by Charles Norman | Feb 16, 2019 | Song of the Day
Wait a minute, just give me, give me, give me a break a second.- Todd Rundgren, album version of ‘Hello It’s Me’ Everyone needs a break. From love, from life, from the bassist who won’t play the three-note pickup of the intro. But when you are...
by Charles Norman | Feb 14, 2019 | Off the Wall
Sometimes you need a song that kicks ass and Valentines Night is not one of those times. When the lights go down and the martini shaker comes out, you need a song that lets your significant other know just how sappy and vulnerable you can be. I’ve tried Led...
by Charles Norman | Feb 11, 2019 | Song of the Day
Love and beer are opposites. The first time beer passed your tongue, you retched like a sailor on shore leave in New Orleans. It didn’t help that you were sampling a stale, half-empty can that you found in the basement the morning after one of your big...
by Charles Norman | Feb 8, 2019 | Song of the Day
Mott the Hoople was one of those almost bands: almost roots-rock, almost pop, almost great. After releasing four albums that were barely noticed in the US, the band gained traction with 1972’s David Bowie-produced All the Young Dudes. Mott the Hoople was shoved...
by Charles Norman | Feb 7, 2019 | Song of the Day
You can’t live on the floor. You have to pull back the flaps of the yellow-orange tent in the ballroom and descend the stairs of the house on Archer Avenue to re-encounter your family, your friend, your falcon. You can’t exist, disconnected from social...
