Friday Vid
No playlist this week, as the days have passed too quickly and I’ve been too busy to cobble together a few songs. Doesn’t mean I will skip sharing a video from the Billboard Hot 100 chart of December 1, 1984. “(Pride) In The Name Of Love” – U2 Last week was Madonna, which launched us towards 1985 and her ascension…
Friday Playlist
“Drive” – R.E.M. This playlist took a long time to come together, so I had to call in a couple ringers to bookend the new music. To open, this week’s The Alternative Number Ones over at Stereogum (subscription required). A little shocked Tom only gave it a 9. “People Watching” – Sam Fender Everyone’s favorite Americana-loving Brit is back! For…
Reaching For The Stars, Vol. 106
Chart Week: November 9, 1985 Song: “You Belong To The City” – Glenn Frey Chart Position: #4, 9th week on the chart. Peaked at #2 for two weeks. The fall of 1985 was one of those proverbial Big Times in my life. I was a freshman in high school, which brought all kinds of new excitement and perils each day.…
Friday Playlist
“Vanish” – Blueburst with Marty Willson-Piper The story behind this song is one of the cooler ones I’ve come across this year. Craig Douglas Miller was in a band in the Nineties that got some major label attention during the great Alternative Rock Revolution but was never signed nor had any real success. Miller eventually retreated from the music world…
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…