Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ second effort, “You’re Gonna Get It” was their first “gold” record, and had several hits, but my favorite cut is “Hurt”. Love when songs sound like they are almost a tuneup and fit perfectly into the song. Hurt does that.
I dunno, it’s been a good post Beatles career for McCartney, but the best music, in general, I think came from George Harrison.
Elton John’s “Step Into Christmas” is the somewhat forgotten rock performer original Christmas song from the 60s and 70s.
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.