{"id":16986,"date":"2026-01-09T08:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/?p=16986"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:11:21","slug":"friday-playlist-380","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/friday-playlist-380\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Friday Playlist 1\/9\/26\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/1khaUmcFyoxiQgYpkKT6w2?si=e785712237c44101&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *;\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/playlist\/friday-playlist-1-9-26\/pl.u-oNNaF0mRaWG\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGold Paint For Blue Skies\u201d &#8211; Peter Matthew Bauer<br>Former Walkmen lead singer Hamilton Leithauser released an excellent album almost exactly a year ago. Here his former bandmate\u2019s latest sounds like it easily could have been a Walkmen song. I can\u2019t help but wonder what it would sound like with Leithauser on vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRule 31\u201d &#8211; Radio Free Alice<br>I love this band\u2019s name, harkening to clandestine shortwave stations of ages past. They tap into a different kind of post-punk from Preoccupations, but you hear some similar influences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c95\u201d &#8211; Yumi Zouma<br>A super melancholic song about getting everything you dreamed about and finding it leaves you empty. Perfect for January!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cX-Ray\u201d &#8211; The Notwist<br>Not many German artists in the indie rock world, so perhaps this is the first ever appearance by a German band? I knew of The Notwist back in the early 2000s. They\u2019ve been active very sporadically over the past 15 years. Pretty cool that they are still hanging around and making solid music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll Burn That Bridge When We Get To It\u201d &#8211; Bory<br>Good song or not &#8211; and this is pretty good &#8211; this deserved inclusion for its title alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCut Fruit\u201d &#8211; Remember Sports<br>Following the success of Momma and Rocket last year, another female-fronted band that taps deep into Nineties alt rock for their sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA Gun In Every Home\u201d &#8211; Wings of Desire<br>I don\u2019t have much to say about this song, mostly because I can\u2019t get over that the lead singer\u2019s name is James Taylor. This couldn\u2019t sound less like the James Taylor a lot of us grew up on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHigh Road\u201d &#8211; Charlotte Day Wilson<br>I enjoy that moment every month or two where I stumble across another track like this, that blends R&amp;B with other elements to create something that defies categorization while sounding amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDowntown\u201d &#8211; The Afghan Whigs covering Still Corners<br>Cincinnati\u2019s greatest rock export released two new covers just before Christmas. This one, a cover of a 2016 Still Corners track, fits the band\u2019s sound perfectly. The original was much more of a synth-pop track. On the cover Greg Dulli and his partners add that classic Afghan Whigs sense of drama and danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"a-ha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (Official Video)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a3ir9HC9vYg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Sun Always Shines on T.V.\u201d &#8211; A-ha<br>Ya\u2019ll might recall that in 2024 each week I shared a video from the corresponding week in 1984. I decided not to continue that into last year with songs from 1985. This morning I found myself having no idea what to include for a video so I\u2019m jumping back into the 1986 charts. Not saying I\u2019ll do it weekly, but when in doubt that will be my crutch, generally focusing on lesser known tracks at the bottom of the Top 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this week the song that kept A-ha from being a one-hit-wonder in the US. Although I imagine most folks completely forgot about this track. It reached #1 in Germany, the UK, and #2 in their native Norway, but only #20 in the States. While not a bad song, it lacks the magic that made \u201cTake On Me\u201d a world-wide smash. Number 37 this week in 1986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGold Paint For Blue Skies\u201d &#8211; Peter Matthew BauerFormer Walkmen lead singer Hamilton Leithauser released an excellent album almost exactly a year ago. Here his former bandmate\u2019s latest sounds like it easily could have been a Walkmen song. I can\u2019t help but wonder what it would sound like with Leithauser on vocals. \u201cRule 31\u201d &#8211; Radio Free AliceI love this band\u2019s name, harkening to clandestine shortwave stations of ages past. They tap into a different kind of post-punk from Preoccupations, but you hear some similar influences. \u201c95\u201d &#8211; Yumi ZoumaA super melancholic song about getting everything you dreamed about and finding it leaves you empty. Perfect for January! \u201cX-Ray\u201d &#8211; The NotwistNot many German artists in the indie rock world, so perhaps this is the first ever appearance by a German band? I knew of The Notwist back in the early 2000s. They\u2019ve been active very sporadically over the past 15 years. Pretty cool that they are still hanging around and making solid music. \u201cWe\u2019ll Burn That Bridge When We Get To It\u201d &#8211; BoryGood song or not &#8211; and this is pretty good &#8211; this deserved inclusion for its title alone. \u201cCut Fruit\u201d &#8211; Remember SportsFollowing the success of Momma and Rocket last year, another female-fronted band that taps deep into Nineties alt rock for their sound. \u201cA Gun In Every Home\u201d &#8211; Wings of DesireI don\u2019t have much to say about this song, mostly because I can\u2019t get over that the lead singer\u2019s name is James Taylor. This couldn\u2019t sound less like the James Taylor a lot of us grew up on. \u201cHigh Road\u201d &#8211; Charlotte Day WilsonI enjoy that moment every month or two where I stumble across another track like this, that blends R&amp;B with other elements to create something that defies categorization while sounding amazing. \u201cDowntown\u201d &#8211; The Afghan Whigs covering Still CornersCincinnati\u2019s greatest rock export released two new covers just before Christmas. This one, a cover of a 2016 Still Corners track, fits the band\u2019s sound perfectly. The original was much more of a synth-pop track. On the cover Greg Dulli and his partners add that classic Afghan Whigs sense of drama and danger. \u201cThe Sun Always Shines on T.V.\u201d &#8211; A-haYa\u2019ll might recall that in 2024 each week I shared a video from the corresponding week in 1984. I decided not to continue that into last year with songs from 1985. This morning I found myself having no idea what to include for a video so I\u2019m jumping back into the 1986 charts. Not saying I\u2019ll do it weekly, but when in doubt that will be my crutch, generally focusing on lesser known tracks at the bottom of the Top 40. For this week the song that kept A-ha from being a one-hit-wonder in the US. Although I imagine most folks completely forgot about this track. It reached #1 in Germany, the UK, and #2 in their native Norway, but only #20 in the States. While not a bad song, it lacks the magic that made \u201cTake On Me\u201d a world-wide smash. Number 37 this week in 1986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-16986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16986"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16988,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16986\/revisions\/16988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}