Phil’s Faves: Songs, April 8, 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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The banjo reigns supreme on both of my faves lists! For whatever reason, I never once heard Rihanna’s “We Found Love” this last week, so it beat a hasty retreat off the list. The other item of note is the inclusion of several Easter—type songs…………..
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of April 8, 2012

1. Banjo—Rascal Flatts
2. Somebody That I Used to Know—Gotye with Kimbra
3. Dancin’ Away With My Heart—Lady Antebellum
4. Sweeter—Gavin DeGraw
5. Pride in the Name of Love—Dierks Bentley with The Punch Brothers & Del McCoury
6. As It Is in Heaven—Michael W. Smith
7. How Great Thou Art—Vince Gill & Amy Grant
8. Good Girl—Carrie Underwood
9. Lights—Ellie Goulding
10. Endless Love—Lionel Richie & Shania Twain

1) “Banjo”—This song is still on my upside! I really like it! I can’t believe that Rascal Flatts act like they’re having trouble inserting it into the setlist on their current tour…
2) “Somebody That I Used to Know”— What more can I say? A quirky classic!
3) “Dancin’ Away with My Heart”Lady A knows how to layer on just the right amount of sweetners to make almost anything they do sound just right!
4) “Sweeter”—Speaking of sweeteners, the chorus on this song reminds me of The Beatles’ “Hey Jude!” Think about it the next time you hear it!
5) “Pride in the Name of Love”—The anniversary of the assasination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. recently passed and this version of the U2 song is stuck in my head since I saw them perform it on PBS last year. The bluegrass version of a rock classic is just perfect!
6) “As It Is in Heaven”—This is quite possibly one of the best interpretations of “The Lords’ Prayer” that I’ve ever heard. The song is dense but still flowing—totally full of energy!
7) “How Great Thou Art”—“How Great Thou Art” is one of my favorite church hymns. This serene instrumental version, pulled from a compilation for Taylor guitars, subtly gets the message across. I like the idea of a guitar whiz like Vince Gill a)playing this on an acoustic guitar so we get here some nice picking for a change, and b)playing it with his wife. It’s a very nice interpretation, just right for Easter!
8) “Good Girl”—Just like Rascal Flatt’s “Banjo,” this country song is laid on top of a nice, hard, rock bed! It’s so hard it’s like a bed of nails!
9) “Lights”—I think that the lights will go out on this one next week……
10) “Endless Love”—This song is so perfect that I think a Kermit the Frog & Miss Piggy duet couldn’t ruin it!
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