Category Archives: Saturday Music

Edited by Joe Daly, Saturday Music is our take on aural pleasure.

Song Beneath the Song: “American Pie” by Don McLean

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Greg Olear

Posted in Song Beneath the Song | Tagged 1959, AMerican Pie, American Pie song meaning, buddy holly, Don McLean, the day the music died, the three men I admire most | 5 Comments

Song Beneath the Song: “Norwegian Wood” by the Beatles

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Greg Olear

At last, the strange last verse of the Beatles’ best song is explained. Continue reading →

Posted in Song Beneath the Song | Tagged All You Need is Love, Dig a Pony, fire is not literal, I Am the Walrus, I lit a fire isn't it good, John Lennon, Masturbation, Norwegian Wood, Norwegian Wood song meaning, paul mccartney, sleeping in the bath, The Beatles | 4 Comments

Song Beneath the Song: “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Greg Olear

Freddie Mercury died 25 years ago today. Here is a look at his most popular, and enigmatic, song. Continue reading →

Posted in Song Beneath the Song | Tagged 1991, AIDS, Bohemian Rhapsody song meaning, freddie mercury, meaning of Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen, thunderbolts and lightning | Leave a comment

When Pop Music Goes Dark: An Interview With Mark Brooks

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Joe Daly

“People might say, “Oh, this is straight pop music,” but when you dig in, it’s much more – it’s heartbreak, it’s anger, it’s back-stabbing…Everything on this record comes from a real feeling and a real experience. Continue reading →

Posted in Rock and Roll Coffee | Tagged danzig, dethklok, dreamy, emily kavanaugh, Mark Brooks, metalocalypse, Music, Night Club, pop, requiem for romance, Slayer, synth pop | Leave a comment

The Job of a Lifetime

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Robert Burke Warren

Former Christmas tree salesman/child wrangler/fire escape painter Robert Burke Warren realizes the day jobs are a significant part of the story. Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, Rock and Roll Coffee, The Arts, The Weeklings, Uncategorized | Tagged 80s, 90s, athens, day job, ga., go van go, labor day, luis fernandez de la reguera, rbw, robert burke warren, vic varney | Leave a comment

WannaBowies: The Top Twenty Bastards of Bowie

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Robert Burke Warren

David Bowie, like the Beatles and Bob Dylan, long ago achieved the status of adjective. For Monday Rock City, Robert Burke Warren lists the Top Twenty Bowie Bastards, i.e. the most Bowie-esque soundalikes, stretching from the 70s to the ‘aughts. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, David must be feeling pretty special right about now. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations, Humor, I Want(ed) My MTV, Literature, Monday Rock City, Music, Popped Culture, Popular Culture, Religion, The Weeklings, Uncategorized | Tagged aimee mann, bauhaus, Bowie, David Bowie, Duran Duran, enda walsh, hedwig, iggy, lazarus, lennon, martin fry, phoebe cates, pulp hedwig, robert burke warren, sexton, sisters of mercy, soacehog, suede, til tuesday, Ween, ziggy stardust | Leave a comment

Hasten Down the Wind: Adventures in Babysitting, 1977

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Robert Burke Warren

What to do when you’re 12 and a mysterious, beautiful, troubled woman moves in next door with her four-year-old? You babysit, of course! RBW offers some more summertime musical memoir. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations, Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, Popped Culture, Popular Culture, Saturday Music, Sex, Soul Seduction, The Arts | Tagged 1977, adventures in babysitting, babysitting, bildungsroman, butyl nitrate, coming-of-age, Disco, joys of fantasy: a book for couples, linda ronstadt, your erroneous zones | Leave a comment