Top 5 Party Songs...

  Being a "Party Animal" back in the 80s, I've noticed that some things never change...and neither does good music.
  Following is my Top 5-Songs-You- Will-Need-At-Any -Party.
1-"Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
2= "Flashlight" by Parliament/Funkadelics
3-"Let's Go Crazy"-Prince
 4-'It's Your Birthday"-50 Cent
 5-"Word Up" Cameo

  Five songs guaranteed to get people out of their seats...I know...I'm an expert (ahem)

'Ol Blue Eyes...

One of my later "loves" in life happens to be Frank Sinatra.
  I discovered Frank one night while working the night shift in 2004.
  The company had just installed a system that played music over the intercom and one of the albums was an lp by "'Ol Blue Eyes."
  As I listened to cuts like "Send in the Clowns", and "Luck Be A Lady", "Just The Way You Look Tonight" and my favorite "St angers in the Night"...I realized how great this guy really was.
  I started watching his movies on TCM "From Here To Eternity" (for which he won an Oscar) and "Guys and Dolls".and became an even bigger fan.
  You can buy any album you please on amazon.com as well as his movies.
  Frank has truly inspired me and to this day I am still doing it "My Way."

Chuck Berry...

I may have already written about Berry in the past but I have recently been listening to a greatest hits album called "The Great Twenty-Eight."
There is a song on it called "Little Queenie"...that song really is what rock and roll is all about! I love the guitar and the lyric...fantastic.
The album also features all the standard Berry hits..."School Days", "Maybelline", "30 Days", Johnny B. Good"...
It also has "Nadine". That was the first song I ever heard by Chuck...in the mid-sixties. My Daddy was a huge music fan (Thank God) and he introduced my sibs and I to all this incredible music. I think this is why I love it so much.
He used to say "Music is music...it has no color."
Amen.

( Previously published 8/16/2010)

The Bee Gees...

  Whenever I am depressed or want to think about the "good 'ol days"...the 70s and 80s (ahem), I listen to The Bee Gees.
  Barry, and the late great Robin and Maurice (RIP) always manage to perk me up.
  Right now it is 7:30 am and I am listening to cuts like "More Than A Woman", and "Rest Your Love On Me", and "Nights On Broadway."
  Now I am ready for the rest of the day.

The Mills Brothers...

I became of fan of music at a very early age. My Daddy usued to sing songs of the '50s and 60s to me and my brothers when we were around 6 or 7 years old.
I have been told that I have the soul of a 70 year old guy because of all the classic stuff I enjoy.
Add The Mills Brothers to my list...
I was watching an old episode of "The Jack Benny Program" on a digital channel a couple of months ago and the musical guests were The Mills Brothers. I had heard of them before but I had never heard their music . When they sang "Up A Lazy River", I was hooked.
I don't know much about them or even if they are still alive and performing, but I am doing some research. I also bought a "Greatest Hits" album on Amazon.com for about $4.00. It includes "River" and "Paper Doll", "Glow Worm" and other hits.
Classic music never gets old...

(Rerun)

Prince...And Why I Love His Music...

...and now the truth.
  I have been a fan of Prince since 1978. 
  Let me tell you why...
  I was a fan of the music of the 70s...Air Supply, Chicago, Barry Manilow, Chic...when one day my brother Wayne told me to listen to this new cut by a guy named simply Prince.  The song was called "Soft and Wet" and since I was a fan of all things "soft and wet...ahem) I listened to it and I was blown freakin' away!
  Then a few months later, the album "Dirty Mind" was released and (again)  I was blown away.
  Songs like "Head", and "Sister", "And "Uptown", and "When U Were Mine"...oh my God!
  This was the beginning of my love of Mr. Prince Rogers Nelson...my love of his sounds.

Country Music...

There is something about country music that gets my head to bobbing.
I don't mean the new stuff...I mean music like Conway Twitty's "Make Believe," and Loretta Lynn's "One's On The Way,".
That music is like poetry to me. The heartfelt was Charley Pride sings "Kiss An Angel Good Morning" is priceless. I even like Donna Fargo's hit "The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA!"
I really and sincerely enjoy all genres of music...including some rap (ahem), and my father helped me to understand the significance and importance of it. My mother was blessed with the creativity to write poetry and I too have the knack.
Some people are born with different talents and one of mine is a great ear for music. The country genre is simply one of the best. If you don't believe me listen to Tammy Wynette sing "Stand By Your Man"...
It'll get you every time.
(Rerun from 08/01/09)