Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

YouTube recently served up a bunch of clips from the 2000 movie The Patriot, the Revolutionary War epic starring Mel Gibson. It’s a movie I’ve always had problems with…it is historically bad to an appalling degree, and it’s one of those … Continue reading →

One of my favorite James Bond theme songs is Gladys Knight’s title tune for 1989’s Licence to Kill. Both the film and the song tend to be underrated, but I think both are fantastic. The Licence to Kill song starts with the … Continue reading →

Does this amazing song need an introduction? No, not really. I find myself increasingly amazed by the lyrical approach to a lot of the great songs that I’ve never really paid close attention to before. The singer here isn’t the … Continue reading →

I’m going to get back to my little series featuring Black Music From The 1970s soon, but this song has been living rent-free in my head of late, so that means it’s time to feature it here. It’s by Canadian … Continue reading →

I’ve been featuring Donna Summer the last few weeks, and then the other day The Wife and I were driving around doing errands and we were listening to 70s On 7 on SiriusXM, where a string of selections made me … Continue reading →

Last week I featured Donna Summer. This week, I’m going to do so again. This one’s pretty trippy: It’s a suite of three songs, joined together to make one big nearly eighteen-minute suite. The main attraction is “Macarthur Park”, a … Continue reading →