Past Tunes — Timeless Music, Unforgettable Stories
Rediscover the voices, songs and stories that shaped the 1970s & 1980s.
Memory Lane Music Wikimedia Commons — File:Halo guitar.jpg — Public domain (released by W4D at English Wikipedia; Halo Guitars permission noted on file page). Before streaming, before cable, before a thousand channels, there were powerful Mexican radio stations just across the border, and for a Texas teenager they sounded like freedom. The story behind the song Heard It … Read more
Wikimedia Commons — File:Halo guitar.jpg — Public domain (released by W4D at English Wikipedia; Halo Guitars permission noted on file page). Payday songs are usually about spending. This one is about the feeling in the pocket the moment the money arrives, and about a band that knew exactly how good that feeling could sound. The … Read more
Wikimedia Commons — File:Halo guitar.jpg — Public domain (released by W4D at English Wikipedia; Halo Guitars permission noted on file page). A title that reads like a mission statement, a riff that sounds like a door swinging open, and a band that had already learned how to make three instruments sound like a crowd. The … Read more
CC0 1.0 — Photo: Anthony DELANOIX, via Wikimedia Commons. Thematic illustration, not an archival photograph of the artist. Every era has its anthems, but only a few songs become shorthand for a whole way of feeling. They turn up at weddings and funerals, in films and in kitchens, quoted by people who may not know … Read more
CC0 1.0 — Photo: Arnaud Mesureur, via Wikimedia Commons. Thematic illustration, not an archival photograph of the artist. There is a particular pleasure in returning to a song you first heard years ago and finding that it has not stood still. The recording is the same, of course, but you are not, and the song … Read more
CC0 1.0 — Photo: Ray Marsh, via Wikimedia Commons. Thematic illustration, not an archival photograph of the artist. Some records do not need an introduction. Put the needle down, or press play, and the room changes within a few seconds: a riff, a voice, a rhythm that feels as if it has always been there. … Read more
CC0 1.0 — Photo: Tim Napier, via Wikimedia Commons. Thematic illustration, not an archival photograph of the artist. Every era has its anthems, but only a few songs become shorthand for a whole way of feeling. They turn up at weddings and funerals, in films and in kitchens, quoted by people who may not know … Read more
CC0 1.0 — Photo: Arnaud Mesureur, via Wikimedia Commons. Thematic illustration, not an archival photograph of the artist. Some records do not need an introduction. Put the needle down, or press play, and the room changes within a few seconds: a riff, a voice, a rhythm that feels as if it has always been there. … Read more
Photo: Anthony DELANOIX, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Every era has its anthems, but only a few songs become shorthand for a whole way of feeling. They turn up at weddings and funerals, in films and in kitchens, quoted by people who may not know the album they came from or even the year they … Read more
Photo: foldscheap, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Some records do not need an introduction. Put the needle down, or press play, and the room changes within a few seconds: a riff, a voice, a rhythm that feels as if it has always been there. That instant recognition is the reward for years of work that … Read more