Reaching For The Stars, Vol. 120
Chart Week: November 2, 1985 Song: “Lovin’ Every Minute Of It” – Loverboy Chart Position: #9, 11th week on the chart. This was its peak. First off, shout out to my brother-in-music E$ for messaging me when he heard this song on an old AT40 while driving through Iowa recently. Astute listeners may recall that I heard my first throw-back…
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“Stay In You Lane” – Courtney Barnett Our Aussie queen is back! “Talk To You” – Sam Fender featuring Elton John Last week Fender won the Mercury Prize for best album from the UK or Ireland. The next day he announced a deluxe version of People Watching that will come out in December. Good timing! This song features Elton John…
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“House Of Dead Memories” – Sugar OH SHIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!! SUGAR IS BACK!!!!! Like, seriously back. This isn’t a song that was recorded 35 years ago and lost on a master tape hidden in a producer’s basement and unearthed when he died or something random like that. Bob Mould, David Barbe, and Malcolm Travis got together this summer for the first time…
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“October” – The Helio Sequence We’ve finally had a couple of cool days and chilly mornings, although temps will creep back up closer to 80 next week. Close enough for me to bust out this fall classic, at least classic to me. “Break The Girl” – Florence Road Wonderful, bouncy track by some young ladies from Wicklow, Ireland. “Automatic” –…
Reaching For The Stars, Vol. 119
Chart Week: September 24, 1983 Song: “It’s A Mistake” – Men At Work Chart Position: #38, 13th week on the chart. Peaked at #6 for two weeks in August. What clichés about Eighties music jump into your head the quickest? Big hair and spandex? Synthesizers? Gender ambiguous British men in suits wearing more makeup than your mom? Artists with little-to-no…
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“Summer Soft” – Stevie Wonder You find It’s October, and she’s gone… “Dipped” – HighSchool Earlier this year Aussie band CIVIC released a song called “Chrome Dipped.” Now we have another Aussie band, which does not sound very Aussie at all, with a similarly named track. “Light Sleeper” – Home Front One of my top 5–10 post-punk bands making music…
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A busy week that’s been a bit out-of-sorts, so this week’s playlist includes more old music than I’ve been doing recently. Still good songs! “Light Night Mountains All That” – Ratboys Last week I shared a recent cover by Ratboys. Right after that they dropped a new single of their own, although no word on a new album date. This…
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This week’s list might be a teensy bit leaner than normal. We have a couple house visitors and it’s been a busy week, so less time to stock this up over the past few days. “September” – Earth, Wind, & Fire It’s that time of year. “Change My Mind” – Phantastic Ferniture Before she struck out on her own, Julia…
Reaching For The Stars, Vol. 118
Chart Week: September 8, 1984 Song: “Sunglasses At Night” – Corey Hart Chart Position: #9, 16th week on the chart. Peaked at #7 the week of September 1. Every era of music has its own unique set of identifiers that some listeners use to immediately discredit and dismiss a song. Two entries ago, I discussed string sections in Seventies rock.…
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A juicy list this week with a bunch of good, new tracks; a throwback; a re-imagined classic; and another by a classic artist that is new to me. “New Distraction” – fanclubwallet Perfect, late summer song. Our three weeks of False Fall have passed and it is going to be in the 90s much of the coming week, so the…