Phil’s Faves: Songs, July 14, 2013

Posted on July 19, 2013 by PhilMaq

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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Top Ten Songs for the Week of July 14, 2013

1. Cuando Canto–Ozomatli
2. Little Cloud—Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights
3. Send Me Back to Earth—Dylan McDonald & The Avians
4. Highway Don’t Care—Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban
5. The Hymn—Kiko Loureirio
6. The River Jordan—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
7. Cookie Jar—Candy Band
8. Tu Mochila Esta Abierta—Dan Sheehan Conspiracy
9. Why Don’t We Do Something—Hey Geronimo
10. Ray of Life—Kiko Loureiro
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Fun Video!:”Carnival” by Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line

Posted on July 17, 2013 by PhilMaq

Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line are coming to the Detroit Institute of Arts on July 26th. Get introduced to the band through this fun video!

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Phil’s Faves: Videos July 14, 2013

Posted on July 17, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal 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 July 14, 2013

1. Kiko Loureiro Live in the WHFR Studios, July 12, 2013
2. Highway Don’t Care—Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, & Keith Urban
3. Radioactive—Imagine Dragons
4. Jump Right In—Zac Brown Band
5. I Need Your Love—Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding
6. Love Somebody—Maroon 5 with Adam Levine
7. Blowin’ Smoke—Kacey Musgraves
8. Can’t Hold Us—Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Ray Dalton
9. Get the Girl Back—Hanson
10. Same Love—Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

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“Q” Bombs: July 14, 2013

Posted on July 17, 2013 by PhilMaq

A “Q” Bomb, like an “H” bomb, will be my term for a music video that I consider to be subpar in music, video, or both. This will be a recurring weekly list that will focus on the worst videos that are currently on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus on solely on current or recent videos.
I hate to be so negative about music, but when an artist takes a “bad” song and then brings more attention to it by creating a “bad” video to support it, it will appear on this list. I honestly hope, and it could happen, that this list will be less than 10 items, but I have serious doubts that that possibility will happen. We are, after all, talking about an industry that uses art for huge profits. The companies can’t help themselves.
However, at this point, I will not do a 10 worst music list. I see absolutely no reason to waste time reemphasizing bad music. Once is enough.

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Worst Videos for the week of July 14, 2013

1. Stompa—Serena Ryder
2. Heart Attack—Demi Lovato
3. Clarity—Zedd with Foxes
4. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light ‘Em Up)—Fall Out Boy
5. Mirrors—Justin Timberlake
6. We Can’t Stop—Miley Cyrus
7. Treasure—Bruno Mars
8. Just Give Me A Reason—P!nk with Nate Reuss of fun.
9. Hey Girl—Billy Currington
10. Goodbye Town—Lady Antebellum
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, July 7, 2013

Posted on July 14, 2013 by PhilMaq

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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Top Ten Songs for the Week of July 7, 2013

1. Cuando Canto–Ozomatli
2. Highway Don’t Care—Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban
3. Little Cloud—Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights
4. Send Me Back to Earth—Dylan McDonald & The Avians
5. The Hymn—Kiko Loureiro
6. Red Dress—Matthew Morgan & The Lost Brigade
7. California—Shining Farmer
8. Sare Kon Kon—Antibalas
9. The River Jordan—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
10. The Baker’s Boy—Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, July 7, 2014

Posted on July 14, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal 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 July 7, 2013

1. Ozomatli Live at the “2013 Concert of Colors,” Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, MI, July 7, 2013
2. Highway Don’t Care—Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, & Keith Urban
3. Radioactive—Imagine Dragons
4. Jump Right In—Zac Brown Band
5. All Over the Road—Easton Corbin
6. Love Somebody—Maroon 5 with Adam Levine
7. Can’t Hold Us—Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Ray Dalton
8. I Need Your Love—Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding
9. Beat This Summer—Brad Paisley
10. Blowin’ Smoke—Kacey Musgraves

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“Q” Bombs: July 7, 2013

Posted on July 14, 2013 by PhilMaq

A “Q” Bomb, like an “H” bomb, will be my term for a music video that I consider to be subpar in music, video, or both. This will be a recurring weekly list that will focus on the worst videos that are currently on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus on solely on current or recent videos.
I hate to be so negative about music, but when an artist takes a “bad” song and then brings more attention to it by creating a “bad” video to support it, it will appear on this list. I honestly hope, and it could happen, that this list will be less than 10 items, but I have serious doubts that that possibility will happen. We are, after all, talking about an industry that uses art for huge profits. The companies can’t help themselves.
However, at this point, I will not do a 10 worst music list. I see absolutely no reason to waste time reemphasizing bad music. Once is enough.

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Worst Videos for the week of July 7, 2013

1. Heart Attack—Demi Lovato
2. Stompa—Serena Ryder
3. I Love It—Icona Pop with Charli XCX
4. Mirrors—Justin Timberlake
5. Clarity—Zedd with Foxes
6. Lego House—Ed Sheeran
7. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light ‘Em Up)—Fall Out Boy
8. Treasure—Bruno Mars
9. Goodbye Town—Lady Antebellum
10. Blurred Lines—Robin Thicke with T.I. and Pharrell
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“Barbara Ann” or “Banana Potato” Video from The Minions!

Posted on July 10, 2013 by PhilMaq

I wasn’t aware of The Minions from Despicable Me 2 singing a song until my daughter showed it to me. It’s a parody of “Barbara Ann” (apparently also known as “Banana Potato” in minion speak), that once I saw it, I knew it had to go on my website!

For some reason, I also like watching the subtitles as they sing, so I have included this version:

And for extreme silliness, I included this version:

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“The River Jordan”–Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys

Posted on July 3, 2013 by PhilMaq

When Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys perform live, there are usually many showstoppers–the songs that just take your breath away. “The River Jordan” is my favorite one! This is a cover of a song written by May Erlewine, one of The Flatbellys’ “label mates.” The subject is a short river in northern lower Michigan that provided a spiritual experience for the writer. That’s exactly how I feel when I listen to their version of the song.

Although the sound quality of the video isn’t great, and the band has gotten even better performing it since it was recorded, this is as close as you can get to the song without seeing them live. I hope it’s on their next album, but this had to go up on my site.

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The Minions and Jen Carfagno Are Absolutely Too Cute!!!

Posted on July 3, 2013 by PhilMaq

In case you haven’t seen it, The Weather Channel has a promo video featuring one of it’s on air personalities, Jen Carfagno (who is very cute on her own!), and a couple of minions from the new “Despicable Me 2” animated feature! There isn’t an “official” posting of this clip, but someone was nice enough to post this rough version and I can’t resist putting it on my website since I have watched it so many times but found it difficult to locate on the web. The combination of Jen and the minions is absolutely too cute (and funny)!!!!!

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