Rambling Rhoads: 2016-12-25

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, December 27, 2016

George Michael

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/12/25/george-michael-dies-at-53-publicist-says/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.3b6258563ecc

I certainly hope this will be the final entry in this category for 2016.

While he wasn’t one of my all-time favorites, he was definitely one of the biggest hitmakers of his day, and did produce some irresistable pop classics, especially in the earlier, more carefree days of his career.

Favorite songs:

Faith

Last Christmas

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Everything She Wants

Careless Whisper