I’m not sure which is worse: the mendacious Chump, the Clown Car of Corrupt Cronies (aka the current incarnation of the GOP), or the Grammy Awards. Since this is a music blog, I’ll skip the first two. And, for the same reason, I’ll just sideswipe the Grammy Awards and say that, for as long as I can remember, they’ve been simultaneously entertaining and meaningless. Which is why, at 10 o’clock last Sunday night, with an hour left in the ceremony, I felt no remorse in turning off the tube and turning in for the night.
And with that, here’s today’s Top 5: #ReleaseThisBlogPost.
1) Bob Dylan – “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” from Bringing It Back Home (1965).
2) Neil Young – “Ambulance Blues” from On the Beach (1974).
3) Juliana Hatfield – “On Video” from Made in China (2005).
4) Paul Weller – “Wake Up the Nation” from Wake Up the Nation (2010).
5) First Aid Kit’s Klara Söderberg – “The Times They Are a-Changin’” from The Freewheelin’ First Aid Kit (2017).
And two bonuses…
6) Courtney Marie Andrews – “Heart and Mind” (2017). Written shortly after the 2016 election…
7) Rumer – “Love Is the Answer” from the Love Is the Answer EP (2015) – a cover of the Todd Rundgren/Utopia classic.
The Old Grey Cat 