The last three weeks of December are a dry season for music bloggers. Bands aren’t doing much touring. No one is putting out new music. For the most part, people are too busy doing holiday junk to read. That is why you are inundated with so many uninteresting lists. We have nothing else to talk about. Here is another list (this one actually has links to music!)… my favorite songs of 2009:

10) “1901″ – Phoenix (Listen)

9) ” True No. 9 Blues (True Romance)” – The Golden Silvers (Listen)

8 ) “Two Weeks” – Grizzly Bear (Listen)

7) “Comets” – Fanfarlo (Listen)

6) “Killed By Birds” – Cains and Abels (Listen)

5) “The Executioner’s Song” – Cass McCombs (Listen)

4) “Don’t Give Up” – LAKE (Listen)

3) “The Walls Are Coming Down” – Fanfarlo (Listen)

2) “Curse Your Branches” – David Bazan (Video)

1) “Quiet Dog” – Mos Def (Listen)

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Yes, I realize this blog has been neglected as of late – terribly sorry and all, but my other, earlier baby, The Moon is a Dead World, has been taking up much of my time, and the thing that I started working on for this blog took up the rest of my listening time. You’ll see in a second.

I’ve noticed that everyone has begun to compile their list of the best albums of 2009. Unfortunately, 2009 is NOT OVER YET! I feel sorry for those bands who are releasing things late in the year, because honestly, those are going to be overlooked in the rush. Sorry guys.

This year I took on a challenge for myself – to compile a gigantic list of albums that I listened to from 2009, and then, after careful deliberation, come up with a top ten list. It would be varied and chaotic, I knew, but it would be worth it. Turns out it was a huge, time-consuming task, and one that, no matter how hard I tried, could not include everything from 2009, even some of the most important albums.

I attempted to give everything more than one listen. Sometimes it happened, and sometimes it didn’t. Part of the reason I wanted to give a list was to allow the reader to see what I had and hadn’t listened to. There is sometimes a gap when one reads lists, such as Pitchfork’s, between what they’ve heard and what they haven’t. I feel like my list is much more varied than their’s; but what counts is what I could factor into my top ten list, because there will always be albums one could not hear.

For part one of the year end list, I am posting what I listened to for this year. Soon, I will post my top ten list, with some added extras.

