As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

#99 Only the Lonely -- The Motels (1982)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaPTELylZ1s

The more senior among you may remember that "Only the Lonely" was the first big hit for Roy Orbison, way back in 1960. This is a completely different (although equally great) song, although the last repetition of the title by Martha Davis near the very end has always brought back memories of Roy. 

For a great short set of related tunes, throw in "When You’re Only Lonely" by J. D. Souther. (And of course "Thunder Road.")
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