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Phil’s Faves: Songs, November 20, 2011

Posted on November 27, 2011 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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Paul McCartney stays at the top for a second week in front of a strong group of contenders! Oh, and Scotty McCreery redeems himself……

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of November 20, 2011

1. (I Want To) Come Home–Paul McCartney (From the movie “Everybody’s Fine”)
2. We Owned the Night–Lady Antebellum
3. Blood Pressure–Mutemath
4. A Thousand Years—Christina Perri from “Breaking Dawn, Part One”
5. Red Solo Cup–Toby Keith
6. Down at the Plaza–Pat Bergeson featuring Dan Anderson, Tom Roady, and Steve Shapiro)
7. Sparks Fly–Taylor Swift
8. Paradise–Coldplay
9. Stereo Hearts–Gym Class Heroes with Travie McCoy and Adam Levine
10. The Trouble With Girls—Scotty McCreery

1) (“I Want To) Come Home”—Another week at the top! The string arrangement really makes it sound so Beatlesque!
2) “We Owned the Night”—Right now, Lady A owns the Number 2 spot!
3) “Blood Pressure”—One of the best rock songs of the year!
4) “A Thousand Years”—OK, I don’t know what everybody is waiting for on this one, but you’re missing out on a good one! I mean, she’s waited for a thousand years………
5) “Red Solo Cup”—The song isn’t as good as the video, so this one might be peaking….
6) “Down at the Plaza”—The “plaza” might be closing soon…..
7) “Sparks Fly”—Watch out for this one. It’s kind of tricky and has a tendency to sneak up on you when you’re not paying attention………………
8) “Paradise”—A really good “simbie” chorus!
9) “Stereo Hearts”—Fading after a decent run……….
10) “The Trouble With Girls”—I actually like this one, especially the chorus line, “The trouble with girls is nobody loves trouble as much as me.” A GREAT line!

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Phil’s Faves: Videos, November 20, 2011

Posted on November 27, 2011 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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Well, Lady Antebellum didn’t stay at the top too long. So there’s a new Number 1 this week! (Not really. It’s just Taylor Swift again……….)
Jimmy Kimmel Live seemed to be the best place for live performances this past week…

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Top 10 Videos for the week of November 20, 2011

1. Sparks Fly—Taylor Swift
2. Red Solo Cup–Toby Keith
3. Criminal–Britney Spears
4. We Owned the Night–Lady Antebellum
5. Paradise–Coldplay
6. A Thousand Years–Christina Perri from “Breaking Dawn, Part One”
7. The One That Got Away-Katy Perry
8. To All the Friends I’ve “Unned” Before-Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker on Jimmy Kimmel Live
9. Without You-David Guetta & Usher
10. I Got You-Thompson Square on Jimmy Kimmel Live

1) “Sparks Fly”—Out of all the best videos out there right now, even though I’ve watched this one so many times, I like it better than any the other ones! Taylor climbs back to the top spot! (However, I do think “Mean” is the better video………….)
2) “Red Solo Cup”—Oh, come on now! How can you not like a video where a guy urinates into a cup and then passes it on to his buddy to drink?!!!
3) “Criminal”—Whoooo! Let’s hear it for showers!!!
4) “We Owned the Night”—I still like the video, but the song is definitely better….
5) “Paradise”—The African scenery in the video is so beautiful!
6) “A Thousand Years”—Alright. I’m starting to worry about this one. Where are all the “twihards” that should push this one to the top……………………………
7)”The One That Got Away”—Oh, gosh. It took Katy all day to put on the make up for this video. Boo hoo! Yeah, like I believe that one. However, having said that, it’s an interesting video with a catchy song……….
8) “To All the Friends I’ve ‘Unned’ Before”—Brad Paisley, a master of satirical songs, pulls his buddy Darius Rucker in for a spot on cover of Willie Nelson & Julio Iglesias’ “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before” for Jimmy Kimmel’s “National Unfriend Day” or “NUD” for short!
9) “Without You”—A cool video and song of Pangea in reverse!
10) “I Got You”—A very confident and rocking performance of this song since I last saw them perform it live in May at the Hoedown! Of course, it wasn’t 40 degrees either……..

