Awhile back, I was inspired by Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski to listen to some Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Creedence is The Dude’s favorite band, and their music is featured a few times in The Big Lebowski, most memorably in this scene.
CCR has a deep enough catalog that I made the rare decision to purchase a greatest hits compilation rather than go for a signature album. I know, I know, I still feel bad about it.
I really enjoyed She & Him’s debut album, Volume One, but didn’t get into its follow-up (Volume Two, naturally). Hearing today’s random selection, I’m not sure why.
This is the same kind of retro-catchy ear candy that M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel perfected on their debut. Maybe it’s the sort of thing that quickly wears out its welcome. Maybe listening to too many She & Him albums would be like eating at Johnny Rockets every night.
At #22 is ‘Am I Wrong?‘ by Nico & Vinz, the song that — like a musical cockroach — refuses to die.
And I wish that I could say that something unexpected and amazing would round out my two-week Billboard exploration, but the 23rd spot belongs to the luckiest man in show biz, Jason Derulo. Never has so little talent resulted in so many hits.
Jason Aldean rounds out the Billboard Top 20 with ‘Burnin’ It Down,’ the only country track on the list.
At #21 is the first Spanish-language entry, ‘Bailando’ by Enrique Iglesias. At least I’m assuming it’s the Spanish version on the charts, and not its English counterpart, because the former has 458 million YouTube videos to the latter’s 58 million.
Marron 5’s second song in the top 20, ‘Maps,’ sits at #18 of the Billboard chart. And at #19 is ‘Cool Kids’ by the L.A. pop band Echosmith.
When I first saw this chart entry, I wasn’t sure if the song was ‘Cool Kids’ and the band Echosmith or vice versa. I find that happening more and more often these days.
