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Another Lover – Giant Steps
The 1980s are famous for big hair, big drums, big egos and big keyboard-driven hit songs. Some of these synthpop songs were instant classics and sound just as good today. Songs like “She Blinded Me with Science” by Thomas Dolby or “Too Shy” by Kajagoogoo were bursting with keyboards squeeks and beeps and soaring vocals and still garner airplay more than 25 years after their release. One of my favorites from the era is “Perfect … Read entire article »
So Alive – Love and Rockets
Twenty-one years ago today (August 5, 1989), the biggest hit by Love and Rockets peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. That song was the classic alternative pop song titled “So Alive.” If you followed Love and Rockets (and their preceding band Bauhaus) in the 1980s, the last place you expected them to appear was the Top 40. But the planets aligned and songwriter Daniel Ash finally nailed his one and only top … Read entire article »
Mary’s Prayer – Danny Wilson
“Mary’s Prayer” by Danny Wilson sounds like summer to our ears. It’s breezy. It’s completely innocuous. It’s like a little ball of joy wrapped up in a three-and-a-half-minute pop song. It’s hard to imagine Robert Smith of The Cure or Depeche Mode starting one of their songs with these four lines: Everything is wonderful Being here is heavenly Every single day, she says Everything is free So where did this little joyous gem come from? Scotland, of course. Some … Read entire article »
Top 3 Love Songs Called “Love Song”
Editor’s Note: These songs are not one-hit wonders. Sometimes I’m simply compelled to write oddball lists that catalog silly things like the Top 3 Love Songs Called “Love Song.” It’s Valentine’s Day and time to bring out the chocolates, candy, Hallmark cards, candles, romantic dinners, etc. It’s also time to pull out your old mix tape of play list of love songs and listen to it with your significant other. And if you’re alone, it’s time … Read entire article »
10:15 Saturday Night – The Cure
Editor’s note: This song is not a one-hit wonder. In fact, “10:15 Saturday Night” never even charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Once in a while I write about songs that pop in my heads and become earworms (in other words, they lodge in my head and won’t get out until I write about these songs). “10:15 Saturday Night” is a brilliant song by a brilliant band that is not even remotely close to a … Read entire article »