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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Carly Rae Jepsen tops both of my faves lists this week, but there are some great lost classics on this list!
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of May 27, 2012
1. Call Me Maybe—Carly Rae Jepsen
2. Banjo—Rascal Flatts
3. Rumour Has It—Adele
4. Lovin’ You Is Fun—Easton Corbin
5. Sweeter—Gavin DeGraw
6. Standing at the Station—Ten Years After
7. Karn Evil 9: Ist Impression, Part 1—Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
8. And You And I—Yes
9. Tubes World Tour—The Tubes
10. Over You—Miranda Lambert
1) “Call Me Maybe”—I didn’t think Carly Rae Jepsen’s song had enough to get to the top for me! Happily, I was wrong!
2) “Banjo”—I think this Rascal Flatt’s song still has more fight in it!
3) “Rumour Has It”—I think Adele had too quick of a run at the top for this song, but I’ve pretty much quit hearing it……………………..
4) “Lovin’ You Is Fun”—Corbin Easton’s song is starting to get under my skin!
5) “Sweeter”—Heading south………………………….
6) “Standing at the Station”—I listented to this song several times recently. It is taken from my favorite Ten Year’s After album “Rock and Roll Music to the World.” It’s basically a seven minute jam with a blues base about being stranded in a train station. There are plenty of time and rhythm changes with an exceptional synthesizer section. It is an incredible piece of music! The song ends when the train literally rolls through the station. It is a great work of art!
7) “Karn Evil 9: Ist Impression, Part 1″—This is the buildup to Karn Evil 9: Ist Impression, Part 2 which is the song which most people are familiar with from Emerson, Lake, & Palmer. I find the front part more interesting because of the path that it takes to get to the main, more confident Part 2!
8) “And You And I”—Yes’s wandering, gently moving stroll through a progressive forest starts with a melodic tuning on Steve Howe’s twelve string guitar and then meanders through great melodies, harmonies, and terrific keyboard work from Rick Wakeman! I will never get tired of hearing this song!
9) “Tubes World Tour”—The Tubes weren’t really known as a progressive synth rock band, but their first couple of albums had a lot of it. They also had a tendency to use the synthesizer for accents and comedic effect! This song, from “Young and Rich,” describes their experiences of being on tour with their first self titled album, “The Tubes.” After a catchy synthesizer intro, the song explodes with rocking guitars and moves so fast to the end that you can hardly catch your breath!
10) “Over You”—In relation to the songs above it, good but no comparison…..
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