Phil’s Faves: Songs, May 6, 2012

Posted on May 20, 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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“Endless Love” moves to the top as Carrie Underwood suffers from a nasty fall, Adele returns to the good list, and a spicy Texas Tornados song rounds out this week’s list!
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of May 6, 2012

1. Endless Love—Lionel Richie & Shania Twain
2. Banjo—Rascal Flatts
3. Sweeter—Gavin DeGraw
4. Over You—Miranda Lambert
5. Ballad of a Thin Man—Arlen Roth (Levon Helms on drums)
6. Good Girl—Carrie Underwood
7. Dancin’ Away With My Heart—Lady Antebellum
8. Rumour Has It—Adele
9. Casino Royale—Hepb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
10. A Little Bit Is Better Than Nada—Texas Tornados

1) “Endless Love”—I guess you couldn’t keep this song out of the top spot! The first time it was released it stayed at the top for almost three months!
2) “Banjo”—I think the banjo may just be recharging its batteries while other songs knock each other off!
3) “Sweeter”—The lyrics of this song are so wrong but the music makes it sound so right!
4) “Over You”—Miranda Lambert keeps moving up. I’m glad I’m not over this song yet!
5) “Ballad of a Thin Man”—Yay! I’ve heard it again during this last week and it keeps sounding better each time!
6) “Good Girl” —Wow! I didn’t expect to get so tired of this song so fast. Maybe it was the continuous airplay every time I turned anything on!!!
7) “Dancin’ Away with My Heart”—I hope this Lady A song doesn’t dance away too quickly. It already has my heart………..
8) “Rumour Has It”—I haven’t seen a video for this song yet. I don’t even know if there is one, but I look this mid-tempo rocker from Adele!
9) “Casino Royale”—I haven’t hear this Burt Bacharach–Hal David song since Saturday Night Live made fun of it! The arrangement is sharp and catchy and sounds a little bit different from other songs that Herb Alpert and the boys did as they were one of the few bands that battled The Beatles head to head! Listen to the trumpet work on this one. There are a lot of different textures in the song…plus strings!
10) “A Little Bit Is Better Than Nada”— The Texas Tornados twist a cliché into a sexy pun filled song! Freddy Fender, Flaco Jimenez, Augie Myers, and Doug Sahm: Los Mexicanos Beatles to me! A perfect treat for Cinco de Mayo! Ah-ha!!!
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, May 6, 2012

Posted on May 20, 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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Miranda Lambert leapfrogs five spots over the congestion for her first time at the top! You go, girl!!!!
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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of May 6, 2012

1. Over You—Miranda Lambert
2. Banjo—Rascal Flatts
3. Sweeter—Gavin DeGraw
4. Good Girl—Carrie Underwood
5. Free—Graffiti 6
6. Lights—Ellie Goulding
7. Endless Love—Lionel Richie and Shania Twain
8. So Good—B.O.B.
9. Dancin’ Away With My Heart—Lady Antebellum
10. Favorite Song—Colbie Caillat with Common

1) “Over You”—I really latched on to this Miranda Lambert video this week! It’s a good song with an arty video and both parts have tremendous feeling!
2) “Banjo”—The banjo stills continues to hover near the top!
3) “Sweeter”—I think this Gavin Degraw video has had its run, but I still like it!
4) “Good Girl”—The “good girl” is starting to turn into the “not so exciting girl”……
5) “Free”—It’s kind of funny. I hadn’t seen the video for a few weeks and now its like an old friend has returned!
6) “Lights”—Let’s keep the “lights” on a little bit longer! (I can’t believe that Skrillex is her boyfriend????)
7) “Endless Love”—I’m not seeing this one very often, so I’m starting to lose interest……….
8) “So Good”—It just goes to show you that a super catchy chorus can trump any other part of a song!
9) “Dancin’ Away With My Heart”—Lady A would probably be happier treading water at No. 6………………………
10) “Favorite Song”—Another “bubbly” upbeat video from Colbie! How can you not like it?!
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“Q’ Bombs: May 6, 2012

