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Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman” and “Do It Again”

October 5, 2020April 27, 2024 Dan Seeger

These posts are about the songs that just barely failed to cross the key line of chart success, entering the Billboard Top 40. Every song featured in this series peaked at number 41. The Kinks always felt like the underdogs … Continue reading Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman” and “Do It Again”

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #449 to #447

October 4, 2020 Dan Seeger

449. The Allman Brothers Band, Enlightened Rogues (1979) Enlightened Rogues is one of the clearest examples in nineteen-seventies rock of a band rising from the ashes of their own self-destruction. The infighting after the Allman Brothers Band’s 1975 album Win, … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #449 to #447

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This Week’s Model — Goat Girl, “Sad Cowboy”

October 2, 2020 Dan Seeger

I think it’s the probing, slightly spooky synth line opening the song that takes me back to the college wonderments of decades past. And yet “Sad Cowboy,” the new single from Goat Girl, doesn’t sound like a throwback to me. … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Goat Girl, “Sad Cowboy”

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #452 to #450

September 27, 2020September 28, 2020 Dan Seeger

452. Berlin, Pleasure Victim (1982) No one was really taking the group Berlin seriously at the time they released the album Pleasure Victim, least of all the individuals on the band’s roster. From the time the band formed in 1978, … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #452 to #450

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This Week’s Model — Bruce Springsteen, “Ghosts”

September 25, 2020September 24, 2020 Dan Seeger

Seventy-one candles make for an awfully bright birthday cake. When I was sitting in my basement bedroom back in high school, studying Bruce Springsteen lyric sheets like they were holy documents (and, to me, I guess they were), I wasn’t … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Bruce Springsteen, “Ghosts”

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Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “Tiny Dancer”

September 22, 2020 Dan Seeger

These posts are about the songs that just barely failed to cross the key line of chart success, entering the Billboard Top 40. Every song featured in this series peaked at number 41. Maxine Taupin used to sew patches onto … Continue reading Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “Tiny Dancer”

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #455 to #453

September 20, 2020 Dan Seeger

455. The Tubes, Remote Control (1979) It was a pairing destined to take pop excess to new heights. Across the late nineteen-seventies, the Tubes made a name for themselves by going large and bold with their rock pronouncements, like Elton … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #455 to #453

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This Week’s Model — The Blue Stones, “Let It Ride”

September 18, 2020 Dan Seeger

Two guys. Drums. A guitar. And a song that is just right, that roars, that grinds, that slinks, that practically flecks sweat with every sonic bend. Sometimes, that’s all you need. This week, the Blue Stones’ “Let It Ride” is … Continue reading This Week’s Model — The Blue Stones, “Let It Ride”

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The Art of the Sell — They Might Be Giants, Lincoln

September 16, 2020 Dan Seeger

These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art.  I can assure you that college radio programmers required no heavy-handed promotional coercion when They Might Be … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — They Might Be Giants, Lincoln

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #458 to #456

September 13, 2020 Dan Seeger

458. Beat Farmers, Tales of the New West (1985) Drummer Country Dick Montana and and Jerry Raney kicked around in various San Diego bands for years before they started playing together. They recruited guitarist Buddy Blue and bassist Rolle Dexter … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #458 to #456

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