“Q” Bombs, July 29, 2012

Posted on August 22, 2012 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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Luke Bryan stays on top for a second week. Need I say more…………………
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Worst Videos for the week of July 29, 2012

1. Drunk on You—Luke Bryan
2. 5-1-5-0—Dierks Bentley
3. Scream—Usher
4. Cowboys and Angels—Dustin Lynch
5. Springsteen—Eric Church
6. Payphone—Maroon 5 with Wiz Khalifa
7. The A Team—Ed Sheeran
8. Let’s Go—Calvin Harris and Ne-Yo
9. Glass—Thompson Square
10. Ho Hey—The Lumineers

1) “Drunk on You”—Luke Bryan is still #1 on CMT. TRIPLE ODWITS!!!
2) “5-1-5-0”—Dierks Bentley’s video shows a lot of mud flying. Here’s a little bit of it coming back……..
3) “Scream”—Please “usher” me away from this video before I SCREAM!
4) “Cowboys and Angels”—Wow. It hurts my eyes to watch Dustin Lynch’s video…
5) “Springsteen”—Eric Church’s video is finally dropping………..
6)“Payphone”—I think it’s the beginning of the end for this Maroon 5 stinker………..
7) “The A Team”—I really wanted to like Ed Sheeran’s song because it seemed so sincere, but I can’t stand it anymore………………
8) “Let’s Go”—Calvin Harris doesn’t appear to be going anywhere but up for the moment……
9) “Glass”—Thompson Square have done so much better videos than this song. I don’t see what the fascination is with this song………….
10) “Ho Hey”—I can’t believe that the one time that CMT actually picks a video that’s on VH1 first and this Lumineers’ song is the one they choose to crossover???
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Phil’s Faves:Songs, July 22, 2012

Posted on August 17, 2012 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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Love and Theft reclaim the top spot. You shouldn’t be surprised, though. Come on. They have “theft” in their band name…………………………………
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of July 22, 2012

1. Angel Eyes—Love and Theft
2. Summertime—Jessica Dayle
3. The Sun Is Shining—The Fireman (Paul McCartney)
4. The Doors Sing “Reading Rainbow”—Jimmy Fallon
5. Bright Red—Vanessa Peters
6. Pontoon—Little Big Town
7. (Kissed You) Good Night—Gloriana
8. Little Talks—Of Monsters and Men
9. I’m a Lonesome Fugitive—Dave Alvin
10. Leland, Mississippi—Johnny Winter

1) “Angel Eyes”—Love and Theft’s retro country harmonies just sound new all over again! I think I also like songs about angels and eyes, so if you put the two together, it’s a pretty potent combination!
2) “Summertime”—I still have plenty to write and say about Jessica Dayle’s “Summertime,” but I’m going to go light this week—for a reason. The song fades out with some “na-na-nas.” Sometimes nonsense syllables seem kind of gratuitous and silly. Jessica has already said so much throughout the rest of the song that they just add to the cute quotient! It’s a totally perfect ending, and since it’s the last song on her self-titled EP, it leaves the door open for the promise of her next batch of songs!
3) “The Sun Is Shining”—The Paul McCartney “na-na-na” chorus is a real “simbie” for me! The second one on this list with na-na-nas……………
4) “The Doors Sing ‘Reading Rainbow’”—Ah, it’s just too bad that a video clip was never officially released for this brilliant Jimmy Fallon parody……………….
5) “Bright Red”—Wow! Another week on the list for Vanessa Peters! I’m right there with her when she sings about her tennis shoes melting because the summer was so hot!
6) “Pontoon”—I’m starting to get tired of this Little Big Town song. It’s had a good run but I thought it would have been bigger……………….
7) “(Kissed You) Good Night”—I’ve liked the video by Gloriana for quite awhile now so it only seems fitting that the song should appear on my songs list. It’s kind of intense…in a good way!
8) “Little Talks”—Of Monsters and Men’s marching melody with its great trumpet hook has finally won me over!
9) “I’m a Lonesome Fugitive”—Dave Alvin has done a collection of Americana albums since separating with The Blasters, but I think this one is his best! It’s on a compilation called “The I-10 Chronicles.2” (I’m letting you know because I had a difficult time locating it.) His character is a “bad seed” who chronicles his lifetime of hard knocks–starting with his mother, and bad breaks. The chorus is his complaint that he’d like to stop this running but he knows they’ll catch up to him eventually, so he has to stay on the run. The song is a mid tempo country rocker with a lot of extended guitar solos. Forget “Radar Love” by Golden Earring and other songs like it. THIS IS THE GREATEST DRIVING SONG EVER! You may disagree, but all I know is that when I have a lot of driving to do, when the road disappears into the horizon, when there are mesas on the sides of me and white capped mountains in the distance, THIS is the song I want cranked up and playing in my car! (“I’d like to settle down/but they won’t let me…The highway is my home!”)
10) “Leland, Mississippi”—All I need from this Johnny Winter classic is the intro of the great song! The rest of it is a bonus! This is on Johnny Winter’s major label eponymous album, and I think it’s the best song! It starts with a bass drum and snare, bass, an awesome blues guitar lick, and Johnny Winter alternately growling “Oh, yeah” and “Uh, huh.” Then the song really kicks in to the groove. There is a really nice guitar solo with some syncopation and time changes! The reason why the rest of the song is a bonus because I honestly can’t understand anything else he says except “Leland, Mississippi.” Johnny Winter has recorded volumes of blues songs over the decades, some of it really good and some of it really bad. To me, this is Johnny Winter in his prime and it doesn’t get any better!
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, July 22, 2012

