Song of the Day #3,020: ‘Girlfriend’ – Matthew Sweet
For the first time in the eight years I’ve been blogging, a hurricane is hitting South Florida. I have a lot of experience with hurricanes, from Andrew in 2002 1992 to the quintet of storms that passed through my area in 2004-2005. And working in the media, I know how coverage of these events and their aftermath dominates my life for days and weeks.
Song of the Day #3,019: ‘Raise Your Hands’ – Rose Hill Drive
Once in a great while, the Random iTunes Fairy serves up a Random Weekend selection that’s a complete mystery to me.
Such is the case with today’s SOTD, ‘Raise Your Hands’ by Rose Hill Drive. It’s not only news to me that this song is in my music collection; it’s news to me that this band exists.
Song of the Day #3,018: ‘Fearless’ – Taylor Swift
Back in 2008, Taylor Swift was a country artist with major crossover appeal, and her sophomore album Fearless broke every sales record for a country album on its way to being the biggest selling album of any sort that year.
And that was the lowest point of her career to date.
With apologies to Adele and Beyoncé, Swift is no doubt the most successful, landscape-dominating artist recording today. It’s hard to imagine her next album (whatever and whenever it may be) won’t improve on the gaudy numbers of her most recent smash hit, 1989. Talk about a winning streak.
Song of the Day #3,017: ‘We Don’t Talk Anymore’ – Charlie Puth feat. Selena Gomez
Rounding out the latest installment of ‘What the Kids are Listening To’ is ‘We Don’t Talk Anymore’ by Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez. I haven’t heard much from Puth since the omnipresent ‘See You Again’ last year (though I didn’t realize he’s featured on that horrible ‘Marvin Gaye’ song with Meghan Trainor).
This song I kind of like, and I’ll give the credit to Selena Gomez. Her last album was a delight from start to finish and this track feels like it could have fit right in.
