Tag: Marty E

  • Song 79: Motors in her feet

    Song 79: Motors in her feet

    [Photo provided by contributor] “Whizz Kid” by Mott the Hoople Marty E: I’ll never forget when my brother, Dave, brought this Mott the Hoople album, MOTT, home for me. I was wearing a weird pair of sunglasses, which is probably why he pointed at Ian Hunter on the cover and said, “That’s MOTT right there,… Read more

  • Song 78: The fighter still remains

    Song 78: The fighter still remains

    “The Boxer” by Simon & Garfunkel Marty E: Between all of the 70s Heavy Metal and Shock Rock, someone happened to slip a copy of Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits into my collection during this period of time, and I loved it just as much as I did the rest of them. I can’t exactly… Read more

  • Song 77: Demented Davy Crockett hitchhiking on Highway 2

    Song 77: Demented Davy Crockett hitchhiking on Highway 2

    [photo from contributor] “Caught In a Dream” by Alice Cooper Marty E: I don’t know who it was who gave me Alice Cooper’s Love It to Death album, but it sure was a weird album, I think, for anyone to hear – especially a little kid. I mean, “Ballad of Dwight Fry” and “Black Juju”… Read more

  • Song 76: Hard rock for the children

    Song 76: Hard rock for the children

    [Photo provided by contributor] “Black Diamond” by KISS Marty E: One day, when I was, again, around 4-years-old, I was digging through my brother Dave’s drawer in my parents’ basement, and came across a picture of KISS in a magazine and was instantly and permanently fascinated. That was to be a very consequential day, in… Read more

  • Song 75: Crashing in bathtubs

    Song 75: Crashing in bathtubs

    “Norwegian Wood” by The Beatles Marty E: What was great about being a little kid and being given the gift of music was that I often didn’t understand what a song was “about” and didn’t have the presence of mind to even care. I had few biases or prejudices about anything, so music was a… Read more