Music Blogs

  • The Songs of 1981 - day 1

    by Nicholas Marino
    I have a hard time narrowing down my favorite music: Genre? Artist? Album? Song? Decade? Anyone who’s been paying even the tiniest iota of attentio...

  • Our House (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) - day 2

    by Nicholas Marino
    Well, up until earlier in October 2020, Our House, by classic rock collab-group Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, was always just a pleasant backgr...

  • Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (Starship) – day 3

    by Nicholas Marino
    The eighties were most certainly a decade of change for music, so imagine how it must have been for longtime bands who were still writing and produ...

  • Safe And Sound (Capital Cities) – day 4

    by Nicholas Marino
    I am digging into the last decade for this one! How weird is that? The guy who says he hasn’t listened to (or enjoyed) anything from after 2008? Sa...

  • Baby Got Back (Sir Mix-A-Lot) – day 5

    by Nicholas Marino
    I like big butts and I cannot lie! Yep. Baby Got Back has made it into my 55 to 55 countdown. And don’t you dare act surprised. If you claim to k...

  • Break My Stride (Matthew Wilder) – day 6

    by Nicholas Marino
    Last night I had the strangest dream I sailed away to China in a little rowboat to find ya And you said you had to get your laundry clean… What the...

  • Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) – day 7

    by Nicholas Marino
    For those of you around my age, there will always be pivotal moments in musical history which you will remember exactly where you were when they oc...

  • The Living Years (Mike + The Mechanics) – day 8

    by Nicholas Marino
    Say it loud. Say it clear. You can listen as well as you hear. I remember hearing this song for the first time having no frame of reference for th...

  • The Guitar Man (Bread) - day 9

    by Nicholas Marino
    I’ve said it before and I’m certain you’ll hear me say it again, I am in love with the voice of Bread frontman David Gates. His earnestness is the ...

  • Celebration (Kool & The Gang) - day 10

    by Nicholas Marino
    Can you ever imagine there was a time before Kool & The Gang’s monster hit Celebration existed? It’s the ultimate party song that is played at ...

  • Found Out About You (Gin Blossoms) - day 11

    by Nicholas Marino
    Much like my blogs - recalling the things I love like eighties sax and thumping disco beats and ballads that bring me to a state of sobbery - my ch...

  • Making Love Out Of Nothing At All (Air Supply) - day 12

    by Nicholas Marino
    This is where I know you’ll run away and stop reading, but I must insist you to indulge me, for the sake of rock god Jim Steinman, who wrote this s...