Hear Ye: what rock nyc is listening to 12-30-13

Lonely lullaby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Sweet Baby James – James Taylor – Written for his nephew when his nephew was still a baby, it remains a self-portrait and a lullaby to loneliness and aloneness and late night fears put away and rocked to sleep – A+

2. Certain People I Know – Morrissey – This rockabilly song is oa snappy smart song and if it wasn’t the bridge between verses and a certain slackness in the lyric it would be one of his greatest – A-

3. Saved Those Words – Laura Marling – I wasn’t her curse… A

4. Farmhouse – Phish – In country Dead mode – B+

5. Free Ride – Edgar Winter Band – The first song Ellen bought – B+

6. I Am A God – Kanye West – Those beats at the start thunder you – A

7. Where Can I Go – Laura Marling – This is why there are all those Joni Mitchell comparisons – A

8. Don’t Ask Me Why – Billy Joel – This is why Joel will never be cool – A-

9. I Need You – Marc Anthony – After this, Marc started crossing back over in the opposite directin – B+

10. I’d Really Love To See You Tonight – England Dan And John Ford Coley – No promised, so you won’t have to lie, soft rock classic – A-

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