Coming in at #7 and #8 on the Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll are Solange’s ‘Losing You’ and Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used to Know.’ As I’ve featured both of those songs on the blog already, I’m jumping ahead to their 9th selection today.
I’m surprised Gotye shows up this far down. I did check last year’s poll and found that the song received 8 votes, so if those voters failed to give it a repeat vote this year, it might be losing a few slots due to the timing of its release.
I downloaded Tom Waits classic 1985 album Rain Dogs because it’s one of those records that serious music lovers needs to know. Sort of the way that serious film lovers need to have seen Taxi Driver.
I haven’t actually listened to the whole thing through yet so today’s random selection is new to me. I like it well enough.
I was really worried I’d dredge up another Christina Aguilera track from Bionic today, so this is an even more welcome treat.
‘Rose Parade’ is one of the standout tracks from Elliott Smith’s wonderful album Either/Or. It details, in a more straightforward way than he normally used, his participation in a street parade.
OK, this is a little more interesting.
Coming in at #6 on Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop poll of the best singles of 2012 is Taylor Swift with ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.’ Of course I’ve actually heard this song, unlike the first four I’ve posted.
Compared to what’s come so far, Swift’s ditty is a masterpiece. But that’s not saying much.
I feel so woefully out of the loop when I write these Pazz & Jop blog entries. What on earth is a Japandroid?
I like the name, anyway, and I’m hopefully assuming that this won’t be another Marvin Gaye-wannabe. Time to give a listen to ‘The House That Heaven Built,’ entry #5 on the singles list.
