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:
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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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The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Pt.2!!!

Posted on May 7, 2014 by PhilMaq

Very few songs can be identified by just one chord. “A Hard Day’s Night” by The Beatles is one of them! The song and video are still just as amazing after 50 years!:

If you didn’t know Bruce Springsteen was the future of Rock and Roll by 1978, the music world had passed you by. Bruce built his reputation by monumental live performances! This video clip of “Rosalita” features the band at its most frenetic with saxman Clarence Clemons actually spinning like a top–cords and all! The highlights are Bruce fighting off the girls that keep attacking him during the song!:

And finally, from that incredible concert featuring Cat Stevens, Linda Ronstadt, and Dr. John mentioned in a previous post, here is a video of Cat Stevens’ “Fill My Eyes” featuring a very young and pretty Linda:

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Cat Stevens, Linda Ronstadt, and Dr. John All in One Very Special 1973 Concert!!!

Posted on May 7, 2014 by PhilMaq

ABC TV used to have a weekly 90 minute anthology show featuring several bands that was run on Friday nights from 11:30PM-1:00AM. Since concert audio and video were developing at the same time, (these were the early days of FM’s heyday), the shows were often simulcast on local rock radio stations.

This concert was unprecedented at the time! Cat Stevens exploded as an incredible talent and ABC gave him the full hour and a half to showcase himself! He brought along a very young Linda Ronstadt, who was on the verge of super-stardom herself, and Dr. John, who was still fresh from his “Right Place, Wrong Time” hit. They both performed Cat Stevens songs, making a special evening even more so!

Now they are all in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but this amazing concert is still something to marvel at:

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, January 26, 2014

Posted on May 2, 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 January 26, 2014

1. Rescue—Shining Farmer
2. The Quirk—John Ginty
3. Burn—Ellie Goulding
4. I’m Tired—Tommy Castro & The Painkillers with Joe Bonamassa
5. Three Nudges—Bevel Emboss
6. Orion—Cornell Kinderknecht and Martin McCall
7. Cadillac—The Hatchetmen
8. Things That Used to Shine—Wild Ponies
9. Bounce House—Little Vincent
10. French Harp Hustle—JD Wilkes & The Dirt Daubers
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Cinco de Mayo Fun With Los Lobos, Texas Tornados, and Uno, Dos, Tres, Con Andres!!!!!

Posted on April 30, 2014 by PhilMaq

In the mid 80’s, there was a sudden interest in roots and world music which has continued to the present. One of the first bands to be in the right place at the right time was Los Lobos, from East LA. Here they are playing their signature song from their first EP, “Let’s Say Goodnight”:

By the end of the decade, The “Mexican Beatles”–Texas Tornados appeared on the scene. Freddy Fender, Flaco Jimenez, Augie Myers, and Doug Sahm do a super catchy song from their self titled debut album, “Who Were You Thinkin’ Of”:

Just recently, a new “kindie” album was released with an obvious flair for all things Latin. Here’s “If I Had a Mariachi” from “Uno, Dos, Tres Con Andres”:

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