10 Songs, Saturday, March 15th, 2014
Crazzy Little Thing Called Freddie Mercury
1. Crazy Little Thing called Love – Queen – I am no Queen fan, indeed, i always found them as disreputably shallow purveyors of glam, a somewhat shallow musical idiom at the best of times; but this straight forward little rocker stands out as the closet they ever got to a standard and it hasn’t aged a day – A+
2. Connected To You – Avicii (David Guetta remix) – Four years after EDM was ready to take over the world I guess it really did, at least the pop world, but the dance world? This is a real disappointment house by numbers – B-
3. Ribs – Lorde – Her manifesto: it drives you crazy growing old – B+
4. A Feather’s Not A Bird – Rosanne Cash – Smart singer songwriter blues folk – B+
5. Statesboro Blues – The Allman Brothers – One of their classic, hope they play it when I see em next week – A
6. My Sad Captains – Elbow – Sweetly sad slow song, another goodie off their new one – B+
7. Biting Down – Lorde – Her sharpest hook – B+
8. Poses – Rufus Wainwright – His greatest moment – A+
9. Marry Me – Drive-By Truckers – As stonesy as they wanna be – A
10. Red Velvet Seat – Aloe Blacc – Sounds like a soul masterclass but the song ain’t good enough – C+
