Phil’s Faves: Songs, September 18, 2011

This will be a personal weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Another week at the top on both of my “faves” categories for Wally Pleasant again! But Taylor Swift is knocking on the door. I thought I heard some great music this week that I hadn’t listened to in a while. And just like on my “faves’ videos list, this one also contains a commercial!

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of September 18, 2011

1. Stupid Day Job–Wally Pleasant
2. Sparks Fly-Taylor Swift
3. Bring on the Lucie (Freda People)-John Lennon
4. Brighter Than the Sun-Colbie Caillat
5. Down at the Plaza-Pat Bergeson featuring Dan Anderson, Tom Roady, and Steve Shapiro
6. Time Spent in Los Angeles-Dawes
7. I Wanna Go-Britney Spears
8. It’s So Easy (Alternate Take)-Paul McCartney
9. Medley: You Need a Man/Coming to You-Loggins & Messina
10. 1-800-DONATE CARS

1) “Stupid Day Job”—Wally Pleasant nails down my favorite songs list for a record third week! I just wish this could happen for him in the “stupid ‘real’ world!” Look for it at wallypleasant.com!
2) “Sparks Fly”—The melody and words are really getting my attention right now! I like this song! She makes it seem so easy…
3) “Bring On the Lucie (Freda People)”—Wow! I hadn’t heard this song in so long, I forgot how good it was! “Bring on the Lucie,” appears to be a nonsense title. That is the only part of the song that is wasted. Over a nice constant slide guitar riff, Lennon inserts his version of “Masters of War” lyrics. He gets right to the point in the mean lyrics that are then offset by a happy chorus. It probably is my favorite John Lennon song.
4) “Brighter Than the Sun”–-The best pop song she’s done to this point!
5) “Down at the Plaza”—I continue to find a different section that gets my attention. This week, it was the vibes. Follow those “vibes” and check out this song!
6) “Time Spent in Los Angeles”—I really like the melody and arrangement on this song! It’s like an updated Jackson Browne!
7) “I Wanna Go”Britney went a little further down this week. This song is supposed to be her most popular song ever according to radio plays. It’s good, but it’s no “Till the World Ends” or “Toxic
“It’s So Easy” (Alternate Take)—The version I’m referring to is an extra track that does not appear on the Buddy Holly Tribute album “Rave On.” This is not the rave up “Helter Skelter” type version but one that more closely follows the original. It sounds great and it is “so easy” to like this song! (It’s only available on itunes.)
9) “Medley: You Need a Man/Coming to You”—Nine minutes of pure heaven from Loggins & Messina’s third album, “Full Sail.” “You Need a Man” is a funky upbeat jam with nice horns that then segues into a very upbeat almost reggae pop tune with great harmonies and flutes! This is stuff that is similar to the kind of melding of songs that “Abbey Road” excelled at! It is such a great song that, once again, is long forgotten…if it ever was remembered in the first place!
10) “1-800-DONATE CARS”—This hypnotic jingle is one of the best commercial jingles of the year! I sing along to it every time I hear it!

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