Friday Forgotten Song: A Summer Song by Chad & Jeremy
As I’ve been reviewing the revolutionary period I grew up in of late, The Sixties (more on that later), stumbled upon one song that I at…
Friday Forgotten Song: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
For those of us around when the country celebrated its bicentennial, it was an extraordinary time. That it landed in the midst of a momentous, and…
Friday Forgotten Song: 26 Miles by The Four Preps
“It’s more like 30 miles as opposed to this bullsh*t song!” ~ Someone’s outspoken daughter With summer right around the corner, escorted by seasonal heat and beach…
Friday Song: Piano in the Dark by Brenda Russell
Being ahead of the curve defined as “…ahead of current thinking and trends.” Musically, it’s where many wish to be…leading the way. Blazing a trail. The…
Friday Forgotten Song – Time Out of Mind by Steely Dan
Yes, Abbey Road the last album they actually recorded together, but technically the breakup-laden Let It Be their final “release.” Almost a given, or for that matter, a…
Friday Forgotten Song: What Am I Doing Hangin’ Round? by The Monkees
Am fairly sure this happens to everyone, at one time or another, if you’ve a parent who decides to share something pretty personal with their child. The…
Friday Forgotten Song: Ethereal Mood by Jean-Luc Ponty
As mentioned awhile back, the year 1978 remains a pivotal annum no matter how you slice it. Politically, nationally, or personally, the ’70s would only continue…
Friday Forgotten Song: Our Winter Love by Bill Pursell
You can ask my kids about this fact, but I have a soft spot for the old music instrumentals that were once more common on the…
Friday Forgotten Song: The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) by The Dells
With all due respect to the likes of Dru Hill’s 1998 and the more recent (2012) Joss Stone covers, it’s The Dells‘ original, The Love We…
Friday Forgotten Song: Cherry, Cherry by Neil Diamond
In the wake of Neil Diamond finally making it into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of a great and worthy set of inductees for 2011, felt something worthy…
Friday Forgotten Song: Castles in the Air by Don McLean
In Sidney Pollack’s splendid 1975 film adaptation of James Grady’s first novel, the re-titled Three Days of the Condor, Kathy Hale — Faye Dunaway portraying the reluctant “draftee”…
Friday Forgotten Song: Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears
Reason why the British group so wonderfully named for the era, Tears for Fears, and their best album and song still registers with me. Everybody Wants to Rule the World, written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, and Chris Hughes, remains their biggest hit of the period. Even if it wasn’t the headlined single from the Songs From The Big Chair album. Producers thought it a bit bland and not important at the time.
Wrong they were as such is how pop hits are born, especially in this decade.
Friday Forgotten Song: You’re a Friend of Mine by Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne
I’d wager there are a number of One-Hit Wonders readers have tabulated in at least a mental list or two. No, not talking about any of the infamous variety. Y’know, those ear-worms…
Friday Forgotten Song: A Song of Joy by Miguel Rios
Serving as a prelude to what’s coming next in the summer music series I’ve going, let’s examine one of the truly forgotten songs of the ’70s. A…
Friday Forgotten Song: Watch Your Step by Anita Baker
Having run across this LP at last week’s Pasadena City College Flea Market and Record Swap, and added it to my vinyl collection, seemed a good…
Friday Forgotten Song: Everything That Touches You by The Association
Admittedly, many I’ve spotlighted in this forgotten song series, which honestly began on a lark, are of the way-back-when variety. Rarely heard by later generations. I’ve stuck with those that somehow clicked…
Friday Forgotten Song: Still in Love by Angela Bofill
I remain a fan of the beautiful Bronx native and doleful singer, Angela Bofill. Another forgotten song post a couple of years back hopefully attests to…
Reprise » Friday Forgotten Song: Everyone’s Gone To The Moon
There are songs, if I happen to catch them on the radio or the web, that can instantly transport me back to another time. To begin…
Reprise » Friday Forgotten Song: Bobby Fuller Four’s Let Her Dance
I thought I’d end the holiday week with a forgotten song post for the last Friday in November. Since I mentioned it on Thanksgiving Day, I’ll…
Reprise » Friday Forgotten Song – Riders on the Storm by The Doors
Two things drove me to write this awhile back. The first started the idea fermenting in my sub-conscious — something my wife thinks happens way too…
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