Humanizing The Vacuum

Don’t call my name, Gaga exhorted her lover with eyes like a desert in “Alejandro” when everyone in 2010 couldn’t leave her alone. The peak of her pop star for putting over hysterically sung absurdities over a big beat, “Alejandro” is one of the last times Gaga released a song…

Sometimes I get lucky. I’ve reviewed higher chart positions without harvests as bountiful as this one’s. These were horny times: Melanie and the Delfonics abjure innuendo; Tanya Tucker shares the story about what happened when a well-hung man had fun with her mama; Tammy Wynette’s fairy tale hints at sexual…

New Wave makes its entrance with lesser entries like Cindy Bullens’ “Survivor” and bigger ones like The Records’ wistful “Starry Eyes” (it sounds like Bay City Rollers to me). “Money, Money, Money” gave assheads a reason to question ABBA’s motives and despise their music; it’s not one of their best…

One of those albums that documents the warmth between audience and performer, Live at Carnegie Hall is the aural equivalent of swapping stories with a friend about beloved relatives (the most haunting song: “Grandma’s Hands”). Bill Withers included new tune “Friend of Mine,” and I park it front and center…