Posted on May 6, 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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The songs remain the same for a second week. “Drive By” logs a fourth week on top. I don’t know what else to say or why I’d waste my time………………………..
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Worst Videos for the week of May 6, 2012

1. Drive By—Train
2. God Gave Me You—Blake Shelton
3. Brokenhearted—Karmin
4. I Don’t Want This Night to End—Luke Bryan
5. Springsteen—Eric Church
6. Fine By Me—Andy Grammer
7. Drunk on You—Luke Bryan
8. Safe and Sound—Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars
9. Is There Anybody Out There?—K’naan and Nelly Furtado
10. Part of Me—Katy Perry

1) “Drive By”—After a drive by the wounded have to be taken care of. The bodies are starting to pile up………………………….
2) “God Gave Me You”—How many months can this stay on the CMT list? That never happens to any of the videos I really like………………………
3) “Brokenhearted”—I’m brokenhearted because this song and video could have been better……………..
4) “I Don’t Want This Night to End”—I know the end is near, but the death is slow and painful…………………
5) “Springsteen”—I would think that if I wrote a song about Springsteen and his songs, especially if they had an impact on me, it would be one worthy of the name. This one isn’t………………….
6) “Fine By Me”—Poor Andy Grammer. I almost feel sorry for him……………..
7) “Drunk on You”—I guess this is as good a reason as any for getting drunk…………..
8] “Safe and Sound”—When will this acoustic torture end…………………..
9) “Is There Anybody Out There?”—No. We’re all remaining quiet so you’ll think there’s nobody home, and then you’ll go away………………………
10) “Part of Me”—Not a terribly bad video. I just can’t suspend my own disbelief…………
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, April 29, 2012

Posted on May 6, 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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Carrie Underwood tops both of my “fave” lists this week. And now the top six songs are the same on both lists! There’s also a couple of really songs about radio to round out the list…………………
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of April 29, 2012

1. Good Girl—Carrie Underwood
2. Banjo—Rascal Flatts
3. Sweeter—Gavin DeGraw
4. Endless Love—Lionel Richie & Shania Twain
5. Dancin’ Away With My Heart—Lady Antebellum
6. Over You—Miranda Lambert
7. Ballad of a Thin Man—Arlen Roth (Levon Helms on Drums)
8. Who Listens to the Radio?—The Sports
9. Radio Radio—Elvis Costello & The Attractions
10. Money (That’s What I Want)—Josie & The Pussycats

1) “Good Girl”—The best “rock” song that Carrie Underwood has done so far!
2) “Banjo”—The second best “rock” song on the list this week!
3) “Sweeter”—It’s nice to have a “real” rock song represented here!
4) “Endless Love”—The best “pop” song on the country charts today!
5) “Over You”—This song would be #1 almost any other time if it were on a weak list!
6) “Dancin’ Away with My Heart”—I’m not sure if this one will be dancing away soon. It depends what comes along to knock it off………….
7) “Ballad of a Thin Man”—I heard this song on the day that Levon Helm passed away. It is a remake of a Bob Dylan song and it is GREAT! It is moody, atmospheric, and very tight! It is one of the best instrumentals I’ve heard in years!
8) “Who Listens to the Radio?”—This song is so much fun! The Sports came out at the height of the “new wave” movement. That explains the quirky vocals. It’s just a fun song about something I’ve been listening to all of my life!
9) “Radio Radio”—Another powerful blast of fun! The band sounds tight and that farfisa organ pulls everything through at breakneck speed! This might be my favorite Elvis Costello song! He sings that he “wants to bite the hand that feeds him.” He built his career on that philosophy and never depended upon commercial radio to make his living. Man that takes big uh, nerves!
10) “Money (That’s What I Want)”—I like this power pop version of the Barrett Strong song! It sounds good with a straight ahead rock beat!
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, April 29, 2012

Posted on May 6, 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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Carrie Underwood’s “Good Girl” reaches the top! Graffiti 6 return and there is much stagnation on the list………………………………..
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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of April 29, 2012

