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, May 23, 2020

Lyric Of The Day #14 (May 23, 2020)

Sweet talking guy, talking sweet kinda lies
Don't you believe in him, if you do he'll make you cry
 
 
Of course, all characters portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual national officeholders is intended or should be inferred.

Shuffle #133 (May 23, 2020)

Don’t Ask Me Why – Billy Joel
Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing – Chris Isaak
Southern Man – Neil Young
Stoney End – Laura Nyro
Long May You Run – The Stills-Young Band
Rocket Man – Elton John
The Usual Thing – Marshall Crenshaw
Personal Jesus – Depeche Mode
The Gentle Rain – George Benson

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Notable Quote #10

“There is no act, no crime, no petty deceit which he would not commit, and which would not be at once represented on the lips of those about him as a great deed.”
 
From Tolstoy’s War And Peace, by way of a column in this morning’s Washington Post.
 
Note – Tolstoy was referring to Napoleon.