This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Eric Clapton's "She's Waiting"
Friday July 31, 2009
Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton has worn many hats during what's approaching - amazingly - a half-century career in rock music. If there's been one constant in his career, spanning the ... Read More
Men at Work Plagiarism Lawsuit Again Proves It's Money That Matters
Thursday July 30, 2009
The short-lived but potent Australian new wave band Men at Work now faces the very real prospect of a successful copyright infringement case against them, and as usual with these ... Read More
This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - The Fixx's "Driven Out"
Friday July 24, 2009
A happy accident led me to an unplanned spotlight this week on the underrated English new wave band the Fixx, specifically an unrelated Google search about a singer-songwriter (Wes Cunningham) ... Read More
Michael Jackson's Musical Legacy Shines Through Noxious Media Mist
Wednesday July 22, 2009
With an unforeseen layoff from my day job looming just ahead for me and the constant if frequently warranted cynicism about the media coverage of Michael Jackson's death last month ... Read More
This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Russ Ballard's "In the Night"
Friday July 17, 2009
Some songs from the '80s - maybe, for example, Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" or Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" (the theme to Beverly Hills Cop) - personify the era's music so much ... Read More
KISS Should Be in the Rock and Hall of Fame By Now - Period
Monday July 13, 2009
The debate continues to rage on as to whether legendary '70s (and workhorse '80s) hard rock band KISS has been thus far snubbed for inclusion by the Rock and Roll ... Read More
This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Bad Company's "One Night"
Wednesday July 8, 2009
OK, so this isn't Bad Company at all but the late-'80s hard rock band composed of that '70s supergroup's original guitarist and drummer, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke, respectively. They ... Read More
Spotlight on 1980 - A Rough Year for Rock Music Fans
Saturday July 4, 2009
I'm hoping that the five major rock music deaths that took place in 1980 is as unusually high a number as I assume it is. If not, then going back ... Read More
This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Alabama's "Love in the First Degree"
Wednesday July 1, 2009
Nashville's country songwriters certainly seemed to know what they were doing when they crafted some of the most memorable country-pop crossover tunes of the early '80s, of which this is ... Read More