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.)

Friday, February 25, 2022

Dedicated to the people of Ukraine

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Jackson Browne

It’s an interesting situation for Jackson Browne compilations on Amazon as I write this; you can get a 15-track CD for $16.99, or a two-disc set for $17.29 with 32 tracks. The first one isn’t bad, but as you might expect, the latter is a much better value. (I happen to own both, since the single CD came out 7 years earlier.) For some reason, “That Girl Could Sing,” a single that reached #22 on the Hot 100 in 1980, appears on neither one.

 

Browne’s put out enough quality stuff over his lengthy career that I certainly could have made this a longer list. I somewhat reluctantly omitted his version of “Take It Easy,” since I think the Eagles did it better.

 

Favorite songs:

Fountain Of Sorrow

The Load-Out / Stay (recorded live at Merriweather Post Pavilion)

Doctor My Eyes

That Girl Could Sing

In The Shape Of A Heart

 

Rock Me On The Water

The Barricades Of Heaven

Running On Empty

Jamaica Say You Will

For A Dancer

 

Somebody's Baby

Sky Blue And Black

The Pretender

The Night Inside Me

Lives In The Balance

 

Bonus holiday track: The Rebel Jesus

 

Monday, February 21, 2022

Lyric Of The Day #27 (February 21, 2022)

“Hello there, female”

 

Worst pickup line ever? (OK, maybe not quite as bad as “Hey b----“.)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yatGAAslCsM