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, July 30, 2019

Favorite Musical Artists: Mary Chapin Carpenter


I’ve already told the story of how I first got into Mary Chapin Carpenter’s music. She continues to put on excellent concerts, although her days of country music stardom are long past. I recently went back and re-listened to her first five albums, from 1987’s Hometown Girl through 1994’s Stones In The Road. All are excellent, but I guess that Come On Come On (1992) would have to rate as my favorite: it produced 5 of the 20 songs listed below, and that’s not even counting “I Take My Chances” or her cover of Mark Knopfler’s “The Bug”. For a great introduction, check out her 1999 compilation-with-a-twist, Party Doll And Other Favorites.
Favorite songs:
 
Stones In The Road
Passionate Kisses
Outside Looking In
He Thinks He'll Keep Her
Down At The Twist And Shout
 
Hometown Girl
I Feel Lucky
Dancing In The Dark (live Springsteen cover)
Shut Up And Kiss Me
Goodbye Again
 
The Hard Way
I Am A Town
Quittin' Time
10,000 Miles
It Don't Bring You
 
The Way I Feel
How Do
Party Doll
Almost Home
Why Walk When You Can Fly
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