“I saw my rock and roll past flash before my eyes. I saw something else: I saw rock and roll’s future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.” – Jon Landau in 1974 after seeing Bruce at the (now defunct) Harvard Square Theater Well, clearly Bruce … Continue reading My Musical Journey (final of 4)
The inspiration for this post came from my picking up a copy of Uncut magazine featuring Elvis Costello. Uncut’s Ultimate Music Guide does these great tributes to musical artists where they’ll intersperse magazine articles (NME in this case) from the artist’s early days with contemporary … Continue reading ME’s list of Great Debut albums (Part 1 of an Occasional Series) – My Aim is True
Truthfully, I’ve never been a big fan of the post-punk non-bluesy British rock scene. Too cold by half for me both musically and vocally. (Thinking Smiths here as well.) But even though I wasn’t a particularly big fan, on a recent visit, my chiropractor and … Continue reading A Six-pack of The Cure
The Cars have for the (almost) four-year existence of my blog been on my “to-post” list. However, as any blogger knows, unless you’re posting just about every single day it takes forever to get to to everything you want to do. I’d heard a Cars … Continue reading The Cars
I will here quote liberally from Wikipedia: “New wave is a genre of rock music popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s with ties to mid-1970s punk rock. New wave moved away from blues and rock and roll sounds to create rock music (early new wave) or pop music (later) that incorporated disco, mod, and electronic music. Although it incorporates much … Continue reading The Name of This Band is Talking Heads (1 of 2)
Back in 1987, my wife and I took a one-month tour by car through the UK. (Scary as hell, it turns out, to drive on the “wrong” side.) We went from London up to Scotland and back. Great trip, fond memories. We had enough mushy … Continue reading XTC – This Is Pop
Continuing the tradition of giving their albums meaningless pseudo-French names, the Police’s second album was called Regatta de Blanc. This disc had more great tunes and big hits like “Message in a Bottle,” and “Bring On the Night.” The guys, to a man, think that … Continue reading The Police (final of 2) – The Sort of Thing They Ban
The Police are number ten on my all-time list of favorite bands. Can’t believe I never saw ’em. Well, saw Sting a couple of years ago. But still. What the hell was I thinking? Well I guess I was thinking $225 USD to see Police … Continue reading The Police (1)
First post here: But there’s no danger It’s a professional career Though it could be arranged With just a word in Mr. Churchill’s ear If you’re out of luck or out of work We could send you to Johannesburg “Oliver’s Army” may be – no … Continue reading Elvis Costello (Final of 2)
Oh, I used to be disgusted And now I try to be amused But since their wings have got rusted You know, the angels want to wear my red shoes Elvis’ first three albums (all produced by rocker Nick Lowe) are so outstanding (and in … Continue reading Elvis Costello (1)
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