“Get Up And Boogie,” sing the girls of Silver Convention with wide smiles and enthusiastic hand movements. “No thanks, we’re just fine sitting here,” reply the audience. Continue reading “Silver Convention – Get Up And Boogie”
Cliff Richard – Honky Tonk Angel
For me 1975 was a great year in music in at least one respect – it was the first year in my life that Cliff Richard had not had a hit single. Because this single, Honky Tonk Angel, was banned… banned by Cliff himself. Continue reading “Cliff Richard – Honky Tonk Angel”
Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
By the summer of 1976 Thin Lizzy were falling apart. They were on tour in America, struggling to sell tickets and failing to sell any copies of their new album, Jailbreak.
Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free
What a gloriously uplifting song this is. Except it isn’t. It’s anything but uplifting if you listen to the lyrics. In fact it’s as dark a song as you’ll ever hear. And it’s all autobiographical. Continue reading “Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free”
Rod Stewart – Tonight’s The Night
The hoary old argument about the art and the artist inevitably arises when considering serial offender Rod Stewart’s 1976 hit Tonight’s The Night.