1. March 12 – Trophy Scars – Bad Luck 5 listens
2. No date – …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – The Century of Self 4 listens
3. No date – Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion 5 listens
4. No date – Black Dice – Repo 4 listens BOUGHT
5. No date – Cannibal Corpse – Evisceration Plague 5 listens
6. No date – Cattle Decapitation – The Harvest Floor 7 listens
7. No date – Cursive – Mama, I’m Swollen 11 listens
8. No date — DOOM – BORN LIKE THIS EP/DEMO 3 listens
9. No date – Extreme Noise Terror – Law of Retaliation 10 listens
10. No date – Kylesa – Static Tensions 7 listens
11. Feb. 17 – Merzbow – Somei 2 listens
12. No date – Napalm Death – Time Waits for No Slave 17 listens
13. March 7 – The Number Twelve Looks Like You – Worse Than Alone 6 listens BOUGHT
14. No date – Thursday – Common Existence 8 listens
15. No date – Wolves in the Throne Room – Black Cascade 7 listens
16. No date – Zombi – Spirit Animal 4 listens
17. No date – Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest 4 listens
18. No date – The Appleseed Cast – Sagarmatha 9 listens
19. No date – Psyopus – Odd Senses 13 listens
20. March 14 – Handsome Furs – Face Control 4 listens
21. March 15 – Into the Moat – The Campaign 12 listens
22. March 15 – Pomegranates – Everybody, Come Outside! 4 listens
23. No date – Irepress – Sol Eye Sea I 5 listens
24. March 17 – Joan of Arc – Flowers 4 listens BOUGHT
25. March 17 – War From a Harlots Mouth – In Shoals 6 listens BOUGHT
26. March 18 – Isis – Wavering Radiant 4 listens
27. March 23 – Paria – The Barnacle Cordious 4 listens
28. March 25 – Merzbow – 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 3: Yurikamome 2 listens
29. March 28 – Mastodon – Crack the Skye 3 listens
30. March 31 – Impending Doom – The Serpent Servant 2 listens
31. March 31 – The Bled – Mouthbreather/When Exiting Your Vehicle Demos 1 listen
32. April 6 – Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Agorapocalypse 7 listens
33. No date – City in Fiction – Laughing in the Dark 6 listens
34. April 7 – Gigantic Brain – World 3 listens
35. April 8 – Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band – Outer South 3 listens
36. April 9 – HEALTH – Die Slow 7” 3 listens
37. No date – Khanate – Clean Hands Go Foul 4 listens
38. April 15 – mewithoutYou – It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All A Dream! It’s Alright 4 listens
39. April 16 – Graf Orlock – Destination Time Today 2 listens
40. April 17 – Dolcim – Guillotine Ride 3.5 listens
41. April 17 – Kaospilot – Shadows 3 listens
42. April 18 – As Cities Burn – Hell or High Water 2 listens
43. April 25 – The Devil Wears Prada – With Roots Above and Branches Below 2 listens
44. April 26 – Oceano – Depths 2 listens
45. April 26 – The Serpent and the Siren – Posthuman EP 1 listen
46. No date – Caligine – Minimalia, Vol. 2 2 listens
47. May 3 – Zao – Awake? 4 listens BOUGHT
48. May 5 – Comadre – A Wolf Ticket 3 listens
49. May 5 – Kylesa – Unknown Awareness 7” 1 listen
50. May 6 – The Saddest Landscape – I Don’t Want to Miss You Anymore 7” 3 listens
51. No date – Esgharioth – Asylum of the Wretched 2 listens
52. May 9 – Mono – Hymn to the Immortal Wind 1 listen
53. May 11 – The Chariot – Wars and Rumors of Wars 7 listens BOUGHT
54. May 18 – Sunn O))) – Monoliths & Dimensions 4 listens BOUGHT
55. May 21 – Riceboy Sleeps – Riceboy Sleeps 1 listen
56. May 21 – Coalesce – Ox 3 listens
57. May 21 – Hewhocorrupts/Phoenix Bodies Split 2/3 listens
58. May 21 – Pelican – Ephemeral 2 listens
59. May 22 – Tortoise – Beacons of Ancestorship 2 listens
60. May 25 – Magrudergrind – Magrudergrind 3 listens
61. May 28 – Devourment – Unleash the Carnivore 5 listens
62. May 31 – It Dies Today – Lividity 2 listens
63. June 1 – Merzbow – 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 5: Uzura 1 listen
64. June 3 – Dinosaur Jr. – Farm 3 listens
65. June 4 – Bone Awl – Night’s Middle 3 listens
66. June 8 – Suffocation – Blood Oath 5 listens
67. June 13 – Alexisonfire – Old Crows / Young Cardinals 4 listens
68. June 14 – Vomitory – Carnage Euphoria 3 listens
69. June 16 – Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca 1 listen
70. June 17 – Gorod – Process of a New Decline 3 listens
71. June 17 – Arckanum – ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ 2 listens
