10 Songs: Friday, November 28th, 2014

Funked Up

1. Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars – An amazing simulation of soul and funk  and James Brown, unyielding replication of what it means to have funkadelia in your soul but so what if it isn’t the real thing, it still sounds good – B+

2. Bring The Noise – No Noise  A Capella – Public Enemy – chuck D could sure rap, this is one of his greatest moments with the backing track lifted – A

3. I Pity The Poor Immigrant – Bob Dylan – I recently called John Wesley Harding my fave Dylan album So is it? Well, it’s close – A

4. Ghost ‘n’ Stuff – deadau5, Rob Shire – Maybe I underestimate the guy, right? This isn’t the spawn of the devil – C+

5. Opening – Philip Glass, Martin Jacoby –  Piano on a loop – B

6. What I Did For Love – David Guetta, Emeli Sante – EDM ballad – B-

7. Lose Yourself – Eminem – Early version, pretty damn awesome – A

8. Midnight Walking – Simple Minds – Better soul via science, a greatbeat and a simple relentless groove – B+

9. Long Way Down – Robert Delong – You know he is your cool young singer songwriter because of the haircut – B

10. Sweet Freeek – The Brand New Heavies – Nice little disco workout – B