The Boneys Part Two..The Songs #80-#41
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:24 pm
And now we begin our countdown of my favorite songs from last year.
#80) Acetate-American Hi-Fi.
We kick off with this tight little power-popper built on a backbeat
straight out of 1964, so get those moptops floppin'!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YN ... mu_dp_trk4
#79) Beautiful Like You-Lee DeWyze
The winner of American Idol in 2010. This is a nice power ballad
that might be a hit if the Idol machine actually got behind it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004B4 ... 1&sr=301-1
#78) Fallin' & Flyin'-Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell
From the "Crazy Heart" soundtrack. Jeff Bridges does a great spin
on this, but the big surprise is "good ol' boy" Farrell--Nashville
by way of Dublin??!?!??! YEE-HAW, BOYO!!!!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030N ... 8&sr=301-1
#77) In My Head-Chris Abad
Accoustic-based Power Pop with a sweet melody.
http://www.amazon.com/In-My-Head/dp/B00 ... 730&sr=1-9
#76) Laughing Lover-Blitzen Trapper
A band that would not have been out of place at Woodstock. A lot of their
songs have a Grateful Dead vibe to them, but this one owes a lot to White Album
era McCartney.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6 ... mu_dp_trk2
#75) On My Way Back Home-Band of Horses
The first of 3 songs by this band on the countdown. Hard to
pigeon hole their sound. This one is a gentle tune with a rich
falsetto lead that builds in layers as the song breezily moves along.
http://www.amazon.com/On-My-Way-Back-Ho ... 421&sr=1-8
#74) Claire's Ninth-Ben Folds
Ben adds music to the lyrics of author Nick Hornby. This one's about a
divorced couple taking their daughter out for her birthday and the
awkwardness that accompanies the event.
http://www.amazon.com/Claires-Ninth/dp/ ... 636&sr=1-7
#73) Song of the Passaic-Fountains of Wayne
This is a song recorded after the band heard an NPR story about the plight
of the Passaic River in New Jersey. They wrote the music, but apparently the
lyrics were written in 1890 by one John Alleyne Macnab..
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/i ... day_2.html
You can download the song for free through the band's website.
Link is at the bottom of the homepage.
http://www.fountainsofwayne.com/
#72) Hold My Heart-Sara Bareilles
Pretty piano ballad owing much to the Carole King school.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004CQ ... 605&sr=1-3
#71) Angel Dance-Robert Plant
Down & Dirty Groovefest from the Led Zep frontman, complete with funky mandolin.
http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Dance/dp/B0 ... 738&sr=1-1
#80) Acetate-American Hi-Fi.
We kick off with this tight little power-popper built on a backbeat
straight out of 1964, so get those moptops floppin'!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YN ... mu_dp_trk4
#79) Beautiful Like You-Lee DeWyze
The winner of American Idol in 2010. This is a nice power ballad
that might be a hit if the Idol machine actually got behind it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004B4 ... 1&sr=301-1
#78) Fallin' & Flyin'-Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell
From the "Crazy Heart" soundtrack. Jeff Bridges does a great spin
on this, but the big surprise is "good ol' boy" Farrell--Nashville
by way of Dublin??!?!??! YEE-HAW, BOYO!!!!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030N ... 8&sr=301-1
#77) In My Head-Chris Abad
Accoustic-based Power Pop with a sweet melody.
http://www.amazon.com/In-My-Head/dp/B00 ... 730&sr=1-9
#76) Laughing Lover-Blitzen Trapper
A band that would not have been out of place at Woodstock. A lot of their
songs have a Grateful Dead vibe to them, but this one owes a lot to White Album
era McCartney.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6 ... mu_dp_trk2
#75) On My Way Back Home-Band of Horses
The first of 3 songs by this band on the countdown. Hard to
pigeon hole their sound. This one is a gentle tune with a rich
falsetto lead that builds in layers as the song breezily moves along.
http://www.amazon.com/On-My-Way-Back-Ho ... 421&sr=1-8
#74) Claire's Ninth-Ben Folds
Ben adds music to the lyrics of author Nick Hornby. This one's about a
divorced couple taking their daughter out for her birthday and the
awkwardness that accompanies the event.
http://www.amazon.com/Claires-Ninth/dp/ ... 636&sr=1-7
#73) Song of the Passaic-Fountains of Wayne
This is a song recorded after the band heard an NPR story about the plight
of the Passaic River in New Jersey. They wrote the music, but apparently the
lyrics were written in 1890 by one John Alleyne Macnab..
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/i ... day_2.html
You can download the song for free through the band's website.
Link is at the bottom of the homepage.
http://www.fountainsofwayne.com/
#72) Hold My Heart-Sara Bareilles
Pretty piano ballad owing much to the Carole King school.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004CQ ... 605&sr=1-3
#71) Angel Dance-Robert Plant
Down & Dirty Groovefest from the Led Zep frontman, complete with funky mandolin.
http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Dance/dp/B0 ... 738&sr=1-1