MFT 12-26-11

1. Our Town – Marshall Crenshaw – How can a man sound so true so many years later? This tale of a small town boy knocked on his ass by the big city is an echoing cathedral of sound. It sounded so wrong for the songs aspirations back in the day, but now its charm lies as much in its inconguity as anything else.

2. Shake – The Ying Yang Twins – Pretty good dance hip hop saved by Mr. 305.

4. Forever Yours – Weird one sampling Beethoven for a mushy, smart, English love song. really great.

5. Paradise – Coldplay – This piece of crap is the song that saved their lousy album? This? It takes a minute to kick in and once it does you wish to fuck it would stop.

6. Out On The Street – Bruce Springsteen – From a 1999 gig at the Meadowlands. I caught him six time on the tour, including the first and last dates. That's me singing "oh oh o o o o o o". A great tour by the way, with no album to flog he sang his hits for hours.

7. Little Talks – Of Monsters And men – A grower, don't see why it can't break pop.

8. Very First Time – Roscoe Dash – I'mm by a gift certificate to Itunes to the first rapper who writes a rap song without calling his girl "Shorty".

9. Presenting Bianca Castagoire – John Williams

10. Better Than I Know Myself – Nasty little dance rocker.