Nearly another week has rolled on by and here I am, back at my laptop, ready to share. Most fads and phases of mine don't stand the test of time, and I am eager not to let my writing grow stagnant. Anyway, here I sit on a Saturday morning, with steaming coffee in my favourite orange mug beside me, and a chess board with a losing configuration behind me. Just to my left (and to the front) is a brown leather bag holding marking for this weekend, but that can wait. Yes, yes it can. Right now I am sharing my Top 10 Songs For March 16th, 2013.
1) "Rylan" by The National. "Rylan you should try to get some sun, you remind me of everyone." This song has been in my head all week possibly because The National have a new album out in May, and I am pretty excited for it. It's slow, but it moves with confidence.
2) "My Number" by The Foals. "We don't need the city, the Queen or the culture now." This is a pretty bouncy, and poppy song from what is usually a relentless precise, math-rock band. It's catchy, and for some reason, I like it.
3) "Someone's Going To Break Your Heart" by Fountains of Wayne. "And the traffic goes round and round, swallowing the road and spitting out clouds." Fountains of Wayne have always had a place near and dear to my heart. They can write diverse, catchy and meaningful songs -- I don't know how they come up with the lyrics, but you get the feeling that they would only work with their music.
4) "When I Go" by Joel Plaskett. "Don't say a word if you're going to say no." I discovered Joel Plaskett years and years ago when he played in my hometown, Sault Ste. Marie. Now, years later in Melbourne, Australia he still sounds good. I don't think it matters where you go, Joel Plaskett will sound good.
5) "Homecoming" by Kanye West ft. Chris Martin. "Fireworks over Lake Michigan". I can't this into words, I just like it.
6) "So Long, Marianne" by Leonard Coen. This is a classic. I usually find myself listening to it on the train on the way home, with the cityscape whizzing by.
7) "We No Who U R" by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. This, to me, is the most accessible track on what is otherwise a difficult album. I don't mean to say that it's bad, I just have a hard time wrapping my head around it. But already it's opening doors to other songs on this album, "Jubilee Street" is starting to grow on me as well.
8) "Violins and Tambourines" by Stereophonics. "Violins and tambourines, candy canes and movie screens." This song starts slow and builds into something that sounds like it could be a James Bond theme song -- trumpets included.
9) "Anything Goes" by Cole Porter. Maybe I am suffering from own sort of "Golden Age Syndrome" but I watched a short film called "The Butterfly Circus" which was set in a carnivalesque 1920's. You know the kind of period where bouncy jazz plays in the background? Maybe I would like to live in those times, but I am thankful to live in a time where I can play this song with the a click, anywhere in the world.
10) "The Queen of Lower Chelsea" by The Gaslight Anthem. "American girls, they want the whole world -- they want every last little light in New York City." I think, for this week, this is my favourite song. Normally these guys can descend in rock madness and clutter, but this song holds its head high, moves confidently forward, and stays on track.
These are them, my Top 10 songs for this week.
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