SONG OF THE DAY “Songbird” by Christine McVie. Written by Christine McVie. MY TAKE I heard an acoustic (possibly live) version of this song on 105.9 The River’s Acoustic After Dark program two nights ago. This program is seriously the bane of my existence because they play amazing versions of songs ALL THE TIME, and never say …
SONG OF THE DAY “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant” by Billy Joel (The Stranger, Columbia Records, 1977). Written by Billy Joel. MY TAKE First, I love how Billy Joel looks like a hoodrat in that photo I chose. Ridiculous. Now for serious… This song was probably milling around my world for a decade or so before I …
SONG OF THE DAY “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” by Blood, Sweat & Tears (Blood, Sweat & Tears, 1969). Written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson and Berry Gordy. MY TAKE This is a song I’ve loved since childhood. It’s really emotional, especially the lead vocals (though I do get weepy from the amazing brass section’s work …
SONG OF THE DAY “Wild Nights” by John Mellencamp & Me’shell Ndegeocello (Dance Naked, Mercury Records, 1994). Written by Van Morrison. MY TAKE Eek! I love John/ny Cougar Mellencamp! He was my first concert as a music-conscious teen. It was summer at the beautiful Pine Knob (now DTE Music whatever, I still call it Pine Knob), …
SONG OF THE DAY “Fireflies” (Ocean Eyes, Universal Republic Records, 2009). Written by Adam Young. WHERE I HEARD IT It was featured on this season of So You Think You Can Dance (see the video of the performance below). INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — Owl City is a Second Wave synthpop musical project by American Adam Young. – Young started out …
SONG OF THE DAY “Murder, He Says” by Betty Hutton (1943). WHERE I HEARD IT There’s a chain of events that took me to this song, and it goes like this: (1) In 2003, I bought a DVD of Spike Jonz’s music video work, which included his video work for Bjork’s song “Oh So Quiet”. (2) I did …
SONG OF THE DAY “Jar of Hearts” by Christina Perri (single, iTunes release, 2010).Written by Christina Perri, Barrett Yeretsian, & Drew Lawrence. WHERE I HEARD IT This season of So You Think You Can Dance, which I’ve now totally quit watching because Alex “Freaking” Wong was permanently injured and, honestly, there’s no point to watching that competition …
1. “Fools in Love†by Joe Jackson (4:23) — A very early hit (1979) from this heralded and still active British new wave and pop star. You may think this song doesn’t belong on a love mix, but wait until the last line of lyrics. 2. “Let My Love Open The Door†by Pete Townsend …
1. Road To Nowhere by The Talking Heads (4:28 ) — We thought this would be a funny set of lyrics to start out a road trip mix to! And we love the Talking Heads! 2. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC (4:12 ) — Todd was raised on AC/DC, and has very slowly gotten …
1.  When You’re Gone by The Cranberries (4:57) — This was our ode for five years of our relationship as we sustained a long-distance relationship. We’ would be remiss if we didn’t include at least one faraway love song on a mix about us! 2. Wouldn’t It Be Nice by Beach Boys (2:21) — A song …