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JAIMIE VERNON – CAR TOONZ

Posted in Opinion with tags AC/DC, alice cooper, Arc Angels, Billy Idol, Black Sabbath, Bob Segarini, car songs, Chack Circle, Colin James, DBAWIS, Deep Purple, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Driving songs, fast songs, Fastball, Forbes, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Generation X, golden earring, INXS, Jaimie Vernon, Jimmy Barnes, Journey, Jude Cole, Kim Mitchell, Kiss, Montrose, Motley Crue, Sammy Hagar, Sass Jordan, T-Rex, THE ALARM, Top 20, U2 on February 1, 2014 by segarini

Bravo to those that waded into the Neil Young debate with my blog from last week. I’m still getting hate mail so clearly it hit a nerve. When Neil solves the energy crisis, world peace and how to tune a guitar, let me know. I’ll retract the entire piece. Now on to something a little more frivolous…

This week Forbes magazine released their straw poll of the Top 20 best driving songs. The list is here. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimgorzelany/2014/01/14/journey-places-two-hits-among-best-driving-songs-list-really/

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JAIMIE VERNON – RADIO KILLED THE VIDEO STAR

Posted in Opinion with tags 1980s, Big Hair, BOOM Radio, David Marsden, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Jaimie Vernon, MTV, Much Music, music, Music Radio, Platinum Blonde, radio, Records, Spandex, Spoons, Up Country on November 10, 2012 by segarini

I know it’s out of fashion and a trifle uncool but the 1980s are back. Not only was I not notified in advance, but no one asked my permission; After all, I am the Ambassador of Alphabet Town…the White Wedding Crasher…the Duke of Stratosphear. Its return was subtle and subversive but it was inevitable.

There was a window of about five years at the end of the 1990s/early 2000s where the 1970s returned in full force – Classic Rock became the clarion call of adults whose kids were old enough to wipe their own asses/noses and allowed disenfranchised parents of 1980s children to finally leave the nest, hit a night club and get their Frampton on.