I assume you know the drill, so I’ll spare you the B.S. preamble. (That way, we both save time.)Here are my favorite, and least favorite songs of 2012, in the style of fake awards (the goatatars?). These are in no particular order. Obviously, all of my “songs of the Moment” are part of my favorites, so you can check those out the archives. Therefore, there will be no Top Ten Favorites, but there will be another Top Ten below. Only time will tell if these songs are a sampling of very good, or incredibly poor judgement of musical taste. As always, enjoy! Continue reading “The I, Omnibus 2012 music year in review”
Tag: Jack White
Song of the moment: “Two Against One” by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, starring Jack White
I suppose it was inevitable that two of the princes of the side projects would collaborate on a song. the single is off the album Rome. It is two and a half minutes of musical goodness. Since I’m a fan these two gentlemen, I’m not surprised by the quality. What I am surprised is how a mellow, laid-back track would get played on commercial radio in 2011. It has to be due to their cache of star power. I doubt an unknown artist or band could get a song like this on the airwaves. That is a shame, but that’s the hegemonic nature of radio and music as a whole nowadays. Even the alternative genre has very little diversity nowadays. I for one am glad for this little change of pace.
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