Shaun Cassidy – I Wanna Be With You
Oldies Songs An Open-Hearted Plea: The Pure, Uncomplicated Yearning of a Teen Idol “I Wanna Be With You” embodies the sweet, urgent, and uncomplicated desire of young love in the shimmering, sun-drenched…
Shaun Cassidy – The Book I Read
When a Teen Idol Dared to Turn the Page to New Wave The song “The Book I Read” is a reflective and articulate cover that marked a surprising, yet critically…
Townes Van Zandt – Waiting Around To Die
The Hardest Road: An Ode to Despair, Desperation, and the Final, Fatal Embrace A haunting chronicle of a life defined by abandonment, addiction, and the grim acceptance of a predetermined,…
Freddy Fender – Since I Met You Baby
Oldies Songs A declaration of life-altering love and pure contentment, wrapped in a smooth, Tex-Mex-tinged ballad. Ah, the mid-1970s. What a time for music, when the lines between genres seemed to blur…
Roy Orbison – Let the Good Times Roll
Embracing the Moment: A Prescription for Joy and Forgetfulness It is a curious thing, isn’t it, how certain songs become the soundtrack to not just our own lives, but to…
Marty Robbins – Mr. Teardrop
Oldies Songs Marty Robbins – Mr. Teardrop: A Melancholic Ode to Heartbreak In the rich tapestry of American country music, few artists have left as indelible a mark as Marty Robbins. Known…
Buddy Holly – It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
A Nostalgic, Heartbreak Anthem of Defiance and Moving On Ah, the music of Buddy Holly. It carries with it a sweet, yet profoundly sad echo, especially when we talk about…
John Prine – Please Don’t Bury Me
A whimsical meditation on mortality and the ultimate, good-humored embrace of life’s final curtain call. If you were around in the early 1970s and were paying any real attention to…
Marty Robbins – Two Gun Daddy
Marty Robbins – Two Gun Daddy: A Nostalgic Ballad of the Old West In the tapestry of American country music, few voices evoke the raw, untamed spirit of the Old…
C.C. Catch – Cause You Are Young
Embracing the Fleeting Joy of Youth, Even in a Lonely World The Eurodisco Anthem of the Mid-’80s Ah, the 1980s. A time of synthesizer washes, flashing lights, and a dance…