One Headlight by Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers + a great cover of it.
So long ago I don't remember when
That's when they say I lost my only friend
Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease
As I listen through the cemetery trees
I seen the sun coming up at the funeral at dawn...
The new movie Respect starring Jennifer Hudson suggests that the ten albums Aretha Franklin recorded with Columbia from 1960 to 1966 were a bit overproduced, but I like this first one a lot. Listening to it now on amazon's music unlimited. The movie does show that Columbia went all-out to record...
Lana Del Rey's song Doin' Time....
Doin' Time by Lana Del Rey
Summertime, and the livin's easy
Bradley's on the microphone with Ras MG
All the people in the dance will agree
That we're well-qualified to represent the L.B.C [Long Beach, California]
Me, me and Louie, we gonna run to the party...
The song "The High Road" by the American alternative group Broken Bells is actually from 2009, but I just discovered it yesterday on Sirius XMU.
The High Road by Broken Bells
We're bound to wait all night.
She's bound to run amuck
Invested enough in it anyhow,
To each his own
The Garden...
Tame Impala's Borderline—another song from 2019 that I love. Great live version from SNL:
Lyrics are somewhat different in the live version.
Borderline by Tame Impala
Ah Gone a little far
Gone a little far this time for somethin'
How was I to know?
How was I to know this high came rushing...
I often listen to music of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, but I've been on a quest recently to find songs from the last ten years that I really like. Here a song from 2019 with a surreal video, an interesting techno-pop sound, and intriguing lyrics.
Exits by the group Foals
Now the sea eats the...