1990s Archives – How Good It Is

One  of my favorite titles for an album comes from The Animals. They did a bunch of albums up to 1969, then for a year or two there were a couple of compilation albums after they broke up.  But in 1977 the Animals reunited and released a new album, titled Before We Were So Rudely … Continue reading "167: Without You" The post 167: Without You appeared first on How Good It Is .

Oh, I do enjoy breaking format once in awhile to do special episodes like this one. For this year’s Christmas episode, I return to the songs that you don’t seem to hear on the radio when the stations are playing All Christmas All The Time. You’d think that with the huge catalog of recordings to … Continue reading "151: More Obscure Christmas" The post 151: More Obscure Chri...

The interesting thing about this song is that it was written for a specific singer. That said, it’s been a pretty big hit for many different artists over the years. “Everlasting Love” was written in 1967 specifically to match Robert Knight’s voice, but it’s proven to be quite the malleable tune. It’s been rendered in … Continue reading "144: Everlasting Lo...

When Sheryl Crow finished her debut album, she decided that it didn’t sound the way she wanted it to. So she actually convinced A&M Records to scrap it and let her start over. The result was a collaboration between her and several other Los Angeles-area musicians who met weekly to help each other with their … Continue reading "133: All I Wanna Do" The post 133: All I Wanna Do appea...

Elton John and Bernie Taupin were in a remarkably productive period in the early 1970s. Over a span of just two weeks they’d not only written enough material for an album, they’d written enough for two. And they were thematically similar enough that all the songs could be combined into a single two-LP package. That … Continue reading "131: Candle in the Wind" The post 131: Candle...

So this week has been a brief return to work for me, as my school has been preparing for what education is going to look like when classes resume in September. And it’s been playing havoc with me. It’s a stressful time to be a teacher, you bet. On top of that, I got my … Continue reading "123–Candy Everybody Wants" The post 123–Candy Everybody Wants appeared first on...

Click here to become a Patron of the show. R.E.M. had released two albums and hadn’t toured since 1989, so when it came time to put together the album that eventually became Monster, they were ready to break the mold a little bit and go back to rockers rather than the relatively quiet, introspective stuff … Continue reading "119–What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?" The post 119&...

Thanks for your patience as the show migrates from one server to another. As I noted on the social media, I’m working hard to make it as invisible as possible if you listen via Google or Apple or Spotify, etc. And the website here is going to look kind of weird for awhile with a … Continue reading "Episode 105–Under the Covers, Part 6" The post Episode 105–Under the Covers,...

You should be forewarned that this episode takes a brief detour into subject matter that’s a little bit on the touchy side. Specifically, there’s a mention of a musician’s gender identity and how it’s affected their relationship with their fans and the media. I hope that’s not a problem for ye. Anyway, you’re getting two … Continue reading "Episode 101&#82...

It’s been a long time since I did a show like this one, and the timing probably couldn’t have been worse. As I note during the show, I’m on the road for the next several days, so I’ve got a condensed version of my usual recording setup. I can get the job done, but the … Continue reading "82–Under the Covers 4" The post 82–Under the Covers 4 appeared first...