The SFB

Random musings from a Gen X life lived on the edge… of nothing except Lake Erie. 70s and 80s pop culture and music.

reviews

  • I’M ALIVE- Garage Psych Ecstasy!

    The Perfect Song by Tommy James and the Shondells and covered by Johnny Thunder Next up for the PERFECT song-  perfect cover songs!  Are you familiar with Tommy James and the Shondells I’m Alive?  Perusing social media a while back I somehow found this absolute banger!  But I actually stumbled upon the cover of this… Read more

  • BICENTENNIAL SUMMER MEMORIES-LOVE IS ALIVE by GARY WRIGHT

    Another perfect song from the summer of ’76. July 1976 and the hits just keep on coming! Gary Wright’s perfect song Live is Alive is another perfect song from the summer of 76!  It still thrills me to hear it.  How can you not move when you hear it?  I have to get funky with… Read more

  • REO Speedwagon

    And the end of freshman year, 1981. REO Speedwagon The Gen X soundtrack was dominated by REO Speedwagon in the late 70s and early 80s. They. Were. Everywhere. Older brothers and sisters listened to You Can Tune a Piano But You Can’t Tune a Fish, and we listened to High Infidelity. I personally can’t say I loved REO Speedwagon but… Read more

  • STYX

    A staple of 70s and 80s airwaves and a huge part of the Gen X soundtrack! If you grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s then Styx was most definitely part of the soundtrack for your life. My love of Styx will always and forever be tied to a group of older kids who were… Read more

  • More musical perfection from 1986

    Robert Palmer and Addicted to Love May, 1986. Robert Palmer and five red lipped beauties. That beat. Those lyrics. Yeah, I’m talking about a hot, hot, hot PERFECT song that peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 3, 1986 and spent a week there. Addicted to Love. What. A. Fucking. Great. Song.… Read more

  • The Outfield and Your Love

    Another perfect song from the spring of ’86. Was there a bigger song in the spring of ‘86 than The Outfield’s Your Love? Well, probably but that’s the one up for discussion next while I’m reliving the spring of ‘86. Here’s a funny coincidence. A former student of mine, I taught middle school English, posted that… Read more

  • U2 Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses is THE perfect song!

    I wrote this at the start of the new year… hoping, praying and trying to manifest some fiery forward momentum for 2026. 2026. The Year of the Fire Horse starts in a little less than a month.  According to Chinese astrology, the Fire Horse is intense and powerful. I’m ready for intense and powerful- in… Read more

  • Sexy Rod Stewart and this sexy PERFECT song!

    In 1979 Rod the Mod went disco and a certain seventh grade girl was awestruck. Because it’s February and this world needs more love right now, and because it’s absolutely freezing outside…I’m going to focus on some songs that are about hot lovin’- in all forms.  I have loved the particularly hot artist who sang… Read more

  • Message of Love by The Pretenders

    From my Valentines Day themed YouTube THE perfect song series. Chrissy Hyde is such a badass! Back with the second love themed song for this month. I low-key hate Valentine’s Day but I love this perfect song about love.  The Pretenders Message of Love was released forty five years ago this month.  I was in… Read more

  • Prince’s I Wanna Be Your Lover is THE perfect song

    Valentines season picks for THE perfect song. Even though Valentine’s Day is over, it’s still February, so I’ve got one more hot song about lovin’ that I want to talk about. Can’t really make a list of hot songs and not include something by Prince, and his early perfect hit I Wanna Be Your Lover… Read more