Songs Of The Week, 2025: 12/13-12/19

 

Duquesne Whistle- Bob Dylan
Walk A Thin Line- Fleetwood Mac
Gawd Above- John Fullbright
I Am That I Am- Peter Tosh
Something Is Slipping My Mind- The Rails
Play This Game- Utopia
Inside Out- Silver Ginger 5

 

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Duquesne Whistle- Bob Dylan
(From "Tempest," an album that I think has aged really well, this was the first single, which still kills.)

Walk A Thin Line- Fleetwood Mac
(I've never warmed to "Tusk," or to double albums in general. This could use a nice single disc edit. Please include this song, if you're doing the edit. And if any fans of The Cure are reading, how about nice 45 minute, single disc edits of "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" and "Disintegration?")

Gawd Above- John Fullbright
(The opening one-two punch of "Gawd Above" and "Jericho" set the table for what I thought might be the best record of 2012. "From The Ground Up" is a very good album, but nothing that followed was as strong as those two opening tracks.)

I Am That I Am- Peter Tosh
(Cleveland Jeff says "Equal Rights" is the best reggae album of all. When I play it, it's hard to disagree.)

Something Is Slipping My Mind- The Rails
(Stunning harmonies and a gorgeous melody will get me every time.)

Play This Game- Utopia
(Speaking of harmonies, here are Todd Rundgren and the boys and one of their most power poppiest.)

Inside Out- Silver Ginger 5
(Ginger Wildheart's one and done side project was a hard, fast and REALLY LOUD affair. It's full of big choruses and pop hooks, if you can deal with what sounds like 40 guitars on every song. This is one of the easiest tracks to digest.)

 

 

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