Alright! It’s Friday! TGIF and all that. I’ve been waiting for today impatiently. This entry into my Weekday series of posts is going to blow your mind. As soon as anyone mentions Friday in a music sense, you immediately think …
In the Weekday series of posts, I did Monday here, Tuesday here and now it’s Wednesday, or Hump Day as it is widely known. And that’s about all it’s known for. Kind of a lost day, like Tuesday. Just another day to get …
There is nothing pretentious or complicated about this song. It’s simply a tune about Tuesday Afternoon. The lead singer of The Moody Blues, Justin Hayward, was sitting in a field one lovely afternoon, it was a Tuesday, and the song …
This is my choice for Monday in the Weekday Series of posts. Because, who likes Mondays? I’ve always rocked out to this song; good tune, harmonies, tinkling piano and a great chorus that gets you singing along. I had no …
In this case, the dissing of the “easy living” rock star life comes from some blue collar workers and is all wrapped up in the first few lines: Now look at them yo-yo’s that’s the way you do it You …
I’m starting off the Rock Star Life lyric series with Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show performing Cover Of The Rolling Stone. This song is a straight up satire about the rock ‘n roll lifestyle, and they don’t pull any …
It would have been 1978 or 1979 when my wife and I were taking an evening stroll across the University of Western Ontario (Western University) campus in London, Ontario, when someone I knew (and I forget who) asked us if …
When you are 15 and hear this tune for the first time, you laugh it off. It’s like, you can’t comprehend ever being 64. When you get to school, you joke about it with your friends, kibitzing and chuckling at …
Here is another of my rock anthems that set my head to bobbing, especially when Rick starts windmilling on his guitar. But when you dig into the lyrics, well, it’s just weird. Like, just what the hell does this mean: …