THE WORDS & MEMORIES ORBIT

A life, on the record.

Songs that bring you back. People who stay with you. Wander through Nick’s writing, one memory at a time.

6 storiesNEWEST MEMORIES FIRST

54 to 54Nov 24, 2019DAY 27

There's No Stopping Us

There was a street dance phenomena in the early eighties called break dancing. Amidst the hype, a few movies were released featuring break dancers battling it out to amazing music. Hence, presenting…

53 to 53Dec 5, 2018DAY 16

Eyes Without A Face / Flesh For Fantasy

Back when my cousin Cris and I were impressionable teenagers, she had several posters on her bedroom wall, including that of Billy Idol. He was larger than life with that white hair standing perfectly…

53 to 53Nov 1, 2018DAY 50

Livin’ On A Prayer / Wanted Dead Or Alive / What Do You Got

This is basically a snapshot of the best of Bon Jovi, I know. Clearly they were one of the best bands of their genre to emerge from the eighties and keep on keepin’ on for many years after that particular…

52 to 52Dec 13, 2017DAY 8

Waiting For A Star To Fall

There’s something beautiful and innocent about this song and many other pop ballads like it from 1988. I love so much of the music from ’87-’89 (aka the VH1 era) because it reminds me of a tumultuous time…

52 to 52Dec 3, 2017DAY 18

Please Don’t Go

When a disco/R&B band releases a ballad, it’s usually lost in the shuffle, but Please Don’t Go not only went very noticed, it also got a nineties cover version and became a big hit for KWS in 1992 as they…

51 to 51Nov 20, 2016DAY 31

I Just Want To Be Your Everything

his post is as much about the entire year of music from 1977, as it is about the song I love most from that year, by the artist who began the stirrings of the baby gay I was at age 11. I could run a list as…