72. June 18 – Ingested – Surpassing the Boundaries of Human Suffering 2 listens
73. June 18 – Molotov Solution – The Harbinger 3 listens
74. June 19 – Ash Pool – Saturn’s Slave 2 listens
75. June 21 – Suicide Silence – No Time to Bleed 4 listens
76. June 21 – Girl Named Vegas – The Perception of Humanity 1 listen
77. June 22 – Artillery – When Death Comes 3 listens
78. June 23 – Job for a Cowboy – Ruination 4 listens
79. June 23 – Owen – The Seaside EP 4 listens BOUGHT
80. June 26 – Poison the Well – The Tropic Rot 4 listens
81. June 29 – Nachtmystium – Doomsday Derelicts 1 listen
82. No date – The Golden Sores – A Peaceable Kingdom 3 listens REVIEW COPY
83. June 29 – Loma Prieta – Dark Mountain 5 listens
84. July 2 – I See Stars – 3D 1 listen
85. July 6 – Behemoth – Evangelion 3 listens
86. July 8 – Clutch – Strange Cousins from the West 1 listen
87. July 8 – John Zorn – Alhambra Love Songs 1 listen
88. July 8 – August Burns Red – Constellations 1 listen
89. July 9 – Arsonists Get All the Girls – Portals 2 listens
90. July 9 – Merzbow – Hiranya 1 listen
91. July 19 – Modest Mouse – No One’s First and You’re Next 1 listen
92. July 19 – Mew – No More Stories Are Told Today, I’m Sorry, They Washed Away, No More Stories, The World Is Grey, I’m Tired, Let’s Wash Away 3 listens
93. July 22 – Matt Henshaw – I Stay In, I Move Out 1 listen
94. July 23 – Merzbow – Don’t Steal My Goat 1 listen
95. July 30 – Noah and the Whale – The First Days of Spring 1 listen
96. August 7 – Jesu – Infinity 3 listens
97. August 8 – This is Hell – Warbirds 4 listens
98. August 8 – Trapped Under Ice – Secrets of the World 2 listens
99. August 8 – Agoraphobic Nosebleed/The Endless Blockade Split 7” 4/5 listens
100. August 9 – Winds of Plague – The Great Stone War 2 listens
101. August 10 – Werewolf Jerusalem – The House of the Yellow Carpet 4 listens BOUGHT
102. August 10 – Alpinist – Minus. Mensch 3 listens
103. August 11 – Trainwreck – Of Concrete Canyons and Inner Wastelands 4 listens
104. August 11 – Battle of Wolf 359 – The Death of Affect 2 listens
105. August 13 – Heal These Wounds – Ambitions 2 listens
106. August 14 – Deviator – Mighty Black Inner Flame 1 listen
107. August 15 – Novembers Doom – Into Night’s Requiem Infernal 2 listens
108. August 16 – Caliban – Say Hello to the Tragedy 3 listens
109. August 16 – Werewolf Jerusalem – Nang Nak 2 listens BOUGHT
110. August 17 – As Tall As Lions – You Can’t Take It With You 1 listen
111. No date – HEALTH – GET COLOR 3 listens
112. August 20 – Vader – Necropolis 2 listens
113. No date – Jungle Rot – What Horrors Await 3 listens
114. August 20 – We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls 1 listen
115. August 21 – Merzbow – 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 7: Kujakubato 1 listen
116. August 22 – Emmure – Felony 2 listens
117. August 22 – Ease of Disgust – The Shell 3 listens
118. August 24 – Culted – Beyond the Thunders of the Upper Deep 2 listens
119. August 24 – 3 Inches of Blood – Here Waits Thy Doom 3 listens
120. No date – Merzbow – Camouflage 1 listen
121. August 25 – rega – Million 3 listens
122. August 26 – Odio Vestri – Darkness of Sorrow 2 listens
123. August 26 – Oh, Sleeper – Son of the Morning 3 listens
124. August 26 – Skeletonbreath – Eagle’s Nest, Devil’s Cave 2 listens
125. August 28 – Merzbow – 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 8: Kokuchou 2 listens
126. August 30 – Lightning Bolt – Earthly Delights 4 listens
127. August 30 – Fen – The Malediction Fields 2 listens
128. August 31 – Salt the Wound – Ares 2 listens
129. September 1 – Putrid Pile – House of Dementia 2 listens
130. September 1 – Hellwitch – Omnipotent Convocation 2 listens
131. September 2 – The Black Dahlia Murder – Deflorate 4 listens
132. September 3 – Megadeth – Endgame 2 listens
133. September 4 – Baroness – Blue Record 4 listens
134. September 4 – OM – God is Good 4 listens
135. September 5 – Eagle Twin – The Unkindness of Crows 3 listens
136. September 5 – Phish – Joy 1 listen
137. September 6 – Every Time I Die – New Junk Aesthetic 3 listens
138. September 7 – Werewolf Jerusalem – Murder Made 2 listens BOUGHT
139. September 8 – Saosin – In Search of Solid Ground 2 listens
140. September 10 – Infested – 1000 Doors 2 listens
