Music Diary, Vol. -63
The rationale behind this mad project is here . The full playlist is above, also here . Week of Oct. 24-30, 2022 LYRICS: Tom T. Hall, "I Love" SONG: I've listened to this mesmerizing new Kimbra song maybe 20 times? More? No shade on any other pop diva's new work, but this is a new record I could spend many midnights listening to. LYRICS: Taylor Swift, "Anti-Hero" SONG: This Björk banger may be best known from its batshit Spike Jonze video, but heard apart from that it's an extraordinarily beautiful and strange piece of pop songcraft; for the moment at least it's my favorite cut from Medúlla . LYRICS: Gillian Welch, "Everything Is Free" SONG: Oh, the places Emmet Cohen and his band take this reliable old horse—er, horse-drawn vehicle—of a tune . Rodgers and Hammerstein are rocking in their graves. LYRICS: Randy Newman, "The Great Nations of Europe" SONG: I’m a sucker for the Zeppelin tracks where the groove lands in unexp...
