Some songs aren’t favorited for anything more than just the way they make me feel. Even after all these years. MTV-era darling Martha Davis had the kind of voice that stays with you. The lyrics don’t necessarily need to connect to you or your own experiences, but you still feel what she’s singing about. Only The Lonely by the Motels is such a song; the obligatory saxophone in the bridge perfects the sound of the times. But it’s Martha’s voice that brings forth the brilliance of that decade and what was to come. Then there’s Suddenly Last Summer from the following year. Again, lyrics that didn’t quite apply to my life, but this song provided a feeling, an emotion with which I couldn’t help but identify. There I was in my college dorm, finally on my own but still trapped inside my own skin. Until suddenly
From the historical writing archive. Original date: December 9, 2017. Recovered from local source material; editorial review is still in progress.