141. September 12 – Kids Like Us – The Game 2 listens
142. September 14 – The Used – Artwork 1 listen
143. September 14 – Dying Fetus – Descend Into Depravity 1 listen
144. September 14 – Protest the Hero – Gallop Meets the Earth 1 listen
145. September 15 – Random Orbits – Safety Meeting 3 listens
146. September 21 – Despised Icon – Day of Mourning 4 listens
147. September 22 – Ahab – The Divinity of the Oceans 3 listens
148. September 22 – Russian Circles – Geneva 4 listens
149. September 23 – Nile – Those Whom the Gods Detest 3 listens
150. September 23 – Black Pus – Down Down Da Drain/Bark of the Tree 7” 3 listens
151. No date – Owen – New Leaves 2 listens BOUGHT
152. September 26 – Suis La Lune/Osceola Split 3/3 listens
153. September 27 – Infernal Revulsion – Dead But Breathing 2 listens
154. September 27 – Kidcrash – Snacks 3 listens
155. September 28 – The Fall of Troy – In the Unlikely Event 2 listens
156. September 30 – Daïtro – Y 4 listens
157. October 1 – Arroyo – Individuum & Massen 2 listens
158. October 4 – Gigantic Brain – I Swallow 16 Red Planets 2 listens
159. October 4 – Pelican – What We All Come to Need 3 listens
160. October 4 – Converge – Axe to Fall 4 listens
161. October 4 – Portraits of Past – Cypress Dust Witch 2 listens
162. October 6 – Merzbow – Tempi / Matatabi 2/2 listens
163. October 6 – Funeral Goat –Mass Ov Perversion 3 listens
164. October 8 – Jesu – Opiate Sun 3 listens
165. No date – Werewolf Jerusalem – The Reincarnation of Isabel 4 listens BOUGHT
166. October 12 – Skeletonwitch – Breathing the Fire 3 listens
167. October 13 – Vaulting – Modus Humanis 2 listens
168. October 13 – Splatter Whore – City of the Sleazehounds 1 listen
169. October 15 – Eat A Helicopter – The Pessimist 2 listens
170. October 17 – Wizard – Thor 1 listen
171. October 18 – Portal – Swarth 1 listen
172. October 23 – Between the Buried and Me – The Great Misdirect 4 listens
173. October 25 – The Red Chord – Fed Through the Teeth Machine 3 listens
174. October 25 – Slayer – World Painted Blood 2 listens
175. October 25 – Merzbow – 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 9: Hiyodori 1 listen
176. October 29 – pg.lost – In Never Out 2 listens
177. October 30 – Brobdingnagian – Machines of Unrelenting Terror 5 listens BOUGHT
178. November 1 – Bone Ritual – Bone Ritual 2 listens
179. No date – Crash at Every Speed/An Innocent Young Throat-Cutter/One on Top of the Other/Savage Broadcast – Richard Ramirez 1/1/2/2 listens
180. November 2 – John Zorn – Femina 1 listen
181. November 2 – The Almost – Monster Monster 1 listen
182. November 4 – Coalesce – OXEP 1 listen
183. November 6 – Grunt – Petturien Rooli 1 listen
184. November 8 – Repulsive Dissection – Cut Open the Aberration 1 listen
185. November 8 – Stinking Lizaveta – Sacrifice and Bliss 1 listen
186. November 8 – Atreyu – Congregation of the Damned 1 listen
187. November 8 – Heads and Heads – Heads and Heads 2 listens
188. November 9 – Bane – Dublin 11:58 PM 1 listen
189. November 14 – Ghostlimb/Fischer Split 2/2 listens
190. November 15 – The Chinese Stars – Heaven on Speed Dial 2 listens
191. November 15 – The Contortionist – Apparition 2 listens
192. November 15 – In the Midst of Lions – Out of Darkness 2 listens
193. November 25 – Nadja – Belles Bêtes 1 listen
194. November 27 – The Saddest Landscape/Trophy Scars Split 1/1 listen
195. November 27 – Merzbow – E-Study (Remastered) 1 listen BOUGHT
196. November 29 – Native – Wrestling Moves 2 listens
197. November 29 – Pretend – Bones in the Soil, Rust in the Oil 2 listens
198. December 1 – Boris – Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol. 1 2 listens
199. December 1 – Septycal Gorge – Erase the Insignificant 1 listen
200. December 6 – Blacklisted – No One Deserves to Be Here More Than Me 3 listens
201. December 14 – Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind 1 listen
202. December 14 – Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult – Saldorian Spell 1 listen
203. December 15 – Frosty Eve – Polar Night 1 listen
204. December 15 – Merzbow – 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 10: Niwatori 1 listen
205. December 16 – Brand New – Daisy 1 listen
206. December 16 – Rooftops – A Forest of Polarity 1 listen
207. December 17 – Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport 1 listen

