BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) ROBERT PALMER
As a child, I remember being memorized by the Robert Palmer videos. He had all those same-looking women in it. It pretty much blew my mind as a kid. The songs were catchy as hell too. He had a spree of hits in “Simply Irresistible”, “Addicted to Love”, and “Bad Case of Loving You” but there’s a lot more to this late great man’s work.
(THREE) DIRE STRAITS
I know these dudes are loved by old school music snobs. I love them too. The thing is that I don’t think I’ve ever listened to a full album nor could I tell you any of their album titles. I’m just a really big fan of “Money for Nothing”. They have more to them than the one song, but for me it’s enough to recommend you check them out… or at least THAT song.
(TWO) THE POLICE
Or “Sting and the other guys” as I like to call them. I know people swear by these dudes, but like Dire Straits I’m stuck on one song. Not that creepy stalker song that Diddy remade about his meal ticket being murdered. The other one. The one where people take a drink of their booze every time Sting says “Roxanne”. I think the song was called “Turn off the red light” or something….
(ONE) HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS
When I was a small child I would love the time I got to put my little headphones on and then pop in my cassette tape of Huey Lewis and The News’s greatest hits. Is it weird that a five year old was rocking out to Huey Lewis on his walkman? Prolly. It’s just I was such a huge fan of Back to the Future that I HAD to listen to more. “Power of Love” is awesome, but I gotta say it’s NOT their best. You have “Workin’ for a Livin’”, “The Heart of Rock and Roll”, “If This Is It”, and “Hip to Be Square”. My favorite is “I Want a New Drug”. Not so much for the drug references, but the narrative behind it. And yeah, dick… there IS a narrative behind it. (sorry, I called you dick)
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