Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5RTUCbIvPfEeb6BwAWoXw7?si=sqRYJzZgSn6IiHhDKKNMBQ “Cheap Regrets” – The Districts Looking through my Liked Songs playlist in Spotify and my iTunes library, I don’t know that I’ve ever listened to this band. Apparently this song is a departure from their usual sound. I really dig its blend of modern dance, classic disco, and indie rock. “It Helped” – Yakima When I think of Scottish…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 35
Chart Week: January 15, 1983 Song: “Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy” – Sammy Hagar Chart Position: #27, 6th week on the chart. Peaked at #13 for two weeks in February/March. One of the disappointments of the iHeart Radio Classic American Top 40 channel is that only so many of the old countdowns have been digitized and, thus, countdowns are…
Friday Playlist
Happy Friday. It is warm and rainy in Indiana, feeling more like April than January. I’m sure we’ll pay for this down the road. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7mKAnShaqysQaeMiApmmMx?si=p8lnoV5AQHew9tD8ur8D7g “Texas Sun” – Khruangbin and Leon Bridges. What a lovely, interesting song, combining Khruangbin’s world music influences with Bridges’ old school soul sound. They have a four song EP set for release next month. “Alien…
Friday Playlist
Wow, is it Friday already? Time to kick off the new year with some new tunes. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zOSLehoazSUNCPOSljdvV?si=gE4NbSQbQ-mSd5xWbaiexA “All Is On My Side” – Sam Fender. Two weeks ago one of my brothers-in-music sent me a message saying that he was really craving some new War on Drugs music. Two days later this song dropped and I pointed out that his…
Sunday Song
https://youtu.be/e6QDVE67jwY “The Week Between” – Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick Our house has cleared out. Folks departed last night and this afternoon and now we’ve hit the lull after all the frenzy of the Christmas season. Perfect for listening to this song.
Friday Vid
Every Sample from Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique I figure most of you are on alternate schedules this week. So here’s a bit of a different take on the Friday vid. This person has taken every song sampled on the Beasties’ legendary Paul’s Boutique album and IDed them then offered a snippet of each set against their use on the album.…
Friday Vid
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” – Mariah Carey This is right up my alley: a holiday music classic that just made chart history. Twenty-five years after its release, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is currently the #1 song in the country. Because of weird chart rules, it did not officially qualify as a charting single for…
Favorite Songs of 2019
This was not a classic year for music. There were only a couple albums that I listened to more than a few times, only one of which that I went back regularly over the course of several months. There were long stretches in the year when there were no new songs that I was crazy about. But there were still…
Friday Vid
“2000 Miles” – KT Tunstall If you make a good Christmas song, eventually it will be covered to death. Somehow I’ve only heard a couple versions of this Pretenders original. Coldplay did a very nice, in-studio version at KROQ in the early 2000s. But KT Tunstall’s version is just wonderful.
Friday Vid
It’s tough to crank out a list this week. I’m coming off the high of putting out my Favorite Songs of the Decade list. I’m working on my Favorite Songs of 2019 list. I’m deep into the Christmas music. And new music pretty much dries up this time of year. So just a video this week. “Christmas in Hollis” –…