Music lifts the spirits, captures our imagination, making dreams come true. Music also makes us feel good. Here are more ‘feel good’ songs that we love to hear… “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell is a marvelous feels good song about a rotten love – a contradictory thought, but lead singer Marc Almond continues to tour […]
James Bond, the sexy and rugged British Spy, was created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming and has endured for over 60 years. The franchise of James Bond has been wildly popular, as has the music found within the movie or at the credits. The latest guns, the gadgets, the men who played James Bond, […]
The 70s was fertile ground for simple guitar hooks and catchy rock songs, battling the disco sound that was all too popular with the ‘non rockers.’ Grand Funk Railroad was Mark Farner, Don Brewer, and Terry Knight (think of this three-man bad as an early ZZ Top). They were discovered at the Atlanta Music Festival […]
Music is intended to make you feel good. When we turn up our favorite song in the car, we imagine ourselves on stage with a guitar in hand, with the cheering fans urging us to stay in the spotlight. Music makes you feel good, and the 60s and 70s had its share of ‘feel good’ […]
Steve Miller has been around since the 70s, has recorded many a million dollar selling album, and will deservedly be in the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame Class in 2016. Steve is a native of Milwaukee WI, but went to school at the University of Texas Austin, making it big in the music world […]
You’re on the road, the top of the convertable is down, a great song jumps from your car radio. You reach for the volume and crank it up to 11. Yup, some songs are ‘Feel Good’ or ‘Oh Yea’ songs, which is why you love listening to your favorite radio station. Here is a brief […]
One Hit Wonders are like rare coins. They have only the value the collector and buyer puts on them, and they appear only once in our lifetime. Here are more of our favorite ‘One Hit Wonders.’ “They’re coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” was performed by a man with the business name of Napoleon XIV, […]
One Hit Wonders are wonderful gifts from the music Gods – here today and gone tomorrow. In fact, it would not be unusual to have your tires changed by someone that was in group that made it big with a song that hit the charts only once. Hey, it’s not easy to do, so we […]
One hit wonders are great songs from bands or singers that made it to the charts just once. These songs were great, but their authors just couldn’t come through with another hit. We won’t hate though because they gave us 15 seconds of happieness with these hits. Here is part one of our thoughts on […]
Music and Rock N’ Roll are perfect together. We love the songs while we watched the movie. Here are a few more movies that made us feel better to rock… ‘Hard Day’s Night’ was one of the first ‘rockumentaries’ that pulled back the curtain on the hottest band in multiple generations, letting us know that […]