Category Archives: Music History
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Tony Orlando And Stalk
Leave a commentDecember 1, 2017 by T. Gregory Argall
In late 1970 Tony Orlando & Dawn launched their careers with a huge chart-topping hit in the song “Knock Three …
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Petula Hardcore
Leave a commentFebruary 17, 2017 by T. Gregory Argall
The drive to work is always a good time for random, unexpected thoughts to pop into one’s head. Physically you …
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It Ends Where It Began #TragicallyHip
Leave a commentAugust 20, 2016 by T. Gregory Argall
Excluding love songs, rock lyrics mainly fall into one of two categories. 1/ Songs that are clearly about something; they …
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The Other 45
2February 26, 2016 by T. Gregory Argall
Paul Simon’s 1975 hit, “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” is a classic song recounting various techniques to both induce and escape …
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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
Leave a commentMarch 13, 2015 by T. Gregory Argall
I enjoy trivia. I like to think that on some topics there is very little that is little-known that I …
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They Don’t Write ‘Em Like That Anymore
1October 10, 2014 by T. Gregory Argall
Music today blah blah blah. You could rattle on endlessly about how modern music is manufactured rather than created, how …
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A Smidge of Midge
Leave a commentJune 13, 2014 by T. Gregory Argall
Hats off to those brave men and women of psychoacademia who try to decipher and understand the human subconscious, the …
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Thematic Musings
Leave a commentMay 2, 2014 by T. Gregory Argall
Like most people of my generation, the first television theme songs I really became aware of were of a certain …
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