As I mentioned in my last blog, the album is what matters to me. I would take 12 non-hooky, non-commercial, but solid songs over Kesha's, sorry K$sha's Greatest Hits any day of the week. Having said that, I did promise to release my favorite songs of the year, and here they are, only 2 months late. You've all seen the Grammy Awards, here now are the Grampy Awards. (Hey, I'm no spring chicken.)
I have quite a few favorite songs. Some were on the radio. A lot were not. I will list the majority of them in no particular order and then follow that up with my top 10 along with a brief lame comment about each. Following that, I will post a list of Best Album honorable mentions. Read. Enjoy! Rinse, and repeat.
Kings Of Leon - Mary, The Face; Kanye West - Dark Fantasy; Gary Allan - Today; Ray Lamontagne - God Willin' And The Creek Don't Rise, New York City's Killin' Me; Band Of Horses - Older, Compliments; Melissa Etheridge - Indiana, Drag Me Away; John Legend & The Roots - Hard Times, I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free; Scissor Sisters - Whole New Way; Tom Petty - Good Enough; Vampire Weekend - Cousins, I Think Ur A Contra; Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind; Elton John/Leon Russell - When Love Is Dying, $800 Shoes; Justin Townes Earl - Harlem River Blues; Johnny Reid - Today I'm Going To Try And Change The World; MGMT - Congratulations; The National - Blood Buzz Ohio, Runaway; Sarah McLaughlin - Loving You Is Easy; Eric Clapton/Sheryl Crow - Diamonds Made From Rain; Josh Groban - Hidden Away; Jakob Dylan - Nothing But The Whole Wide World; Robert Plant - Angel Dance; Enrique Iglesias - I Like It; Flo Rida - The Club Can't Handle Me. (I told you there were a lot.)
Now for my illustrious TOP 10 (and yes, all these artists will have to pass a drug test to officially be elligible for their Grampy):
10. Colder Weather - Zac Brown Band -- A slow song with great harmonies. Sounds like the Eagles meets Lynnyrd Skynnyrd or
however the Hell you spell it. I love singing along in the car to this one, Ryan, not so
much.
9. Born Free - Kid Rock -- A great driving in the sunshine while talking on the phone and looking for a hooker and a dealer
song. At least that's the way Charlie Sheen described it.
8. Wavin' Flag - K'Naan -- This is a great song with a catchy chorus and a positive message.
7. Airplanes - B.O.B (Featuring Hayley Williams) -- A very catchy, very radio-friendly song. Rihanna did a great version live.
6. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum -- Here's a song that crossed over into Pop. Some great vocals and a great piano hook
that even I could probably play.
5. Love The Way You Lie - Eminem/Rihanna -- Just a great song. Rihanna's voice was perfect. In fact, I prefer the second part of
this song which is the last track on Rihanna's new album Loud.
4. Hey Soul Sister - Train -- This blockbuster of a song made Train relevant once again and perhaps more importantly they will
never again be thought of as a one hit wonder.
3. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars -- Is there a star rising faster than Bruno Mars right now? The sky is the limit for this
young Hawaiian, and this is the song that started it all.
2. Runaway - Kanye West -- My favorite song on what I thought was the best album of the year. He almost dares radio stations
to play him. It's strange, it's odd, yet it's ridiculously catchy. And I have to like any song with
'douche bag' in it.
1. F*&K You - Cee Lo Green -- What a great song, and at the Grammy's he performed it with Muppets. How cool is that?! (One
of them even resembled Gwyneth Paltrow.) Of course the single was called 'Forget You' and
unfortunately it's not on the album. This to me was the catchiest song of the year.
Albums Of The Year (Honorable Mentions, in no particular order):
Sarah McLaughlin - Laws Of Illusion
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
Eric Clapton - Clapton
Scissor Sisters - Night Work
Gary Allan - Get Off On The Pain
Jacob Dylan - Women & Country
Eminem - Recovery
John Mellencamp - No Better Than This
This concludes the Grampy Awards. Thank you all for coming! Drive safe.
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