Tag Archives: best songs ever

Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Beat Happening “Indian Summer”

Posted on March 14, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy Calvin Johnson is apparently a football player who just signed a contract worth $132 million over the next few years. That’s great for him, but there is another Calvin Johnson who is being overshadowed here. Possibly Related … Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Teenage Fanclub “The Concept”

Posted on March 2, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque famously, among nerd music-list watchers at least, beat Nrivana’s Nevermind for album of the year in 1991. Possibly Related Posts: Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Donna Summer “I Feel Love” Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Lou … Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Jay Reatard “Hammer I Miss You”

Posted on January 13, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy Today is the two year anniversary of the death of Jay Reatard, one of the best things to happen to rock music in my lifetime. I am probably being a bit of a fanboy here (I also … Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Songs Ever”: Van Halen “Running With The Devil”

Posted on January 6, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy Everyone is talking up Van Halen and I suppose I cannot resist. For my money I’ll take the first self titled Van Halen record over anything the cock-swingers in Led Zeppelin ever dished out. Possibly Related Posts: … Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Tom Jones & Sergio Mendes “Mas Que Nada”

Posted on January 5, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy Some days I post these songs because I think a lot about how special they are. They have been part of my musical lexicon for a long period of time and I have my own important and … Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: The Pogues “Fairytale of New York”

Posted on December 23, 2011 by TimD

By Tim Duffy Christmas music stinks? No my friend, you stink. There are plenty of great Christmas songs out there and you are being a small minded jerk to not acknowledge the fine work of songwriters who went through the trouble of … Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: The Jam “In The City”

Posted on November 19, 2011 by orens

By Oren Shalev Many songs have attempted to capture to bleak, alienation of city life but few have. The Jam’s In the City off their debut album of the same name hits the nail on the head. The song perfectly … Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Hunny “I’m History”

Posted on November 16, 2011 by TimD

By Tim Duffy One of the more thrilling bands that have recently roared into my sphere Staten Island’s Hunny are something like a one band grunge revival, but that is way too reductive. While this song “I’m History” and their … Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: A.C. Newman “Thunderbolts”

Posted on November 14, 2011 by TimD

By Tim Duffy The consistency of quality coming out of the New Pornographers’ camp is almost a given fact. Their worst LP’s are littered with under-sung gems just waiting for casual fans “rediscovery” on some iPod shuffle. The most tragic … Continue reading →

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Music Theme Friday

Posted on July 29, 2011 by TimD

I don’t believe in guilty pleasures good songs are good songs as far as I’m concerned. If this blog is meant to reflect anything it’s that, for me at least, the differences between the throbbing noise metal of Liturgy and … Continue reading →

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