Walter Becker – Selfish Gene
Oldies Songs A Masterclass in Cynical Noir: The Deft and Decadent Examination of Pure, Unadulterated Human Desire. There is a moment of exquisite, uneasy recognition that washes over a certain generation of…
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Wooden Ships
The Haunting Ballad of Nuclear Escape: A Tense, Apocalyptic Message Delivered on the Wings of Unforgettable Counterculture Harmony For those of us who recall the turbulent, beautiful, and deeply anxious…
Ted Nugent – Fist Fightin’ Son of a Gun
A Ferocious Celebration of Unbridled, Bare-Knuckle, American Rock-and-Roll Attitude In the late seventies, when rock music was wrestling with the slickness of disco and the snarl of punk, Ted Nugent…
Ted Nugent – Hammerdown
A Testament to Relentless, Uncompromising Rock and Roll, “Hammerdown” Is the Sound of a Man Driven by Pure, Unstoppable Internal Combustion. The autumn of 1976 was a watershed moment in…
Suzi Quatro – Rock Hard
The Leather-Clad Queen’s Final Fists-Up Against the Dawn of a New Decade, Asserting That True Rock-and-Roll Power is Eternal. For those of us who lived and breathed the electric pulse…
Donald Fagen – Countermoon
The Cynical Eclipse of Romance: A Groovy, Dystopian Warning About Marital Malaise and the Call of the Wild The year 1993 felt like a sudden shift in the tectonic plates…
Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt – Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
A Timeless Folk Ballad, Born from Tragedy and Transformed by Love, Finds Its Dual Voice in a Union of Contemporary Soul. There are songs whose origins are so deep, so…
Slade – Raining In My Champagne
The Tragic Glamour of Fame: A Ballad That Stripped the Glitter Off the Great Slade Party For those of us who lived through the glorious, anarchic chaos of the early…
Slade – Let The Good Times Roll / Feel So Fine
A Glorious, Unapologetic Shout for Decadence and Joy that Caps the Definitive Glam Rock Statement In 1972, at the white-hot zenith of the glitter-drenched, stomp-heavy Glam Rock era, four working-class…
Ted Nugent – You Make Me Feel Right At Home
A Rare Moment of Quiet Intimacy and Melodic Soul in the Hard Rock Barrage of the Motor City Madman There are certain tracks in a legendary rocker’s catalogue that stand…