Hello, Last night my rock concert girlfriend and I went and saw Bastille, Nile Rodgers and Chic and Duran Duran in concert. All three acts were amazing. Seeing Duran Duran last night reminded me of the first time I saw them at Park West about 20 year ago. 1) “Planet Earth”: 2) “Hungry Like The…

Hello, Great songwriters who mainly just write songs don’t get a lot of recognition. On the death of Cynthia Weil, at 82, let’s give her some recognition. She wrote songs with others, but most of the songs she wrote was with husband Barry Mann. Also tomorrow night I’ll be seeing Duran Duran, Nile Rodgers with…

Hello, One of the most fun songs of the last several years. 1) Portugal. The Man “Feel It Still”: 2) Dua Lipa “New Rules”: I like their version better than the original. 3) First To Eleven “Attention”: 4) Maggie Rogers “Fallingwater”: 5) Sia “Chandelier”: The above live version is great, but I love the original…

Hello, The US Festival happened twice, once in 1982 and the second time in 1983. Since 1983 was exactly 40 years ago I’m going to focus on that second festival. The US Festival was Apple founder, Steve Wozniak, brainchild. He also fronted much of the money to make the concerts actually happen. Concerts were held…

Hello, The US Festival happened twice, once in 1982 and the second time in 1983. Since 1983 was exactly 40 years ago I’m going to focus on that second festival. The US Festival was Apple founder, Steve Wozniak, brainchild. He also fronted much of the money to make the concerts actually happen. Concerts were held…

Hello, A few days ago the artist formerly known as Anna Mae Bullock, Miss Tina Turner, died at the age of 83. One of America’s most electrifying singers has left the stage. She overcame many years of abuse at the hands of ex-husband Ike Turner. Like a Phoenix she rose from the flames of that…

Hello, First it was Gordon Lightfoot, then the Smiths Andy Rourke and now yesterday the great Tina Turner died yesterday. Other famous people have died this year, including football great and civil rights activist Jim Brown. Other great people that have died in 2023 include Lance Reddick, Raquel Welch, Burt Bacharach, Cindy Williams, Lisa Marie…

Hello, I’ve gone back and reworked all these blogs. Originally they were the best obscure 90s songs. When I was originally working on them I let them get out of complete order. For a Christmas Day project I have reworked and revamped all of these blogs. I will keep the original blogs, but then make…

Hello, Wednesday night I’ll be going to my next concert, Love and Rockets. I have been listening to their music since I found out that I was going. I used to know two of their songs real well. Now after listening to them a lot for a couple of months now I know four of…

Hello, The second dreary blog in two days. Yesterday I wrote about the too early death of The Smiths’ Andy Rourke. Now I’d like to post about someone that died three weeks ago. That’s Canadian tunesmith Gordon Lightfoot. He wrote and played some of the 70s biggest hits. He was one of the musicians that…