I have always found the idea of the Flaming' Groovies decidedly enticing and enthralling. Even before they ever came into my personal ea...

  Thunderclap Newman : Something In The Air [ purchase ]  I suggested this theme during a summer thunderstorm, but when I started brainstorm...

  purchase [ The Iron Man ] Welp ... it looks like SMM posts for this theme never got in to the alternate meaning of <fast> timed to f...

  purchase [ The Who By Numbers ] When I purchased my own first "stereo" back in '71, the merchant included a copy of "Wh...

Can there be a more evocative intro to a song? The pizzicato guitar plucks, with then the rolling riff of the lead guitar, sounding exactly ...

Purchase: Goat's Head Soup , Highway to Hell , Purple Rain , Who's Next It's been a while since I've posted on SMM. N...

purchase [ No More Changes ] Can you identify a musician's "signature style" just by hearing them play on a particula...

purchase [ It's Hard ] One of the first cassette tapes I ever bought for my brand-new SONY Walkman back in 1982 was the Who's...

[ purchase 20 Feet From Stardom ] One of the best documentaries about musicians was 2013’s 20 Feet From Stardom , which focused on the ...

purchase [ Who's Next ] What is an album? Do they still exist? If you are following SMM, you probably don't need a lesson about...

  Purchase The Who, My Generation From their first album, and though it wasn’t a hit when it came out, it is now a title th...

  purchase [ Wont Get Fooled Again ]   I'm an old fogey, and there are 2 rock bands from my rocking days still more or less ratin...

R.E.M. : Winged Mammal Theme [ purchase ] I’m a little obsessed with baseball right now, on the verge of Game 1 of the World Series....

Purchase: Their Satanic Majesties Request   Ah, the future—flying cars, fully-automated homes, robot girlfriends…W...

The year, 1965. It’s a magic charm of sorts. Say the year, summon the mystical brilliance of one of the greatest years in musical history—g...