Born to Run :: Bruce Springsteen
from the album, Born to Run (1975)
Happy Birthday, Born to Run! 40 years!
“Just wrap your legs ’round these velvet rims,
and strap your hands ‘cross my engines,
together we could break this trap.
We’ll run till we drop,
baby we’ll never go back,
oh-oh, will you walk with me out on the wire,
`cause baby I’m just a scared and lonely rider,
but I gotta know how it feels;
I want to know if love is wild.” Continue reading Tramps like us
The Jean Genie :: David Bowie
from the album, Aladdin Sane (1973)
“A small Jean Genie snuck off to the city,
strung out on lasers and slash back blazers,
and ate all your razors while pullin’ the waiters,
talking bout Monroe and walkin’ on snow white,
New York’s a go-go and everything tastes right;
poor little Greene.” Continue reading He screams and he bawls
Mother of Pearl (live) :: Roxy Music
from the album, Stranded (1973)
“It’s the same old story,
all love and glory,
it’s a pantomime.
If you’re looking for love,
in a looking glass world,
it’s pretty hard to find.” Continue reading I wouldn’t trade you for another girl
Mix Tape Playlists :: The Music of 1978 Listen here at Spotify Take a Chance On Me :: Abba Don’t Stop Me Now :: Queen Baby Come Back :: Player Jamie’s Cryin’ :: Van Halen Surrender :: Cheap Trick Hot Child In the City :: Nick Gilder Baker Street :: Gerry Rafferty Hot Blooded :: Foreigner If I Can’t Have You :: Yvonne Elliman Got to Be Real :: Cheryl Lynn Love Will Find a Way :: Pablo Cruise A Little More Love :: Olivia Newton-John Because the Night :: Patti Smith Take Me to the River :: Talking Heads Pump It Up … Continue reading Mix Tape Playlists :: The Music of 1978
Grease (1978) 1978 :: The Year In Movies Throwback Thursday For part two of 1978’s Throwback Thursday feature is my Top 10 movies of 1978. The list is made-up of movies I saw at the theater, or the drive-in, and may exclude movies from 1978 that I dearly love, but did not see that year because, well, I was nine years old. That said, I did sneak in a few movies that I as probably too young to see. What are some of your favorite movies from 1978? 10. Halloween “It’s Halloween, everyone’s entitled to one good scare.” ~ Sheriff … Continue reading 1978 :: The year in movies :: Throwback Thursday
The Best Songs of 1978 by willtopsmusictv At nine years old I started to veer away from just listening to whatever was playing on my Mother’s turntable and began to put aside my children records, and started to turn on the radio instead. I had a clip on AM radio that attached to my bicycle, and when the weather was nice (which, let’s face it, I grew up in Southern California, so the weather was almost always nice) I would bike around our neighborhood listening to the Seventies AM radio offerings. I asked for a radio for Christmas, and got one that … Continue reading 1978 :: The year in music :: Throwback Thursday
Quintessential Album Series :: Rumours :: Fleetwood Mac A Little History: Rumours is the eleventh studio album by Fleetwood Mac. The album was largely recorded in California during 1976, and was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut. Rumours was released on February 4, 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. The record peaked at the top of both the United States Billboard chart and the United Kingdom Albums Chart. The songs Go Your Own Way, Don’t Stop, Dreams, and You Make Loving Fun were released as singles. Rumours is Fleetwood Mac’s most successful release; along with winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978, the record has sold … Continue reading Quintessential Albums :: Fleetwood Mac :: Rumours
Saturday Night Horror Movies :: Poltergeist (1982) and Phantasm (1979) We took a bit of a Saturday Night Horror Double Feature break, but we came back just like the first inhabitants of Cuesta Verde, though we did leave the kitchen furniture alone. For our return engagement we decided to each pick a film from our childhood/adolescence, choosing a film that stuck with us and at one time terrified us to see if they still lived up to our memories. I chose a film that preyed on all those childhood fears we all keep with us, a film that was one of … Continue reading A house full of childhood fears realized and a mysterious man from Morningside :: Saturday Horror Movies
Father Christmas :: The Kinks from the album, Come Dancing With The Kinks Father Christmas is a 1977 single by English group The Kinks. It tells of a department store Father Christmas who is beaten up by a gang of poor kids who tell him to give them money instead of toys, as toys are impractical; and asks that the toys be given “to the little rich boys.” At one point, a child asks the narrator to give his/her Father a job for Christmas. The song has been covered a number of times by bands including the Gigolo Aunts, Green Day, Man Overboard, Warrant, Lit, Bowling For Soup,Save Ferris, Smash … Continue reading I stood outside a department store :: VOTD (The Holiday Edition)
Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy :: Bing Crosby & David Bowie from the album Christmas Classics Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy (sometimes titled The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth) is a Christmas song with an added counterpoint performed by David Bowie and Bing Crosby. Little Drummer Boy is a Christmas song written in 1941, while the Peace on Earth tune and lyrics, written by Ian Fraser, Larry Grossman, and Alan Kohan, were added to the song specially for Bowie and Crosby’s recording. The track was recorded on September 11, 1977 for Crosby’s then-upcoming television special, Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas. The pair exchanged scripted dialogue about what they each do for their … Continue reading Shall I play for you :: VOTD (The Holiday Edition)