Until last year, I didn’t know who Fischerspooner was, or the song Emerge. Emerge came out in 2003. I was clueless about it for nearly 2 decades.
Sleepwalker is an underrated album by the Kinks. And maybe the best song on an album full of great songs is Full Moon.
Flo Rida’s hit of the 2010s is so catchy, we don’t really catch how happy it is. It samples fantastic singing by Etta James. You just want to bop your head to it, move your feet, dance.
Chug-a-lug is one goofy song about learning to drink. Grape wine in a mason jar. Moonshine still.
You might know this song as done by the Australian band Flowers. Or you might know it as done by the Australian band Icehouse. If you know it at all, good for you.
I know, I know, I know… Guns N’ Roses are popular. You’ve heard this song. It is popular. It even has its own Wikipedia entry, so what is it doing here?
Most Americans haven’t heard of Jorge Ben. I only know about him because I fell in love with David Byrne’s curation of Brasilian music when I was preparing for my travels in Brazil in 1990.
I first found out about Ultravox, and the Systems of Romance album, during an evening in the 70s partying with my friends in Livermore.
Well, we have to start somewhere. Unless you’re a pretty big Queen fan, you probably don’t give this song much thought, but it’s easy to get stuck in your head and absolutely stupid with lines such as “Cars don’t talk back, they’re just four wheel friends now.” What’s not to love?