Category Archives: song of the day

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Song of the Day #3,261: ‘Love Shines’ – Ron Sexsmith

Narrowing the first round of Montauk Madness down to 64 artists was a difficult task, particularly when it came to the final dozen or so contestants. To make room for a sentimental favorite like Toad the Wet Sprocket, I have to leave out The Wallflowers, The Who, Walk the Moon, Wilo and The White Stripes. And those are just the W’s.

I made a lot of hard decisions like that, which I could argue either way. If I started over, I might have a whole different lineup of acts filling out the 50-64 slots.

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Song of the Day #3,259: ‘Vicar in a Tutu’ – The Smiths vs. Ben Folds

At long last, here we are at the final matchup of Round One of Montauk Madness! Thirty-two battles to determine which 32 artists will advance to fight again.

Both of today’s contenders have shown up already in Round One in other incarnations: The Smiths’ frontman Morrissey showed up as a solo act, while Ben Folds showed up in the form of his band, Ben Folds Five.

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Song of the Day #3,258: ‘Chantaje’ – Shakira vs. The Beatles

I can’t pretend there’s any suspense in the penultimate Round One matchup in Montauk Madness. As much as I enjoy Shakira’s work, especially in her native Spanish, she ain’t putting up a fight against The Beatles.

Of course there is no shame in losing to the Fab Four. And this blog post led me to the discovery that Shakira just released a new album, El Dorado, which I promptly downloaded. So it’s really a win for her.

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Song of the Day #3,257: ‘As I Went Out One Morning’ – Mira Billotte

One week ago today, the Random iTunes Fairy served up a track from the I’m Not There soundtrack, a cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘One More Cup of Coffee’ by Roger McGuinn.

Today we get another cut from the same album, this time a take on the John Wesley Harding track ‘As I Went Out One Morning’ by singer/multi-instrumentalist Mira Billotte.

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