Don’t believe the hype. Its success had little to do with the marketing campaign. Other than it motivated core fans! That’s the story here. Kind of like when Apple introduces a new product. Daft Punk fans, earned over two decades, track the act incessantly, and when they heard a new record was imminent, they couldn’t […]

Not the band, THE ALBUM! Then again, it was the band. The cognoscenti tell you it’s all about the first, with “Dear Mr. Fantasy” and those songs other people covered, like “Heaven Is In Your Mind” and “Coloured Rain.” But I’ve always maintained the follow-up was the definitive statement. Then again, “John Barleycorn” was quite […]

1. “Honey” Bobby Goldsboro I HATE this song! So wimpy, I had to endure it endlessly in the pre-FM car radio days. And when FM finally hit cars, it was really spotty. Sometimes we had to tune in the AM band just to get reception. Now in ’68, I was fully an album guy, my […]

I know, I know, it’s a greatest hits album. But it’s got two new cuts and a remix. Very few artists have gone on to careers bigger than their predecessor bands. And on one hand we were rooting against Sting, because before he remade his personality in the last decade or so, he was so […]