Secret Service – Flash In The Night
Great Songs An Enduring Synth-Pop Ghost Story, Echoing the Melancholy of the Early Eighties. Ah, “Flash In The Night.” Just the name itself, with its metallic echo and urgent rhythm, instantly transports…
Secret Service – Ten O’clock Postman
An Irreplaceable Reminder of Anxious Hope in the Pre-Digital Age Oh, the memories this song evokes! It is a shimmering, perfectly crafted slice of late 70s/early 80s Euro Disco-Pop that…
Shaun Cassidy – Hard Love
The Echoes of a Hard-Won Heart: When Teen Idol Shaun Cassidy Dared to Bare His Soul Hard Love is an earnest rock ballad about the painful necessity of letting go…
Shaun Cassidy – Be My Baby
That Teenage Rush of Sound: The Heartbeat of a New Crush, Decades Later Oh, the mid-1970s. The air was thick with pop-rock, the scent of Tiger Beat magazine ink, and…
Sheryl Crow & Emmylou Harris – Juanita
A Pilgrimage to the Cosmic American Soul: Sheryl Crow & Emmylou Harris’s “Juanita” The collaboration between Sheryl Crow and the queen of Cosmic American Music, Emmylou Harris, on the song…
Ted Nugent – Stranglehold
An Anthem of Pure Signal: The Clash Between Art and Commerce on the Airwaves For a generation raised on the sprawling, conceptual soundscapes of progressive rock, Rush’s “The Spirit of…
Cliff Richard – Wired for Sound
That Joyous Isolation: The Personal Soundtrack of a New Decade The infectious synth-pop pulse of “Wired for Sound,” released by the evergreen Cliff Richard in August 1981, perfectly captured a…
Shaun Cassidy – Cool Fire
When The Teen Dream Fades: The Electric Attempt to Catch a New Wave The burning realization that pure passion is needed to survive, in an era where past fame is…
Shaun Cassidy – It’s Like Heaven
Whispers of the Coast: The Unlikely Serenity of a Teen Idol’s Dream The ethereal, sun-drenched euphoria of young love, framed by the unmistakable, melodic touch of a pop genius. For…
Chris & Susan Norman – This Christmas Time
An Echo of Family and Hope: A New Classic in the Winter’s Hush A tender, modern Christmas carol that captures the poignant blend of enduring love, loss, and the eternal…