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
“Girl Crush” by Little Big Town
It’s not what you think, rather, it’s an incredibly hot, smoldering, sultry song of (heterosexual) lust and love that stayed #1 for 11 weeks on Billboards Country charts, the longest time spent at #1 than any other song in the chart's 56 year history. Now it’s...
Calling All Flower Children
"The Weekly Whatever" “The Weekly Whatever” is a wild card, and this week we honor the flower child: if you were one, or knew one, or wanted to be one, then this song is pure nostalgia: “Blue Bandana” by Jerrod Niemann, out now and just hitting the country...
Elle King “X’s & O’s” = Sexy Fun
This song is about a BBB (Big Beautiful Blond) who’s involved with many men, all of whom are young and handsome with gorgeous bodies and who are blatant sex objects. The song is catchy, bouncy and high energy, very sexy, and the video is an over the top romp, part...
The Weeknd Has A Michael Jackson Vibe
"Can't Feel My Face" by a Canadian named The Weeknd has a Michael Jackson sound to it, and this track is especially reminiscent of “Man In The Mirror" which the “King Of Pop” scored with in 1988. “Can’t Feel My Face“ is not only the hit of the summer, it’s one of THE...
“The Weekly Whatever” — “Radio” by Steep Canyon Rangers
"The Weekly Whatever" doesn't link a current song to a past hit, rather, it's a song that's just so good, you have to hear it! "Radio" is not quite blue-grass, and even though it has banjos it’s not too hokey; it’s definitely got country roots, it's upbeat, and...
Is “I’m Gonna Lose You” the Wedding Song of The Year?
The Take-away Dave predicts that this power ballad by power-house power-woman Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend will make the wedding scene, and he links this mid-tempo shuffle to 1982’s #1 R&B smash, and big WSOTY (Wedding Song of the Year), Denice Williams’ “It’s...
“That’s How You Know”
Dave and I both love "That's How You Know," an adorable, witty, charming, modern, and fun song by Nico and Vinz, despite the dismal content that life is hard and we mess it up. Warning: it uses “the f word,” but in the most endearing, self-effacing way. Dave links...
Terry Gross Talks Garnet Mimms!
Garnet Mimms Lives! This week's "Weekly Whatever" is Fresh Air interviewer Terry Gross talking with rock historian Ed Ward about Garnet Mimms, who made music history in 1963 with “Cry, Cry, Baby.” This 10-minute audio interview is really fun to listen to: I hadn't...
Charlie Puth’s “Marvin Gaye” is a “Must Listen To!”
Charlie Puth singing “Marvin Gaye” (that’s the title). There’s a cameo by mega-pop-star Meghan Trainor. Her 2014 “All About That Bass” has almost 934 million Youtube hits. The whole thing is referred to as “Charlie Puth ft Meghan Trainor sing ‘Marvin Gaye.'” The ft...