Year: 2009
I really don’t like lip dub videos. Not so much because of the dubbing, but the actors (as it were) rarely match the energy of the song (or some do, and others just sort of stand there).
This one is the best. Pretty much every kid here from the University of Quebec nails it. And then they sing it in French at the end!
Year: 1992
While Garth Brooks ushered in the new era of country music in the 90’s, Clint Black released his first single three weeks earlier and was nearly as successful on the charts. He had thirteen #1 hits compared to Garth’s nineteen. Of course, the main difference was that Garth was a hell of an entertainer and was a much more vocal person. Black won male vocalist of the year his first two years (from ACM and CMA respectively) and never won another award.
Black has been an incredibly private person. Not that Black shied away from the limelight. He played one of the cheating poker players in Maverick and then did a lot more TV and reality shows. But he has kept his private life really damn private. He and his wife Lisa Hartman (also a country singer and TV actor) have shared very little about their personal lives. They sang about their love (“When I Said I Do”) and it was a huge crossover hit. Black wrote an amazing song about his newborn daughter (“Little Pearl and Lily’s Lullaby”) but they almost never shared pictures or information about her until she was in her late teens and joined her dad as entertainer. Much respect.
Anyway, “Burn One Down” is my favorite. It’s not the most lyrically imaginative, but I love the violin (which is pretty much gone from country nowadays) and the song perfectly shows off his range. He’s also a pretty good harmonica player which he shows off in “Good Run of Bad Luck” and “State of Mind.”
Weirdly, I like almost every single he released from 1989 to 2002 but I like almost none of the album filler.
Year: 2004
Such a stupid song but I can’t help myself. Back in 2004 I had a series of first dates where this song was on the radio on my way to said dates and it helped keep me loose. None of those dates amounted to anything, but hey, I felt loose!
Year: 1958
Nineteen fifty-eight! I think I like the live version here more than the studio version.
While I don’t particularly like “My Ding-A-Ling,” I love that it was widely banned and became his only #1 single.
Year: 2006
For me this is all about the chorus with all eight lines crescendoing to the same note. The official music video is just stupid so not showing it.
I also love his ever popular debut single “What Was I Thinkin'” which is still his highest song on the pop charts (#22).
Year: 1991
Love me some new jack swing. I dig this whole album (including the two ballads that I’m sure also inspired Boyz II Men). Most people would select the title track and another day I might as well; Ricky Bell’s got upper range that slays me on both tracks. But I’ll take this one for the better rhymes.
One of four songs on this album that end with an exclamation point, including “Do Me!”, “Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph, and Johnny (Word to the Mutha)!”, and “Let Me Know Something?!” which also sports a question mark in there.
Year: 1978
So. Much. Falsetto! I am normally not a fan of this much, but Barry, Robin, and Maurice harmonize so well. We also got the horn section from Chicago here,too.
Year: 1994
I should really listen to more Beck. Any suggestions?
Year: 1965
One thing I love about the The Beatles catalogue is that most songs were recorded in mono. So when you got the earbuds in you get a different experience in each ear. And they were so damn good at this.
Case in point.
Year: 1989
A whopping nine songs are sampled here including five by The Beatles. But mostly I’m crazy about the last minute.
Droppin’ science like Galileo dropped the orange!
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