1 – Come to Me – Bjork – The difference between Bjork 20 years ago and Bjork today is not sentiment, certainly not her singing, but the way she uses melody. In 2015, she does give us the luxury of melody and replaces it with texture. In 2003, she did both – A
2 – Dream Of U – Kelvynator – It sounds a little more hp hop, a little more bloody minded on record, live it is a soul fest – B+
3 – Joan Of Arc – Madonna – Her best song in about 20 year – A
4 – We All Want the Same Thing – Rixton – maybe his falsetto isn’t as bad as I claimed – B
5 – Lush Life – Queen Esther – A show stopping a capella version left me in awe – A
6 – Lush Life – John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman – One of the greatest songs you’ll ever hear – A+
7 – That’s How Strong My Love Is – Paul Rodgers – A song difficult to ruin and also difficult to perfect – A
8 – E.T. featuring Kanye West – Katy Perry – A huge hit but not Kanye’s greatest moment – B
9 – All Day – Kanye West – West seems to mix shallow and deep with a bizarre ease, it is like he is from a different planet and his priorities don’t coincide with the real world – A
10 – Waterboy – Rhiannon Gidden – A soulful singer for sure, this is what T Bone has been looking for for years: she’s the real deal blues woman – A-
