Who would've thought Jeff Lyne's biggest hit in the U.S. would be the song he dedicated to NASA's Skylab Space Station? A looped drum sample from "On the Run" is the backbone for this clap-inducing tune. The album "Discovery" in 1979 was definitely where the band pushed wholeheartedly from orchestral space pop into pure disco territory. A few tunes of theirs leaned disco including "Evil Woman" (1975 - Face the Music) and "Livin' Thing" (1976 - A...
Star-Lord's Sony Walkman. Total nostalgia trip. When the opening bass thumps of "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone starts busting through those orange foam pads, or the "Ooga Chaka" chant of Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling", you instantly know the Awesome Mix Vol. 1 is going to be the real deal. "Guardians of the Galaxy"'s soundtrack was a pop cultural phenomenon that essentially caught traction with lots of folks not only for the nostalgia...
The time has come for my inaugural #FridayFind guilty pleasure pick. And what better artist to start out with than Toto, and their amazing #1 hit "Africa". Why has this tune endured for me? Partially because the lyrics make absolutely no sense. I have no idea why a woman coming on a mid-day flight has any damn thing to do with rains in another country. And I don't know why a man cares about Mount Kilimanjaro's similarities to Mount Olympus. My...
