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
No Ray Of Sunshine Is Ever Lost…
Da-da's and La-La's are pop mainstays--think 1999’s nonsensical Top 10 hit "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" by The Police. In 2013, Australian Alternative and Adult Alternative singer/songwriter Vance Joy raised the Da-da and La-la bar in "Riptide" and his newest, "Saturday...
“Jack & Diane” Updated. Sort of.
Pop music has had its share of “couple songs:” Romeo & Juliet, Paul & Paula, even Lesley Gore’s Johnny & Judy--they were popular but the ne plus ultra of “couple songs,” “Jack & Diane,” has become part of American pop culture, even though no-one is...
“Talkin’ Baseball (Willie, Mickey & The Duke)”
Get out the peanuts and crackerjacks, baseball season began yesterday, and as its “America’s favorite pastime" listening to “Talkin’ Baseball (Willie, Mickey & The Duke)” will help set the mood. In 1981, singer/songwriter Terry Cashman created this love letter...
What’s Old Is New Again
Come summertime 2018 it’s likely you’ll hear "I Hate Love Songs" by Kelsea Ballerini. She’s young-- 24-years old, but her singing style has a distinctly old school/traditional sound. ”I Hate Love Songs” has roots in Patsy Cline’s 1961 ballad “Crazy*”—they have a...
Enough Is Enough. “No Excuses.”
Megan Trainor’s latest, “No Excuses,” is all about respect: for yourself and for others. Inspired by recent events, it could become a rallying cry for the #metoo and TimesUp movement. Trainor’s a music biz heavyweight with a moral compass and a clear point of view....
Paul Simon’s Final Tour
Paul Simon's upcoming tour, appropriately named "Homeward Bound - The Farewell Tour" is his last. He's not "retiring," but he won't be touring anymore. At 76-years old, Simon says that "travel and time away from my wife and family take a toll that detracts from the...
Sting Does Reggae.
Thanks to Jimmy Cliff, UB40, Ziggy Marley and lesser knowns like Inner Circle and San Diego's Big Mountain, the fan base for reggae infused pop bands has increased over the past 40 years, kept alive and drawing in new listeners with hits ranging from a 1994 cover of...
Trust Me.
Trust me. I’m (pretty) sure you’ll (almost) certainly love (or at least like) this duet by Macklemore, a rapper, featuring Kesha, a rocker, which COULD cause an immediate (not-pleasant) feeling of not knowing something that a lot of other people know, which is why …...
The Perfect Song For St. Patrick’s Day Revelry
50-years ago, March 17th,1968, "The Unicorn" by folk group The Irish Rovers entered the Billboard Top 100. Written by Shel Silverstein, who also wrote "Cover Of The Rolling Stone" and "Sylvia's Mother" for Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show, “The Unicorn” is the perfect...