No Baseball? Let’s Play 3!

MISSING BASEBALL? LET’S SOOTHE OUR SOULS WITH SOUNDS.

Everyone has their favorite songs of all time.  Some were number one smash hits, others may have been top 20 songs or even album tracks.  It’s all subjective and the gamut of preferences can range from heavy metal to basic rock n roll, to soft ballads, bubblegum pop, jazz, country music, etc.

So with baseball season currently on hold, I thought I’d offer a ‘triple play’ of songs that I never tire of; tunes that I could listen to a million times and would still want to hear more plays of them.

“SATISFACTION GUARANTEED”- The Firm.   This was a British supergroup featuring singer Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, Queen) guitarist Jimmy Page (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin) drummer Chris Slade from Uriah Heep, Manfred Mann & AC/DC and bass player Tony Franklin.  On their debut disc, the first single was “Radioactive” which landed at #28 on the charts.  The next single & video was “Satisfaction Guaranteed” which failed to chart and that is a travesty.  Paul Rodgers is one of the most underrated singers in rock history and is still going strong on solo tours and road runs with Bad Company.  Page’s guitar is strong on this cut but its Rodgers’ vocals that make this an aces song.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS FROM THE 80’S CAME FROM PAUL RODGERS & JIMMY PAGE OF THE FIRM.

“GIMME LITTLE SIGN” Brenton Wood.  Born Alfred Jesse Smith in Shreveport Louisiana in 1941, Wood graduated high school then chased his music making dreams in Los Angeles. Speculation is he changed his name to emulate the wealthy L.A. district of Brentwood but that was never confirmed.  Wood who played keyboards, wrote “Gimme Little Sign” and in 1967 it made it to #9 on the pop charts and #19 on the R&B side.  But for me this song is a number one hit and one everybody should know and appreciate.

I’D LOVE TO SEE THIS SONG USED IN A MOVIE. PUTTING IT ON A SOUNDTRACK WOULD BRING IT TO A WHOLE NEW GENERATION THAT NEEDS TO HEARD GREAT TUNES.

“THE SALT IN MY TEARS”  MARTIN BRILEY This ‘I’m better off without you’ song only made it to #36 on the Billboard singles chart in 1983 but the video was in heavy rotation on M TV. This was back when M TV actually played music videos.  Martin Briley was a one hit wonder, never charting again as a singer.  However Briley has written songs for N’Sync, Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, Kenny Loggins, Gregg Allman & Barry Manilow.  That’s quite a wide range of artists to pen for.  Still, “The Salt in my Tears” is a track worth hearing again and again.

I COULD SEE THIS 80’S HIT BEING A GOOD CUT FOR SOMEONE TO RECORD TODAY, MAYBE A COUNTRY ACT? AND DIG THAT COOL ALBUM COVER FROM MARTIN BRILEY.

So there’s a quick sample of personal favorites from me. I’ll be posting up some more links to other ‘never get tired of’ songs in the near future.

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