"JIQUE" by The Brazillian Girls -- yes, it's sung partly in other languages, but you'll get it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfZAYQv1J0o
"SECRET HEART" by Ron Sexsmith --for every awkward person out there (meaning -- everyone) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYrX3SOf6ds
"SWEET OLD WORLD" by Lucinda Williams -- The most beautiful ballad ever written about loss and gratitude http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBDEX_DKWaA
"ABSOLUTELY SWEET MARIE" by Jason and the Scorchers -- 150 times more rockin' than Bob Dylan's version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-cF40OWeak
"WHISTLEBAIT" by The Collins Kids -- these kids could've been Joey Ramone's older cousins and rocked as teens in the 50's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcl4sQMoJjk
"AL OTRO LADO DEL RIO" by Jorge Drexler -- the most glorious Uruguayan voice you'll ever hear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2m3mM5mAaw
"YEAH, YEAH, YEAH" by The Blazers -- air-guitar worthy and a barnburner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Y8R79cLtU
"RED-HEADED WOMAN" by Bruce Springsteen -- ummm, perhaps I'm biased.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bfPZQBWa5k
"ME AND MY CHAUFFEUR BLUES" by Clifton Chenier, or Memphis Minnie or The Appellations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Y8R79cLtU
2 comments:
Are you ever struck by how LUCKY our kids are that they have moms who love such cool music? When I was growing up, my mother was listening to Henry Mancini and Boots Randolph. Not that there's anything WRONG with that.....
Jason and the Scorchers rule!!
Well, at least you got saxophones and strings. In my house, it was Patsy Cline and Appalachian heart-break songs (kids freezing to death on the church steps, train conductors getting scalded, crashes on the highway, letters etched in black). It's a wonder I'm only slightly warped instead of totally warped.
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