Posted on August 15, 2012 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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This summer, the pontoon rules supremely at the top of the video list!
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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of July 22, 2012

1. Pontoon—Little Big Town
2. Wide Awake—Katy Perry
3. The Wind—Zac Brown Band
4. Angel Eyes—Love and Theft
5. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye—Train
6. (Kissed You) Good Night—Gloriana
7. Little Talks—Of Monsters and Men
8. Both of Us—B.O.B. and Taylor Swift
9. Over—Blake Shelton
10. Call Me Maybe—Carly Rae Jepsen

1) “Pontoon”—Little Big Town have at least made my favorite summer video since Toby Keith’s “Trailerhood!” It’s not as good, but I love it!
2) “Wide Awake”—There is so much production put into this video of an allegorical tale, that I almost feel sorry for what Katy Perry has gone through in her personal life. I said almost…..
3) “The Wind”—Thank God Pervis had some tools to build the “Robo Redneck” in Zac Brown’s video!
4) “Angel Eyes”—That poor preacher who has such a wild daughter…………….
5) “50 Ways to Say Goodbye”—I think Train’s video is the best sick humor video since Jaron and the Long Road to Love’s “I Pray For You!”
6) “(Kissed You) Good Night”—Well, I think it’s getting close to when Gloriana will get a goodnight kiss off of this list………………
7) “Little Talks”—I would think Of Monsters and Men would have had more success especially since the song is featured in an advertisement. Maybe no one knows about it…
8) “Both of Us”—“Both of Us” isn’t as good as “Airplanes” by Taylor Swift’s good friend Hayley Williams of Paramore, who teamed up with B.O.B. for a huge hit, but this video and song is so much better than her last collaboration with The Civil Wars!
9) “Over”—Alright. Now that I’ve gotten “over” the shock of some of the similarities between Blake Shelton’s video and Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood’s “Remind Me,” I can step back and see that this is a fairly good video and a really good song. Carry on, Blake!
10) “Call Me Maybe”—OK, Carly. Since you’re hanging around, would you like something to drink……………………….
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“Q” Bombs:July 22, 2012

Posted on August 15, 2012 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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Luke Bryan hits the top on CMT so I have to respond in kind. This rendezvous appears to have been inevitable……………………………..
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Worst Videos for the week of July 22, 2012

1. Drunk on You—Luke Bryan
2. 5-1-5-0—Dierks Bentley
3. Payphone—Maroon 5 with Wiz Khalifa
4. Scream—Usher
5. Springsteen—Eric Church
6. Cowboys and Angels—Dustin Lynch
7. Ho Hey—The Lumineers
8. Let’s Go—Calvin Harris and Ne-Yo
9. Glass—Thompson Square
10. Titanium—David Guetta and Sia

