Old Enough to Forget

Ten-year-old me didn't know what to think of the song "Rock On" as it was an unusual thing, but strangely hypnotic and cool too. It was etched into my developing musical preferences. I never forgot the song. I blame Jack Wagner for Michael Damian being able to release his version of "Rock On" - yeah, I know that's not fair or accurate, but dang it, the only singing soap opera star I need (I was going to try and work an "All I Need" reference in there somewhere, but it seemed like a lot of work for zero payoff) is Rick Springfield. Let's just pretend that never happened, shall we? (Although I will reluctantly admit his cover version was "okay".) Before finding this album, the only other song by David Essex I was aware of was "A Winter's Tale," a song I found a few years ago that has become one of my favourite holiday tunes. It is a stunning piece - although my daughter thinks it's rather "meh," but likes tha...