Wow! What a great year for music 1982 was. So many really, really, really good (and memorable) songs to choose from. Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger still stirs the soul (yeah, seriously, even with that classic ’80s video), while Our House by Madness is...
I could have gone with the safe option from 1981 (In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins) but then, when I thought about it, that would be against what I’m trying to achieve here. Looking back there was some decent music on the charts in ’81, so I guess that...
As we enter the 1980’s I promise I’ll introduce a few more songs you may not have heard of or, at least, might be a little more obscure than what I’ve chosen so far. The super groups are super groups because they’re, well, super, so they were...
I like Pink Floyd‘s music a whole lot. I came to them quite late, with the release of A Momentary Lapse of Reason, in particular the song Learning to Fly. That, to me, was a big, big song. If I only knew… Soon enough I discovered The Wall and all that...
Most people my age and younger will probably know Running on Empty from the movie, Forrest Gump. If I’m honest, that’s probably where I heard it first, too. No matter. To me this is not only a nice, uplifting tune, but it also makes me think about what...
Hotel California is one of the few songs from which I can still recite (I would never, never, ever, ever say sing) most, if not all, of the lyrics. That, in itself, is an achievement worthy of note so this song just has to be on my soundtrack. Putting that aside,...
