Phil’s Faves: Videos, February 17, 2013

Posted on March 5, 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 February 17, 2013

1. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together—Taylor Swift (Opening The Grammys)
2. The Weight—Mavis Staples, Elton John, Bethany Howard of Alabama Shakes (Levon Helm tribute on the Grammys)
3. Tornado—Little Big Town
4. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
5. I Knew You Were Trouble—Taylor Swift
6. Don’t Stop the Party—Pitbull with TJR
7. Overjoyed—Matchbox 20
8. Andrea Bocelli on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
9. Lennon & McCartney—Dala
10. I Just Called to Say I Love You—Jessica Dayle on youtube for Valentine’s Day

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“Q” Bombs: February 17, 2013

Posted on March 5, 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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Wow! Four bad items dropped off in one week including The Lumineers. That one dropped like a rock when it had the chance. That means that a new loser leader is at the reverse top of the “Q” Bombs this week………………
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Worst Videos for the week of February 17, 2013

1. The Only Way I Know—Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, & Eric Church from 2012 CMA Awards
2. One of These Nights—Tim McGraw
3. Locked Out of Heaven—Bruno Mars
4. Lessons in Love (All Day/All Night)—Neon Trees
5. Better Dig Two—The Band Perry
6. Thrift Shop—Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
7. Scream and Shout—Will.I.Am and Britney Spears
8. Closer—Tegan & Sara on Jimmy Kimmel Live
9. Two Black Cadillacs—Carrie Underwood
10. Can’t Shake It–Gloriana
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#115 Black Musical History, Whales, & Winter Songs Playlist for “Theme Attic” on WHFR.FM, Thursday, February 21, 2013, 10AM-Noon EST

Posted on March 5, 2013 by PhilMaq

This show was a lot of fun!

I really like to put two themes that have nothing in common on the same bill. It makes for a lot of variety.

I almost never give any artist three songs in any show unless they’re the Hall of Fame Inductee or already a member, so it was really unusual to have three songs from The White Ravens on at the same time. I feel that their new album is really special and deserving of the attention.

I think I’m fascinated by whales and had plenty of fun facts for the show.

Other highlights for me were Joanie Leeds, Grand Funk, and Ray Charles.

Any time I can fit Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, and Dinah Washington onto the same show, it will be “a rockin’ good time!”

#115 Black Musical History, Whales, & Winter
February 21, 2013

Prologue—Renaissance (Prologue—One Way)

Black Musical History
Broken Hearted Melody—Sarah Vaughan (Essential Sarah Vaughan—Verve)
Dead End Street—Lou Rawls (Single—Capitol)
I’ve Got Dreams to Remember (Rougher Dreams)—Otis Redding (Lonely & Blue—Volt)
Sweet Inspiration—Sweet Inspirations (Single—Atlantic)
Hang ‘Em High-Booker T. & The MGs (Best of-Stax)

You Don’t Know Me—Ray Charles (Complete Country & Western Sessions—Rhino)
I Got a Thing You Got a Thing Everybody’s Got a Thing—Funkadelics (Funkadelics–Westbound)
Don’t You Just Know It-C.J. Chenier & Red Hot Louisiana Band (Step It Up!-Alligator)
Ike’s Theme-Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm #4 (Here & Now-Ikon)

Hall of Fame Inductee:Dinah Washington
You Got What It Takes (With Brook Benton)(The Two of Us—Mercury)
A Rockin’ Good Way (With Brook Benton)(The Two of Us—Mercury)
What a Diffrence a Day Makes (What a Difference a Day makes—Mercury)
Ain’t Messin’ ‘Round—Gary Clark, Jr. (Blak & Blu—Warner Bros)
Wild Weekend—Professor Harp (They Call Me The Professor—professorharp.com)

Whale Songs
Saddle Up the Whales—The White Ravens (Saddle Up the Whales-Beak &Claws)
Sounds of the Sea—Renaissance (Prologue—One way)
Farewell to Tarwathie—Judy Collins (Whales & Nightingales—Elektra)
Cry for a Shadow—Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers (In the Beginning—Polydor)

Winter Songs
Mad As the Mist and Snow—The Waterboys (An Appointment with Mr. Yeats—Proper)
Winter and My Soul-Grand Funk Railroad (Grand Funk-Capitol)
Cosmos Theme—Vangelis (Cosmos Soundtrack–RCA)

More Whale Songs
Mechanical Whales—The White Ravens (Saddle Up the Whales—Beak & Claws)
Big Blue Whale—Joanie Leeds (What a Zoo!—Limbostar)

Finale
Rube Goldberg Machine—The White Ravens (Saddle Up the Whales—Beak & Claws)

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, February 10, 2013

Posted on March 3, 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 February 10, 2013

