The 2013 Boneys...The Songs
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:02 pm
Here we go with the countdown of my favorite songs of 2012. I started off
with about 220 candidates, then whittled it down to about 150 on the second
cut. I got it down to about 115 when it got real difficult. Nonetheless, I
managed to settle on these 100 songs. Please let me know if you have trouble
with any of these links.
#100. Comfortable-Ian Hunter
Let's start out smokin' with this raucous bit of pub-rock from the former
frontman of the 70's glam-rock band Mott The Hoople. Nothin' fancy here, just
some good old-fashioned meat and potatoes rock-n-roll.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvrPqF6lqEU
#99. Wrong Idea-Shoes
This band made a little noise on the airwaves back in 1979 with their
album "Present Tense". They've made a number of records since, but fell
completely off the radar. They returned in 2012 with "Ignition", and as this
track from that cd shows, they haven't lost their gift for melodic pop. This one
may remind you of Fountains of Wayne.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncP6Lg44uBo
#98. Barricade-Lifehouse
Change of pace track from their fine '12 release "Almeria". Gentle tune that
could fit right in with the soft country-rock that was comng out of Southern
California in the early 70'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZxByT24Os
#97. Make It Through-Tyrone Wells
The prolific Mr. Wells released 2 full-length cd's and an ep in 2012. The result
was a lot of pleasant listening, including this pretty ballad.
http://songs.to/#!pl=bf4b8f56cb595ebf37 ... 2c0549134e
#96. Empty Threat-Kathleen Edwards
Nice, easygoing singer-songwriter type stuff here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mkXfCEGAF0
#95. Stray Heart-Green Day
Green Day released THREE albums this year, in rapid succession. This track comes
from the second one, and joins a "Walking On Sunshine" beat to a pop-punky
melody line that's quite appealing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN0b-adUt9I
#94. Don't Blame Me-Bleaker Street Cowboys
Nice 50's style easy rockabilly number that would've been right at home with a
Sun Records label on it. Unfortunately I can only find a 30 second soundbite for
you.
http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Blame-Me/dp/B009A6L7GQ
#93. North Side Gal-J. D. McPherson
Let's stay in 50's mode. This time, it's a funky R & B burner that brings to
mind folks like Little Richard and Larry Williams.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZGn4LncY0g
#92. Devil in a Cardigan-The Wellingtons
Power Pop from Australia.
http://thewellingtons.bandcamp.com/trac ... cardigan-2
#91. Beautiful Sunchild-Two Sheds Jackson
This band joins Toad The Wet Sprocket on the short list of bands that took their
name from a Monty Python sketch. Musically, it goes from a standard pop song
that really takes flight in the chorus, which sounds like something that The
Association might have cooked up in the 60's.
http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q ... k+hromadka
#90. Oh Yeah-Aerosmith
Can't say I thought too much of Aerosmith's first album in 10 years, but I liked
this one, which is old-school Aerosmith and NOT crappy Alicia Silverstone video
power ballad Aerosmith. The album coulda used more tunes like these from the
Boston bad boys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3hIOrbBURY
#89. I Make My Own Sunshine-Alyssa Bonagura
Light and fluffy pop ditty that was featured in a Lowe's commercial. And really,
who can resist a happy ukelele?.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUFDFePer_c
#88. I Used To Could-Mark Knopfler
Smoky barroom bluesrock from the former leader of Dire Straits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dBaXfFZecE
#87. Daybreak Over The Ocean-The Beach Boys
Similar to "Kokomo", but better.
http://www.myspace.com/thebeachboys/mus ... n-87827562
#86. At Last-Jeff Lynne
The Etta James chestnut, served up ELO style. This link leads to the entire
"Long Wave" album (which I also really liked), but to just hear "At Last",
skip to 17:33 in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USdyRXZNSts
#85. Things To Say-Safety Suit
Soft, easy rolling ballad from this Tulsa, Oklahoma band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8IAK1tCHUs
#84. Afterglow-Black Country Communion
This is a supergroup consisting of guitar wizard Joe Bonamassa, Vocalist/Bassist
Glenn Hughes (who joined Deep Purple with David Coverdale for the "Burn" and
"Stormbringer" albums after Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left), Derek Sherinian
(formerly of Dream Theater) on keyboards and Jason Bonham (son of the late Led
Zeppelin drummer John, and seemingly at his young age has sat in with every band
currently in existence. This song sounds like a lost track from the "Houses of
the Holy" or "Physical Graffiti" albums. EXTREMELY Zeppelin influenced.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O97kWjGW6BM
#83. Silenced By The Night-Keane
A band that usually manages to land at least one Boney with each released. On
this one they sound more like The Killers (who we'll also hear from on this
countdown) than Keane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HrV_B0qrdY
#82. Touch The Sky-Julie Fowlis
Not one, but TWO songs from the Disney/Pixar film "Brave" makes the list.
Here's the first one. Some very nice music capturing the feel of the old
Scottish times the movie is set in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSmXMMc28yw
#81. Virginia-Elliott Yamin
Season 5 of "American Idol" remains, for me, the best ever. And even though I
will never apologize for pulling for Taylor Hicks that season, I will admit that
this guy here was probably the purest talent of the bunch. He lays down some
mighty tasty soulful chops on this gospel-flavored midtempo workout.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP7zXKX1lAY
We're just getting started. #80-#61 coming up....
with about 220 candidates, then whittled it down to about 150 on the second
cut. I got it down to about 115 when it got real difficult. Nonetheless, I
managed to settle on these 100 songs. Please let me know if you have trouble
with any of these links.