1. Good Girl—Carrie Underwood
2. Banjo—Rascal Flatts
3. Sweeter—Gavin DeGraw
4. Endless Love—Lionel Richie and Shania Twain
5. Over You—Miranda Lambert
6. Dancin’ Away With My Heart—Lady Antebellum
7. Lights—Ellie Goulding
8. Free—Graffiti 6
9. So Good—B.O.B.
10. So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore—Alan Jackson

1) “Good Girl”—Carrie Underwood was not to be denied with this video and song. She aggresively handles both well!
2) “Banjo”—Oh, so close to the top. But I would think a banjo would understand that problem the most.
3) “Sweeter”—Gavin and the woman seem to actually be having fun in the video. It comes across as sincere!
4) “Endless Love”—There’s not a lot to the video except for the Shania “flashbacks” which were extremely well done recreations!
5) “Over You”—I like the fantasy feel of the video!
6) “Dancin’ Away With My Heart”—Treadin’ water for another week. That’s OK. You’re with good company!
7) “Lights”—There’s really not much to this video. I just happen to like it!
8) “Free”—Hey! Welcome back Graffiti 6! I didn’t think you would have hung around this long!
9) “So Good”—This B.O.B. video has a lot of color and life, and the melody of the song is super catchy!
10) “So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore”—Alan Jackson recorded a song written for him by his brother-in-law. It is probably the best present that a brother-in-law has given to his sister’s husband! This song has Alan taking the blame for a failed relationship. (Oh, yeah. Like it wasn’t his fault.) It’s just as depressing as B.O.B.’s song is happy!
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“Q” Bombs: April 29, 2012

Posted on May 6, 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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Well, finally a new loser steps up to the plate. (How do you like that baseball cliché applied to music?) “Springsteen” pokes its nose under the tent to finally knock Jake Owens off the list. And what do you know? “Drive By” goes around the block for a second run at the top………………………….
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Worst Videos for the week of April 29, 2012

1. Drive By—Train
2. Brokenhearted—Karmin
3. God Gave Me You—Blake Shelton
4. I Don’t Want This Night to End—Luke Bryan
5. Drunk on You—Luke Bryan
6. Fine By Me—Andy Grammer
7. Is There Anybody Out There?—K’naan and Nelly Furtado
8. Safe and Sound—Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars
9. Part of Me—Katy Perry
10. Springsteen—Eric Church

1) “Drive By”—This Train song is not listening to its title. If it was it would have been gone by now………………..
2) “Brokenhearted”—Since this video appears to have a couple of hidden attributes, I have dropped it down…………………………..
3) “God Gave Me You”—Blake Shelton’s song appears to have a strong will to live……….
4) “I Don’t Want This Night to End”—I have no idea why this oldie but a baddie continues to hang on now that there is a new video. Whew. We’re pretty lucky……
5) “Drunk on You”—Hey. Look at that. I accidently put these two bad videos back to back. I need to do some type of blog community service now………………….
6) “Fine By Me”—The sad thing about this Andy Grammer video and song is that I feel like he’s really trying to make something good………………………
7) “Is There Anybody Out There?”—Eventually, this video won’t be out there either. Well, at least it won’t be here………………………………
8] “Safe and Sound”—I don’t feel any safer watching this video—and that’s usually with the sound turned off……………………
9) “Part of Me”—Another soap opera plot for Katy Perry. Aw, shucks……………..
10) “Springsteen”—A new Eric Church waste of time. Just writing a song about the man doesn’t give you the same credibility………………………
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, April 22, 2012

Posted on May 6, 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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“Sweeter” takes control of this week’s Faves: Songs list! This is also the first time that the first four songs on this list and my Faves: Videos list are exactly the same. I think that’s unusual because of the different nature of the mediums. There’s also a couple of fun Earth Day songs. What’s not to like?
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of April 22, 2012

