Diamonds & Rust – Joan Baez
The air in the café was thick and gray, smelling of stale coffee and impending rain. It was the kind…
Oldies Songs
To Know Him Is to Love Him – Teddy Bears
The light through the Venetian blinds was the color of faded lemon, and the radio—a bulky, wood-veneer thing perched on…
The Night Has 1000 Eyes – Bobby Vee
The car radio, a faint, amber-lit dial on a late-night drive, often acts as a portal. It bypasses the glossy…
The Logical Song – Supertramp
The hiss of the radio was a familiar companion on those endless teenage drives. It was late, the highway was…
I Live For The Sun – Sunrays
It is a summer day, 1965. The air is thick with the promise of endless hours, the smell of salt…
American Girl – Tom Petty Heartbreakers
The memory is often sharpest in the dark. A cheap $home audio$ system sputtering out life on a late-night dial.…
How can I Be Sure – Young Rascals
The air was thick with something suspended—maybe dust motes in the single shaft of moonlight cutting across the den carpet,…
Monterey – Eric Burdon Animals
The air was thick and sweet with the scent of patchouli and possibility. It was 1967, and the world was…
Blue Feeling – The Animals
The story of The Animals is usually told in sharp, iconic flashes: the gut-wrenching wail of “House of the Rising…
Blue Monday – Fats Domino
The glow of a vacuum tube amplifier in a dimly lit room is not just a visual cue; it’s a…