Reaching For The Stars, Vol. 105
Chart Week: November 4, 1978 Song: “Alive Again” – Chicago Chart Position: #21, 3rd week on the chart. Peaked at #14 for two weeks in December. In the Seventies and Eighties the band Chicago was like air: they were always around. In over 21 years of hitting the pop chart, they had 34 Top 40 singles, 20 Top 10s, and…
Friday Playlist
My routines have been a little out of whack this week, so an abbreviated playlist for today. “Cult of Personality” – Living Colour Sigh… “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” – Michael Jackson RIP to Quincy Jones, the greatest, most influential producer of all time. There are about a million songs of his that could fill this spot. Also props…
Friday Playlist
“Afterlife” – Sharon Van Etten New SVE music! We won’t get the album until February, making it the first 2025 album on my New Music list. For the first time, she collaborated with her band on writing songs rather than bringing songs to them to join her on. None of her magic gets lost in the process, at least on…
Friday Playlist
“Halloween I & II” – Cloud Nothings Happy Halloween! “Dance Now” – Girl and Girl If I had gone into a coma in 1983 or 1984, woken up this week, and this was the first song I heard, I bet I wouldn’t have realized I just slept through 40-ish years. All kinds of Eighties goodness in here. Another great Aussie…
Wednesday Playlist
A special, early playlist this week, as we are headed to Denver later today to visit family over the CHS fall break. “Tell Me Why U Do That” – Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge So Grace Bowers is some kind of prodigy. She’s still in her teens, has had an endorsement contract with Gibson guitars for four years, and…
Friday Playlist
“Much Ado About Nothing” – Waxahatchee A leftover track from her most recent album that got a proper single release this week. In a very Pearl Jam-way, this as good as most of the tracks that made Tigers Blood. I nominate Ms. Crutchfield to be our queen. “What About The Children” – Gary Clark Jr. with Stevie Wonder Not a…
Reaching For The Stars, Vol. 104
Chart Week: October 4, 1980 Song: “I’m Alright” – Kenny Loggins Chart Position: #8, 13th week on the chart. Peaked at #7 the next two weeks. Every successful career has a turning point, a moment that elevates it from being run-of-the-mill into something special and lasting. This song, for example, recorded as a favor to a friend for a movie…
Friday Playlist
“October” – The Helio Sequence It is here, people. Decorative gourd season. Motherfuckers. “Perfect Me” – Blossoms First off, these dudes don’t sound like your typical Manchester band. I would have guessed Southern California first. Then, they said this song is a homage to their love of Abba, Bruce Springsteen, and The Killers. I hear some Killers, the other two?…
Friday Playlist
We are bracing for the remnants of Helene in Indiana this morning. It is already raining and windy. By this afternoon heavy rain and gusts over 50 MPH are expected. Should make high school football interesting. CHS picked a good week to not have a game scheduled. “Pop Seeds” – The Jesus and Mary Chain More completely enjoyable music from…
Friday Playlist
It’s been a good week or two and my new music folder is getting filled up again, making it more difficult to pick what to share than to scare up enough songs to share. It helps we have an anniversary song, an old song that is new to me, a new version of an old song, and a calendar song…