Listen Up: 7-4-12

1. America (My Country Tis Of Thee) – Bebe Winans – The beat is very martial and Bebe is accentuating on the beat all the way through, so there is a faint echo of armed conflict buried deep, and the axiomatic "Let freedom ring" – not about slavery, it is a rebuttal to "God save the Queen") rings like the stirrings from where Gospel would lead the Black Church – Grade: B

2. This Is Love – Will I Am (featuring Eva Simons) – Will I Am – This is gonna be huge, a big ballad, fully orchestrated, hurt by a homogenized production, a rap, Eva's good vocal. This is created to sell. And it will – Grade: B+

3. The Prisoner – Iron Maiden – Made a believer of me when they hit this take on the classic English TV show Monday night – Grade: A-

4.The Show Must Go On – Pink Floyd – Sounds like it made the great escape from S&G circa Bridge – Grade: B+

5. Popscene – Blur – A huge song which failed to chart in the UK, so in a fit of pique Damon didn't put it on Modern Life Is Rubbish. He was right to be pissed – Grade: A+

6. Art For Art's Song – 10cc – Funny boys, very cynical and spurns what it embraces: "money for God;s sake" – Grade: A

7. Niteclub – Old 97s – In which Rhett misses his girlfriend and decides to burn down the room in retaliation – Grade: A

8. I Don't Like You – Eva Simons – Norwegian would – Grade: B+

9. Periphery – Fiona Apple – Another classic off the new classic – Grade: A

10. I Love The Dead – Alice Cooper – Don't lose your head over this one – Grade: B

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