10 Songs, Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

a whole lotta trouble
a whole lotta trouble

1. Main Theme From Trouble Man – Marvin Gaye – Blaxploitation, smaxploitation, the horn that haunts this theme to the movie of the same man, is a meeting of r&b and jazz of the first order and a game changer – A

2. Kiss You – One Direction – Their finest moments, that falsetto on the bridge, before the rest of the guys, is money in the bank. Took a committee to write it but hey whatever works – A-

3. Wild Heart – The Vamps – This isn’t the one, but the one hasn’t been released in the US yet – C-

4. Fancy – Iggy Azalea – Nice electronic bass and Charli XCX takes the chorus – B

5. I Keep It To Myself – Wilko Johnson And Roger Daltrey – It’s not just the singing or the hard rhyhm guitar, it’s the harp as well – A

6. Funky Butt – Mississippi John Hurt – Finger picking nursery rhyme – A

7. Shame Is The Name – Morrissey – Guess who is the back up singer – B

8. Dark Glasses – Chrissie Hynde – Did you guess? – B+

9. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place – Jarrod Spector – Not bad, I prefer the musical without the visuals – B

10. Governor’s Ball – Conor Oberst – I keep returning to this song like the scene of a crime. I am in shock as to how bad it is. I guess time catches up with all of us – C-

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