it’s 1975 and America is exploding as the sexual revolution ramps up. The Pill, equal rights for women and gays, and easing of attitudes…
“It’s A Sin”
1986, now there’s an interesting year, and by interesting, I mean difficult. I was a college kid barely out of the closet and trying…
Sylver Alert Playlist 3.21.17
STILL THE ONE/ORLEANS FIRE/POINTER SISTERS FIRE IN THE MORNING/MELISSA MANCHESTER PASS THE DUTCHIE/MUSICAL YOUTH ONLY THE LONELY/THE MOTELS THORN IN MY SIDE/EURYTHMICS DIARY/BREAD IKO,…
“Lonely Boy”
I was 11 years old in 1977 and working weekends for my father at a flea market flower shop in New Brunswick, NJ. This…
Sylver Alert Playlist 3.14.17
I’M NOT GONNA LET/COLONEL ABRAMS TROUBLE/LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM THE LOCO-MOTION/GRAND FUNK RAILROAD COOL (PART 1)/THE TIME SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY/DONNA SUMMER DANCE WITH…
“Mickey”
Well, Miss Toni Basil, I think I know exactly what you are singing about!! Who died and crowned you Liza?? Even as a 15-year-old…
“Kids In America”
Now, there’s a song that still gives me a great feeling. From the early high school days, “Kids In America” is a Reagan era…
Sylver Alert Playlist 3.7.17
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE/CHIC NEUTRON DANCE/POINTER SISTERS MAGIC/PILOT NEED YOU TONIGHT/INXS TOO SHY/KAJAGOOGOO I LOVE ROCK-N-ROLL/JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS THEME FROM “CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF…
Sylver Alert Playlist 2.28.17
MORE LOVE/KIM CARNES SWEPT AWAY/DIANA ROSS LOVELIGHT IN FLIGHT/STEVIE WONDER SO FINE/HOWARD JOHNSON LAST TRAIN TO LONDON/E.L.O. SO MANY MEN, SO LITTLE TIME/MIQUEL BROWN…
“I’ve Never Been To Me”
Oh, Charlene, the first time I heard that infamous monologue-bridge to that song, I nearly plotzed from laughing! “Do you know what paradise is?…