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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George Bedard and The Kingpins deliver a knockout punch to overthrow The Black Keys from the top spot! Three instrumentals remain on the countdown, Paul McCartney has two songs on the list, and there appears to be an “arms race” breaking out between Kina Grannis and Glen Campbell………………
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of January 29, 2012
1. Hawaiian Boogie—George Bedard and The Kingpins
2. Lonely Boy—The Black Keys
3. Best Love—Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers with Paul McCartney
4. Mosquitoes—Joanie Leeds
5. The Lonely One—Duane Eddy
6. In My Arms—Glen Campbell with Brian Setzer, Chris Isaak, & Dick Dale
7. In Your Arms—Kina Grannis
8. The Fish Is in the Freezer—Uncle Bonsai
9. 7th Galaxy-Dennis Coffey
10. Get Yourself Another Fool-Paul McCartney
1) “Hawaiian Boogie”—Look. Blues instrumentals don’t get much better than this one here! This is a song from George Bedard and The Kingpins second album, “Hip Deep,” an album that has several more great songs than just this one! Check it out!!!!
2) “Lonely Boy”—I’m guessing that this will be one of my favorite songs for the year! I still catch myself singing it several times a week!
3) “Best Love”—A rebound this week for probably the “best” song on Steve Martin’s “Rare Bird Alert!
4) “Mosquitoes”—This song—like many of Joanie’s best ones, is just so happy! You probably wouldn’t mind it if a mosquito were biting you as you were listening to it!
5) “The Lonely One”—I like this song sooo much! I don’t know if it’s the keeping the beat measure on the bongos, or the background singers “ahhing” the melody under the music, but it gets to me every time!
6) “In My Arms”—If this song is a farewell song from Glen Campbell from his “Ghost on the Canvas” CD, you can’t go out better than this! The middle section features three guitar greats, Chris Isaak, Brian Setzer, and Dick Dale, trading licks ala Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and John Lennon of The Beatles on “The End” from “Abbey Road!” The melody is great and it’s the best thing he’s done in years!
7) “In Your Arms”—Unfortunately, this one’s falling fast……………….
8) “The Fish Is in the Freezer”—This sparse, mostly acoustic song by Uncle Bonsai, gets under my skin every time I hear it! The song is moody and the lyrics are…hilarious: “The fish once had a brother/Boy fish are the first to go.” Opal and Marmalade, two goldfish that are currently residing in a freezer, probably would have loved it! Or not……………………
9) “7th Galaxy”—Still hanging on, but apparently it has already peaked……………….
10) “Get Yourself Another Fool”—Probably my favorite song from Paul McCartney’s “Kisses on the Bottom” CD. Yeah, you can’t fool him too many times…………………..
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