Last week we surveyed the long history of songs about Johnny, but we can’t overlook his sidekick Mary. Songs about Mary date at least to the eighth century, though those early ones […]
Deep Cuts: Mary Songs
Deep Cuts: Commercial Songs
Pop songs are all about selling products, though usually the product is the song itself.
Revenge of the Son of the Son of the Creature From the Cutout Bin
Every now and then a little group of songs piles up that I don’t really have full stories for, just quick impressions. Quite a few albums or songs from 1987-1988 fall into […]
142. If There is Music We Can Use It
Some of us in the MTV generation had to settle for ABC’s Friday Night Videos. Well into college I could still be found in front of the television most Friday nights, watching […]
138. Lifestyles of the Fresh and Fly
When I was a preschooler I passed hours with my father’s stacks of 45’s, playing with them as much as playing them. I loved the exotic labels — Swan, Roulette, Dot, obscure […]
Deep Cuts: Boxing Day Songs
It’s Boxing Day, a tradition we don’t have in here in the United States but that I know all about.
Why It Matters 