Since hearing it during today's 1980 rerun of "American Top 40" on KLOU, Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" has been stuck in my mind. The memory of our sixth grade chorus class singing it while Mrs. B. accompanied us on the piano made me smile. It would have been even more enjoyable if she'd split the class in half and had us alternate verses in call-and-response form, as Joel did with his band. That's just a quibble, though.
Sidebar: This was a good week for pop music 45 years ago. George Benson's "Give Me The Night," Olivia Newton-John's "Magic," "Upside Down" by Diana Ross, Irene Cara's "Fame," "Sailing" by Christopher Cross, Paul Simon's "Late In The Evening," and "Misunderstanding" by Genesis were all in the upper half of "American Top 40"'s countdown that week.
As I write, the S.O.S. Band's "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" is starting--another catchy earworm...I miss the early '80s pop scene.
