The Dukes of September – The Same Thing (Live)
Oldies Songs When longing turns into a groove that feels inevitable and human In the live performance of The Same Thing by The Dukes of September, the song becomes far more than…
David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World (Live BBC Radio Theatre 2000)
David Bowie A haunted conversation with the self, reborn onstage with quiet fire and spectral clarity When David Bowie performed “The Man Who Sold the World” during his 2000 BBC…
Mud – Bye Bye Johnny
A Bittersweet Farewell Wrapped in Glam Rock Energy On Mud’s 1974 album Mud Rock Volume 1, “Bye Bye Johnny” emerges as a lively, emotionally charged track that combines the band’s…
Grand Funk Railroad – Freedom Is for Children
A Roaring Anthem of Youthful Defiance and Urgency On Grand Funk Railroad’s 1972 album Phoenix, “Freedom Is for Children” stands as one of the band’s most impassioned statements, blending hard…
Jackson Browne – Hold Out
The Quiet Struggle Between Desire and Restraint in the Midst of Emotional Turbulence Released on Jackson Browne’s 1980 album Hold Out, “Hold Out” exemplifies Browne’s mastery of capturing the tension…
John Prine – Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore
Satirical Patriotism Exposed: John Prine’s Unflinching Eye in an Age of Blind Allegiance When John Prine released his self-titled debut album John Prine in 1971, the world was knee-deep in…
Steely Dan – Daddy Don’t Live In That New York City No More
The Lament for a Down-and-Out Patriarch: A Shimmering, Jazz-Flecked Dirge for the Grimy, Irrecoverable Soul of Old New York. The music of Steely Dan has always been a shimmering, sophisticated…
Crosby, Stills & Nash – See the Changes
A Melancholy, Mid-Career Reflection on the Inescapable Passage of Time and the Price of Freedom. For those of us who came of age during the tumultuous, hope-fueled era of Laurel…
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…
Steely Dan – Third World Man
A Chilling, Cinematic Portrait of Moral Paralysis, Chronicling the Painful Disconnect of a Soul Lost in Global Cynicism. The year 1980 was a moment of profound, complex finality for Steely…