I can’t sleep. When that happens, the remedy is typically music. Tonight, the song of choice is an old favorite from the musician who I first started following when I was the tender age of 8, and someone who has already appeared in one of my chosen songs. 

People tend to associate different songs with various periods and events in their lives. Whether it’s vacations with your family or a first kiss, songs you played while studying or on your drive home from work, music plays an integral part in most people’s lives.

Those of you who have followed my song posts know by now that I gravitate toward music with intelligent lyrics that tell a story or carry a message. Today’s song by a former Beatle is especially poignant today in our era of gossip infested Facebook and Twitter.

This Sunday is Father’s Day, when many of us will be taking time to tell our dads how much we love them. Many musicians are fathers (with some being notoriously prolific!), and while a number of them write songs about fatherhood, today’s song does a fantastic job explaining a father’s love through the father’s eyes.

There was a time, long before dinosaurs roamed the planet, that MTV (Music Television) actually played music videos! *gasp!* The songs were great, and the videos were fun and left a lasting impression every time you listened to the song. I love today’s song, and the video that was made for it is so intentionally [...]

Today we have an awesome piece of music by one of my favorite groups that I rarely listen to anymore. While I buy the albums of the music I like, I’ve never purchased anything from this band, and I don’t know why, as I don’t recall them releasing any stinkers like some other groups.

The very first album (cassette tape, baby!) I ever owned came from today’s song in my head artist. This man’s music, along with his golden voice, started me on the path of musical obsession that continues to this day.  

As my eyes popped open this morning, my mind was instantly loop singing the chorus to this song. Thankfully, it’s a great tune that I remember liking as a kid, but I never fully understood the lyrics. It’s quite ironic considering I heard those same words uttered nearly every week.

A smile always appears on my face whenever today’s song pops into my head. Since the day this awesome tune came out, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it, as well as the album on which it was released.

I was thinking this morning that my readers are probably wondering why the overwhelming majority of the songs in my head come from the 80′s. Well, the 80′s were awesome, of course, and I spent the first ten years of my life in that decade, so the music produced during that time had a profound [...]

No, I do not and have never watched American Idol. I am, however, familiar with Simon Cowell and his antics on the show. Even for those, like me, who don’t watch the show, we can’t escape seeing Mr. Cowell appear somewhere in the media… sort of like Justin Bieber.

Please don’t hate me. Yes, you read that right. It’s not my fault that some songs that get stuck in my head are annoying. Hell, some of you might even like this song. Maybe I even like this song. Maybe I like to listen to this song when nobody else is around and dance in [...]

It’s serious nostalgia time for me today. One reason I so love music is that a song is able to both eloquently convey emotions while simultaneously storing them as memories for future reference. Today’s song is not necessarily one I would listen to while driving, or sing along with while the volume is turned up, [...]

One of my biggest pet peeves in the music industry are song covers. I can’t stand them. Well, not all covers are bad; most blues songs are covers of older music, for example, but the newer musicians in that genre at least keep the flow and overall feel of the song the same as an [...]

As some readers may know, I tend to write the entries for this column well ahead of time. As I don’t always have time to sit down and write a quick entry about a certain song in my head, this way makes it easier for me to release new songs on a regular basis. So [...]

So, who’s ready to dance? No, I don’t mean doing a bump & grind to some song that just goes “thump, thump, thump,” I mean serious, get out of your chair and feel the music music! Are you ready?

Unlike my thoughts on today’s musicians, (or “artists” as they prefer to call themselves) the ones from the past had careers that spanned decades, churning out music that remains popular to this day. Today’s song comes from a group whose music from the 60′s is far from my favorite, their 70′s tunes are ok, but [...]

The 1980′s provided a plethora of musical options for just about everybody who…well, listened to music. Rock kept on cruising in from the 70′s, morphing into both hard and soft versions, and while disco more or less went the way of the dingo, techno music took its place as the sound of the club scene.

In most cases when we get a song stuck in our heads, it’s due to the fact that the music is upbeat, catchy, and tends to make you want to dance (even if it’s only a butt wiggle dance in your office chair). I can’t speak for others, but I listen to a lot of [...]

I never wake up with a song stuck in my head that I don’t like. Obviously, some songs I prefer over others, but I enjoy a wide variety of music. That being said, there are some songs that, when stuck in my head, can be like Chinese water torture! Today’s example is such a song!

The 80′s were filled with upbeat, catchy tunes. Many of these songs were by one hit wonders, while others were created by music legends. The latter is the case with today’s Song In My Head!