31 It Won’t Stop Sevyn Streeter 32 Hey Brother Avicii 33 Whatever She’s Got David Nail 34 Marry Me Jason Derulo 35 We Were Us Keith Urban & Miranda Lambert 36 Let It Go Idina Menzel 37 Stay The Night Zedd & Hayley Williams 38 When She Says Baby Jason Aldean 39 Walking On Air… Continue reading Top 40 Week Before Last – Part 4

Heard two new ones on Live365’s top 40 station musiccountdowns. Lana Del Rey Summertime Sadness Demi Lovato Neon Lights They’re both danceable but unremarkable. I don’t hear anything particularly creative going on. I have no idea why I feel compelled to blog this.

Picking up the thread of last week’s top 40. Here are Part 1 and Part 2. Again, I am listening to these without watching the video, in the effort to judge the music on its own merits. 21 Wake Me Up! Avicii I like the country flavor. The electronic doesn’t mesh smoothly so the overall… Continue reading Top 40 Last Week – Part 3

Here’s the second installment of reviews for this week’s top 40 US chart. 11 Sweater Weather The Neighbourhood I like this. Romantic and a little bit sad. 12 The Man Aloe Blacc I like this too. Kind of celebratory. 13 Burn Ellie Goulding Like it much. Chair dancing at work. 14 Team Lorde This is… Continue reading Top 40 This Week – Part 2

I frequently feel like a pop culture illiterate, especially concerning music these days. I tune out for long periods and this last has been the longest. So today I looked up the top 40 so I could sample some of these over the course of the next few days. After the third one, I realized… Continue reading Top 40 This Week – Part 1