The next two weeks will feature the second installment of my “Keeping up With the Charts” series, wherein I post the songs topping the Billboard Hot 100 in an effort to keep up with what the kids are listening to these days.
This week, three of the top five songs are leftovers from the last time I did this, suggesting that the Hot 100 doesn’t see a whole lot of turnover.
A few days ago I described U2’s last studio album, No Line On the Horizon, as “underwhelming.” Apparently the Random iTunes Fairy took offense to that and served up today’s song as a rebuttal.
Indeed, ‘Breathe’ is one of the best songs on No Line On the Horizon, bursting with an energy and spirit the album otherwise lacks.
Today’s Random Weekend selection is the opening track of Bob Dylan’s Planet Waves.
Planet Waves came out after Self Portrait, New Morning and Dylan, three of the man’s least understood and appreciated albums. And it was followed up by Blood on the Tracks, The Basement Tapes and Desire, three of his best.
Lake Street Drive is a Boston jazz/pop band formed in 2004 who came to my attention recently due to their inclusion in the Inside Llewyn Davis tour.
T Bone Burnett hit the road with a group of musicians from the film’s soundtrack as well as a few others (including these guys) whose music has a similar sound or spirit.
Another new album promised this year — though the date has been a moving target — is the latest from U2.
It’s been five years since their last effort, the underwhelming No Line on the Horizon, and 10 years since their last major success, How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb. That qualifies this upcoming album as a bona fide comeback record, even for the what’s still considered the best rock-n-roll band working today.
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