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Song of the Day #3,727: ‘Shape of You (70s Stevie Wonder Funk Style)’ – Postmodern Jukebox
I’m out of town for a conference in Austin, Texas, for a week so unable to touch the blog. Instead of my usual blathering, I’m serving up five clips of the band Postmodern Jukebox reimagining recent hits in old-school styles. Enjoy!
Song of the Day #3,726: ‘Daddy I’m Fine’ – Sinead O’Connor
When today’s song popped up as my next random selection, I was shocked to discover I hadn’t written about it already. It’s one of my favorite tracks on a really great album by an artist I’ve featured fairly often.
‘Daddy I’m Fine’ appears on Sinead O’Connor’s 2000 album Faith and Courage, her fifth and quite possibly her best. It’s a quick and clever piece of autobiography with half-spoken choruses building to a thrashing chorus.
Song of the Day #3,725: ‘I’ll Get You’ – The Beatles
‘I’ll Get You’ is an early Beatles track released in 1963 as the B-side of ‘She Loves You’ but not appearing on any of their official album releases.
Listening to the opening lines of this simple pop track (“Imagine I’m in love with you”), it’s hard to believe John Lennon would be singing “Imagine there’s no heaven” just eight years later. These guys lived a lifetime in less than a decade.
Song of the Day #3,724: ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ – Kina Grannis
My family went to see Crazy Rich Asians for a second time, and I was just as smitten if not more so. This truly is the finest romantic comedy I’ve seen in a long, long time.
Last week I wrote about the film’s use of a Mandarin version of the Coldplay song ‘Yellow’ in a pivotal sequence. The performer is Katharine Ho, an early loser on The Voice who had left the music business before being tapped for this breakthrough movie’s soundtrack.
Meet Me In Montauk 