Wash ,'War Stories'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I went the other way. College was when I discovered big band jazz, Tin Pan Alley, and old-fashioned pop vocalists. So instead of the B-52s ("Rock Lobster" era), Talking Heads, and the like, I was into Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, and Harry James.
I do wonder whether the soundtrack to Grease would hold up. Not so much the big production numbers, but some of the songs that played in the background while the plot was going on -- songs like "Those Magic Changes" and "It's Raining on Prom Night."
It's Raining on Prom Night."
I still love this song. Didn't help that it DID rain for K-Bug's Junior Prom.
They do for me, but mostly because they are perfect for Grease.
Man, I'm so glad I got annoyed at the continuing OOPness of the Them catalog and the attendant prices and found a blog where I could suck The Story of Them through the interpipe.
Because young Van Morrison is just an outstanding blues, R&B and folk singer.
I already knew his versions of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and "Richard Cory" were awesome but there's so much good shit here. Lots of songs I'd never heard, like "Don't You Know" or his Nina Simone inspired version of "I Put A Spell On You."
Back on to the current topic I'm not too embarrassed by my teen taste. Freaks and Geeks allowed me to own up to Styx and "Come Sail Away."
Styx is another band I loved as a kid that I've slowly been getting back into....
Styx is another band I loved as a kid that I've slowly been getting back into....
Romance Tip: Do not corner your girlfriend in the basement and croon "Lady" to her.
I've never been ashamed of my Queen, Pink Floyd or Styx love.
MJ's Thriller is another story.
Romance Tip: Do not corner your girlfriend in the basement and croon "Lady" to her.
Domo arigato, Mr. Hecubotto....
When I was in high school, my brother liked to play his Styx albums full blast when I was trying to sleep. Kind of put me off them.
I went from liking pop/Top 40 music until I was around 16, and then my brother got me into 1950s/early '60s music, which I listened to almost exclusively for about four years until a college friend dragged me out to dance on New Wave night at the local nightclub. That's when I got hooked on mid-80s New Wave--Dead or Alive, Erasure, Communards, New Order, etc., as well as some of the college radio stuff like REM, OMD, INXS, and other all-caps groups.