Rambling Rhoads: 2019-12-29

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.)

Saturday, January 4, 2020

Shuffle #126 (January 4, 2020)

Omaha – Counting Crows

House Of The Rising Sun – The Animals

16 Candles – The Crests

Gypsy Woman – Brian Hyland

King Of The World – Steely Dan

It’s Hard To Believe – The Impressions

I’m Still Standing – Elton John

I’m Gonna Be Strong – Gene Pitney

Pushover – Etta James

Plastic Flowers – Don McMinn

Violet Hill -- Coldplay

Monday, December 30, 2019

Favorite Musical Artists: Steely Dan

I pretty much summarized my feelings about Steely Dan a couple years back in my tribute to Walter Becker. I’ve never seen them live – after all, during their prime they abandoned the road for the studio – but if they ever migrated from Jiffy Lube Live back to Wolf Trap, I’d give it a shot, despite Becker’s absence.

Favorite Songs:

My Old School

Reeling In The Years

Deacon Blues

Do It Again

King Of The World

Don’t Take Me Alive

Dirty Work

Hey Nineteen

Bad Sneakers

Show Biz Kids

Here At The Western World

Only A Fool Would Say That

Kid Charlemagne

Josie

Bodhisattva

Peg

Midnite Cruiser

Razor Boy

Turn That Heartbeat Over Again