a-ha – Take On Me
The genesis of a global smash hit is rarely a straight line. Often, it’s a zig-zag of false starts, critical…
Oldies Songs
AC/DC – Back In Black
I remember the first time I felt the shockwave. It wasn’t through a concert hall stack or a stadium PA,…
Guns N’ Roses – Paradise City
I remember the first time I truly heard it. It wasn’t on a radio broadcast or a music television countdown;…
AC/DC – Thunderstruck
The year is 1990. Grunge is a distant rumble on the horizon, but hair metal’s neon sheen has faded to…
The Cranberries – Zombie
The year is 1994. The airwaves are still saturated with the jangly, wistful melancholy of The Cranberries’ debut era. For…
Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
The late 1980s music landscape was fractured, glittering with neon promise and shadowed by a real, palpable dirtiness. Into this…
George Michael – Careless Whisper
The year is 1984. The landscape of pop music is a dazzling, synthetic carnival of neon tracksuits and drum machines.…
Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
The air in my rented Honda was thick with the scent of cheap diner coffee and wet asphalt. It was…
Europe – The Final Countdown
The year is 1986. The air is thick with Aqua Net and ozone. In a Swedish rehearsal room, a keyboard…
4 Non Blondes – What’s Up
The year is 1993. The air is thick with flannel, feedback, and a kind of generational skepticism that hadn’t quite…