Rick James Fans: This Is For You
Even though Flo Rida is a bald, buff rapper in his 30s and I’m a Baby Boomer who works at corporate sales and marketing, he and I have similarities: we are both from Florida, we both like to chill at home--sometimes with champagne--and we both believe fun is an...
Andra Day A Must Listen To! R&B Hit Crosses Over To Top 40
Drawing immediate comparisons to the late Eartha Kitt, the supremely talented vocalist Andra Day broke through in a big way in late 2015 with "Rise Up” which earned her a Grammy nomination for "Best R&B Performance" and is now, not surprisingly,...
Women Who Are All In For Love
There's always room on the Top 40 charts for a song, sung by a woman, about how she is nothing without a man. A song that packs an emotional punch, such as Tori Kelly’s “Hollow,” which reminded me that in music, and in most art, it’s drama that is at the core of it...
Very Steamy Pillow Talk Enters Billboard Top 40 at #1!
Boomers, you may not instantly recognize the name Zayn Malik, but your children and/or your grand-kids surely will since he was a member of the superstar boy band One Direction. Now he’s a solo act, under just the name Zayn, with his debut album "Mind Of Mine" set...
The Fun of Falling in Love
Though the messages are vastly different, the late Paul Davis' monster hit from 1978, "I Go Crazy," featured melodic strains that connect the dots to the emotion of "Youth," the current single performed by 20-year old Australian singer/songwriter Troye Sivan. "Youth"...
Two Songs About How Great It Feels to Fall in Love!
There’s always room in life for a song about what it’s like to fall in love …a song that expresses that joyous je ne sais quoi: peppy, innocent lyrics that bounce above the music. In the early 80s, it was Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl,” and today’s rendition is...
Two Blonds: One Sings Pop, the Other Rocks
Both Gwen Stefani & No Doubt’s mid 90s hit “Spiderwebs” and the brand new “Low life” by That Poppy are High Energy pop and reggae fusions with fancy, catchy lyrics centered on the power of love to ensnare (Stefani) or comfort (Poppy). That Poppy’s...
Mike Posner’s ”I Took a Pill in Ibiza” Is A “Must Listen To”
“I Took a Pill in Ibiza” is just out, beginning its climb up the hit parade. In just one listen you can tell that this song--and singer/songwriter Mike Posner-- are special: intelligent, clever, creative, fresh, original, and way out of the ordinary. Six...
Adele’s Newest Echoes Linda Ronstadt’s “Someone To Lay Down Beside Me”
Some people are born “old souls”--wise and experienced beyond their years, and Adele must be one of them-- how else could she sing these bitter-sweet and poignant lyrics so convincingly, at just 25-years old? You still look like a movie You still sound like a...