Lucinda Williams – Fruits Of My Labor
Oldies Songs An Ode to Desire and Devotion: The Sweet, Lingering Payoff of Enduring Love Oh, to be transported back to April 8, 2003, the moment when Lucinda Williams unveiled her seventh…
Shaun Cassidy – Be My Baby
That Unforgettable Echo: The Teen Idol’s Nod to a Wall of Sound Masterpiece The heart of Shaun Cassidy’s rendition of “Be My Baby” is the intoxicating plea for simple, all-consuming…
Shaun Cassidy – Cool Fire
When the Pop Idol Trades Bubblegum for a New Wave Edge It’s a curious thing, isn’t it, how certain songs mark a genuine turning point in an artist’s journey, a…
Marty Robbins – Helen
Oldies Songs The Enduring Pain of Lost Love, Wrapped in a Smooth Country Croon. There are certain songs, aren’t there, that feel less like three minutes of music and more like a…
Nanci Griffith & Emmylou Harris – Are You Tired of Me, Darling?
A Timeless Echo of Doubt in the Twilight of a Romance There’s a particular, gentle sadness that settles upon you as the years accumulate, a soft, inevitable melancholy that recognizes…
Shaun Cassidy – It’s Like Heaven
When Love Lifts You Up, It’s a Slice of Paradise: The Euphoria of New Romance “It’s Like Heaven” is a dreamy slice of soft rock that captured the tender, euphoric…
Conway Twitty – Linda on My Mind
When a Love Triangle Becomes a Number One Hit The profound heartache of being physically present but emotionally absent, trapped between a wedding ring and a ghost of a love.…
Roy Orbison – Windsurfer
A Lyrical Meditation on Dreams Out of Reach: The Enduring Poignancy of Roy Orbison‘s Late-Career Classic There are songs that simply exist, and then there are those that carry the…
Marty Robbins – You Only Want Me When You’re Lonely
Marty Robbins’ Melancholy Ode to One-Sided Devotion The Ache of Unrequited Love: Marty Robbins and the Timeless Echo of “You Only Want Me When You’re Lonely” Ah, the late 1950s.…
Conway Twitty – You’ve Never Been This Far Before
An intimate moment of temptation and confession on the edge of a new emotional frontier. There are songs that simply fade into the background, and then there are the ones…