I also posted this Simon Townshend video on my Facebook page with more of an explanation. But I will state again that this is “The Dirty Jobs” originally from The Who’s “Quadrophenia.” The band sounds super tight!
On this one, Simon has fun with a solo acoustic version of “Pinball Wizard”:
And for this year’s Earth Day focus, here’s “Power” from the “No Nukes” concerts in the late 7o’s featuring John Hall, Carly Simon, James Taylor and many others!:
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 12, 2014
1. Falling—Joanie Leeds & The Night Lights
2. Burn—Ellie Goulding
3. Rescue—Shining Farmer
4. The Quirk—John Ginty
5. Long Time Gone—Billie Jo + Norah
6. New—Paul McCartney [Hall of Fame]
7. Caught Up—Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas
8. The Superposition of Human Affection–Miniboone
9. Orion—Cornell Kinderknecht and Martin McCall
10. Frozen—Brian Larsen
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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 April 13, 2014
1. George Bedard, Rich Dishman, and Pat Prouty Live at the Plymouth Elks Club, Plymouth, MI, April 8, 2014
2. Christina Perri Live at The Majestic, Detroit, MI, April 11, 2014
3. Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About—Thompson Square
4. Heartbeat—Jillian Rae
5. Ashes—The Belle Brigade
6. Teacher—Bend Sinister
7. The Man—Aloe Blacc
8. Ain’t It Fun–Paramore
9. The Walker—Fitz and The Tantrums
10. Human—Christina Perri
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 April 6, 2014
1. Dum Dum Girls Live at The Loving Touch, Ferndale, MI, March 30, 2014
2. The Fab Faux Play The Beatles’ “Revolver,” Live at The Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI, April 5, 2014
3. Heartbeat—Jillian Rae
4. “Good Morning America” Promo Video of “Happy” by Pharell Williams
5. Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About—Thompson Square
6. Ashes—The Belle Brigade
7. The Walker—Fitz and The Tantrums
8. Human—Christina Perri
9. Ain’t It Fun–Paramore
10. Teacher—Bend Sinister
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 March 30, 2014
1. Bend Sinister Live at PJ’s Lager House, Detroit, MI, March 27, 2014
2. “Good Morning America” Promo Video of “Happy” by Pharell Williams
3. Heartbeat—Jillian Rae
4. Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About—Thompson Square
5. Human—Christina Perri
6. The Walker—Fitz and The Tantrums
7. Burn—Ellie Goulding
8. Ashes—The Belle Brigade
9. Ain’t It Fun–Paramore
10. Teacher—Bend Sinister
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 March 23, 2014
1. Heartbeat—Jillian Rae
2. Human—Christina Perri
3. Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About—Thompson Square
4. Burn—Ellie Goulding
5. The Walker—Fitz and The Tantrums
6. The Heart of Dixie—Danielle Bradley
7. Goodnight Kiss—Randy Houser
8. Ain’t It Fun–Paramore
9. Ashes—The Belle Brigade
10. Dark Horse—Katy Perry and Juicy J
When I saw The Dum Dum Girls this past Sunday, I didn’t expect to hear “Bedroom Eyes” until it was time for an encore. I was ecstatically surprised to find them opening the show with it. I’m going to throw this song into the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded [GSER] category. The twangy guitar, the classic girl group harmonies, the throwback rock beat, and the total wall of sound. It doesn’t get much better than that!:
I cant’s seem to get Sally Seltmann’s “catchy” melody out of my head! Little did I know that the pretty Australian singer put out an animated video for it!:
It’s usually not too embarassing to copy someone if you do it well. The Dave Clark Five had plenty of original ideas of their own and were one of the best British Invasion bands. But here they gleefully “borrow” from The Beatles “A Hard Days Night” movie!:
Funnyman Soupy Sales is known for his TV shows, but he also recorded plenty of music over the years. Here is song about his favorite mean dog, White Fang:
Jason Didner & The Jungle Gym Jam have animated one of their songs, “Five Sea Lions.” It had its world premiere last week, but here it is in full splendiferous color!:
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 March 16, 2014
1. Rita Hosking and Sean Feder Live at The Detroit Institute of Arts, March 14, 2014
2. Heartbeat—Jillian Rae
3. Burn—Ellie Goulding
4. Human—Christina Perri
5. The Heart of Dixie—Danielle Bradley
6. Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About—Thompson Square
7. Goodnight Kiss—Randy Houser
8. The Walker—Fitz and The Tantrums
9. All of Me—John Legend
10. Dark Horse—Katy Perry and Juicy J
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 March 9, 2014
1. Heartbeat—Jillian Rae
2. Human—Christina Perri
3. Burn—Ellie Goulding
4. The Heart of Dixie—Danielle Bradley
5. All of Me—John Legend
6. Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About—Thompson Square
7. Goodnight Kiss—Randy Houser
8. The Walker—Fitz and The Tantrums
9. Happy—Pharell Williams
10. Dark Horse—Katy Perry and Juicy J
