Run-DMSteve

  • Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Stayin’ aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!

    Today at Run-DMSteve we contemplate disco. As the 1970s recede in our rearview mirror we should remind ourselves that the disco phenomenon did not engulf the entire decade. It wasn’t even around long enough to become the theme music to the Carter administration. Disco had an intense but relatively short…

  • How to listen to AC/DC without chipping points off your IQ

    It’s time for a wee bit of head-banging with today’s special guests, AC/DC. But before I tell you how to cope with these Australian wunderkinder, let’s deal with some of the more common reactions to their music. And people definitely react. Former co-worker Karrie objects to AC/DC’s “misogynistic lyrics, badly…

  • They were the champions

    Queen: Greatest Hits 1994 Queen I am never in the mood for Queen. There is no time of the day or night, no day of the week, no season in which I would choose to listen to Queen. This isn’t because I hate them; I don’t. They’re literate, which means…

  • Caballo sin Nombre

    History: America’s Greatest Hits 1975 America In 1972 I was one of the legions of musically jaded 16-year-olds who sneered at America’s “Horse with No Name” for this blatant imitation of Neil Young. Of course I played it when no one was around. It’s a drug trip, man! The narrator is wandering in…

  • She may be a dancing queen, but she’s still underage

    Gold: Greatest Hits 1993 More ABBA Gold 1996 What? Still Gold? OK, I made that one up ABBA There was a time in the late 1970s when ABBA ruled. Though they captured the #1 spot on the U.S. Top 40 charts only once (with “Dancing Queen”), everything they recorded for…