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Saturday, Apr 3rd, 2010 ↓“Crash Years” - latest release from the upcoming New Pornographers album - some uptempo, power pop for a warm spring afternoon.
Silly Love Songs
Thought I would post a song for Valentine’s Day and before I do, will indulge myself for a moment. Probably three-quarters of rock/pop/country consists of love songs: so there are a lot of great ones out there. When I woke up this morning, one of my favorite DJs was playing a cover of “Ring of Fire.” That song probably captures being “head over heels” better than any other pop song. My first idea was to post the Johnny Cash original. But I decided against it. Then I thought about playing the nostalgia card, as I have been doing a lot lately, and the song that came to mind was “Silly Love Songs” from Paul MacCartney’s Wings’ days. It doesn’t get nearly as much play as McCartney’s Beatles songs, but it is a great one nevertheless. Alas, I don’t own a copy of the song, so I can’t post it. The image of Cupid has been pretty vivid for me this Valentine’s Day and I haven’t listened to much Sam Cooke lately…so what I decided finally, for my listening pleasure and yours is to post his 1961 hit “Cupid.”
I plan to return to more earnest writing tomorrow, but today am posting an audio file for the first time to this blog. The thought is to put up series of five songs on a particular theme or from a specific artist. My first theme is “songs about New York City” and the first song, at “number 5” is “City of Immigrants” released by Steve Earle on the 2007 collection Washington Square Serenade. Steve is a worthy artist with a very interesting personal history. The catchy tune is not the most interesting, but in the tradition of Woodie Guthrie it has a beautiful, populist lyric.
