As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

#182 I'll Walk Away – James Hunter (2006)


 
I’ve sung the praises of James Hunter and his band many times, so I won’t repeat myself here. This ballad, with a wonderfully understated accompaniment, tells the tale of a man who pledges to make a graceful exit when (not if) his lady finally has had enough of him. It’s the best track on his People Gonna Talk album, which is saying a lot. (He actually released an earlier version of the song on Believe What I Say about a decade earlier, but the later arrangement is considerably better.)

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