My American popular musical Odyssey has arrived in the early ’80s and I couldn’t be more pleased. Why? Two words: Air Supply. I still remember how vehemently I disagreed with my mom as she tried to convince me that they were two male vocalists. I listened to their songs over and over again–how was atContinue reading “Early 80s”
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Thank goodness for the 80s!
The mid-’70s were a low point for American popular music. This period marked the exit of folk and rock and roll while disco and harder rock had yet to hit their respective strides. In the vacuum between there was . . . a bunch of generic-sounding R&B and soft rock, bleh. Seriously, if I hearContinue reading “Thank goodness for the 80s!”
Willpower
I arrived later to Steffen’s party last night and stayed longer than anticipated. It was a lot of fun and it seemed like everyone was there. When I’m around many people I really feed off the collective energy and I could feel that starting to happen as we took eastern European shots, drank exotic beers,Continue reading “Willpower”
Good Music
Before I moved over here I acquired the Billboard Top 100 hits for each year from 1950 until 2007. During the few hours a day I haven’t been in my study group I’ve been making my way through them chronologically, loading one year at a time onto my phone. Usually, as I load the songs,Continue reading “Good Music”