Showing posts with label Tommy James & The Shondells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tommy James & The Shondells. Show all posts

Monday, April 27, 2015

Az Yet - "Hard To Say I'm Sorry"

I was just 19 years old during the summer of 1996 when I heard a remake of a song from my childhood playing on the radio.  Smooth voiced (and resident badass) Peter Cetera made a cameo on Az Yet's "Hard to Say I'm Sorry", and it was the first time I officially felt old.  The experience helped me empathize with how my Dad must have felt when he heard Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now" in the late-80s.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Tiffany - "I Think We're Alone Now"

My Dad was driving us home one summer evening in 1987 when Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now" started playing on B-96.  My Dad, who was only in his twenties at the time, couldn't believe his ears.  "This was a song from when I was a kid," he told us.  As soon as we got home that night, he pulled out a record of Tommy James & The Shondells performing the original version from 1967.  My brother and I laughed at how "dated" it sounded.  I think it was the first time my Dad felt old.