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Category Archives: pop
Elenore, Gee I Think You’re Swell
ffervescent music and witty lyrics and young love—how can it miss? The Turtles’ Elenore never made it onto my radar when I was younger. Perhaps I wouldn’t have appreciated it. Witty rhymes like
My Teenage Years with Tom Jones and Anne Murray
ep, I was a teenager listening to Tom Jones and Anne Murray. What?! I laugh now thinking about it. So how did that happen?
Ropin’ the Wind with Garth Brooks
ack in 1992 I was introduced to Garth Brooks by a friend from Texas. I hadn’t really been a huge country fan before then. My friend was staying with me at the time and wanted to watch the Country Music … Continue reading
I Wish I Had a Ukulele
uring February Album Writing Month, you’ll hear lots of ukulele songs. A couple years ago, it seemed everyone had one. Everyone but me.
You Can Not Like Steely Dan
ecently a friend reluctantly admitted (his words) that he doesn’t like Steely Dan. Though I understand, I don’t get it.
Stuck in the Middle Without You
There are a small handful of songs which clutch tragically at my heart every single time I hear them. Whatever’s Written in Your Heart, from Gerry’s City to City, is one of them. Continue reading
Clapton Is Not God
f you’re my age you’ve read about the message ‘Clapton is God’ scrawled on subway walls (ostensibly right under ‘Frodo lives!’) In an interview the the Cars’ Elliot Easton, they played word association with the names of guitarists. Easton’s response … Continue reading
Standing in the Lonely Light of the Silver Moon
usic tends to be visceral, skipping past our filters, needling its way to the real stuff inside. Michael Nesmith does this to me more than most musicians. Listening to ‘Silver Moon’ right now I am struck, once again, by how completely his early solo work affected my perception of music. To this day, nearly all my songwriting is aimed at crafting my own Joanne or Silver Moon. Continue reading
Mario Takes a Walk
y kids introduced me to a whole string of video games about a guy named Mario, but I don’t think that’s who Jesse Cook is talking about. Somehow, Mario Takes a Walk completely possesses me every time I hear it; it’s one of those rare songs where both the live and studio versions I’ve heard punch me right in the solar plexus.Thumping danceable drums annoy me. Except sometimes. Adding a ‘thump thump thump’ to most music turns me off completely, so I have no explanation for why Cook’s music, which is nearly always flamenco guitar and thump, grabs me like it does. Continue reading
Les Paul; Nothing Else to Say
hese days everyone has a guitar named after them.Only one man had that guitar named after him. ’nuff said. Continue reading