This is among my favorite Christmas songs.

I seriously get the goose bumps every time I hear it.  I love this version of it. I’d never heard of the band singing it until I found this on You Tube and fell in love with the song all over again. It’s Spoken. Have you ever heard of them?

Hope you enjoyed it.

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What’s your favorite Christmas song?

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Bahamadia & RAH Digga – Be OK

“mediocre rappers getting’ all this play, while the underground rappers stay around the way, even up and coming heads getting’ lead astray, but us female rappers gonna be OK”

Medusa – Pimps Down, Flows Up

“I’m like a good damagin’ dank crop, medicinal when used properly, and once in the system I swear to God there ain’t nobody stoppin’ me…I got paragraphs of math that corrected Hitler’s diagram of man”

Queen Latifah & Monie Love – Ladies First

“the ladies will kick it, the rhyme that is wicked, those that don’t know how to be pros get evicted, a woman can bear you, break you, take you, now it’s time to rhyme, can you relate to, a sister dope enough to make you holler and scream”

MC Lyte – Poor Georgie  

“Girls have you ever had a friend that you’d get with every now and then? I know for a fact George had a lot of girls, spread out from state from state around the world, as long as he was smart and kept his girls in check, made sure I never saw them and showed me respect”

Jane Doe – Bi-Sexual

“my new destiny, this stripper named ecstasy, I met her at the Lime-Light on drag night, she gave it to me oral, and made me feel sensations for hours in the plural, she made me feel real free and horny, but I had to back track, she was bi-racial mixed between smack and crack, and I like ‘em strictly black”

Lil’ Kim, Da Brat, Angie Martinez, Missy Elliot, & Lisa ‘Left-Eye’ – Ladies Night (Not Tonight)

“its ladies night what, it must be Angie on the mic, the Butter P honey got the sugar, got the spice, roll the L’s tight, keep the rhymes right, yo I just made this motherfucker up last night, and uhh, I’m the rookie on this all-star team, me and Kim is getting’ cream, like Thelma and Louise”

Lady of Rage – Afro Puffs

“let me loosen up my bra strap, and umm, let me boost ya with my raw rap, cause I’mma break it down to the nitty-gritty one time, when it comes to the lyrics I gets busy with mine, busy as a beaver, ya best believe-a, this grand diva’s runnin’ shit with the speed of a cheetah”  

Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing)

“who you gonna tell when the repercussions spin, showing off your ass ’cause you’re thinking it’s a trend, girlfriend, let me break it down for you again, you know I only say it ’cause I’m truly genuine, it’s silly when girls sell their soul because it’s in, look at where you be in hair weaves like Europeans, fake nails done by Koreans”

Yo-Yo & Ice Cube – It’s a Man World

“first of all let me tell you my name it’s Yo-Yo, when down on a girl first the fist and that’s a no-no, Yo-Yo thinks the kitchen sink should be thrown in, niggas be schemin’ and fiendin’ to stick the bone in, no, Yo-Yo’s not a hoe or a whore and if that’s what you’re here for exit through the door”

Eve – Eve of Destruction

“doubted my skills, bet you mad now, shoulda snatched me up, I’m in L.A. now with Dre now, ain’t comin’ back cuz I’m stuck, had enough of all the bullshit and sellin’ me dreams, had enough of fake cats tryin’ to shine off these schemes, but I’m laughin’ last, down to get this cash with the Aftermath, you happy being a local superstar showin’ ya ass”

Jean Grae – Hater’s Anthem

“insane rhyme structure, flame ya brain, I blame birth, the game switched ya, made you retain a greater picture, of lame dames that couldn’t be felt with brail scripture”

Salt-N-Pepa – Ain’t Nuthin’ But a She Thing

“the thing that makes me mad and crazy upset, got to break my neck just to get my respect, go to work and get paid less than a man, when I’m doin’ the same damn thing that he can”

Apani B Fly MC, Lyric, Ayana Soyini, Helixx C Armageddon, What?What?, Pri da Honey Dark, Yejide the Night Queen, & Heroine – Estragen

“The essence of womaness, we finesse because we are, far beyond amateur, not insecure, what we’re here for has already been explained, but unless they can be us I trust there’s no way they can ever really understand, whatever, can’t let those who wait down, stop the flow of the program, release my scheme as the anti-virus vaccine, took infected MC’s before they get a chance to erase me”

T-Love – Witch Bitch

“sweet as a M&M, soft smooth feminine, but I’m hard too, don’t misconstrue, TKO, meanin’ someone T knocked-out, when I be bringin’ skills, trip out they be salty like sodium, best believe we deep in here, on the podium, clean up like a custodian”  

Lady Luck – Change

“I’m sick of Hip-Hop, I’m sick of videos, I’m sick of the playlists that’s on the radio, I’m sick of rappin’ probably why I got a crazy flow, I’m sick of bums runnin’ up askin’ me for dough, I’m sick of racism, I’m sick of politics, I’m sick of kids shootin’ up schools and colleges”

Sister Souljah – The Hate That Hate Produced

“you built this wicked system, they say 2 wrongs don’t make it right, but it damn sure makes it even…I know you nerds are wrecked to hear a woman that’s a rebel, well you heard the bass, but souljah’s the treble”

