February 28th, 2010 by Paul
Lou Reed (of the Velvet Underground) was and still is a bit different, and “Take A Walk On The Wild Side” is no exception. Kinda weird, but sticks in your mind…. doop, de doop, de doop, de doop de doop, doop, de doop, de doop, de doop de doop, doooooop… :-). He did come to […]
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February 27th, 2010 by Paul
In the Seventies I used to listen to Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band quite a lot, songs such as “Still The Same” come to mind, “Night Moves”, “Main Street”, “Against The Wind”, “We’ve Got Tonight” or “Old Time Rock And Roll”. Heartland rocker Bob Seger – born in Detroit, Michigan – combines raunchy […]
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February 26th, 2010 by Paul
In the late Seventies Jackson Browne wrote a song about being a rock musician on tour called “The Load Out”, which morphed into “Stay”, and featured David Lindley on slide guitar/lap steel guitar (and a falsetto voice on the chorus). I don’t really remember “The Load Out” part too much, but “Stay” (Oh won’t you […]
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February 25th, 2010 by Paul
Michael Martin Murphey is another one of those names that would have meant nothing to me if you had asked me about him – until just now when I came across the 1975 hit “Wildfire”. Then I knew who he was. I used to love that song. “Wildfire” is about a horse, as the video […]
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February 24th, 2010 by Paul
“Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” by Rupert Holmes (from his “Partners in Crime” album) was the very last Hot 100 No. 1 of the Seventies, hitting Number One in late December of 1979. After dropping to No. 2 in the first week of January, 1980, it went back to No. 1 the next week. This […]
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