1. Tip It on Back—Dierks Bentley
2. Heart of Gold—Sultans of String
3. Love Addict—Jessica Dayle
4. Don’t Stop the Party—Pitbull with TRJ
5. Leaves & Pods—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
6. Barbarossa—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
7. Alarm Clock Blues—Rusty Wright Band
8. (Big Chief Like Plenty Of) Firewater—The Wild Magnolias
9. Be My Baby—Hey Ocean!
10. Brother John—David Lindley
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, February 10, 2013

Posted on March 3, 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 February 10, 2013

1. Don’t Stop the Party—Pitbull with TJR
2. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
3. Tornado—Little Big Town
4. Catch My Breath—Kelly Clarkson
5. I Knew You Were Trouble—Taylor Swift
6. Creepin’—Eric Church
7. Daylight (Playing for Change)—Maroon 5 with Adam Levine
8. Overjoyed—Matchbox 20
9. Between the Raindrops—Lifehouse and Natasha Bedingfield
10. Cruise—Florida Georgia Line

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Dun, Dun, Dun:The Croods Trailer–I Can’t Help But Watch!

Posted on March 3, 2013 by PhilMaq

Look. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this trailer, but I have to watch it until “Belt” goes, “Dun, Dun, Dun,” in that little, silly voice! (Hint: It’s at 1:33)

 

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“Q” Bombs: February 10, 2013

Posted on February 24, 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 February 10, 2013

1. Justin Bieber Hosting Saturday Night Live
2. The Only Way I Know—Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, & Eric Church from 2012 CMA Awards
3. Ho Hey—The Lumineers
4. Locked Out of Heaven—Bruno Mars
5. Lessons in Love (All Day/All Night)—Neon Trees
6. Picking Up the Pieces—Paloma Faith
7. Scream and Shout—Will.I.Am and Britney Spears
8. Better Dig Two—The Band Perry
9. One of These Nights—Tim McGraw
10. Stubborn Love—The Lumineers
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James Grant and “Urban Rock Radio” Remembered

Posted on February 24, 2013 by PhilMaq

It’s almost been a year since WHFR DJ James Grant suddenly passed away. He is in the “Theme Attic” Hall of Fame because of the vision that he had for music that he broadcast as “Urban Rock Radio.” It centered on “black” rock artists that didn’t quite fit the corporate world. Believe me, I don’t think any of these artists had a bigger fan than James, or “Jimi,” as he called himself.

I was a regular listener to his weekly show and learned about a whole other rock world that I wasn’t even aware existed. This is coming from someone who has obsessed about music my whole life and wasn’t aware of this alternate universe. Oh, sure, I was familiar with some of the bands, but not most of them. And James had a way of packaging the music to give you his own guided tour of that world. His world.

I miss James every time I run across something that I know he would have loved. When I was lucky enough to catch George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic at Detroit’s Concert of Colors (in primo seats!) I know me and James would probably still be smiling and talking about it.

I miss his laughter..and that great voice!

I hardly knew him, but we used to talk a lot when we were together. One year, if that much. I really didn’t know him at all, but I feel like I’ve known him my whole life because we connected through our musical interests.

This Wednesday, February 27, 2013, I will humbly fill his time slot, 10AM-Noon EST, at www.whfr.fm and do “Urban Rock Radio” again in his memory. I will play songs that he either played or didn’t get around to playing yet. Fortunately, James knew he was doing something special and left some of it around for us to enjoy!

If you have a memory to share or a request that I might be able to play, let me know by my facebook page, Phil Maq, or at phil@philmaq.com.

Let’s remember James and never let the memory die!

Peace!
Phil Maq

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, February 3, 2013

Posted on February 23, 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 February 3, 2013

1. Tip It on Back—Dierks Bentley
2. Leaves & Pods—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
3. Barbarossa—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
4. Love Addict—Jessica Dayle
5. Another Day—Thorcraft Cobra
6. The Lion The Beast The Beat—Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
7. Don’t Stop the Party—Pitbull with TRJ
8. Big Dumb Man—Jessica Dayle
9. Heart of Gold—Sultans of String
10. Alarm Clock Blues—Rusty Wright Band
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Phil’s Faves:Videos, February 3, 2013

Posted on February 23, 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 February 3, 2013

1. Tornado—Little Big Town
2. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
3. Don’t Stop the Party—Pitbull with TJR
4. Catch My Breath—Kelly Clarkson
5. I Knew You Were Trouble—Taylor Swift
6. Between the Raindrops—Lifehouse and Natasha Bedingfield
7. Creepin’—Eric Church
8. Overjoyed—Matchbox 20
9. Cruise—Florida Georgia Line
10. Beer Money—Kip Moore

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