the radio, Mississippi born "Jumpin Gene Simmons" was singing a goofy, fun, novelty song called "Haunted House,” a boppin’, high-energy example of early rock, back when the raison d'être was...
Growing Up & Breaking Up in Small Town, USA
John Mellencamp dominated the airwaves 30 yeas ago with “Small Town,” a powerful song filled with classic images of Americana. He was extolling the beauty and simplicity of life in a small town. Drumming up those kinds of images, and maybe even memories, is Sam Hunt’s...
Gwen Stefani Sings of Love Gone Wrong
“Star power" is an intangible "something” –you got it or you don’t-- and both these great women artists have it. When they sing about fun, it sounds like the most fun anyone ever had, and when they sing about a love gone wrong, it’s touching. Cyndi Lauper’s 1984 "Time...
Sweet, Endearing, Charming: It’s the 60’s!
You Have To Hear This Song! "All Your Favorite Bands" is simple and heartfelt with a hopeful sentiment —that your favorite bands never break up, which is just about the nicest thing you could ever wish for someone you love, if they love music, and have favorite bands....
Chris Cornell Has Rod Stewart’s Raw Intensity
Chris Cornell is a multi-talented, award wining 51-year old solo artist who was the front man for his own band, Soundgarden, which was a force in the early days of the northwest alternative music scene. If you are like me, you’ve heard of the group, but never never...
2015’s Version of “Kiss You All Over”
Every generation has to have its own version of ‘Kiss you All Over ‘”(Exile, 1978) and right now the Zac Brown Band’s “Beautiful Drug” is filling the niche reserved for “intense love and lust” in a song that builds from a spark to a flame to fireworks. Technically...
Don Henley Delivers: Finally, a Solo Album
Dave Sholin keeps his cool, even when he’s hanging with the stars, but here he’s not holding back: “Boomers rejoice! Don Henley's new album is brilliant from the first song to the last!” This week, at age 68, Henley scores his very first number one album as a solo...