Sunny Breeze From The West Coast Part 5

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Enjoy part 5 of the series sunny breeze from the West Coast: mostly light-hearted pop music influenced by the Californian vibe of the late seventies and early eighties.

“Pacific waves take my mind away
When the sun sets on the ocean”

(California 1 / Con Funk Shun)

Like most touring musicians, Al Stewart spent a lot of time in hotel rooms, so it was no surprise that there were two songs about hotels on his album Year Of The Cat: Midas Shadow and Broadway Hotel. About the latter, he told his biographer Neville Judd:

"It's a song about trying to understand people who live in hotel rooms, people who are rich and can afford houses but prefer to live in a hotel room. That’s like living with no past, nothing tangible you can attach them to."

Next up is part 49 of Eddy's Eighties Grooves!

Tracklist:

Niko Bokos – Watchu Doin’ Tonight (2024)
Carter & Chanel – Don’t Let Love Go (1981)
Homi & Jarvis – Love’s Taken Over (1983)
Erik Tagg – Fancy Meeting You (1977)
Raffi Quijano – You’ll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (2008)
Lance Ferguson – Voo Sobre O Horizonte (2023)
Chromeo – Friendsnlovers (2024)
Mamas Gun – Good Love (2022)
The Hollies – My Island (1976)
August Red – Sunset Melody [Isla Del Sol Edit] (2021)
Con Funk Shun – California 1 (1981)
Chicago – No Tell Lover (1979)
Michael Franks – One Bad Habit (1980)
Super db – And She Cries (2024)
Neil Sedaka – The Immigrant (1974)
Nicolette Larson & Michael McDonald – Let Me Go Love (1979)
Stevie Woods – Fly Away (1979)
Paul Anka & Michael McDonald – No Way Out (1983)
Edie Brickell Feat. Barry White – Good Times (1994)
Al Stewart –  Broadway Hotel (1976)
Steve Winwood – My Love’s Leavin’ (1986)