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Friday Throwback – I’ll Be Your Everything
Who is Tommy Page? I mention the name Tommy Page to anyone and I get nothing but blank stares.
Tommy Page is a product of sappy, early 90s pop music. Page actually opened up for the New Kids On The Block when his debut album was released. After touring with them, they lent a helping hand on his second album, Paintings In My Mind, which spawned his number one single, I’ll Be Your Everything. You […]
New Video: Maroon 5’s “Goodnight Goodnight”
How many bands these days can go five songs deep on an album? You’ve gotta hand it to Adam Levine and company for making one of the better pop albums of the past 2 years or so with “It Won’t Be Soon Before Long”. There have also been a couple of interesting videos, such as the airport fantasy of “Makes Me Wonder” and the mini-action movie of “Wake Up Call”. Their last single, “If I […]
Commercialisms: Swiffer vs. Player
Who knew that a shaggy mop or an old fashioned feather duster could inspire such an emotional response, but in the new ads for Swiffer, I actually feel for them – no matter how much the folks at Proctor & Gamble want me not to. Of course, my reaction has everything to do with the ads’ use of Player’s disco-era soft-rock chestnut “Baby Come Back”, and the urgent harmonies with which the band […]