So many of the songs I love from this millennia snuck by me without notice when first released. So is true for Pete Yorn’s “Life On A Chain” and I’ve only been enjoying it for the last five years or so.
You probably do hear Happy Xmas a bit this time of year. It’s one of John Lennon’s best, though.
Sir Sly isn’t a household name. I honestly don’t know if I ran across them from radio station WXPN or some other way. But “&Run” is an earworm, and the vocals are absorbing.
Dizzy is at the top of bubblegum pop created at the time, by Tommy Roe.
If you don’t know where or how Power to Believe fits into Thanksgiving, you go look it up and share it with family in a week.
One of the earliest of the visible punk banks, Eddie and the Hot Rods had a brief but very engaging time as a recording artist in the “movement”.
In the years since 1977 I have grown to be a fan of Rush, have several albums (including 2112) by them, and this song is probably my favorite of theirs.
If anyone asks me my favorite Pretenders song, “Waste Not Want Not” is probably going to be it.
Matthew Sweet deserves more listens. He came from the same Georgia music scene as R.E.M. He’s had some hits, but Dinosaur Act was not one of them.
The debut album by Elvis Costello is an underestimated classic. Most of us know a song or two from it, but it was chock full of great songs and although Costello has had a great music career, I find it hard to say he’s done anything better than this first album.