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.)

Monday, February 28, 2022

Biden’s presidential approval rating is at a new low

This is both disappointing and alarming (although not especially surprising).

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/27/biden-post-abc-poll/

 

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