Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 9-28-13
Free translation? Goodbye Simonue… no don’t thank us
1. More Than – Au Revoir Simone – This reminds me of all those indie pop bands with a touch more better living with electricity thrown into the mix. Sort of Pains of Being Pretty At Heart – B+
2. Canarsie – Spanking Charlene – This sounds like modern punk, like they could be on Don Giovannu Records, albeit with longer breaks – B+
3. I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas – With the help of David Guetta, they changed electronic music in one fell swoop of sample and song.Bggest song of the 00s – A+
4. Valerie – Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse – And speaking of songs that changed the landscape, this was so big Ronson has been entirely incapable of replicating, or do I mean emulating?, it – A+
5. Lay Me Down – Avicii – The only time Avicii comes within a mile of those two hits is in this new by the numbers house track qwith a taste of the blues – A-
6. Unhappiy Married – Pistol Annies – Still makes me laugh though all these country girls really do is make me wish Natalie Maines would tour – B+
7. TKO – Justin Timberlake – Coochie coochie coo – B+
8. Spanish Harlem – Ben E. King – This song is better than “Stand By Me” – A+
9. Spanish Harlem – Bob Dylan – An answer song thoughBiob might not have known it – A
10. Muswell Hillbillies – The absolute zenoth of Ray Davies gifts, a song of so much loss and longing and a aphorism we should all remember: “If life’s for living, what’s living for?” – A+