#100. Comfortable-Ian Hunter
Let's start out smokin' with this raucous bit of pub-rock from the former
frontman of the 70's glam-rock band Mott The Hoople. Nothin' fancy here, just
some good old-fashioned meat and potatoes rock-n-roll.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvrPqF6lqEU
#99. Wrong Idea-Shoes
This band made a little noise on the airwaves back in 1979 with their
album "Present Tense". They've made a number of records since, but fell
completely off the radar. They returned in 2012 with "Ignition", and as this
track from that cd shows, they haven't lost their gift for melodic pop. This one
may remind you of Fountains of Wayne.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncP6Lg44uBo
#98. Barricade-Lifehouse
Change of pace track from their fine '12 release "Almeria". Gentle tune that
could fit right in with the soft country-rock that was comng out of Southern
California in the early 70'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZxByT24Os
#97. Make It Through-Tyrone Wells
The prolific Mr. Wells released 2 full-length cd's and an ep in 2012. The result
was a lot of pleasant listening, including this pretty ballad.
http://songs.to/#!pl=bf4b8f56cb595ebf37 ... 2c0549134e
#96. Empty Threat-Kathleen Edwards
Nice, easygoing singer-songwriter type stuff here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mkXfCEGAF0
#95. Stray Heart-Green Day
Green Day released THREE albums this year, in rapid succession. This track comes
from the second one, and joins a "Walking On Sunshine" beat to a pop-punky
melody line that's quite appealing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN0b-adUt9I
#94. Don't Blame Me-Bleaker Street Cowboys
Nice 50's style easy rockabilly number that would've been right at home with a
Sun Records label on it. Unfortunately I can only find a 30 second soundbite for
you.
http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Blame-Me/dp/B009A6L7GQ
#93. North Side Gal-J. D. McPherson
Let's stay in 50's mode. This time, it's a funky R & B burner that brings to
mind folks like Little Richard and Larry Williams.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZGn4LncY0g
#92. Devil in a Cardigan-The Wellingtons
Power Pop from Australia.
http://thewellingtons.bandcamp.com/trac ... cardigan-2
#91. Beautiful Sunchild-Two Sheds Jackson
This band joins Toad The Wet Sprocket on the short list of bands that took their
name from a Monty Python sketch. Musically, it goes from a standard pop song
that really takes flight in the chorus, which sounds like something that The
Association might have cooked up in the 60's.
http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q ... k+hromadka
#90. Oh Yeah-Aerosmith
Can't say I thought too much of Aerosmith's first album in 10 years, but I liked
this one, which is old-school Aerosmith and NOT crappy Alicia Silverstone video
power ballad Aerosmith. The album coulda used more tunes like these from the
Boston bad boys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3hIOrbBURY
#89. I Make My Own Sunshine-Alyssa Bonagura
Light and fluffy pop ditty that was featured in a Lowe's commercial. And really,
who can resist a happy ukelele?.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUFDFePer_c
#88. I Used To Could-Mark Knopfler
Smoky barroom bluesrock from the former leader of Dire Straits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dBaXfFZecE
#87. Daybreak Over The Ocean-The Beach Boys
Similar to "Kokomo", but better.
http://www.myspace.com/thebeachboys/mus ... n-87827562
#86. At Last-Jeff Lynne
The Etta James chestnut, served up ELO style. This link leads to the entire
"Long Wave" album (which I also really liked), but to just hear "At Last",
skip to 17:33 in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USdyRXZNSts
#85. Things To Say-Safety Suit
Soft, easy rolling ballad from this Tulsa, Oklahoma band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8IAK1tCHUs
#84. Afterglow-Black Country Communion
This is a supergroup consisting of guitar wizard Joe Bonamassa, Vocalist/Bassist
Glenn Hughes (who joined Deep Purple with David Coverdale for the "Burn" and
"Stormbringer" albums after Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left), Derek Sherinian
(formerly of Dream Theater) on keyboards and Jason Bonham (son of the late Led
Zeppelin drummer John, and seemingly at his young age has sat in with every band
currently in existence. This song sounds like a lost track from the "Houses of
the Holy" or "Physical Graffiti" albums. EXTREMELY Zeppelin influenced.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O97kWjGW6BM
#83. Silenced By The Night-Keane
A band that usually manages to land at least one Boney with each released. On
this one they sound more like The Killers (who we'll also hear from on this
countdown) than Keane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HrV_B0qrdY
#82. Touch The Sky-Julie Fowlis
Not one, but TWO songs from the Disney/Pixar film "Brave" makes the list.
Here's the first one. Some very nice music capturing the feel of the old
Scottish times the movie is set in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSmXMMc28yw
#81. Virginia-Elliott Yamin
Season 5 of "American Idol" remains, for me, the best ever. And even though I
will never apologize for pulling for Taylor Hicks that season, I will admit that
this guy here was probably the purest talent of the bunch. He lays down some
mighty tasty soulful chops on this gospel-flavored midtempo workout.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP7zXKX1lAY
We're just getting started. #80-#61 coming up....