Beginning with voice recording #163 from Dec. 7. Apparently I listened to music only on the way back from the American Airlines Center. I could have been listening to Mavericks pre-game radio or a Howard Stern interview.
Alicia Bridges, "I Love the Nightlife", '73, maybe? 2,400.
Randy Newman, "Short People", '77. This is another song that would be harder to make now because of political correctness. I can understand a little bit. M-Tex is 5-2 and Samantha is barely 5 feet tall, but I don't think they'd be up in arms if they heard this song. This is kind of a novelty song, funny and popular at the time. 3,300.
Eddie Money, "Baby Hold On", 1978. 4,100.
Cliff Richard, "We Don't Talk Anymore", '79. Not his best. 4,550.
Chicago, "Alive Again", '78. This starts out pretty rocky, as in rock 'n' roll, for Chicago. More drums, less horns for much of the song though it later settles into Chicago's comfort zone. Not terrible, not great. 4,000.
Commodores, "Brick House", '77. This is a classic, even though there seems to be a word missing between brick and house. 2,100.
ABBA, "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", '75, I think. They said "I do" more often than I have. It's not their best, but OK. 4,250. I just changed it to 4,150, because it has to be better than "What a Fool Believes".
The Doobie Brothers, "What a Fool Believes", don't know the year. There's a section that sounds as if they're singing, "A fa fa fa fa fa-hah." Now I'm looking up the lyrics, and I think is was "A wise man has the power." I originally said 3,850, but now I'm going to 4,250. I like the Doobies, but that section bothers me.
Styx, "Babe", also from '79. It's not the best Styx, any more than "What a Fool Believes" is the best Doobie Brothers. So on this one I'm now downgrading it from 3,900 to 4,300.
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