#90 Substitute -- The Who (1966)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts9-4jbFWGg

This is the first song by The Who that I ever heard. Back in the mid-60s, WFEC (1400 on the AM dial) was the big Top 40 station in Harrisburg PA, where I grew up, so that’s what all of us kids listened to most of the time. At some point in the fall of 1965, I discovered that another local AM station (WKBO 1230) had a one-hour show every Sunday night that featured the music that was current in England at the time. I listened to that religiously every week and picked up on a lot of great tracks that were big across the Atlantic but never made it over here, including “Substitute.”

Somewhat unbelievably, The Who only had one Top 10 hit in the U.S. (This one wasn’t it.)

#91 The Walk -- Mayer Hawthorne (2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMrNn2azgQY

This is definitely one of the best retro, neo-soul songs from the current century. The album version can’t quite get played on the radio in its unedited form, which is why the link above goes to a David Letterman performance.

Postie #3

(from a 12/24 article on shootouts in the National Hockey League)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/nhl-shootout-isnt-going-anywhere-but-it-could-use-some-improvements/2013/12/24/6dbe3158-6c1c-11e3-b405-7e360f7e9fd2_story.html

“[The Caps’] overall record of 19-14-4 is buffeted by the eight shootout wins; two overtime wins and four post-regulation losses: one in overtime, three in shootouts.”

Merriam-Webster definition of “buffet”:
1 :  to strike sharply especially with the hand :  cuff
2 :  to strike repeatedly :  batter <the waves buffeted the shore>
3 :  to drive, force, move, or attack by or as if by repeated blows

This is a nice column by the always-perceptive John Feinstein, but somehow I don’t think this is the word he wanted here. Maybe "bolstered?"