There is a radio show on CBC here in Canada that occasionally does a feature called SYNTH: Songs You Need To Hear.
Now, I can't say to someone, "You'll like this song" (or book for that matter) because I can't presume that others will share my taste in music (or books), so it is safer to say, "You might like this" and if they don't like it, so be it.
Maybe you will find a new favorite.
CBC MUSIC, Central · Mornings with CBC Music
The Rolling Stones. Yup. They are still around. Just put out a new album, which I need to get to complete my collec—
Wait! I haven't participated in buying or listening to them since...let's go back a few years.
From 1974: Throughout the 70s, these next two songs permeated the AM radio. Along with songs from their previous albums, if you listened to popular music, you knew who The Stones were. I wasn't old enough to have money to buy any of their albums at this point.
From 1978
From 1980: Emotional Rescue. I'm not including this song because I disliked it so much I almost gave up on them.
From 1981: Well, they redeemed themselves.
From 1986:
From 1989:
And that's all she wrote for my enjoyment of the Rolling Stones. I looked through the list of albums and couldn't find any songs that I could remember hearing.
But congratulations to 61 years of rock and roll.
-Leon
Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.
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