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
From Hoagie Carmichael to Today–“Heart & Soul” Still Rocks
You have to hear “Play That Song” by Train. It's only been out 2-weeks and it's already in the top 25. It’s snappy and catchy, fun, charming, laid back, simple yet sophisticated-- 4-minutes of really polished, well produced Top 40 rock. Train, a San Francisco...
The Softer Side of Country: Thomas Rhett
Often we think of male Country singers as hard core, like Chris Stapleton, or “bro-country,” or cowboys, meaning we don’t usually think of this format as having men with a softer side, but here’s Country wunderkind Thomas Rhett with “Star of the Show”-- a...
The Oldest Boomer is 70. Chuck Berry is 90. Oy!
Shell-shocked? It’s true. The man who gave us “Johnny B. Goode,” “School Days,” “Maybelline,” “Sweet Little Sixteen," “Rock And Roll Music," “Reelin’ and Rockin'," "School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell)," "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" and "Carol"--to name a...
Want To Feel Young? Listen To This Song.
I’m a Boomer who loves music—how come I’ve never heard of Gavin DeGraw? His new song Is. Just. Great. Fun and bouncy, sophisticated and smart. "She Sets The City On Fire" is currently one of the 20 most played songs on Adult Top 40 radio. The story is...
A New Funk Hit From Bruno Mars
We Boomers know from funk, for example Morris Day & The Time and ”Jungle Love” from 1984. Was that not great funk? Witty, with a big, polished sound? Did we not appreciate and give Morris Day his due? But Bruno Mars? The bar was raised when he and Mark...
“Shop Around: Growing Up With Motown in a Sinatra Household”
Sportswriters can be great writers, and here’s a terrific memoir by acclaimed San Francisco Chronicle sports columnist Bruce Jenkins. In 1960, he was 12 years old, living in Malibu, CA , the son of Beverly and Gordon Jenkins: she was an acclaimed singer, and he was...
Bastille: A Nod to Queen & David Bowie Plus A Killer Open
Bastille. A 4-man English indie pop band that’s captured the hearts and minds of music fans world-wide. “Good Grief” is their newest hit and its opening bass line is similar to the underpinning that Queen and David Bowie brought us in 1981’s classic "Under...
Up for Some Talking Heads Level Intensity? Try Twenty One Pilots.
In 1979 David Byrne and the Talking Heads had a hit with “Life During Wartime" which was on the soundtrack of the film "Stop Making Sense." Today, Twenty One Pilots’ “Heathens” is #1 and it, too, was featured in a film--“Suicide Squad,” a summer blockbuster...
It’s the 50th Anniversary of the Monkees TV Debut!
We would be remiss to let this Boomer cultural milestone slip by without proper recognition. 50 years ago this month, (Sept. 12 to be exact) NBC aired the first episode of The Monkees! Beatles Smeatles! England may have given the world John, Paul, George and...