Song of the Day 12/30: Lou Reed, “Dirty Blvd.”
Bleak times call for bleak songs. Lou Reed made this the centerpiece of his critically acclaimed 1989 LP "New York," and it topped Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for four…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2024: The Top Ten!!
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But first, let's take a trip in the Not-So-Wayback Machine to revisit Tunes 50 through 11: https://delawareliberal.net/2024/12/26/bulos-fave-tunes-of-2024-s-50-41/ https://delawareliberal.net/2024/12/27/bulos-fave-tunes-s-40-31/ https://delawareliberal.net/2024/12/28/bulos-fae-tunes-of-2024-s-30-21/ https://delawareliberal.net/2024/12/29/bulos-fave-tunes-of-2024-s-20-11/ And now, the Top 10! More chalk than usual. Don't…
Song of the Day 12/29: Counting Crows, “A Long December”
It has been a long December, but I don't think anybody believes this coming year will be better than the last. Adam Duritz doesn't sound like he believes it when…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2024: #’s 20-11
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Here's where it gets tough. Can definitely make an argument that all these songs belong in the Top 10. Too bad there are twenty of 'em: 20: 19: 18: Sheer…
Song of the Day 12/28: Van Halen, “Panama”
Sclerotic bully Donald Trump has been talking tough about Panama, which like, sure, Grandpa. I'm not the only one whose mind went to this 1984 Van Halen classic, which has…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2024: #’s 30-21
Now that I've demystified the process with yesterday's explanation, you have but to be mystified (or elated) by my choices: #30. Read her absolutely great takedown of Aussie music industry…
Song of the Day 12/27: The Four Seasons, “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)”
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I always found this song's opening line a bit strange. "Oh, what a night, late December, 1963." Considering that "late December" is already filled with several significant calendar items, like…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: #’s 40-31
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For the sake of pseudo-transparency, I don't really agonize whether, say, Song #37 is 'better' than Song #36. I find ten songs that I think roughly belong where they are…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2024: #’s 50-41
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OK, kids, here we go. Real happy with the songs I unearthed this year. I notice that the selection is perhaps a bit more roots-oriented than usual. Although it's technically…
Song of the Day 12/25: The Band, “Christmas Must Be Tonight”
H/t El Somnambulo, who suggested this for the Christmas playlist back in March. This Christmas song by Robbie Robertson went overlooked for years. Written and rejected for the Band's 1975's…
Song of the Day 12/24: McCoy Tyner, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
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If you like holiday music played by jazzmen, you've probably heard this on Columbia's 1981 Christmas sampler, "God Rest Ye Merry, Jazzmen," because there aren't all that many jazz Christmas…
Song of the Day 12/23: The Carpenters, “Merry Christmas Darling”
As Nathan Arizona noted the other day, Karen Carpenter could make even a happy holiday song sound a little sad, so a song about missing her beau on Christmas Eve…
Song of the Day 12/22: Andy Williams, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”
This song, which debuted in 1963, turns up among Billboard's top 10 holiday songs every year, and I'd argue it owes its popularity to a TV commercial that wasn't about…