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.)

Sunday, January 2, 2022

Favorite Music of 2021

For me, 2021 belonged to Lake Street Dive, despite the departure of guitarist/trumpeter/songwriter Mike “McDuck” Olson. Not only did they come up with their best album yet, they also put on quite a show at Wolf Trap a few months ago.

 

Songs

 

1.      Same Old News – Lake Street Dive (album cut)

2.      Hypotheticals – Lake Street Dive (#28, WTMD Top 89)

3.      Sanctuary – Hiss Golden Messenger

4.      Leave The Door Open – Bruno Mars/Anderson .Paak/Silk Sonic

5.      justified – Kacey Musgraves (#38)

6.      Skate – Bruno Mars/Anderson .Paak/Silk Sonic

7.      Never Leave You – The Record Company (#48)

8.      Girl From Rio – Anitta

9.      Levitating – Dua Lipa

10.   Quiet Town – The Killers

11.   Call Me A Fool – Valerie June (#8)

12.   We Are Between – Modest Mouse (#33)

13.   Know That I Know – Lake Street Dive (#67)

14.   How High – The Record Company

15.   Kiss Me More – Doja Cat ft. SZA

16.   Easy On Me – Adele (#6)

17.   Take My Breath – The Weeknd

18.   Go Crazy – Chris Brown X Young Thug

19.   662 – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

20.   Golden – Harry Styles

 

Albums

 

1.      Obviously – Lake Street Dive (an obvious choice) (#2, mvyradio Top 25)

2.      Fatal Mistakes – Del Amitri

3.      star-crossed – Kacey Musgraves

4.      30 – Adele (#6)

5.      Play Loud – The Record Company

6.      Endless Arcade – Teenage Fanclub

 

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  1. JFJanuary 3, 2022 at 11:58 AM

    Top 5 from this week in 1964:
    5. Forget Him - Bobby Rydell
    4. Since I Fell for You - Lenny Welch
    3. Dominique - The Singing Nun
    2. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
    1. There! I've Said it Again - Bobby Vinton
    My prediction is that things are about to change for the Top 40 future of at least one of the Bobbys.

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    1. Mike RhoadsJanuary 5, 2022 at 10:32 AM

      You mean, we might "Forget Him"???

      Since I Fell For you is great, and Louie Louie an obvious classic. And some of Vinton's stuff is actually pretty good.

      Beatles held #1 for next 14 (!) weeks, but only 4 weeks total the rest of the year. Other '64 chart-toppers included Hello Dolly, Chapel Of Love, Everybody Loves Somebody (Dean Martin), Leader Of The Pack, and Lorne Greene's Ringo (which I actually heard yesterday).

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  2. JFJanuary 5, 2022 at 2:16 PM

    You may have actually heard "Ringo," but I have actually asked myself, "What's worse, 'Ringo,' or 'Big Bad John?'"

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    1. Mike RhoadsJanuary 5, 2022 at 7:37 PM

      Speaking of Jimmy Dean, have you ever heard [been subjected to] I.O.U.?

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    2. Mike RhoadsFebruary 4, 2022 at 12:27 PM

      WDJO in Cincinnati is currently playing Ringo, as part of their "Freaky Friday" noontime request show.

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  3. JFJanuary 8, 2022 at 4:16 PM

    No, never.
    Check this out. Although a few of the selections are head scratchers, I smiled through much of this.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDWPNgRNdHI

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