Top 5 YouTube Cover Song Videos (for now)

I’m a big fan of cover versions. It’s always interesting to see what another artist will do to a song to either maintain the integrity of the song or make it their own. Sometimes an artist will sing a particular song in such an interesting way that you actually prefer to hear it that way than any other way… it’s rare when that happens, but it does happen.

There’s only one video in this list of Top 5 YouTube Cover Song Videos that I think is absolutely stellar… I’ll leave it up to you to figure out which one it is.

This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes

The Super Bowl is coming up soon!!!! Did your team make it? Mine did(n’t).

Awwwwww… :-(

Oh well. I guess there’s nothing more to do but take a look at This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes…

“Shooting Star” is a track off of Bob Dylan’s 26th studio album, Oh Mercy. Released in 1989, it received critical acclaim and helped Dylan reestablish himself in the charts, reaching number 30.

This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes

Ok, it’s almost been a week since The Chargers lost to the Steelers. I’m doing ok, I really am. Thank you all for the wonderful messages of encouragement and the fruit baskets. What’s that? You didn’t send me a wonderful message of encouragement OR a fruit basket?

Fie on you, I say! FIE, FIE!!!!!! Say… does anyone know how bad of a word “Fie” is? I mean, can I say it to my professor and not get reprimanded?

Anyway… let’s get on with This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes […]

This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes

I gotta be honest – the only reason I first took a listen to The Black Keys is that I’m always interested in bands that call themselves “The Black (something).” I realize how ridiculous that sounds, but let’s face it: “The Black (something)” bands are usually pretty good. There’s The Black Crowes, The Black Eyed Peas, Black Sabbath…

So how could I resist a band called The Black Keys? [...]

This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes

This is the very first Top 5 list of 2009!!!!! Pretty exciting, if you ask me… I’ve been doing this list now for an entire year… it’s been interesting to see whether my musical tastes have changed or not. I think, for the most part, my tastes have not changed… but now that country music is a big part of my daily habit, I know that I’m at least broadening my horizons.

And that’s never a bad thing [...]

Top 8 Resolutions for the New Year via the 80’s

Well, it’s that time of year again… the time of year where we take inventory of our lives and figure out ways to improve our existence. These changes are called “resolutions,” and they’re always fun to come up with because (let’s face it) they rarely ever last past the first two months [...]

This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes

The Rules: I reset the play counters for all the songs currently on my iTunes. Then at the end of every week, I check to see what the top five most played songs are. Whatever happens to be in this top five are then presented in order here from most played [...]

Top 6 Mellow Songs of 2008

It’s close to the end of 2008… this is the time of year where a bunch of “Best of 2008″ lists come out. Rolling Stone magazine just released their Top 50 Albums of 2008 list, and LargeHeartedBoy.com has compiled a great “Best of 2008″ compilation from various other blogs.
I’m going [...]

This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes

The Rules: I reset the play counters for all the songs currently on my iTunes. Then at the end of every week, I check to see what the top five most played songs are. Whatever happens to be in this top five are then presented in order here from most played [...]

The Top 6 Most Depressing Christmas Songs With the Word “Christmas” in the Title

I was contemplating what sort of list I should compile, and then it dawned on me… Christmas is such a joyous holiday… people are exchanging gifts, spreading happiness all around… so what the heck IS it with artists that they feel the need to be depressing?
Wait, let me translate that word “depressing” as [...]