Listen Up: 7-24-12

1. Fine Knacks For Ladies – The King's Singer –  Elizabethan pop, al soprano lead vocalist and background bassist and a lone lute to tell a story not unfamiliar to the Beatles fans: money can't buy me love – Grade: A

2. Good Morning to The Light – Elton John Vs Pnau –  As much mash up as remix, if George Martin had been born 50 years later and decided to tackle Elton John's catalog, it might sound like this – Grade:A

3. Start Me Up – The Rolling Stones – The follow up to "Miss You" and a huge huge hit – Grade: A

4. Miles From Nowhere  The Only Ones – One of the late 1970s greats, "I want to die in the same place I was born in, miles from nowhere" is a perfect epigram – Grade: A

5. Quasar – The Smashing Pumpkins – The guitars are like oceans of sound craching… but the song isn't there – Grade: B

6. Strangers In The Night – Frank Sinatra – At Radio City, admits he has always hated this song – Grade: B+

7. Train Station – The Moms – Danny's tour diary is over… any aspiring rock stars should read it carefully – Grade: B+

8. The Gift Of Life – Wafa Abala – The jazziest of concerns, the finger picked bass holds the song together – Grade: B_

9. Stretch And Bobbito '95 – Big L – Featuring a ridiculously young Jay-Z reminding us he could really do it – Grade: A

10. Daughters – Nas – What a putz – Grade: C

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