What band not known for its use of backing vocals makes the best use of them in the rare times backing vocals are employed?

Certainly you’ve had an experience hearing a song that you pooh-poohed when it was a hit to realize, years later, it wasn’t all that bad. Please share an example and, if possible, what you realized was actually good about that song.

What was your first car, and what car song best represents said wheels?

What’s your favorite Ron Wood moment?

Which artist not known as a producer but having done some outside production work would you most like to have heard produce other artists more often? In other words, as an example, Ray Davies produced The Turtles Soup but little if anything else for outside bands. Someone might wish he’d produced more bands. Who’s that person for you?

Musicians of any stripe, is there an artist whose music you learned to appreciate only after having learned to play it?

Which artist do you think you might truly dig if only you could get your head around around the genre in which said artist works? For instance, I think I’d be a big Steve Earle fan if only I could fully embrace country music, including country rock.

I look forward to your responses.

If you’ll recall, Townswoman Citizen Mom recently wrote of an upcoming guest editor stint for Philadelphia radio station WXPN’s countdown of the 885 Most Memorable Musical Moments. The “upcoming” part has now arrived. Here’s what she posted. Mom knows there’s lots of important work to get done in the Hall today, so she’s bringing the rock to us. Thanks!

Welcome to my first turn as Guest Blogger for the XPN 885 Most Memorable Musical Moments Countdown, where today I offer some significant female musical moments, all of which  helped make me the rock and roll mami I am today.  No particular order, and some will be more, er, universal than others. But like the lady says, great moments are made of small ones. And a tip o’ the bra to Michaela Majoun, who keeps it real for the rock broads every Friday.

Patti Smith on SNL, ’75. Gloucester County, represent! To my sisters, Terrie and Susan, who as my teenaged babysitters let me stay up way past my bedtime, I remain in your eternal debt.

Chrissie Hynde in the “Brass in Pocket” video. Life handbook of the girl who’s never  described as "You know, the pretty one."

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Excluding bands that suddenly lost key members and 1-hit wonders, who are rock’s most spectacular flameouts? That is, which artists, in the course of one release, lost it, to date, for good? Let’s be honest; no Mr. Nice Guy objections!