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Nicolette Larson with Michael McDonald – “Let Me Go, Love”
Nicolette Larson had talent. She had connections. She was in the right place at the right time. Sometimes, all of that isn’t quite enough.
Richard Challen
Jul 24, 20209 min read
1,712 views
9 comments
Chuck Mangione – “Give It All You Got”
“Give It All You Got” might be the only official Olympic song that makes more sense playing over the opening credits of a ’70s cop show.
Richard Challen
Jul 17, 202010 min read
1,255 views
6 comments
Barry Manilow – “When I Wanted You”
Like soap scum, Manilow’s Eighties work lingers in the grout of the Billboard Hot 100, no matter how hard you try to scrub it away.
Richard Challen
Jun 8, 20205 min read
603 views
8 comments
Neil Diamond – “September Morn’”
Diamond treats “September Morn’” like a talented actor approaching a bad soap opera script.
Richard Challen
May 11, 20205 min read
1,072 views
9 comments
Dan Fogelberg – “Longer”
“Longer” unravels like a strand of gossamer, almost too delicate to actually touch.
Richard Challen
May 1, 20205 min read
1,434 views
17 comments
Anne Murray – “Daydream Believer”
Was Murray filling an unspoken need? Did radio listeners collectively forget about the existence of “Daydream Believer” in one decade?
Richard Challen
Apr 27, 20207 min read
839 views
11 comments
Rita Coolidge – “I’d Rather Leave While I’m In Love”
By this point, Coolidge was a battle-scarred veteran of rock 'n roll’s misogyny; intended or not, that history seeps into the margins.
Richard Challen
Apr 13, 20205 min read
506 views
7 comments
Dionne Warwick – “Déjà Vu”
“Déjà Vu” is an odd marriage between two competing strands of late ‘70s pop: deep burgundy soul and schlock-heavy soft-rock.
Richard Challen
Mar 27, 20205 min read
728 views
10 comments
Captain & Tennille – “Do That To Me One More Time”
Considering the source, “Do That To Me One More Time” might as well be the musical equivalent of walking in on your parents mid-coitus.
Richard Challen
Feb 10, 20205 min read
1,212 views
6 comments
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