Whether you love the song, detest it, find it merely annoying, or are indifferent, you probably are familiar with the Bee Gees’ 1977 megahit “Stayin’ Alive” from the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack. Just about everybody is, even people too young … Continue reading →
This was a big hit for Eddie Holman in 1969-1970, one of the most memorable falsetto songs ever. And here he is in 2012 (age 66), still wowing them in a tour de force: The prototype:
Continue reading →Here are the Bee Gees on Australian TV at around ages 13 or 14 for the twins and around 16 or 17 for Barry, who wrote the song. This is three or four years later, in England. Big changes. Here … Continue reading →
I’m not really big on tribute bands. I much prefer the original versions of songs, and the internet gives us rapid access to most of those. So why bother with a group that tries to re-create that? Who cares? The … Continue reading →
My post on the song “City of New Orleans” got a lot of comments, and what’s more that sort of thing is a wonderful respite from political angst. So, since I have even more to say on the subject, why … Continue reading →
Most of you probably are familiar with the rousing and elegiac Americana classic “City of New Orleans.” It was a big hit for Arlo Guthrie in 1972, and has been covered by a great many people. It’s one of those … Continue reading →
Actually, I’m not sure I ever was fully with the program, even when I was young. But in the last couple of years, as I watch the world from my perch here at a computer in New England, I’ve become … Continue reading →
[NOTE: You knew it was coming, didn’t you?] One of the things that seems to separate Bee Gee lovers from Bee Gee non-lovers (or even Bee Gee haters, of which there are quite a few) is tolerance for emotion in … Continue reading →
I believe he’s 86 years old here: By the way – yes, I always liked The Four Seasons in my early youth, along with the Everlys and Roy Orbison, and some of the Motown groups. Do I especially like falsetto … Continue reading →
If you’re unfamiliar with the genre of the reaction video, it involves a song – usually one popular between the 1950s through the 1980s, but it can be any song – which a person listens to for the first time … Continue reading →
Love this song, love this guy’s energy and his discussion of the song. It is indeed a “rather peculiar” melody, but it sure does work: [ADDENDUM: Here’s an older post of mine about Cat Stevens.]
Continue reading →I’m baaaack! Yesterday’s shot took much longer than I thought it would – not the shot itself, but waiting in line in the car. By the time I got back I felt like chilling out rather than writing, and even … Continue reading →