Category Archives: Music

Hotel California the Album
This post's featured album, Hotel California. "Eagles - Hotel California" Flickr photo by MrBlueGenes shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

Ranking the Eagles: Album #5 of 6: Hotel California (1976) A Dark Desert Highway of Too-Many-Ballads, But Has Its Moments o' Greatness

Not Your Everyday Eagles ‘Best-of’ List

The ‘Hotel California’-era Eagles lineup was hands down, the GREATEST.

Welcome back to “Ranking the Eagles”! It has been a while since my last post on this topic. Here, I will rank all 6 Eagles albums from the 1970s, as well as the songs on each album. Rankings are based on my opinions only, with no sales figures, chart positions, or mainstream popularity holding weight. This week features my fifth favorite album of their 1970s output- good ol’ Hotel California.

Say WHAT? Hotel California only ranks at number FIVE?

#Yup. Continue reading →

Queen Au Complet
Queen in the 1970s. "Queen au complet" Flickr photo by ceinwen21 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

Champion Cuts: 6 More Lesser-Known Queen Tunes to Know An Additional Sextet of Spectacular Sounds!

Queen onstage in the 1970s.

Last November, I wrote a post celebrating 5 lesser-known (in the U.S.A.) Queen tunes that I absolutely LOVED, in the hopes that you, dear readers, would too. And many of you did!

So I thought, If folks liked those tunes, why not highlight five more? Really, there is no shortage of fabulous Queen songs out there. In fact, I struggled in limiting myself to just five in this post, soooo… I decided to spotlight SIX, instead! Woot!

Oh, and guess who scored Queen + Adam Lambert tickets for this August down in NYC? THIS GAL! 33rd row-center seats, too, thankyouverymuch. Sometimes, when leisurely browsing resale-ticket seats, ya get lucky, ya know? 😉

HOLLA!!
(And yes, I know that I won’t be seeing the ‘real’ Queen. BUT this is the closest I’ll ever get.)

That said, today’s bloggy musings are brought to you in part to celebrate my recent procurement of Queen tickets. I also wrote this because, well, I just love writing about these guys! Good stuff lies ahead, dear readers, good stuff. Here we go!

Ready, Freddie?

I’ll take that as a yes. Onwards!

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"Queen - Stormtroopers in Stilettos" Flickr photo by Simononly

Beyond the Bohemian: 5 Lesser-Known Queen Songs You Should Know A Quintet of Deep Cuts Worth An Ear (or Two)

To honor the great Freddie Mercury who passed away 27 years ago today on November 24, 1991, this blog post, highlighting 5 lesser-known Queen songs, is intended to celebrate a man who is and forever will be one of my two favorite musicians of all-time.

Let’s start at the beginning.

Almost 27 years ago, my love affair with all things Queen and Freddie Mercury began. And it started a little somethin’ like this:

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The Long Run Album
"Eagles - The Long Run" Flickr photo by MrBlueGenes

Ranking the Eagles: Album #6 of 6: The Long Run (1979) Their Final Album of the 70s, Their Weakest Album of the 70s

Not Your Everyday Eagles ‘Best-of’ Lists

Welcome to “Ranking the Eagles,” a six-part blog series o’ mine. Here, I will rank all 6 Eagles albums from the 1970s from worst to best, as well as the songs on said albums. All rankings are based on my opinions only! Don’t expect my lists to mirror Rolling Stone Magazine or the like, as I have VERY different tastes than the mainstream. Which makes writing (and hopefully reading) these posts much more fun, amirite?

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Above: My Favorite Eagles lineup (1976-1977), L-R: Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Don Felder

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Summer in Review #2: Mother Daughter NYC Weekend: The Classic East Festival! A Trifecta of Summer Highlights: Part 2 of 3

Goodbye, Lazy Days

 

Hmm… she kinda does look like me. My ‘teacher look,’ immortalized in clipart. chrystalizabeth / Pixabay

This week marks week three of the 2017-2018 school year. So much for my proclamation that I would have all three of my Summer in Review posts up my first week back to work.

Yeah, right. I can’t even get three posts up in one week during summer break! Props for me for thinking that I could, however.

So, how’s ‘back to work’ going?

Pretty decently thus far! But I will miss summer 2017, as it was truly a wonderful time. Continue reading →

Week in Review April 1-April 8: 4 Things I Loved Last Week A Fortnight of Fabulousity, Four Times Over

It’s April, and Much Like Spring, I Have Finally Returned

To start the lovely week, my wonderful husband bought me these flowers.

April showers bring May flowers,
That is what they say,
But if all the showers turned to flowers,
We’d have quite a colorful day!

–From April Showers Bring May Flowers, by Karen Chappell

I’m back, and SO glad that April is finally here! March is definitely the longest and busiest month of the year. Or maybe it just feels that way? Continue reading →

Songs I Love: The Soundtrack of My Month, August 2016 My Top Five Most-Played Songs Last Month #1

Today, I introduce to you, dear reader, yet another new segment: “The Soundtrack of My Month.” Here, I list my top five most-frequently-listened-to songs of the past month. Additionally, I’ll include some interesting historical tidbits about each tune as well. Plus, a Spotify Playlist of my top five!
Beware: many of these tunes will be “oldies” (some semi-obscure) from the 1960s-1970s.

Because that’s how I roll. Continue reading →

Rick Nelson, In Concert: The Troubadour, 1969 Old Album, New Review #1

Today, I am pleased to debut my new segment called “Old Album, New Review.” In these posts, for your listening pleasure, I plan to review my favorite classic rock and roll albums of all time. Today’s review focuses on the album Rick Nelson In Concert: The Troubadour, 1969. Continue reading →