1. Sweeter—Gavin DeGraw
2. Banjo—Rascal Flatts
3. Good Girl—Carrie Underwood
4. Endless Love—Lionel Richie & Shania Twain
5. Dancin’ Away With My Heart—Lady Antebellum
6. Over You—Miranda Lambert
7. Him or Me..What’s It Gonna Be?—Paul Revere & The Raiders
8. I Wanna Be Green—Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights
9. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle—Unknown from a CD called “Science Songs”
10. Wild One—Bobby Rydell

1) “Sweeter”—Hey! It’s really sweet when you’re on top of both of my “Faves” lists!
2) “Banjo”—I don’t think that “Banjo” is going down without a fight. Stay tuned……….
3) “Good Girl”—I have to admit that this Carrie Underwood song has staying power!
4) “Endless Love”—“Endless Love” is facing a solid wall of songs. I’m not sure if this one will make it higher……………..
5) “Dancin’ Away with My Heart”—Lady A has already stolen my heart many times. Please keep doing what you do best!
6) “Over You”—Miranda Lambert has crafted such a moving tribute to her late brother without having an ounce of syrupiness. The song stands on its own!
7) “Him or Me…What’s It Gonna Be”—I love Paul Revere & The Raiders and miss them terribly from radio play! This is probably not their best song, but it is a solid effort and I get a kick sand in the face of the British Invasion by singing with cheesy British accents on this powerhouse jam! These guys were America’s best garage band!
8) “I Wanna Be Green”—This is such a lighthearted and uplifting song by Joanie Leeds! It is my favorite recycling song!
9) “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”—I got this children’s song from a “Science Songs” collection, but I can’t even remember by whom. It’s a very catchy little children’s song about living in a recycable world!
10) “Wild One”—“Wild One” is probably my favorite Bobby Rydell song! Now that may seem like that’s not saying much, but it’s really put together well! The band sounds tight. The saxes are a nice change of pace. Bobby sounds like he’s into the vocal. There’s a key change to make the song sound even more urgent. And there’s a big finish. The only thing that sounds cheesy are the back-up singers, but I think that’s a minor distraction. This is a great long forgotten song!
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, April 22, 2012

Posted on May 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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Oh, my heavens! Gavin DeGraw’s piano jumps over Carrie Underwood and unceremoniously flying kicks “Banjo” when it isn’t looking! After spending several months on top of the “Q” Bombs list with his last video, he now moves to the top spot of my “Faves Videos” list! Now that’s redemption, baby!
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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of April 22, 2012

1. Sweeter—Gavin DeGraw
2. Banjo—Rascal Flatts
3. Good Girl—Carrie Underwood
4. Endless Love—Lionel Richie and Shania Twain
5. Over You—Miranda Lambert
6. Dancin’ Away With My Heart—Lady Antebellum
7. Lights—Ellie Goulding
8. Georgia Peaches—Lauren Alaina (Live video from CMT)
9. Never Go Back—Grace Potter & The Nocturnals on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
10. Watching You Watch Him—Eric Hutchinson on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”

1) “Sweeter”—Well, I guess I had to satisfy a “sweet tooth craving” this week! I can’t believe this video knocked out my beloved “Banjo.” I hope I can say this more often: “Good job, Gavin!”
2) “Banjo”—This banjo song has great “legs”—just like the girl playing it in the video!
3) “Good Girl”—I kind of like the “bad girl” parts a little bit better than the “good girl” ones………….
4) “Endless Love” —So much competition for this video to go up against. Let’s see if it can move any higher………………….
5) “Over You”—A good video with a powerful song. That is a potent combination!
6) “Dancin’ Away With My Heart”—Lady A stays in the same spot for another week. That’s good considering all of the other good videos on this list!
7) “Lights”—Ellie seems like she got her second wind and intends to beat those drums in the video for a little bit longer!
8) “Georgia Peaches”—Although Lauren Alaina comes off kind of awkward and stiff so far in her videos, she looks totally relaxed and comfortable in this live performance! I actually like this song now!
9) “Never Go Back”—A welcome return for Grace Potter & The Nocturnals! The band looks like they are ready to achieve takeoff on their new upcoming CD!
10) “Watching You Watch Him”—I watched this live performance several times in a row when I first saw it! The band sounds as tight as they’ve ever been and a good song helps!
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“Q” Bombs: April 22, 2012

