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, September 27, 2016

#129 Girl Come Running — Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (1965)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skto7GZ2A4M
 
The Four Seasons pretty much got lost in the shuffle in 1965, with the continuing dominance of the British Invasion and Motown, not to mention Dylan going electric and James Brown basically inventing funk with “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag”. Perhaps that’s why this one peaked at a modest #30 on the national charts.  I’m not entirely sure why this is my all-time favorite song of theirs; it may be because it was the one in rotation when I first started seriously listening to Top 40 radio.
 
Classic YouTube comment: “Anybody know what note Frankie hits at 1:40?  I can't hear that high.”
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