Thursday, September 17, 2015

A New Hope: Sparks: "This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us"

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And now we have, for all intents and purposes, the last (and in a way, first) great song of the Glam Slam era; I say last as outside of a co...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Dedicated: Wizzard: "Rock 'n' Roll Winter (Looney's Tune)"

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If there is one thing that I sometimes think music writers tend to discount a bit, it's sentiment.  Sentiment is all over music; strong ...
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Friday, June 26, 2015

It Just Wouldn’t Go Away: Mud: “The Cat Crept In”

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It can be a bit disturbing, listening to the BBC sometimes; as the writer of this blog especially I can wonder just what is going on. ...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Endless Quest: Charlie Rich: "The Most Beautiful Girl"

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This is one of those songs that takes me back to a time – very roughly, when it was a big hit, a time I don’t recall that well, but thi...
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Monday, August 18, 2014

The Nothing/Nothing Paradox: The Hollies: "The Air That I Breathe"

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It is a delicate thing, what this song talks about; it talks about a certain moment, a moment of fulfillment and privacy; something ordinari...
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Monday, August 4, 2014

I Met A Man Who Wasn't There: Lulu: "The Man Who Sold The World"

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Or, the power of Bowie in the age of crisis.  Lulu attended one of Bowie's concerts, he invited her backstage and said he wanted to do a...
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Saturday, May 3, 2014

The Big Takeover: Sweet: “Teenage Rampage”

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Or, whatever happened to the Glam Slam?   It’s still here (the previous song was from the RAK factory, after all) but it seems to be sl...
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