Phil’s Faves: Videos, January 6, 2013

Posted on January 13, 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 January 6, 2013

1. Don’t Stop the Party—Pitbull with TJR
2. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye—Luke Bryan
3. Beer Money—Kip Moore
4. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
5. Take a Little Ride—Jason Aldean
6. Tornado—Little Big Town
7. Cruise—Florida Georgia Line
8. Between the Raindrops—Lifehouse and Natasha Bedingfield
9. Bruises—Train & Ashley Monroe
10. Fastest Girl in Town—Miranda Lambert

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“Q” Bombs: January 6, 2013

Posted on January 13, 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 January 6, 2013

1. Ho Hey—The Lumineers
2. Come Wake Me Up—Rascal Flatts
3. Locked Out of Heaven—Bruno Mars
4. Diamonds—Rihanna
5. Scream and Shout—Will.i.am and Britney Spears
6. Home—Phillip Phillips
7. Sweet Nothing—Calvin Harris and Florence Welch
8. The Only Way I Know—Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, & Eric Church from 2012 CMA Awards
9. American Heart—Faith Hill
10. Hall of Fame—The Script and Will.i.am

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, December 30, 2012

Posted on January 13, 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 December 30, 2012

1. Love Addict—Jessica Dayle
2. The Lion The Beast The Beat—Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
3. I’m Coming Home—B.D. Mooney
4. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
5. Legs—Danko Jones
6. Crickets in December—B.D. Mooney
7. Barbarossa—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
8. Heart of Coal—The Golden Ghosts
9. Record Collection—Dan Miraldi
10. My Wife—Juliana Hatfield
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Phil’s Faves: (Christmas) Songs, December 23, 2012

Posted on January 13, 2013 by PhilMaq

Both CMT and VH1, the major sources of videos that I see, suspend new video shows until the beginning of the new year. So, I will just post my favorite songs for the next two listings.

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Top Ten (Christmas) Songs for the Week of December 23, 2012

1. Oh Santa—The Bluesbreakers
2. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree—Rubber Band
3. The Happy Reindeer—Dancer, Prancer, & Nervous
4. The Cowboy Christmas Ball—Michael Martin Murphey, Suzy Boggus, and Others
5. O Come All Ye Surfer Girls—The Chevelles
6. Christmas Is My Time of Year—The Monkees
7. Santa You Can Drive My Sled—The Fab
8. Crickets in December—B.D. Mooney
9. The Christmas Song—Paul McCartney
10. Imagine Love—Terry Prince
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, December 16, 2012

Posted on January 13, 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 December 16, 2012

1. Love Addict—Jessica Dayle
2. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
3. I’m Coming Home—B.D. Mooney
4. Crickets in December—B.D. Mooney
5. Legs—Danko Jones
6. The Lion The Beast The Beat—Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
7. Man at the Bottom of the Well—Bill Kirchen and Elvis Costello
8. Peg O’ My Heart—Dropkick Murphys and Bruce Springsteen
9. Record Collection—Dan Miraldi
10. Can’t Find My Way Home—Kati Mac
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Phil’s Faves: Videos: December 16, 2012

Posted on January 13, 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 December 16, 2012

1. 12/12/12 Concert
2. Paul McCartney on Saturday Night Live
3. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye—Luke Bryan
4. Tornado—Little Big Town
5. Holly Jolly Christmas—Lady Antebellum
6. Cruise—Florida Georgia Line
7. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
8. Creepin’—Eric Church
9. Beer Money—Kip Moore
10. Fastest Girl in Town—Miranda Lambert

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“Q” Bombs: December 16, 2012

Posted on January 13, 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 December 16, 2012

1. Diamonds — Rihanna
2. Come Wake Me Up—Rascal Flatts
3. Ho Hey—The Lumineers
4. Picking Up the Pieces—Paloma Faith
5. Home—Phillip Phillips
6. Locked Out of Heaven—Bruno Mars
7. Sweet Nothing—Calvin Harris and Florence Welch
8. The Only Way We Know—Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, & Eric Church from 2012 CMA Awards
9. Better Dig Two—The Band Perry
10. American Heart—Faith Hill

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, December 9, 2012

Posted on January 13, 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 December 9, 2012

1. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
2. I’m Coming Home—B.D. Mooney
3. I Don’t Like Half the Folks I Love—Paul Thorn
4. Can’t Find My Way Home—Kati Mac
5. Love Addict—Jessica Dayle
6. Love and Money—Justin Alexander
7. Get You—Dirty Deville
8. Crickets in December—B.D. Mooney
9. It’s Cold Outside of Your Heart—Justin Hayward (From “Moody Bluegrass Two…Much Love”)
10. The Leaves Are Changing—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, December 9, 2012

Posted on January 13, 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 December 9, 2012

1. Tornado—Little Big Town
2. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye—Luke Bryan
3. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
4. Cruise—Florida Georgia Line
5. Holly Jolly Christmas—Lady Antebellum
6. Beer Money—Kip Moore
7. Creepin’—Eric Church
8. Did It for the Girl—Greg Bates
9. It’s Time—Imagine Dragons
10. Fastest Girl in Town—Miranda Lambert

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“Q” Bombs: December 9, 2012

Posted on January 13, 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 December 9, 2012

1. Locked Out of Heaven—Bruno Mars
2. Home—Phillip Phillips
3. Ho Hey—The Lumineers
4. Rihanna—Diamonds
5. Come Wake Me Up—Rascal Flatts
6. Picking Up the Pieces—Paloma Faith
7. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together—Taylor Swift
8. Too Close—Alex Clare
9. American Heart—Faith Hill
10. Blown Away—Carrie Underwood

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