Donald Fagen – Good Stuff
Oldies Songs The Sinister Pleasure of a Perfectly Executed Heist: A Funky, Film-Noir Vignette Celebrating the Cold Satisfaction of Professional Criminality. To dive into a Donald Fagen track is to step onto…
The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog
An Anthem of Primal, Nihilistic Desire, “I Wanna Be Your Dog” Is the Three-Chord Ground Zero for Punk Rock and the Emotional Blueprint for Rock and Roll Alienation. In the…
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along the Watchtower
A Fiery, Apocalyptic Reinterpretation of an Allegorical Masterpiece: The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Cover of “All Along the Watchtower” is the Rare Instance Where the Pupil Overtakes the Master, Transforming a…
MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
The Uncensored Battle Cry of a Generation: A Furious, Live-Wire Exhortation to Revolution, Art, and Total Abandon. In the late 1960s, a record didn’t just spin on a turntable; it…
The Three Degrees – Year of Decision
An Anthem of Urgent Self-Reflection: The Timeless Call for Personal Reckoning Set to the Glorious, Sweeping Sound of Philadelphia Soul. The mid-1970s was a majestic, shimmering age when the heart…
James Taylor – Mexico
A Sunny-Day Dream of Escape: James Taylor’s Unexpected Ode to Anonymity and Tropical Freedom from the Weight of Fame. For those of us who came of age in the 1970s,…
Ted Nugent – Hard As Nails
A Riff-Driven, Unapologetic Proclamation of Primal American Hard Rock Identity in the Face of Changing Musical Tides. The year 1980 was a critical and complicated junction in the history of…
Steely Dan – Things I Miss The Most
The Elegantly Cynical Divorce: A Wealthy Man’s Bittersweet Inventory of Material Loss, Proving That Even Heartbreak is Subject to a Sophisticated Cost-Benefit Analysis. For the devoted connoisseur of American music,…
The Glitter Band – I’ve Gotta Get a Message Back to You
The Sound of Silence After the Glitter Fade: A Dramatic, Late-Era Glam Rock Plea for Connection as the 1970s Disco Ball Spins Away. There are songs that capture the moment,…
Mud – One Nights
A Final, Melancholy Dance: How the Glam-Rock Heart of the Seventies Reached Back to the Fifties for a Poignant Farewell to a Golden Era. For those of us who came…