Retro

Carl’s Rock Songbook #40: The Bangles, “I’m in Line”

by Carl Scott

Musically, my Songbook is grounded upon Martha Bayles’s theory of American popular music, and my last post gave an account of what I believe I’ve learned from her.  In the next several posts, I’ll be providing some elaborations upon or reactions to her theory. That theory is . . . . Continue Reading »

Carl’s Rock Songbook #38: The Gravedigger V, “Tomorrow Is Yesterday”

by Carl Scott

[Note: by the criteria laid out in Songbook #12 , this is not a Rock song, but a rock n’ roll one.] Songbook #37 considered the New-Wave-cloaked revival of earlier rock and roll styles burbling amid the early 80s pop charts, but now it’s time to go down to the underground as X-Ray Specs . . . . Continue Reading »