Bringing in the Edwin Hawkins Singers choir was brilliant. The song is joyful and in some ways melancholy both in sound and lyrics. Melanie’s vocals are fantastic.
When I listen to Age, I remember playing marbles… yes marbles… with my brothers. The winner would keep the marbles, and in 1973 we spent a few weeks of playing marbles after school, we were all trying to win all the marbles.
One of the greatest dance songs ever recorded.
Kate Bush was the soundtrack of my bike riding in the 1980s. I played that cassette constantly. I became a Kate Bush fanatic.
I’m going to tell you where I stand on this song right now. Montrose’s version of Connection is one of the greatest covers of a song in rock history (originally Rolling Stones). It is probably the greatest job of singing Sammy Hagar ever did on a song. I have a lot of favorite Montrose songs but this is the pinnacle.
Sleepwalker is an underrated album by the Kinks. And maybe the best song on an album full of great songs is Full Moon.
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?