Listen Up: 11-05-12

1. Old Shep – Elvis Presley – "When I was a boy, Old Shep was a pup…" . One of the great death songs and when Presley can't shoot the dying doggy I bet you can't hold back a tear. If Presley sold this song any harder, you'd believe his name was Jim! – Grade: A

2. Disco Boogie Song (Live) – Fuzzbox – And booogieah! – Grade: A+

3. Appetite – Prefab Sproat – The missing link between Donald Fagen and Robbie Dupree (though it came after!) – Grade: A

4. Shady – Adam Lambert – One of his best recorded moments is a pure disco banger – Grade: A

5. Sweet Spot – Tift Merritt – That slide guitar makes it more country than anything else – Grade: A

6. I Only Have Eyes For You – Robbie Dupree – Lovely late night take on the classic – Grade: B+

7. Breezeblocks – Alt-J – Mercury Award winners nice arty rock song – Grade: B

8. In A Big City – Titus Andronicus – Heart broken and back in NJ moves across the river – Grade: A

9. The Recipe – Kendrick Lamar  – Took awhile but the hook finally hooked me -it's all in the "wa wa whas"  – Grade: B+

10. Are We All We Are – Pink – Another song that moves on its hook – Grade: A-

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