Memory Lane Music

Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 — Photo: Alice Donovan Rouse. Some songs announce themselves. Others grow on you, returning at unexpected moments until they feel like part of your own history. “A Man I’ll Never Be” by Boston belongs to the second kind for many listeners, and it is worth slowing down for. This is a … Read more

Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 — Photo: foldscheap. Some songs announce themselves. Others grow on you, returning at unexpected moments until they feel like part of your own history. “Rock and Roll Band” by Boston belongs to the second kind for many listeners, and it is worth slowing down for. This is a listening story about … Read more

Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 — Photo: Anthony DELANOIX. Some songs announce themselves. Others grow on you, returning at unexpected moments until they feel like part of your own history. “Moving in Stereo” by The Cars belongs to the second kind for many listeners, and it is worth slowing down for. This is a listening story … Read more

Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 — Photo: Wolf Schram. Some songs announce themselves. Others grow on you, returning at unexpected moments until they feel like part of your own history. “You’re All I’ve Got Tonight” by The Cars belongs to the second kind for many listeners, and it is worth slowing down for. This is a … Read more

Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 — Photo: Celsoazevedo. Some songs announce themselves. Others grow on you, returning at unexpected moments until they feel like part of your own history. “Georgia” by Boz Scaggs belongs to the second kind for many listeners, and it is worth slowing down for. This is a listening story about a record … Read more

Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 — Photo: Celsoazevedo. Some songs announce themselves. Others grow on you, returning at unexpected moments until they feel like part of your own history. “It’s Over” by Boz Scaggs belongs to the second kind for many listeners, and it is worth slowing down for. This is a listening story about a … Read more

Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 — Photo: foldscheap. Some songs announce themselves. Others grow on you, returning at unexpected moments until they feel like part of your own history. “My Feet Keep Dancing” by Chic belongs to the second kind for many listeners, and it is worth slowing down for. This is a listening story about … Read more

Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 — Photo: foldscheap. Thematic illustration, not an archival photograph of the artist. Some songs announce themselves. Others grow on you, returning at unexpected moments until they feel like part of your own history. “Savoir Faire” by Chic belongs to the second kind for many listeners, and it is worth slowing down … Read more

Introduction Some records announce themselves at once, and some grow on the listener quietly, returning in memory long after the last note has faded. Wanted! The Outlaws (1976) belongs to the second kind of listening experience, even when it was widely heard in its own time. In the work of Willie Nelson, it sits at … Read more

Every successful singer has a follow-up problem: after a breakthrough hit, how do you prove that you are not a one-song artist? Billy Ocean faced that question in 1976, after “Love Really Hurts Without You” gave him his first major UK success. “L.O.D. (Love on Delivery),” released the same year, was part of his answer. … Read more