Ted Nugent – I Love You So I Told You a Lie
Oldies Songs The Ballad of the Road Warrior’s Regret: A Conflicted Anthem Where Love Is Sacrificed for the Siren Call of Absolute Freedom. The year 1976 was the sweet spot of American…
Ted Nugent – Scream Dream
The Ferocious Rattle of the Chain: The Unapologetic Last Stand of Pure, Unfiltered ’70s Hard Rock Against the Looming Shadow of the ’80s. For those of us who lived and…
James Taylor – Walking Man
The Perpetual Traveler’s Lament: A Poignant Reflection on the Inescapable Urge to Wander and the Sacrifice of Connection. The mid-1970s was an era when the earnest, soul-baring intimacy of the…
Steely Dan – Your Gold Teeth II
A Hypnotic, Cynical Jazz-Rock Parable, Chronicling the Disillusioned Return to an Old Flame and the Discovery of Her Deeply Corrupt Nature. The year 1975 found Steely Dan, the perpetually cerebral…
Ted Nugent – Little Miss Dangerous
The Mid-’80s Hard Rock Siren: A Flashy, Fuzzed-Out Tale of an Untamable Woman and the Decade’s Shifting Sonic Landscape. The mid-1980s were a dramatic, neon-drenched turning point in rock music,…
Donald Fagen – Memorabilia
The Cynical Allure of the Past: A Smooth-Jazz Examination of Relics from the Cold War’s Romantic Failures. The sophisticated, slightly sinister world of Donald Fagen has always been a place…
Ted Nugent – Weekend Warriors
The Three-Minute Anthem of Rebellion and Release for the Blue-Collar Rocker, Living for the 48-Hour Escape. The late 1970s was a volatile era, a time when the excesses of stadium…
Steely Dan – Any World (That I’m Welcome To)
The Ballad of the Outcast: A Tender, Jazz-Infused Cry for a Sanctuary from the World’s Relentless Disappointment. There are certain songs that, even after decades, feel less like pop music…
James Taylor – Your Smiling Face
The Hard-Won Triumph of Love: An Upbeat, Undeniable Declaration of Devotion Born from a Period of Profound Personal Turmoil. There are certain songs that, upon the first few syncopated guitar…
Steely Dan – Midnight Cruiser
The Ballad of the Gentleman Loser: A Nostalgic, Somber Reflection on Lost Ideals and the Inevitable Compromise of the Early 70s. Ah, Steely Dan. Just the name conjures the cool,…