500 Miles – Inside Llewyn Davis
I remember the chill of that first listen. Not the chill of a New York winter, though the film paints…
Oldies Songs
The Delfonics – Didn’t I Blow Your Mind This Time
The velvet drape of night falls, and in the amber glow of a lonely bar, the song begins. It never…
The Platters – I’m Sorry
The needle drops, and immediately the room changes temperature. It’s not the raw, garage-band heat of early rock and roll,…
Gloria Jones 1964 – Tainted Love
It starts with a heartbeat, a drum kick that lands hard and fast, immediately out of breath. It doesn’t fade…
Dobie Gray 1965 – The In Crowd
The year is 1965, but the scene is late 1964. You’re in a dimly lit, smoke-hazed club somewhere on the…
The Turtles 1966 – You Baby
The dial glowed a soft, hypnotic amber. It was late, past three in the morning, the kind of quiet hour…
Dion – The Wanderer
The late autumn night had a thin, cold rain spitting against the windshield, the kind of weather that pulls the…
Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance 1973 – How Come
The air in the room stills a little when the song drops. It’s a late, rainy Tuesday night, and the…
“Sway” – Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis
The room is dark velvet and cigarette smoke, thick with the scent of expensive cologne and cheap champagne. A thousand…
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…