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, January 3, 2023

Favorite Music of 2022

Not a bad year at all, music-wise. Four outstanding albums, and quite a few worthwhile songs as well.

 

Songs

1.      The Only Heartbreaker – Mitski

2.      Sunroof – Nicky Youre

3.      Made Up Mind – Bonnie Raitt (#57 WTMD Top 89)

4.      Quattro (World Drifts In) – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

5.      That’s Want I Want – Lil Nas X

6.      Soul Searching – Ruthie Foster

7.      About Damn Time – Lizzo

8.      What, Me Worry? – Portugal. The Man (#11)

9.      Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush

10.   Problem With It – Plains

11.   Late Night Talking – Harry Styles

12.   First High – Nikki Lane

13.   Unstoppable – Sia

14.   Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) – Bruce Springsteen (#32)

15.   2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) – Lizzo

16.   Cold Heart – Elton John & Dua Lipa

17.   Evergreen – Omar Apollo

18.   Miles And Miles – The Heavy Heavy

19.   As It Was – Harry Styles

20.   Black Summer – Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

Albums

1.      Bruce Springsteen – Only The Strong Survive (#9 mvyradio top 25)

2.      The Very Best Of Fantastic Cat

3.      Ruthie Foster – Healing Time

4.      Soundtrack – Summer Of Soul

 

Honorable mention:

Dawes – The Misadventures Of Doomscroller (#8)

Lyle Lovett – 12th Of June (#6)

Plains – I Walked With You A Ways

Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That… (#1)

 

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2023 at 7:07 AM

    Greetings from Asbury Park was released 50 years ago this week.

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    1. Mike RhoadsJanuary 7, 2023 at 7:44 AM

      Thursday, to be precise. Terry and I gave our friend Linda (from the Nats game) a hard time because we were aware of it that day before she was.

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