1) “Drunk on You”—#1 on CMT. DOUBLE ODWITS!!
2) “5-1-5-0”—How come the po-po don’t know about this Dierks Bentley crime of a video…………………….
3) “Payphone”—Maroon 5’s video slowly tries to climb back to the top of the ooze………
4) “Scream”—I guess nobody can hear me scream about Usher’s boring video………………
5) “Springsteen”—Thankfully, Eric Church only spent one week on top. Maybe the video can finally disappear……………
6) “Cowboys and Angels”—Name two groups that probably don’t like Dustin Lynch’s video………………………….
7) “Ho Hey”—Ho Hey. I guess The Lumineers decided to hang around……………..
8) “Let’s Go”—I’m getting the impression that Calvin Harris doesn’t want to follow his video instructions………………
9) “Glass”—I just swapped out a one boring black-and-white Hunter Hayes video for a Thompson Square boring black-and-white video……………………..
10) “Titanium”—David Guetta’s title is a misnomer: Titanium is a precious metal. The video is neither precious nor a metal………………………… QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ

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Hotel Transylvania Trailer – Always makes me laugh!

Posted on August 15, 2012 by PhilMaq

I can’t wait until Hotel Transylvania comes out, if this trailer is any indication of just how funny the movie will be. I love the part where Count Dracula says, “I do not say blah-blah-blah!”

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Phil’s Faves:Songs, July 15, 2012

Posted on August 10, 2012 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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Jimmy Fallon as Jim Morrison jumps into the top spot. But don’t get too comfortable, Jimmy. “Summertime” is gaining on you………………………
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of July 15, 2012

1. The Doors Sing “Reading Rainbow”—Jimmy Fallon
2. Angel Eyes—Love and Theft
3. Summertime—Jessica Dayle
4. Sunglasses—Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights
5. Pontoon—Little Big Town
6. The Sun Is Shining—The Fireman (Paul McCartney)
7. Bright Red—Vanessa Peters
8. Black Sheep—SRC
9. Fire—M.A.K.U. Sound System
10. Wild Weekend—Tinsley Ellis & The Heartfixers

1) “The Doors Sing ‘Reading Rainbow’”—Most of the fun of listening to Jimmy Fallon’s take on Jim Morrison, is playing it for someone who is familiar with The Doors’ catalog but isn’t aware of the parody. The look on their face as they try to quickly flip through their mental filing cabinet to figure out why they don’t recognize “Reading Rainbow” is priceless!
2) “Angel Eyes”—The eyes drop out of the top spot, but you can’t count Love and Theft out yet. After all, they’re “angel eyes!”
3) “Summertime”— Jessica Dayle’s beautiful summertime song continues to move up as it anchors its way into my musical psyche! One of the reasons has to do with a line in the song that says “you’re my world.” She actually gives my an extra beat. (Or two beats if you’re quick timing it.) What it amounts to is an extra measure when world is added. I’m going to guess – and I could be wrong, it wouldn’t be the first time – is that it probably caused a little confusion or slight grief with the other musicians playing on the song. (By the way, the band does an incredible understated job, too–especially the steel guitar player!) It’s not a natural sequence. Maybe somebody even suggested to change it. I don’t know because I wasn’t there. But what that section ends up doing, as she sings the line to the boyfriend in the song, is to give the listener a kind of “verbal hug,” too, because the line “wraps around” into what would be the next line. It is a truly remarkable hook and makes the song even better!
4) “Sunglasses”— Joanie Leeds’ and The Nightlights’ song is still good, but competition is getting tough right now…………..
5) “Pontoon”—Little Big Town’s easy going blues-based song is starting to fall, but I’m really glad it came along!
6) “The Sun Is Shining”— I’m starting to get attached to this song and I didn’t think I would. It must be the infectious na-na-nas on the chorus—probably the best ones since he wrote them for The Beatles’ “Hey Jude!”
7) “Bright Red”— Vanessa Peters is a Texas based singer/songwriter who has put out a really good summer song where she remembers one of the hottest summers in 30 years. (Hmm…just like this year) where she just went a little crazy and colored her hair dark red. It’s very nice, melodic, and descriptive in a Mary Chapin Carpenter way!
8) “Black Sheep”— SRC was a prog rock staple in the Detroit area in the late 60’s and early 70’s. I hadn’t heard this song in quite a few years and it was like a blast of musical fresh air! Gary Quackenbush’s distinctive guitar lines sounded phenomenal—especially when I got to see them perform this at The Magic Bag in Ferndale in June! “Black Sheep” is a psychedelic masterpiece!
9) “Fire”— Columbian rhythyms weave a frenetic dance pattern on this world music instrumental! The beat is hypnotic, and it will definitely set your speakers or earbuds on “fire!”
10) “Wild Weekend”—I’ve had a lot of fun listening to Tinsley Ellis cover one of the most perfect summer oldies classics, but it might be time to retire this one for now…………..
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, July 15, 2012

