Mud – Nite on the Tiles
Oldies Songs Mud on TopPop – “Nite on the Tiles” and the Value of Creative Stubbornness When Mud appeared on TopPop performing “Nite on the Tiles,” the charts no longer told the…
Slade – Me and the Boys
A raucous testament to friendship, bravado, and the fading embers of rock-and-roll camaraderie in a changing musical era. Released as part of Slade’s 1987 album You Boyz Make Big Noize,…
Jackson Browne – For America (live)
A Voice Raised in Defiance, Singing Not Just for a Nation, but for Its Conscience When Jackson Browne performed “For America” during the 1986 Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope tour,…
George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
The Yearning for Divine Connection Woven Into Earthly Life George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord”, released in 1971 on the triple LP All Things Must Pass, stands as a luminous testament…
George Harrison – What Is Life
A triumphant declaration of love and identity When What Is Life burst into public consciousness as the electrifying first track of All Things Must Pass (1970) by George Harrison, it…
Steely Dan – Mock Turtle Song
A Whimsy of the Submerged and the Unrehearsed In the curious folds of Walter Becker’s creative archive lies Mock Turtle Song, credited to Becker (with his long-time partner Donald Fagen)…
Wizzard – Wear a Fast Gun
A whirling call to arms in chrome-and-horns bravado When the Brighton-born glam-rock alchemist Wizzard unfurled their debut album Wizzard Brew in 1973 under the direction of the mercurial Roy Wood,…
Walter Becker – Little Kawai
A Private Farewell Hidden in Jazz Shadows and Hawaiian Light Released in 1994 on Walter Becker’s only solo album, 11 Tracks of Whack, the haunting “Little Kawai” closes the record…
Slade – OK Yesterday Was Yesterday
The Fragile Bravado of Letting Go: Slade’s Bittersweet Reflection on the Vanishing Yesterday In the mid-1970s, as Slade stood at the crossroads of their glitter-drenched superstardom and a more mature…
Jackson Browne – Casino Nation
A Quiet Reckoning with the American Dream, Sung to the Echo of a Fading Republic When Jackson Browne performed “Casino Nation” for his 2008 live collection Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2,…