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2 Responses to “Art Alexakis Names His Top 10 Songs AOL’s Radio Blog!”
These Days - Jackson Browne
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
Sic Transit Gloria…Glory Fades - Brand New
California Brown & Blue - Denison Witmer
Woe - Say Anything
Sound of Settling - Death Cab
Pink Triangle - Weezer
Part-Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
King of Pain - The Police
I’m Waiting For The Day - Beach Boys
Regarding Art’s top ten songs:
Art, thanks for sharing. . . . Seriously, thanks. Your top ten reads like a confession — so personal. Much like the way you reveal your heart (and occasionally your a*s) in your own brilliant songwriting.
Your list confirmed my previous assumption that we have musical roots in a lot of the same soil. Curious, I looked up your birth date and wasn’t surprised to find my own year. (I’m four months behind you chronologically, but we all know it’s not the years, it’s the mileage. . . .)
My top ten? I’ve tried and failed to limit the list, and I shudder at the prospect of actually trying to rank them, but today’s version looks like:
Jimi Hendrix: Little Wing
The Staple Singers: I’ll Take You There
Eric Clapton: Layla
Elton John: Bennie & the Jets
David Bowie: Young Americans
Stevie Wonder: Higher Ground
Squeeze: Tempted
Elvis Costello: Motel Matches
The Jackson Five: I Want You Back
The Rolling Stones: Tumbling Dice
(A longer list would include Bill Withers, Sly & the Family Stone, Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, and of course my latest indulgence, Everclear.)
I’m fairly new to the Everclear/Alexakis audience, but for what it’s worth, I think you’ve crafted an impressive body of work, and I wish you inspiration for all the stuff that’s still simmering in your head.
And by the way, a big debt of gratitude for Thrift Store Chair. And for employing the word *diminishing* brilliantly.
- - Cathy (but not necessarily Perpetual) in Fayetteville, Ark.
Top 10 (in no particular order):
These Days - Jackson Browne
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
Sic Transit Gloria…Glory Fades - Brand New
California Brown & Blue - Denison Witmer
Woe - Say Anything
Sound of Settling - Death Cab
Pink Triangle - Weezer
Part-Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
King of Pain - The Police
I’m Waiting For The Day - Beach Boys
Regarding Art’s top ten songs:
Art, thanks for sharing. . . . Seriously, thanks. Your top ten reads like a confession — so personal. Much like the way you reveal your heart (and occasionally your a*s) in your own brilliant songwriting.
Your list confirmed my previous assumption that we have musical roots in a lot of the same soil. Curious, I looked up your birth date and wasn’t surprised to find my own year. (I’m four months behind you chronologically, but we all know it’s not the years, it’s the mileage. . . .)
My top ten? I’ve tried and failed to limit the list, and I shudder at the prospect of actually trying to rank them, but today’s version looks like:
Jimi Hendrix: Little Wing
The Staple Singers: I’ll Take You There
Eric Clapton: Layla
Elton John: Bennie & the Jets
David Bowie: Young Americans
Stevie Wonder: Higher Ground
Squeeze: Tempted
Elvis Costello: Motel Matches
The Jackson Five: I Want You Back
The Rolling Stones: Tumbling Dice
(A longer list would include Bill Withers, Sly & the Family Stone, Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, and of course my latest indulgence, Everclear.)
I’m fairly new to the Everclear/Alexakis audience, but for what it’s worth, I think you’ve crafted an impressive body of work, and I wish you inspiration for all the stuff that’s still simmering in your head.
And by the way, a big debt of gratitude for Thrift Store Chair. And for employing the word *diminishing* brilliantly.
- - Cathy (but not necessarily Perpetual) in Fayetteville, Ark.