And now for something completely different…
From the torch balladry of Frank Sinatra, we move to the disco era and the Bee Gees’ dance-tastic ‘Night Fever.’ Gotta love Random iTunes Weekends.
This song is the origin of the movie title Saturday Night Fever, originally titled Saturday Night. I learned that from Wikipedia.
Well here’s a lovely treat on a Random iTunes Weekend — the title track from Frank Sinatra’s sad-sack concept album, In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning.
I love the swinging Frank Sinatra of ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ and ‘Come Fly With Me’ but my true affection for Ol’ Blue Eyes lies with the depressing records.
At #5 on this week’s Billboard chart is the unexpected collaboration between Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney. How cool that Macca is charting for a whole new generation more than 50 years after The Beatles reigned.
‘FourFiveSeconds’ is an acoustic country folk pop song that features a great vocal by Rihanna, who isn’t exactly known for her great vocals. The song has a rawness that works for her and works in general.
Two songs in the current Billboard Top Ten are from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, making that franchise a hit on the page, on screen and through your speakers.
Not bad for something that started out as Twilight fanfic. It’s either an inspiring story about the creative triumph of a superfan or a sign of the apocalypse.
In Billboard’s third spot this week is Maroon 5 with ‘Sugar.’ This is the eighth straight single the band has landed in the top ten.
More interesting than the song, which is a highly enjoyable pop soul confection, is the music video. Adam Levine recruited Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin to film the band crashing a series of weddings on a single day in Los Angeles.
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