Listen Up: 9-21-12

1. Sober – Little Big Town – In a world where the simple gifts of songwriting have been replaced by the slave to the beats, this is a well well written song, spinning on a simple simile, being in love is like being drunk – Grade: A-

2. Human Touch – Bruce Springsteen – Wednesday nights best moment is as sizzling of song of desire as Bruce has ever written. Sung with  the woman he wrote it for at Metlife – Grade: A

3. Too Close – Alex Clare – Blues plus drum machine. Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think – Grade: C+

4. Bad – Michael Jackson – Afrojack did the remix, Pitbull performed an excellent rap – Grade: A-

5. I'm Not The Same Without You – Donald Fagen – Sure, a nasty put down but a great great song – Grade: A

6. My City Of Ruins – Bruce Springsteen – This is better than the rest of that album not just because it's, well, better, but because songs work best when composer skills are used. For instance, comparing a failed romance to a city in ruins and both to a city under attack – Grade: A+

7. Born Again – Big And Rich – Too generic but it has a solid rockin' bottom -from Bon Jovi! – Grade: B

8. The Boys – Nicki Minaj – This is a terrific song, she should release fewer and better songs like this – Grade:A

9. Walk Of Shame – P!nk – This one is actually funny – Grade: B+

10. Re: Stacks – Bon Iver – His best song is about poker chips? – Grade: B+

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