Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (1973)

Leo Dan - Mary Es Mi Amor (1971)

Great singer/songwriter from Argentina. I listened to his records since I was thirteen or so (by raiding my mom's collection, of course).Her name is Mary so she remembers this particular song fondly. Beautiful lyrics, gorgeous voice and a nice, groovy beat.

Music in Spanish in the 1970s was always so epic!

Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (1970)

Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle (1972)

Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man (1970)

Awesome video. Great advice! (And you can sing along, too.)

I LOVE her voice.

Stevie Wonder - Living For The City (1973)

Dear Granchildren,

Once upon a time there was no such thing as autotune. A performer had to sing a song live using his own voice. I'd ask you to go find the word 'talent' in the dictionary, but sadly, it's no longer there.

Love,
Nana Cristina

The Monochrome Set - Eine Symphonie Des Grauens (1979)

This song is absolutely perfect. Just discovered it. And in such a random way, too.

Blondie - In the Flesh (1976)

Boston - More Than a Feeling (1976)

One of the greatest songs ever.

Although THIS is my favorite version:

Modettes - White Mice (1979)

Don't be stupid, don't be limp. No girl likes to love a wimp...

I'm a sucker for great bass lines and this song has a really great one. Plus, the video is pretty kickass in all its VHS/blue screen glory.

The Cramps - Human Fly (1978)

It's been a long while since I've posted anything music-related. So for the next few days I'll post some songs I'm really, really into right now.

For starters it's The Cramps. Human Fly has some of my favorite lyrics of all time (Well I-I'm the human fly/ I-I spell F-L-Y/ I-I say buzz buzz buzz and it's just because...).

It's silly. It's sad. It's heavy. It's campy. And sexy. All at once. Can't beat the riff, the solid drums, and vocals in this.

Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plan Pour Moi (1977)

 

This song just makes me want to grab my bags and travel to Europe.

Or

Makes me wanna just run fast like a maniac to nowhere in particular.

Or both:

"This girl is UP when the pressure is on."

It's okay to be shaken up a little, to be under pressure for a thousand different reasons, to be sensitive and emotional.

As long as you get back up again and prove that you're really a motherfucking badass. (And it's damn more awesome if you do it in a little pink dress.)

Shit. I'm gonna go listen to "What a Feeling" and watch this again.

She'd Run You Down

 

Exactly.

Telex - Moskow Discow (1979)

I had listened to this before, but it wasn't until today that I got the 12" Maxi mixes. You know it's a good tune when you start listening to remixes of the same song time and time again and don't get tired. So basically it's a band from Belguim singing about Russia in French. I'm not sure what they're singing, but I assume it's about a disco. OR about dancing disco. In Moskow. And that it's freezing up there and it's the Cold War and Brezhnev blows. (Nothing says Soviet Union quite like a cowboy smoking a cigar.)

That's my assumption. I'm sure I'm not too far off. It's 2am so who cares...

A New Start

A new start. And there's really no better way to open up this blog again than with Sparks and "Tryouts for the Human Race."

Enjoy.