Phil’s Faves: Videos, May 25, 2014

Posted on June 1, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of May 25, 2014

1. Suzy Bogguss [Hall of Fame] with Chris Scruggs and Charlie Spivak at The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI, May 23, 2014
2. Ain’t It Fun–Paramore
3. Birthday—Katy Perry
4. Sleeping With a Friend—Neon Trees
5. 19 You + Me—Dan + Shay
6. Goodnight Kiss—Randy Houser
7. Teacher—Bend Sinister
8. Ashes—The Belle Brigade
9. Summer—Calvin Harris
10. The Walker—Fitz and The Tantrums

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“Theme Attic” Hall of Fame Fun:Nick Lowe, Alvin Lee, and Aretha Franklin!!!

Posted on May 28, 2014 by PhilMaq

Back in the infancy of MTV, even Nick Lowe took a stab at some VJ action with this low tech special efx version of “Raging Eyes” from his “The Abominable Showman.” It’s so cheesy I love it!:

It’s been more than a year since super guitarist Alvin Lee–originally from Ten Years After, passed away. I couldn’t find a clip of TYA doing “Hear Me Calling,” so I opted for a solo version of Alvin doing “the boogie” at Budokan in 2010:

Aretha Franklin has had health and weight issues for a number of years, but if you haven’t seen her lately, she’s lookin’ pretty good sounding great as always! Here she is delivering a recent White House performance of  “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You):

 

 

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, February 16, 2014

Posted on May 22, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a 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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Top Ten Songs for the Week of February 16, 2014

1. Willie—Nora Jane Struthers [GSER]
2. Burn—Ellie Goulding
3. Things That Used to Shine—Wild Ponies
4. Tracks—Elizabeth Pixley—Fink
5. Stop Your Crying—Lake Street Dive
6. My Golden Bull—Rita Hosking
7. Tight Black Dress—Hatchetmen
8. I Got a Man—Sara Jean Kelley
9. Sugardown—Fathom Lane
10. Heartbeat—Jillian Rae
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Suzy Bogguss, Elizabeth Pixley-Fink, & an Impromptu Children’s Choir!!

Posted on May 21, 2014 by PhilMaq

It doesn’t get much better than this: Suzy Bogguss [Hall of Fame] singing a Nanci Griffith [Hall of Fame] song! “Outbound Plane” was one of the songs that helped introduce Suzy to a wider audience:

I’ve been hooked on Elizabeth Pixley-Fink’s “Bloodroot” album since I first heard it! I ran across this video of “Red Clover” looking for something else. I like pleasant surprises!:

I love this little clip of the children singing backup on “Red Clover!”:

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, February 9, 2014

Posted on May 18, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a 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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Top Ten Songs for the Week of February 9, 2014

1. Willie—Nora Jane Struthers [GSER]
2. Burn—Ellie Goulding
3. Stop Your Crying—Lake Street Dive
4. Things That Used to Shine—Wild Ponies
5. Trouble Looks Good on You—Wild Ponies
6. Tracks—Elizabeth Pixley—Fink
7. My Golden Bull—Rita Hosking
8. Wild As the Wind Blows—Skinny Lister
9. The Water Is Wide—Eva Cassidy [Hall of Fame]
10. Sugardown—Fathom Lane
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, May 18, 2014

Posted on May 18, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of May 18, 2014

1. Teacher—Bend Sinister
2. Ashes—The Belle Brigade
3. Ain’t It Fun–Paramore
4. Sleeping With a Friend—Neon Trees
5. Birthday—Katy Perry
6. 19 You + Me—Dan + Shay
7. Goodnight Kiss—Randy Houser
8. I Hold On—Dierks Bentley
9. The Walker—Fitz and The Tantrums
10. All of Me—John Legend

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Phil’s Faves: Videos, May 11, 2014

Posted on May 18, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of May 11, 2014

1. McCarty & Friends, Featuring Emmanuel Garza, Jim McCarty and Dylan McCarty, May 10, 2014 at Guy Hollerin’s, Ypsilanti, MI
2. Teacher—Bend Sinister
3. Ashes—The Belle Brigade
4. Ain’t It Fun–Paramore
5. Sleeping With a Friend—Neon Trees
6. The Walker—Fitz and The Tantrums
7. 19 You + Me—Dan + Shay
8. Birthday—Katy Perry
9. Heartbeat—Jillian Rae
10. Human—Christina Perri

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You Said a Mouthful!:Joe “King” Carrasco Y El Molino, Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood, and Gerry & The Pacemakers Introduced By Brian Epstein!!!

Posted on May 14, 2014 by PhilMaq

One of the greatest musical acts from Texas, a state known for its great musical acts, has reformed to put out another album of great Tex-Mex songs! Joe “King” Carrasco continues to put out solid, mostly fun, music, that makes you want to dance! Before Augie Myers was in the Texas Tornados, he rocked his Vox organ as a different “molino” with Joe. Check out “Rucca”:
Joe King Carrasco y El Molino

One of my favorite signs of spring are daffodils. Here’s an odd dramatic duet by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood from a special she did called “Movin’ With Nancy.” The song references daffodils many times:
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood

A weekly program that featured hot new artists was called “Hullabaloo.” Here’s a clip of Gerry & The Pacemakers doing their song “I’ll Be There.” I like the clip because it has Brian Epstein introducing one of his “discoveries”:

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, February 2, 2014

Posted on May 10, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a 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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Top Ten Songs for the Week of February 2, 2014

1. Willie—Nora Jane Struthers
2. Burn—Ellie Goulding
3. The Quirk—John Ginty
4. Rescue—Shining Farmer
5. Trouble Looks Good on You—Wild Ponies
6. French Harp Hustle—JD Wilkes & The Dirt Daubers
7. Things That Used to Shine—Wild Ponies
8. Tracks—Elizabeth Pixley—Fink
9. Stop Your Crying—Lake Street Dive
10. My Golden Bull—Rita Hosking
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, May 4, 2014

Posted on May 9, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of May 4, 2014

1. The Hatchetmen, May 2, 2014 at Rockstarz in Garden City, MI
2. Teacher—Bend Sinister
3. Ashes—The Belle Brigade
4. Ain’t It Fun–Paramore
5. The Walker—Fitz and The Tantrums
6. Sleeping With a Friend—Neon Trees
7. Heartbeat—Jillian Rae
8. 19 You + Me—Dan + Shay
9. The Man—Aloe Blacc
10. Human—Christina Perri

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