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
Nothing Compares 2 U, Redux
2016, the year for reinvention of past hits. A few weeks ago it was a new and very different version of Simon & Garfunkel's "Sound Of Silence" performed by metal band Disturbed. ...
Women with Big. Powerful. Voices.
Remember Laura Branigan sizzling through 5+ minutes in 1984’s “Self Control?” That’s how Pink is today. She just inhabits the song, goes beyond the constraints of lyrics and music, singing as if a CD couldn’t fully convey her intensity—--she sucks all the air...
Flint’s Polluted Water? Been There, Done That…
Water contamination in Flint, MI is déjà vu all over again for Boomers: Remember 1966’s hit "Dirty Water" by the Standells? About the famously polluted Charles River in Boston? And then, just a few years after that, in 1969, The Cuyahoga River in northeast Ohio,...
New Paul Simon Song: clever and bouncy with a serious message
Full disclosure: I decided long ago that if I was ever stranded on a deserted island, with just one CD, it would be “Graceland.” That said, Paul Simon has a new album coming out, "Stranger To Stranger," and “Wristband,” the first single, confirms that he’s still go...
REO Speedwagon Inspired Pitbull’s Latest Hit
How can this be? I’m a woman of a certain age, an early Boomer, and I’m loving Pitbull! A rapper! He’s smart and sweet, a real decent guy, and his music is tight, slick and sophisticated, and here’s yet another example of his big talent as he and Enrique Iglesias...
Prince. RIP.
In just the past few months the music world has had to say goodbye to Glenn Frey, David Bowie, Natalie Cole, Merle Haggard and yesterday the death of Prince has left millions shocked and saddened. A Boomer who was born June 7, 1958 Prince Rogers Nelson was a genius in...
Sia Stuns at Coachella
There’s a lot of energy in the room when an in-your-face woman sings kick ass rock ‘n’ roll–think “Would I Lie to You?” --Annie Lennox growling at Dave Stewart who responds by playing a very tough and sexy guitar. Sia, a big and established Aussie star, generates that...
The Sound of Silence Sung Heavy Metal Style
Hearing this version of Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence,” sung by the heavy metal band “Disturbed,” is like hearing the song for the first time. Lead singer David Draiman has a shaved head and facial piercings, and looks as huge and powerful and his basso...
Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Alive & Well!
We’re talking roadhouse rock and roll—the kind that makes good girls want to do bad things. If your body responds to a slide guitar in an out-of-the-way juke joint, than “The Record Company” is the band for you. And me. These three American guys, skilled musicians...