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“Q” Bombs” November 20, 2011

Posted on November 20, 2011 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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I didn’t think this would have happened so fast, but there’s a new number one bomb. And Blake Shelton has two of the worst videos in the top 10 “Q’ Bomb list. What happened to all of the karma built up from “Honey Bee”…………………..
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Worst Videos for the week of November 20, 2011

1. Footloose–Blake Shelton
2. Blood Pressure–Mutemath
3. Someone Like You–Adele
4. God Gave Me You–Blake Shelton
5. Remind Me—Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
6. Easy–Rascal Flatts with Natasha Bedingfield
7. It Girl–Jason Derulo
8. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie–Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. You Make Me Feel–Cobra Starship and Sabi
10. Shake It Off–Florence + The Machine

1) “Footloose”—This is probably the only video out right now that could knock the awful Mutemath video from the top of my bad list…….
2) “Blood Pressure”—A reprieve for the moment. If this song does not do as well as it should, it’ll be because of this lousy video…………………..
3) “Someone Like You”—Adele actually looks better than Paris in this video… and that’s not easy to do.
4) “God Gave Me You”—Sentimental and sterile—not a good combination…
5) “Remind Me” —I’m losing interest in dissing this video. Please fall off…..
6) “Easy”— The bar was set pretty low for this video. Maybe they should have made it “harder”……………….
7) “It Girl”—My daughter says she doesn’t like this song because it sounds like something Justin Bieber would do. Need I say more……………………
8] “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”—Something a video should never be—boring…………….
9) “You Make Me Feel”—I really don’t feel anything watching this video………….
10) “Shake It Off”—There’s a room full of people with masks on. A séance is taking place in another room. Florence, wearing a bright red dress appears to be possessed. Yeah. Whatever…………..
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, November 13, 2011

Posted on November 20, 2011 by PhilMaq

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Paul McCartney rises to the top dethroning Paul Bergeson! Hey, it’s happened to the best many times over the years! I think this Top Ten has a very good mixture of styles!

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of November 13, 2011

1. (I Want To) Come Home–Paul McCartney (From the movie “Everybody’s Fine”)
2. We Owned the Night-Lady Antebellum
3. Blood Pressure–Mutemath
4. Down at the Plaza–Pat Bergeson featuring Dan Anderson, Tom Roady, and Steve Shapiro)
5. Stereo Hearts–Gym Class Heroes with Travie McCoy and Adam Levine
6. A Thousand Years—Christina Perri from “Breaking Dawn, Part One”
7. Sparks Fly–Taylor Swift
8. Red Solo Cup-Toby Keith
9. Paradise–Coldplay
10. Money, Marbles, & Chalk—Rex Allen

1) (“I Want To) Come Home”—I guess Paul finally made it home to his usual number one spot!
2) “We Owned the Night”—Lady A owns number one on the Phil’s Faves: Videos list! We’ll see if they do the same on this one………….
3) “Blood Pressure”—This song should make your blood pressure go up…but in a good way!
4) “Down at the Plaza”—This cool song finally starts to slide down.
5) “Stereo Hearts”—I think this one is peaking for me. It’s still great, though!
6) “A Thousand Years”—A GREAT haunting melody!
7) “Sparks Fly”—I heard this one a lot last week so it starts to move back up…
8) “Red Solo Cup”—So stupid. So great!
9) “Paradise”—This para…paradise song is really catchy!
10) “Money, Marbles, & Chalk” —For some reason (I don’t know why. That’s what makes music so special!), I really got attached to this singing cowboy’s song! The chorus is very easy to sing to!

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Phil’s Faves: Videos, November 13, 2011

Posted on November 20, 2011 by PhilMaq

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A new number one this week as melody finally beats stupidity! Lady Antebellum is perched at the top of a solid video lineup and some GREAT TV performances!
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Top 10 Videos for the week of November 13, 2011

1. We Owned the Night–Lady Antebellum
2. Sparks Fly—Taylor Swift
3. Red Solo Cup–Toby Keith
4. A Thousand Years–Christina Perri from “Breaking Dawn, Part One”
5. Criminal–Britney Spears
6. Stupid Day Job–Wally Pleasant
7. Paradise–Coldplay
8. Don’t Cry No More–Cyndi Lauper on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
9. Well All Right–Lyle Lovett with Peter Asher and Waddy Wachtel on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
10. Champagne–Myron Floren with Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra on PBS