Posted on May 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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Same boring cast of videos for another week. That’s both good and bad. In other words, there isn’t a worse video out there to knock off one of these perpetuals…………..
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Worst Videos for the week of April 22, 2012

1. Brokenhearted—Karmin
2. I Don’t Want This Night to End—Luke Bryan
3. God Gave Me You—Blake Shelton
4. Drive By—Train
5. Drunk on You—Luke Bryan
6. Fine By Me—Andy Grammer
7. Is There Anybody Out There?—K’naan and Nelly Furtado
8. Safe and Sound—Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars
9. Part of Me—Katy Perry
10. Alone With You—Jake Owen

1) “Brokenhearted”—I also think that there is a beautiful woman buried in the video, too. It’s too bad she tried to look…I don’t know. I don’t know fashion and the only thing I can think of is “trendy.”
2) “I Don’t Want This Night to End”—Still hanging around on the countdown. Maybe it’ll move up again………….
3) “God Gave Me You”—This song moved up again on the CMT list. Oh, where is the law of diminishing returns when you need it……………………………..
4) “Drive By”—I would rather listen to the sounds of the grapes getting smashed in the video than listen to this song……………………………….
5) “Drunk on You”—This one flew up the CMT list, apparently unimpeded by good taste……………………………………………
6) “Fine By Me”—Maybe I should just go green and recycle some of the comments that I made about the last Andy Grammer song. You know. For Earth Day…………………….
7) “Is There Anybody Out There?”—No. No reasonable person on this end………….
8] “Safe and Sound”—Probably the wimpiest Taylor Swift song she’ll ever make…………..
9) “Part of Me”—Who writes the storyboard for Katy Perry’s videos? The same person who writes the plots for Archie comics?…………………………….
10) “Alone with You”—Hey, Jake Owen. You still here…………….. QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, April 15, 2012

Posted on May 4, 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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“Banjo” stays on top for another week, but there’s plenty of competition ready to ambush it……………..
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of April 15, 2012

1. Banjo—Rascal Flatts
2. Sweeter—Gavin DeGraw
3. Endless Love—Lionel Richie & Shania Twain
4. Good Girl—Carrie Underwood
5. Cosmic Wheels—Donovan
6. Dancin’ Away With My Heart—Lady Antebellum
7. Somebody That I Used to Know—Gotye with Kimbra
8. Lotta Lovin’—Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
9. Tin Soldier—Small Faces
10. Suco de Tangerine—The Beastie Boys

1) “Banjo”—This banjo song has great “legs”—just like the girl playing it in the video!
2) “Sweeter”—This song sounds like they took some of the best pieces of songs from the ’70s and made a musical montage. Fortunately, it sounds really good!
3) “Endless Love”—For as many times as I’ve heard this song over the years I have never gotten tired of it!
4) “Good Girl”—A Carrie Underwood song that actually sticks in my brain!
5) “Cosmic Wheels”—A late ’70s attempt by Donovan to sound current and still vital. It didn’t totally succeed but I really like it. The string arrangement is great! And although they tampered with him, you can still hear the Donovan hanging on to his old identity!
6) “Dancin’ Away with My Heart”—This song would have been great in the ’70s. Very melloooooooooooow………….
7) “Somebody That I Used to Know”—I’m afraid that’s what’s in the near future for you old friend. But you’ve had a good run.
8) “Lotta Lovin”—This song is just a rockabilly blast of fun without any of his usual screaming!
9) “Tin Soldier”—There are great dynamics on this lost Small Faces gem! There’s breaks, a raw garage sound, and an incredible vocal by then lead singer Steve Mariott! This is definitely a “crank to 11” song!
10) “Suco de Tangerine”—Very quietly, The Beastie Boys have put out a couple of instrumental CDs. They are filled with funky, spacey little tunes that just sound and make you feel good! This song is one of my favorites from them!
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