Gary Lewis & The Playboys – She’s Just My Style
The first time “She’s Just My Style” really lands, you don’t so much hear it as feel it—an airy glide…
Oldies Songs
Wild Horses – The Rolling Stones
I like to imagine the tape starting with a whisper of air, a low thump in the room, and then…
I Only Wanna Be With You – Bay City Rollers
I still hear the tape hiss first—in my imagination, anyway. A reel spooling up, a count-in quietly mouthed off-mic, the…
Del Shannon – Keep Searching
I think of “Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow the Sun)” as the sound of a car pulling onto a dark highway,…
Knock Knock Who’s There – Mary Hopkin
I first hear the knock in my head—two bright taps of strings, a skip of rhythm, and then Mary Hopkin’s…
Midnight Train To Georgia – Gladys Knight & The Pips
I first heard “Midnight Train to Georgia” the way it should be heard—long after dark, radio turned low, a city…
My World Is Empty Without You – The Supremes
I can still hear the count-in that isn’t on the record. In my head there’s a click, a breath, and…
The Cyrkle – Red Rubber Ball
The night air always makes old AM-radio hits sound bigger than they are. Maybe it’s the way darkness strips away…
Buddy Holly – True Love Ways
I like to begin with tape hiss. Before the music has a face, there’s that faint air in the room—the…
Promises – Baby it’s you
I first heard Promises’ “Baby It’s You” on a night drive, that in-between hour when the city empties and radio…