Me at Age 18. Best. ’70s. Hair. Ever.
Hey Kids! I’ll be heading out west for a few days to attend my one hundred million billionth High School Reunion out in the OC, so blog posts will be a little sparse. If I can just stomach the deluge of Styx and Boston songs the DJ plays, I’m certainly expecting this shindig to be more hilarity than horror-show. But you never can tell.
Glen, Johnny, Steve and Paul Circa 1976
Glen Matlock, bassist for the Sex Pistols, was born on this day, August 27th, in 1956. The Sex Pistols, including Matlock, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. Favorite Sex Pistols Songs: “I Wanna Be Me,” “Pretty Vacant,” “Silly Thing.”
“I Want To Shoot The Whole Day Down”
On This Date, July 28th in 1979: The Boomtown Rats had the #1 single in the UK with “I Don’t Like Mondays,” which appeared on their album, The Fine Art Of Surfacing. Boomtown Rats’ vocalist Bob Geldoff was inspired to write the song after hearing about the 1979 shooting spree at Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California which was perpetrated by then 16-year old Brenda Ann Spencer. Continue reading Flashback Single of The Day: The Boomtown Rats’ “I Don’t Like Mondays”
And they wandered in
From the city of St. John
Without a dime
Wearing coats that shined
Both red and green
Colors from their sunny island
Continue reading Lyrics of the Day: Steely Dan’s “The Royal Scam”
Hail The Mighty French Fry!