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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Dawes hits the top spot with some “productive” “Time Spent in Los Angeles” leapfrogging over Pat Bergeson and knocking Taylor Swift from the top. Competition is getting tougher. Is this the peak for Pat Bergeson…………………………
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of October 16, 2011
1. Time Spent in Los Angeles–Dawes
2. Down at the Plaza–Pat Bergeson featuring Dan Anderson, Tom Roady, and Steve Shapiro
3. Sparks Fly–Taylor Swift
4. (I Want To) Come Home–Paul McCartney (From the movie “Everybody’s Fine”)
5. We Owned the Night-Lady Antebellum
6. Nut Rocker–George Bedard
7. She Said Traffic (Mashup)
8. Stupid Day Job–Wally Pleasant
9. Stereo Hearts-Gym Class Heroes with Adam Levine
10. Red Solo Cup-Toby Keith
1) “Time Spent in Los Angeles”—I can’t hold back any longer. This song is currently my favorite! At least for now…………………………..
2) “Down at the Plaza”—Knocking on the door for another week. It’s such a cool song!
3) “Sparks Fly”—For some reason, I didn’t hear or see this song very much this last week, so it didn’t get reinforced like it usually does. Still good!
4) (“I Want To) Come Home”—This one sounds so much like a Beatles’ song, that I can’t believe it never really got played! You’ve got to check it out if you’re a fan!
5) “We Owned the Night”—A big leap by Lady A! This one could have easily fit on their first two albums and that might be why it’s sticking to me!
6) “Nut Rocker”—I like this one more every time I hear it! Depending what kind of songs are out in the next couple of months, and since this song has Christmas ties, it could be around for a long run. I’m not sayin’………. I’m just sayin’……….. (Whatever that really means……………………..)
7) “She Said Traffic”—An ultra cool mashup that I first heard on Dennis Mitchell’s Breakfast with The Beatles as an uncredited song in his first online hour. The first hour of the current week’s show is always available at beatlesradioshow.com! So I went on a scavenger hunt and found it on youtube. It is well worth finding as it combines “She Said, She Said” by The Beatles with “Crosstown Traffic” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience for an experience that you haven’t heard before! Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!
🙂 “Stupid Day Job”—I know this song is close to the end of it’s run, but I feel it will return at a later date…………………………………. wallypleasant.com!
9) “Stereo Hearts”—I was right that I might change my mind about this song. I don’t really care for this video but I’m crazy about the imagery of the words!: “My heart’s a stereo….Turn me up when you feel low……….” Travie McCoy and Adam Levine make a great combination!
10) “Red Solo Cup”—The first song from Toby Keith’s new album “Clancy’s Tavern” is very catchy! It is simple, stupid, … and great! Now, when a musician says something like “I wrote in five minutes,” I usually just think to myself “Yeah. Right.” But if I heard Toby say that he wrote this song in five minutes, I’d say “What took you so long?” It’s hilarious!
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