
it was really only 30 minutes of my life
it was really only 30 minutes of my life
a subversive tug
“Sammy Hagar never could have pulled any of this off”
I just want faster metabolism
The most important part of these songs was that they all had a break. A funky, funky break
a funky dance number
If y’all don’t do it, we’re gonna give it to the radio and fuck everything up
Chic with Bob Dylan over it
made up from steel girders being hit with a hammer
a sterile air of computers, androids and off-kilter motorization
as infectious as the plague
practically a throwaway
a weirdo litmus test in rural America
Browne’s highest charting single
I decided I would be a warrior, not a victim
doo-wop homage reminds
a bit too much home truth
We were toying with technology
It’s all tension, no release – as relentless self-pity should be
a victory lap celebration for long term monogamists
‘Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then’
Even if that answer is completely made up, it perfectly fits the Dead ethos.
I was ‘Chrissie Hynde with a smile’ fronting ‘the new Monkees.’
actively engage in critical thinking
merges the power chords of Pete Townshend with the orchestration of an unrestrained ELO
“Usually it’s not a good idea to write when you’re drunk, but it all came out on that one. By the time I wrote ‘The gods may throw their dice’ the bottle was empty.”
Bette Davis enjoyed the hit single because it made her look hip in the eyes of her granddaughter
“Radio kept saying, ‘We can’t play this.’ But once they played it, the phones would go crazy”
John Mellencamp blazed the trail for Kenny Chesney’s entire career.
Bands like U2 and the Cure were making it, but we weren’t
The John Hughes edition
The music of the 1980s gets a regular beating
a level of tunefulness to the music that screams for the adjective indelible
singer/songwriter chops meshed with his punk rock ethos
found an audience on the Northern soul scene
Elvis insisted on including this love ballad in the movie “Blue Hawaii”
an end to the exhaustion and sacrifice of a raw deal
“I had achieved everything I set out to do creatively and I was 22 years old.”
The Stones were realists
she died and nobody really noticed. I knew this went on.
“Sam Cooke was the best singer who ever lived, no contest. When I listen to him, I still can’t believe the things he did.”
‘Nice job lads’
If you don’t love it, you’ve missed the point of the whole thing
that’s the way you should really spend your whole life
A stunningly gorgeous mix of country chords, R&B shuffle and orchestral pop flourishes
Love is something that’s here to stay, I hope
he twists, jumps, falls into a split and slides back up holding the note
it became a jam that we kept up for 45 minutes
thrash metal sounds tame, the Stooges sound constrained, hardcore punk seems neutered, and the Sex Pistols sound like wimps
Lucille and I, ever since we’re married, we’ve been right there in that block