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.
as well as some of the college radio stuff like REM, OMD, INXS, and other all-caps groups.
In the music crit business we call that the Caps Lock Era.
Okay, we don't but now I will.
(I also refer to the early Beatles music as their Pronoun Era.)
I'm still ashamed I bought the Wilson Phillips album. I wasn't even in high school at the time.
I was never really ashamed of any of my high school favorites, which were mostly Pink Floyd and the Who and the Dead. It was the early 80s, but I guess I didn't know it?
I did have a brief flirtation with ... New Wave? Electronic stuff? I don't even know what to call it -- Romeo Void, Depeche Mode, Yaz, etc. It didn't last long, and I also discovered Joni Mitchell in high school, so.
Styx is another band I loved as a kid that I've slowly been getting back into....
Styx was the second rock concert I ever went to. (Warrant being the first.) (Man, Alaska sucked for seeing big acts.)
I'm still ashamed I bought the Wilson Phillips album. I wasn't even in high school at the time.
Now you can pretend you bought it thanks to Harold & Kumar!!
