So, we have threads about what comes up on your playlist, or songs that are your most played fairly often, but I want to know something else: today, right this very minute, which songs are your favorite of the moment? Sure, you might answer something else in a week or two, and maybe they’re new songs you’ve just fallen for or old favorites you’re really digging right now, but none of that matters.
I just got back from watching Spring Awakenings, so my number one is probably “Totally Fucked.”
Others would be
Captain Beefheart – “Electricity”
The King’s Singers – “Seaside Rendezvous” (yes, the Queen song – done a capella)
Blood Sweat and Tears – “House in the Country” (this is the original, Al Kooper incarnation, not the David Clayton-Thomas one)
Cat Mother and the All-Night Newsboys – “Strike a Match a Light Another.”
To trim it down to just five, right at this very moment, these would probably be my favorites. There are a lot of contenders, though, so I made sure I at least picked five different artists.
Al Jarreau and Kurt Elling’s version of Take Five is simply amazing (“modulate again!”). As I’m in a Brubeck mood I’ll add Dave Brubeck and Billy Taylor playing Take The “A” Train and the Brubeck quartet performing It’s a Raggy Waltz at Carnegie Hall.
Billy Joel-Vienna
Bette Midler-My One True Friend
Dan Fogelberg-Believe in Me
Steven Neal Wagner-One of the Two
Barenaked Ladies-If I had a Million Dollars (‘mmmmm, dijon ketchup!’)
You’ve Got Something - Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band
*Uprising *- Muse A Star is Born - Jay-Z
*What’s Happening Brother *- Marvin Gaye No Morira - DLG
I wouldn’t be listening to any of these if it wasn’t for my Gogol Bordello radio station on Pandora.
If I Should Fall From Grace With God - Pogues
Devil’s Dance Floor - Flogging Molley
Happy Little Boozer - Korpiklaani
Rasputin - Boiled in Lead (it’s just too awesome!)
The Pirate Song - Go Betty Go
