Phil’s Faves: Songs, March 11, 2012

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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Gotye and Kimbra top both of my “faves” lists! Brazil drops a little as “Cough Syrup” surges forward. There are a couple of moon songs on the list that adds some soft lighting…………
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of March 11, 2012

1. Somebody That I Used to Know—Gotye with Kimbra
2. Cough Syrup—Young the Giant
3. Brazil—Rich Ridenour
4. Scientists in Japan—Sara Groves
5. Moon in Ice—Yello
6. Shining Moon—Cowboy Junkies
7. Lights—Ellie Goulding
8. We Are Young—Fun with Janelle Monae
9. In My Arms—Glen Campbell with Brian Setzer, Chris Isaak, & Dick Dale
10. Best Love—Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers with Paul McCartney

1) “Somebody That I Used to Know”— I hear this song constantly now and I don’t even listen to music on the radio that much in comparison to my other sources for it. It’s such a sad line (to me) when he says that her friends were sent to collect her records and she changed her number. ODWITS!
2) “Cough Syrup”—Another simbie that I continue to hear a lot moves it onto the list in a big way!
3) “Brazil”—A song and performance that is on a par with the country it is named after!
4) “Scientists in Japan”—The scientists are starting to bore me…but only a little bit……
5) “Moon in Ice”—This haunting bongo driven song grabbed my attention for a good portion of the week! Yello is the same band that made “Oh Yeah,” (You know. The really deep voice going “Oh yeah.”) but this song is hypnotic and the sultry vocal adds a lot! Check it out!
6) “Shining Moon”—Taken from “Whites Off Earth Now,” this slow bluesy version of a Lightnin’ Hopkins song sounds and feels just right!
7) “Lights”—This song is “simbietastic!”
8) “We Are Young”—This one’s losing steam for me………………..
9) “In My Arms”—Probably the last week for this one………….
10) “Best Love”—Ditto for this one………………………….
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