1) “We Owned the Night”—Lady A not only owns the night but top spot as well!
2) “Sparks Fly”—It’s so hard to get rid of a Taylor Swift song! It’s really just a trailer for her new concert DVD release, but it’s so darn catchy……………
3) “Red Solo Cup”—There are so many cameos in this video! I particularly like Lance Burton and Carrot Top, who puts a little red solo cup to sleep in a very tiny bed!
4) “A Thousand Years”—Besides the song, I like the 9 kajillion candles in the video….
5) “Criminal”—The melody sounds like it was hunt and pecked out on a primitive iPhone app, but the video is HOT featuring Britney on a crime spree!
6) “Stupid Day Job”—What else can I say about this one? If you still haven’t watched it, check out wallypleasant.com……………..
7) “Paradise”—Another “stupid” video in the countdown! I don’t know if this will ever happen again! A really cute video of the band trying to find each other dressed in elephant costumes! What more needs to be said……………………..
8) “Don’t Cry No More”—Cyndi Lauper sang her heart out on this incredible performance, even going up into the crowd! A lot of artists just go through the motions when they appear on TV but Cyndi pulled out all the stops doing a song from her 18 month old “Memphis Blues” CD. This was the best thing I saw all week!
9) “Well All Right”—It’s about time that someone performed a live version of a song from one of the two Buddy Holly Tribute albums that came out this year! Ironically, it was Lyle Lovett accompanied by Peter Asher and Waddy Wachtel who came through!
They did a very nice job, but what I found most interesting about the appearance was everyone’s hair. One guy had a normal cut. Two guys had shaved heads. Waddy had his usual long hair. But Peter Asher, with his remaining hair dyed a flamboyant henna color (and boy do I hate to say this), rocked a look that was part senior citizen Johnny Rotten of The Sex Pistols, part Bozo the Clown, and since 2/3 of his top hair is gone but what was left was purposely pushed up several inches, gave it an amphitheatre appearance—what geologists call a cirque. Lyle’s infamous hair looked very normal in comparison.
10) “Champagne”—I don’t know what the full name of this special is—I don’t think it’s out on DVD, but I stumbled upon it during a local PBS pledge drive. The band playing behind the multi Grammy award winning artist, all wore black pants and black T-shirts covered by a blue suit jacket–except for Myron Floren. Apparently, he couldn’t play the accordion with the jacket on, so he was all in black a la Johnny Cash. He was probably in his late seventies or early eighties during the taping, but he looked pretty trim, like an accordion playing “punk.” It was fun to watch!

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“Q” Bombs: November 13, 2011

Posted on November 13, 2011 by PhilMaq

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A new number one bomber! It will probably stay there for a while since it’s just beginning to move up. It’s a schizo entry because it’s also on my favorite songs list. The good news is that Beyonce’s “Countdown” quickly disappeared, and I think we have finally seen the last of Jason Aldean’s “Dirt Road Anthem.” Three new bombs move onto the list…………………….

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Worst Videos for the week of November 13, 2011

1. Blood Pressure–Mutemath
2. Someone Like You–Adele
3. Remind Me—Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
4. God Gave Me You–Blake Shelton
5. Easy–Rascal Flatts with Natasha Bedingfield
6. Nothing–The Script
7. It Girl–Jason Derulo
8. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie–Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. You Make Me Feel–Cobra Starship and Sabi
10. Shake It Off–Florence + The Machine

1) “Blood Pressure”—The most annoying video since Wang Chung’s “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”………………..
2) “Someone Like You”—I have never seen Paris, the setting for this video, look so ugly………..
3) “Remind Me” —Finally starting to fall………….
4) “God Gave Me You”—Hopefully, He’ll take this video back…………….
5) “Easy”— Alright, I’m really getting tired of this one………….
6) “Nothing”—That’s about what I get out of this video…………….
7) “It Girl”—Starting to fall before it overstayed. I like that in a bad video…………..
8. “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”—Who are they supposed to be imitating on that rooftop? U2? The Beatles?…………………..
9) “You Make Me Feel”—Kind of a catchy song, but a so-so video……
10) “Shake It Off”—This band always gets a lot of positive attention, but this video is way too busy……………

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, November 6, 2011

Posted on November 13, 2011 by PhilMaq

Pat Bergeson rules the roost for a second week! Sir Paul McCartney is the “bridesmaid” for another week! Now that didn’t happen at his wedding! Other than that, there’s a lot of shifting going on as nothing falls off…………………………….

