Dan Fogelberg - Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart

DAN FOGELBERG - LEADER OF THE BAND
What a funny song. In particular, the horns that come out of nowhere in the middle and at the end of the piece make me smile a lot, very soft wind instruments, almost a pipe organ.
But anyhow, he has made sales crashes with platinum and gold records as if it were raining, yet I did not know him.
I like the voice, very west coast (it hits my sweet spot) and the choirs, intense. Ballad

BILLY RAY CYRUS - ACHY BREAKY HEART
How nice - in small doses - American FM rock. Snare drum 2 and 4, bass accordingly, trakka-trakka guitar, voice of someone with a hat who explains how cool he is, wick a cappella, "American" choirs, open-hand piano towards the end and voila, that's it .
This one lacks the tight solo, but that's okay. Ballads like that always put me in a good mood and invite you to travel. At least me

PAUL SIMON - KODACHROME
Song in a nursery rhyme, but with a seductive rhythm, which pushes it into the hard disk of your brain and you never snap it off.
Paul Simon actually has a knack for writing stuff like this, this comes from his third album of his career, There Goes Rhymin 'Simon, grace year 1973.
Song that immediately jumped to the top of the charts of different countries and became a hit of ours, as well as the whole album. Captivating


Gianni Giletti
NP May 2022