Posted on August 5, 2012 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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You know pontoon’s move very slowly. It may take a while before Little Big Town starts to slip…………………
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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of July 15, 2012

1. Pontoon—Little Big Town
2. Angel Eyes—Love and Theft
3. Wide Awake—Katy Perry
4. (Kissed You) Good Night—Gloriana
5. The Wind—Zac Brown Band
6. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye—Train
7. Little Talks—Of Monsters and Men
8. Give Your Heart a Break—Demi Lovato
9. That’s Why I Pray—Big & Rich
10. Call Me Maybe—Carly Rae Jepsen

1) “Pontoon”—Yeah, who wouldn’t want to slide off back into the water with Little Big Town? Keep it comin’!
2) “Angel Eyes”—Doesn’t the bad girl brunette in Love and Theft’s video look like cheerleader Taylor Swift in “You Belong With Me?” I guess by comparison the good girl looks like an exaggeration of normal good girl Taylor Swift. What’s going on here?
3) “Wide Awake”—I have to laugh every time Katy Perry slugs Prince Charming!
4) “(Kissed You) Good Night”—I definitely like Gloriana’s song more than the video. But the video’s pretty good!
5) “The Wind”—Just like a good animated movie, I find something new that I didn’t notice the time before in this Zac Brown Band video!
6) “50 Ways to Say Goodbye”—Another brilliant video and song, this time by Train, about guys not being able to handle the truth!
7) “Little Talks”—I like this creepy Of Monsters and Men video, and the chorus hook is a killer!
8) “Give Your Heart a Break”—It’s probably going to be time to say goodbye to Demi Lovato, but I have new respect for her because of this song!
9) “That’s Why I Pray”—Wow! I’m surprised that Big and Rich’s video is catching on. I thought I’d only be writing about it for a week………….
10) “Call Me Maybe”—Gosh. It’s really difficult for me to drop Carly Rae’s cute video. You can stay as long as you’d like! QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ

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“Q” Bombs: July 15, 2012

Posted on August 5, 2012 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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Eric Church, NOT Springsteen is No.1 on the trash heap. I repeat: Eric Church, NOT Springsteen is No.1 on the trash heap……………………….
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Worst Videos for the week of July 15, 2012

1. Springsteen—Eric Church
2. Drunk on You—Luke Bryan
3. 5-1-5-0—Dierks Bentley
4. Payphone—Maroon 5 with Wiz Khalifa
5. Scream—Usher
6. Let’s Go—Calvin Harris and Ne-Yo
7. Cowboys and Angels—Dustin Lynch
8. Ho Hey—The Lumineers
9. Wanted—Hunter Hayes
10. Titanium—David Guetta and Sia

1) “Springsteen”—OK. I never wanted this Eric Church video to be at the top of the Q-Bombs list, but when CMT put it on top of their list, I had to do it……
2) “Drunk on You”—I can’t believe that Luke Bryan has put out a hat trick of three awful videos that have been around for a year…and that his popularity is as high as ever. ODWITS!
3) “5-1-5-0”—Dierks Bentley is climbing but I still feel the same………………
4) “Payphone”—Brother can you spare a dime…or a good Maroon 5 video……….
5) “Scream”—In the video, Usher takes off his suit jacket. Riveting………………..
6) “Let’s Go”— Calvin Harris drops down but only because of the awful videos above it…
7) “Cowboys and Angels”—Dustin Lynch contributes another washed out and faded color video to a gigantic pile that reaches to the sky. There might be an OK song here, but I find it hard to watch the video…………………………………..
8) “Ho Hey”—I really hate to pick on The Lumineers but…the crowd of people in the video look like they were forced to look like they’re having fun—and the song isn’t that good……….
9) “Wanted”— Hunter Hayes is still on the bad list, but I’m starting to lose interest writing about it…………….
10) “Titanium”—David Guetta’s video is hanging around a lot longer than I thought it would…………………….
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Phil’s Faves:Songs, July 8, 2012

Posted on August 5, 2012 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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The pontoon took on some water. Little Big Town bailed out enough to keep it afloat at #4. Torpedoed by some very powerful “Angel Eyes”…………………..
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of July 8, 2012

