Listen Up: 6-26-12

1. Why Do I Love You – Franz Alber and Barbara Cook – From one of  fave musicals, a tale of love and loss and show biz (and miscegenation)  on the Mississippi, and here the dream of true love as operetta Americana Grade: A

2. Sleep To Dream – Fiona Apple – Apple is wrecking havoc on this song in 2012 – Grade: A

3. You Know What I Mean – Doo woppy 60s ballad – Grade: B+

4. Generals – Mynabirds – Classic call to disarm – Grade: A

5. Boyfriend – Justin Bieber – Teenage boy bribgs the swag, sgag – Grade: A-

6. I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown – Browns scream is proforma – Grade: A+

7. How Do I Know – Here We Go Magic – Indie folk ballad – Grade: B+

8. Bad Habits – Maxwell – One of the best falsettos in the business – Grade: A-

9. Your Hand In Mine – Explosions In The Sky – a lit fuse of guitar interlock but the explosions occur live! – Grade: B+

10. Cyrk – Cate Le Bon – The upstairs downstairs organ riff is terrific – Grade: A

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