Legally 21: sentimental favorites
Songs with various pulls on me....
1. Bhundu Boys-- Susan. My wife's name. Or Amadou & Mariam
2. PJ Harvey. The mess we're in. (with Thom Yorke) Late at night, with some Scotch
3. Koerner, Ray and Glover. Black dog. White boy folk blues from my past
4. Bunky and Jake. One more cowboy. Shower stall in Providence way back. Lullaby for my kids
5. Emmy Lou Harris. Boulder to Birmingham. "A damsel with a dulcimer in a vision once I saw..."
(Coleridge). Or "Defying gravity"
6. Billie Holiday. A little moonlight. Ou peut-etre on pourrait choisir "La vie en rose"
7. Manu Chao. Mi vida. Mi vida, "burbuja de jabon..." Y todo lo hizo un pajaro sencillo (Neruda).
8. Mariza. Locoura. Do I still subliminally understand Portuguese? Did my Brazilian nanny, Paula, sing?
9. Mestre Ambrosio. Pé-de-calçada. My parents had Brazilian 78s that sounded like this
10. Offspring. Gotta get away. People who think the 80s and 90s were musical deserts need to loosen up
11. Sam & Dave. Soothe me. It does
12. Elvis Costello. Watching the detectives. For the lyrics. E.g., "she's filing her nails, while they're draggin' the lake"
13. The Equators. Feeling high. Maybe the greatest ska dance song. The revival CD is okay,
but the original vinyl is what rocks me.
14. The Mekons. Work all week. Punk to forever. "Natural" is great.
15. Wire. In the art of stopping. Punk classic "Pink Flag", then years later, this great song
16. Gogol Bordello. Start wearing purple. Hey, I love the Balkan/gypsy/accordion revival.
17. Ministry. Psalm 69. Trent Reznor learned to suck eggs here.
18. Gorillaz. Clint Eastwood. I edited out some bits (hey, so did they) and love it for dancing.
19. Black Lips. Buried alive. Who said modern college students can't learn?
20. KT Tunstall. Black horse & the cherry tree. One of my daughter's favorites,
and, besides, she went to my high school (more deformative years)
21. CocoRosie. Good Friday. Let's end on a whimsical note.
Or Mississippi John Hurt's Richland Woman, and Maria Muldaur's voice when she was with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band