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of November 6, 2011

1. Down at the Plaza–Pat Bergeson featuring Dan Anderson, Tom Roady, and Steve Shapiro
2. (I Want To) Come Home–Paul McCartney (From the movie “Everybody’s Fine”)
3. Blood Pressure–Mutemath
4. We Owned the Night-Lady Antebellum
5. Stereo Hearts–Gym Class Heroes with Travie McCoy and Adam Levine
6. Nut Rocker–George Bedard
7. A Thousand Years—Christina Perri from “Breaking Dawn, Part One”
8. Sparks Fly–Taylor Swift
9. Red Solo Cup-Toby Keith
10. Time Spent in Los Angeles–Dawes

1) “Down at the Plaza”—I am so happy for this song because it lifts my spirits and passes that happiness right back to me!
2) (“I Want To) Come Home”—This song is sooo great that I don’t know how much longer the “Plaza” can hold it off…………
3) “Blood Pressure”—To me, this is the best hard rocking single since Jet’s “Are You Gonna Be My Girl?!” PLAY IT LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4) “We Owned the Night”—I really like the “Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh” line the best! It makes me want to sing every time, and I have three harmony lines to choose from!
5) “Stereo Hearts”—Adam Levine just nails his part! There isn’t any other male out there who can sing that high of a line!
6) “Nut Rocker”—This one might be losing a little steam, but I also know that George will be performing it live again with Bill Kirchen at The Ark in Ann Arbor on December 4th. If it can only hang on until then………………….
7) “A Thousand Years”—Christina did another very cute interview with James Shearer on the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown! Just like the song, she seems sincere in whatever she says. And that smile!!!………………………………..
8) “Sparks Fly”—There’s a lot of good stuff coming out! Taylor’s run on this one may be ending……………
9) “Red Solo Cup”—Alright, the song is not the same without the video, but it still is one that has so simple of a chorus, you can’t help but sing or whistle along! Just reference Neil Diamond and “Song Sung Blue”…………………..
10) “Time Spent in Los Angeles”—A big drop by Dawes. I hate to see it when the good ones have run their course………………….

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Phil’s Faves: Videos, November 6, 2011

Posted on November 12, 2011 by PhilMaq

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Yay! “Stupid” continues to rule on my “video faves” list! But this time, it’s Toby Keith riding the top of a “red solo cup!” It’s nice that Wally Pleasant was able to pass the “stupid” torch to a fitting recipient! There’s also many new entries! Things are looking up………..

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Top 10 Videos for the week of November 6, 2011

1. Red Solo Cup-Toby Keith
2. We Owned the Night-Lady Antebellum
3. Sparks Fly—Taylor Swift
4. A Thousand Years–Christina Perri from “Breaking Dawn, Part One”
5. Stupid Day Job–Wally Pleasant
6. Gonna Get Over You-Sara Bareilles
7. Criminal–Britney Spears
8. Tough–Kellie Pickler
9. Blood Pressure—mutemath from “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
10. Santa Fe—Beirut from “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”

1) “Red Solo Cup”—Oh, yeah! My stupidity faith has been restored! This video is catching on as it keeps appearing on the CMT High 5 Video Countdown!
2) “We Owned the Night”—It seems that Lady A at least owns the number 2 spot……
3) “Sparks Fly”—I think it may be getting another strong breeze at it’s back………..
4) “A Thousand Years”—The title may be some foreshadowing on how long the video and song might hang around!
5) “Stupid Day Job”—A large drop for Wally after a GREAT run on this list!
6) “Gonna Get Over You”—A super fun debut video done by Jonah Hill!
7) “Criminal”—Ya know you can’t keep Britney down. Welcome back, Brit!
8) “Tough”—A pretty good song from Kellie and the best that anyone has rocked that white top look since Mindy McCready!
9) “Blood Pressure”—An even more blistering performance than the one they did on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon!”
10) “Santa Fe”—An awesome national debut performance! These guys are worth checking out!

