music of the 70s and 80s
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And the rabbit hole I fell down while reminiscing about this PERFECT song. It’s the end of the world as we know it and are we feeling fine? If you were in college in the early to mid 80s R.E.M. was everything. I was reminded recently that It’s The End of the World As We Read more
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Just a small sampling of songs we sang at the top of our lungs! Back in the day as they say, and by that I mean the early 80s, us Gen Xers had our own Christmas songs- and we freaking loved them. For one, you could only hear them during the month of December. No Read more
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The quest to see as many classic acts as possible continues with Daryl Hall and Glenn Tilbrook April 1 Warner Theater, Erie, PA As part of my quest to see as many older musicians as possible I saw Daryl Hall with special guest Glenn Tilbrook in April. This undertaking is not that easy where I Read more
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Another take on the New Wave cred of my current favorite old band and a little review of the musical bounty of 1978. Here’s a topic that is adjacent to my obsession with The Cars: the music of 1978. I’ve hopped in the way back machine and have been reliving my past; specifically when I Read more
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Kind of weirdly personal and took a long time to write this one. I also hesitated quite a while before sharing, but here goes… Benjamin Orr. Gifted singer, talented musician, gorgeous human, sad, happy, “randy”, funny, quiet, father, bandmate, son, brother, lover, husband. Ben died twenty four years ago this month, a few minutes before Read more
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And where have 44 years gone? I wrote about the greatness of music from 1978, so time to discuss the tunes that ushered in the ‘80s. A new decade and new beginnings for me as I finished middle school and entered high school. What an awkward time in a person’s life- thirteen and fourteen years Read more
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An adjacent topic that’s not about Benjamin Orr! All of the internet reading and researching I’ve been doing tracing the history of The Cars lately has got me thinking about the music landscape, concerts, and how much things have changed in the last- almost fifty- years since I really became cognizant of the power of Read more
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