Mud – Use Your Imagination
Oldies Songs A Quiet Whisper of Glam: Believing in Dreams When the Lights Go Down In 1975, the British glam rock band Mud released their album Use Your Imagination, a record that…
Slade – Everybody’s Next One
A Relentless Heart That’s Never Satisfied In Slade’s earliest incarnation as Ambrose Slade, “Everybody’s Next One” appears on their 1969 debut album Beginnings — a covers-heavy collection that didn’t chart…
Donald Fagen – Big Noise New York
A Futuristic City’s Jazz-Splashed Reckoning: “Big Noise, New York” as the Pulse of Urban Myth and Memory From the moment Donald Fagen released “Big Noise, New York” in 1993 as…
Mud – L’L’Lucy
A Glam-Soaked Daydream of Misfits and Mystery, L-L-Lucy Captures the Unspoken Longing Behind the Glitter When Mud released L-L-Lucy in 1974, the British glam rock scene was nearing its peak,…
Grand Funk Railroad – Call Yourself a Man
A Raw Reckoning of Masculinity and Self-Deception in the Quiet Corners of Grand Funk Railroad’s Debut On their 1969 debut album On Time, Grand Funk Railroad captured the electric pulse…
Wizzard – I Dun Lotsa Cryin’ Over You
A Broken Heart in Retro Harmony: Wizzard Revisits Teen Heartache with Soulful Precision On their 1974 concept album Introducing Eddy and the Falcons, British glam-rock pioneers Wizzard unveiled a musical…
Slade – Do the Dirty
A Raw Kiss of Glam Rock Grit and Swagger, “Do the Dirty” Is Slade’s Unfiltered Challenge to a World Moving On In 1976, Slade released their sixth studio album, “Nobody’s…
James Taylor – You Can Close Your Eyes
A Quiet Benediction of Love: James Taylor’s “You Can Close Your Eyes” Offers Comfort in a World of Uncertainty In 1971, amid the seismic shifts in culture and music, James…
Slade – Standin’ On The Corner
The Quiet Weight of Disillusionment in the Midst of Glittering Ambition “Standin’ On The Corner” by Slade, featured on their 1974 soundtrack album Slade in Flame, is a deceptively understated…
John Prine – That’s the Way That the World Goe’ Round
A Gentle, Wry Acceptance of Life’s Unruly Cycles “That’s the Way That the World Goes Round” is a quietly philosophical ode by John Prine, first released on his 1978 album…