1. Angel Eyes—Love and Theft
2. The Doors Sing “Reading Rainbow”— Jimmy Fallon
3. Sunglasses—Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights
4. Pontoon—Little Big Town
5. Summertime—Jessica Dayle
6. Never Go Back—Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
7. Wild Weekend—Tinsley Ellis & The Heartfixers
8. Give Your Heart a Break—Demi Lovato
9. The Sun Is Shining—The Fireman (Paul McCartney)
10. Witchi Tao To—Everything Is Everything

1) “Angel Eyes”—The chorus on this song is so good and catchy! The harmony is so tight! I am now a fan!
2) “The Doors Sing ‘Reading Rainbow’”—Look, I’ve listened to Jimmy Fallon after Jim Morrison and I have to say that Fallon’s imitation might actually be better! What am I saying!!!??? I think I’ll go lie down now…but “Reading Rainbow” is phenomenal!
3) “Sunglasses”—Every time I reach for my sunglasses I think of this Joanie Leeds song!
4) “Pontoon”—You probably never will hear a more sexy song about a pontoon, but I think its control on this list may be over..
5) “Summertime”—My feelings for this Jessica Dayle song keep getting stronger! “Summertime” has a relaxed country/folk feel to it and I really like the way the tempo of the song speeds up and slows down as if a gentle, warm, breeze rises up to occasionally move it along! You have to check this song out! Watch out everyone else at the top of the list!
6) “Never Go Back”—I don’t know why, but this song reminds me of The Motels’ “Suddenly Last Summer.” It might be the tempo. Either way, I like this song way better than that one!
7) “Wild Weekend”—I’m still not tired of this song and I’m not sure if I ever will!
8) “Give Your Heart a Break”—OK. Demi Lovato’s song is starting to get a little old for me. Still good, but fading a little……………….
9) “The Sun Is Shining”—I really like the subtle hooks on this Paul McCartney song! Things just seem to weave in and out effortlessly!
10) “Witchi Tao To”—I have no idea who Everything Is Everything are (What did I just say??), but for some reason this song, which I hadn’t heard in years, worked its way from my subconscious to my conscious and I had to hear it again!!! It’s mostly a Native American chant to a water spirit. There’s a nice subdued sax solo on it. The bass is pulsing and when combined with the words is very hypnotic. I really like this song and wish more things like it would come along!
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, July 8, 2012

Posted on July 29, 2012 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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“Pontoon” decided to drop anchor for awhile at the top of the video list for another week!
(Hmm…I wonder how many nautical phrases I might have to come up with for Little Big Town’s video run…)
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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of July 8, 2012

1. Pontoon—Little Big Town
2. Angel Eyes—Love and Theft
3. (Kissed You) Good Night—Gloriana
4. Wide Awake—Katy Perry
5. Give Your Heart a Break—Demi Lovato
6. The Wind—Zac Brown Band
7. Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck—Kip Moore
8. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye—Train
9. That’s Why I Pray—Big & Rich
10. Call Me Maybe—Carly Rae Jepsen

1) “Pontoon”—I like the silliness of this Little Big Town Video—even hitting golf balls off the pontoon!
2) “Angel Eyes”—Alright. I know this Love and Theft video isn’t as complicated as I’m making it out to be. But that’s probably why I keep watching it. I can’t quite figure it out! 3) “(Kissed You) Good Night”—I like the intensity of both Gloriana’s video and song! I really like the way the camera speeds up when the guy moves to kiss the girl!
4) “Wide Awake”—Young Katy Perry is so cute as she explores the fantasy world with grown up Katy Perry!
5) “Give Your Heart a Break”—OK. I have determined that I like Demi Lovato’s song better than her video—although it’s still a nice effort……..
6) “The Wind”—The Zac Brown Band have totally caught me off guard with an animated Mike Judge video! It’s like an SF version of “King of the Hill!”
7) “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck”—Well, Kip Moore, maybe there is something about a truck…but not that much. This one is dropping again…probably for good………..
8) “50 Ways to Say Goodbye”—Yes! Train have redeemed themselves with a black comedy video that covers territory similar to Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover!”
9) “That’s Why I Pray”—Normally I am not a big Big & Rich fan, but “That’s Why I Pray” appears to be a sincere topical effort and I applaud them for it!
10) “Call Me Maybe”—Carly Rae Jepsen hangs around for one more week. “Call Me Maybe” is probably the unofficial song of summer at this point…but not mine…………..
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