This week ( June 27, 2021) on The Retro Lounge, songs about money and material things. Cash from Dire Straits, Pink Floyd and ABBA, with a popular catch phrase from the movies; working hard with Donna Summer to get money for cars with Prince ,Gino Vanelli and Trooper; songs about materialism from Shawn Mullins and classic Led Zeppelin; dough from The Flying Lizards to buy houses from John Mellencamp, the Commodores, the Mary Jane Girls and fond memories of one from Madness; we strike gold with Neil Young, David Bowie and John Stewart; riches for two big TV families; Neil Diamond puts on jeans with classic ads from Brooke Shields; and one of the first big lotteries in Canada in 1975 and hit the jackpot with Barenaked Ladies and Hall & Oates.
Throwback to meeting Nick Gilder before introducing him at CLE. Circa 2019.
