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
It’s July 4th–Here Are Songs That Go “Boom”
Tomorrow, the skies will be filled with fireworks and the air with loud booms, and just as fireworks are a July 4th“must have,” “Boom Boom” by X Ambassadors is “must listen to” if your taste in music is eclectic, and you like complex, sophisticated, tight bands,...
A Classic Country Drinkin’ Song
Jon Pardi soothes the pain of a breakup with multiple rounds of "Heartache Medication," a song that lovers of old school Country will appreciate. I got my heartache medication, a strong dedication To gettin' over you... and My heartache medication, well it suits me...
New Orleans Has Lost Two Greats, Plus, RIP to a One-hit Wonder
Dave Bartholomew, a jewel in the crown of rock n’ roll’s “golden era” has died. He was there at the beginning, writing, co-writing, playing on, and producing dozens of rock's early hits: "I'm Walkin',", "Walking to New Orleans,”” Blue Monday," "Ain't That A Shame," "I...
Break-ups: It Seems Like It’s Never Really Over–And Yet–
Carole King's "So Far Away" couldn't be further from Katy Perry's "Never Really Over," but each song so P-E-R-F-E-C-T-L-Y expresses the lingering, conflicting emotions post romantic "break up." King's style fits her time: abstract, lilting, lyrical, contemplative and...
It’s Always About a Woman…
"Back in the day" Top 40 radio was more inclusive than it is today-- teen rock dominated, but playlists included the occasional Frank Sinatra or instrumental, and a good dose of Country: Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette-- "Stand By Your Man" was #1-- Jerry...
Hip-Hip-Hooray! Today is the First Day of Summer
Today is not only the longest day of the year, it's the official “start of Summer 2019” which is also the 50th anniversary of that most memorable “Summer of ‘69,” which included such historic events as “The Stonewall Uprising" (June), the Apollo 11 moon landing (July)...
Explosive! Intense! Energy!
Rebellion and rock are joined at the hip, by the hip, morphing from drag strips and street corners in the 50s, to garage bands in the 60's to punk in the 70's. By the late 80's and early 90's the stakes and intensity levels were increasing--The Offspring had a huge...
A Man with a Broken Heart Sings a Sensitive Country Song
There are thousands, maybe millions, of songs about heartache and heartbreak, by both women and men–all formats and genres. "Her World or Mine” by Michael Ray is “traditonal” Country--his grammar sucks, but the lyrics are sensitive and thoughtful... One of us moved...
Happy 70th Birthday to the Awesome Lionel Richie!
Boomer Lionel Richie was barely 30-years old, in 1976, when his group The Commodores scored early hits like "Sweet Love" and "Just To Be Close To You"--when he went solo, six years later, he was off to the races! In 1981 Richie wrote the theme song for the film...