Richard ChallenMay 29, 20208 min readJohn Stewart – “Lost Her In The Sun”“Lost Her In The Sun” brought an end to a remarkable commercial blip in an equally remarkable career.
Richard ChallenMay 25, 20205 min readCommodores – “Wonderland”“Wonderland” eventually redeems itself with a great, loose, freewheeling funk jam in the closing moments, but it’s too little, too late.
Richard ChallenMay 22, 202010 min readThe Spinners – “Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, Girl”Working My Way Back To You” is a rare example of a modern remake eclipsing the original in popularity and cultural recognition.
Richard ChallenMay 18, 20208 min readDonna Summer – “On The Radio”“On The Radio” is a goodbye, but it’s also a love letter to the genre, a final example of how intoxicating disco when done right.
Richard ChallenMay 15, 20208 min readRufus & Chaka – “Do You Love What You Feel”Sadly, the world never got a true Thriller-style match-up between Chaka and Quincy. But we did get “Do You Love What You Feel.”
Richard ChallenMay 11, 20205 min readNeil Diamond – “September Morn’”Diamond treats “September Morn’” like a talented actor approaching a bad soap opera script.
Richard ChallenMay 6, 20209 min readCheap Trick – “Voices”“Voices” winds up being pretty but vacant, an oddly faceless turn portending further facelessness to come.
Richard ChallenMay 4, 20205 min readSantana – “You Know That I Love You”How do you go from “Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen” to a song as faceless as “You Know That I Love You” in less than a decade?
Richard ChallenMay 1, 20205 min readDan Fogelberg – “Longer”“Longer” unravels like a strand of gossamer, almost too delicate to actually touch.