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Song of the Day #4,092: ‘The Man’ – Taylor Swift

Continuing my countdown of the songs on Taylor Swift’s Lover.

12. ‘Lover’ – The title track and fourth single. I like the sound of this song a lot better than the lyrics. The verses have a really cool ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’ quality. But I have a hard time taking the word “lover” seriously — it conjures up images of Will Ferrell and Rachel Dratch in a hot tub. And “we could leave the Christmas lights up til January” — who doesn’t do that? Still, very solid song.

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Song of the Day #2,096: ‘The Man’ – Aloe Blacc

aloe_blacc_the_manComing in at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart is Aloe Blacc’s ‘The Man.’

To clarify, the songs I’m posting this week and last are the ten highest-ranked Billboard songs on the day I looked (10 days ago or so). That list has changed since, though not very much. Mostly it’s the same songs just shuffled around a bit. So if you’re checking now and Aloe Blacc is higher than #10, that’s why.

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