Lil’ Kim – Can’t Fuck with Queen Bee

“rocks like the street light, baby watch ‘em glow, red yellow and green, don’t know whether to stop or go, I’m a chameleon, I got many styles of rhymes, like a bottle of fine wine I just get better with time”

Foxy Brown – My Life

“ask mommy every day, when daddy gonna come? but he never showed up, I would pimp for them, became demented, then men? resented them, just the scent of ‘em made me earl, especially the baller ones tryin’ to buy me with pearls, all I needed was love, all I wanted was love, lack of love had me fallin’ for thugs, the niggas who ain’t care, just like daddy, If he ain’t care, why should they? for this ‘high price’ life, it’s the price I pay”

Vita, Duchess, Lady May, Amil, Sonja Blade, Angie Martinez, & Remy Ma – Seven Deadly Sins

“feminine when rock Dior linen, all denim, stand out in the background, you blend in, open my mouth and they respect my diction, you open your mouth and cats wanna let their kids in”

Trina – Da Baddest Bitch

“I got game for young hoes, don’t grow to be a dumb hoe, that’s a no-no, see if you off the chains, stay ahead of the game, save up buy a condo”

The Real Roxanne – The Real Roxanne

Roxanne Shante – Roxanne’s Revenge

Da Brat – All My Bitches

Missy Elliot – I Can’t Stand the Rain

Lady Sovereign – A little Bit of SHHH

Guerilla Queenz – 2 My King

Jacki-O – Pussy (Real Good)

Charli Baltimore – Pimp Da 1 U Luv

JJ Fad – Supersonic

Ladybug Mecca (Digable Planets) – Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like That)

Sarah Jones – Metaphor Play

Different Stars by Trespassers William.

Perfect song for a rainy winter day…like today

(once again, Favorite Songs are basically posts of songs I like or have found myself listening frequently…you know like when it comes on and you say something like “this is my favorite song.” Really it’s not your favorite song, just one you really like. I mean, can you really have a favorite song? That’s like having a favorite movie or keeping a unicorn for a pet.)

YAAAASSSSSSSSSS first Corinne Bailey Rae, now Sade! The lovely two multicultural English and British sirens are both coming out with their new albums February 2010! *stanky-legging all in your living room*

Sade’s new album is called Soldier of Love. How BAWSE is the album artwork?! *shrieks*

It’s amazing that it’s been an entire decade since her last album. Sade has hardcore fans. Um, and in case you hoes didn’t know, in her band is the musician Cottonbelly who gets so crunk with the sensual beats. He’s remixed for Esthero, Gregory Isaac (LAWD I love his remix of Night Nurse; listen to it on the Cottonbelly link I just mentioned), and done tracks for Maxwell. His group Sweetback has some nice songs with Maxwell, Amel Larrieux, and instrumentals.

What are your TOP THREE FAVORITE Sade songs thus far? Here are mine.

1. Like A Tattoo

I also posted about this song sometime in 2008.

2. No Ordinary Love

3. Cherish the Day

My favorite Sade ALBUM though, is Lover’s Rock. It just flows so nicely.

By Your Side, All About Our Love, King of Sorrow, Somebody Already Broke My Heart, Feel No Pain, Lover’s Rock, Immigrant, this was a masterpiece album. Listen and groove.

Is it me, or do Sade’s videos take away from the beauty of the songs? I really can’t with some of them.

Not going to lie, Maggye and I sing this song together in the car…

We went to their show in Chicago, Halloween 08…yeah, it was great

This song never gets old…

So there is a possibility that the ‘Favorite Song’ category is going to turn into the ‘Song of the Day’ category…

Today’s selection is Hard Life from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s album, Master and Everyone. Here are some links:

bonnieprincebilly.com, Wiki, Myspace

(as far as these videos go, I’m just copy/pasting from YouTube…in no way do they express my feelings or opinions…that is, unless they do)

Starting today, this will be a new category that will feature my “favourite” songs, which I assume will eventually total to around a thousand or so. They will be in no particular order, more like being on shuffle. The idea is to provide readers with  background music as they open a new tab and read more interesting blogs.

Maggye and I are just home from a holiday at the mountain house in NC. We listened to a great deal of music over the trip and I had the idea of posting songs that I have been listening to recently (or always). So that when I have little or nothing to write about, I can simply post other people’s content.

Up first is a track off Kathleen Edwards third album, Asking For Flowers. The song is Scared at Night. Last February, Maggye and I  went to her show in Cincinnati and it was pretty much amazing. I very much like this song and probably listened to it  three times on the way home yesterday.