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“Q” Bombs: November 6, 2011

Posted on November 7, 2011 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 major “Q” Bombs dropped off the countdown lists this week leaving a lot of openings. The good news is that I had to really think about their replacements. The bad news that CMT continues to show “Dirt Road Anthem” ………………..

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Worst Videos for the week of November 6, 2011
1. Remind Me—Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
2. God Gave Me You–Blake Shelton
3. Countdown–Beyonce
4. Blood Pressure–Mutemath
5. I Love You This Big–Scotty McCreery
6. Someone Like You–Adele
7. It Girl-Jason Derulo
8. Nothing-The Script
9. Easy-Rascal Flatts with Natasha Bedingfield
10. Dirt Road Anthem-Jason Aldean

1) “Remind Me” —Remind me as to why I should like this song…….
2) “God Gave Me You”—Oh, let’s not go bringing God into this discussion…….
3) “Countdown”—OK. Let me tell you why I really don’t like this video. It has that “spastic look.” There’s too much activity as if making it look “busy” was the idea….
4) “Blood Pressure”—The way I feel about this video is inversely proportional to the way I feel about the song!
5) “I Love You This Big”—It’s falling pretty quickly now. Hopefully, it won’t last much longer…………..
6) “Someone Like You”—See the explanation for this week’s “Q” Bomb number four…………………..
7) “It Girl”—I really didn’t want to dislike this video or song. It’s infinitely better than “Don’t Wanna Go Home. Four openings moved it from a boring position to bad…..
8] “Nothing”—This is another song that was just under my radar for a long time until those openings occurred……………..
9) “Easy”— It’s actually not so “easy” for me to dislike this video, but it doesn’t know when to finally disappear……………
10) “Dirt Road Anthem”—I didn’t expect this video to reappear on the “Q” bomb list but CMT continues to show it. It’s in the High Five Video Countdown for the week. It’s been nominated for CMA awards. It may never die at this point. QUADRUPLE ODWITS!!!!
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, October 30, 2011

Posted on November 6, 2011 by PhilMaq

Pat Bergeson makes it to the top spot knocking out Dawes! I think this is a superb countdown! There is a so much variety on it!

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of October 30, 2011

1. Down at the Plaza–Pat Bergeson featuring Dan Anderson, Tom Roady, and Steve Shapiro)
2. (I Want To) Come Home–Paul McCartney (From the movie “Everybody’s Fine”)
3. Time Spent in Los Angeles–Dawes
4. Sparks Fly–Taylor Swift
5. Nut Rocker–George Bedard
6. We Owned the Night-Lady Antebellum
7. Stereo Hearts–Gym Class Heroes with Travie McCoy and Adam Levine
8. Blood Pressure–Mutemath
9. Red Solo Cup-Toby Keith
10. A Thousand Years—Christina Perri from “Breaking Dawn, Part One”

1) “Down at the Plaza”—I couldn’t imagine this song not reaching the top! I liked it the first time I heard it and I continue to like it! This one makes you want to move your feet!
2) (“I Want To) Come Home”—This is the run that Sir Paul should have had on the charts when it first came out!
3) “Time Spent in Los Angeles”—Still good, but it’s peaked with me….
4) “Sparks Fly”—I hear it pretty frequently, and I still have a positive response towards it!
5) “Nut Rocker”—Competition is getting tough for this one to survive. That might be a good thing. Maybe it’ll get a breather before the holiday season…………….
6) “We Owned the Night”—This one is starting to be a “simbie” for me!
7) “Stereo Hearts”—This is just the right mixture of pop and hip hop! It’s the best one since Hayley Williams from Paramore appeared on “Airplanes” with B.o.B. from “The Adventures of Bobby Ray!”
8) “Blood Pressure”—This song is really getting my attention! It’s such a great power blues rocker!
9) “Red Solo Cup”—I can’t stop myself from singing along to this not too subtle promotional song for Solo Cups!
10) “A Thousand Years”—I have the feeling that this one might hang around for a “thousand years!” Second best ballad on my list!

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