Now we know each
candidate's Top Ten list for favorite song, Maria and I decided to post our own Top Ten. Here's mine. Maria's will follow.
In no particular order, here they are:
- Across The Universe - Or most anything by The Beatles
- So What - or anything from Kind of Blue. Truly a subversive piece. No V-I harmonies to speak of. Just a bridge that's a half-step above tonic. Miles was a genius.
- Pleasant Valley Sunday - Yes, they were prefabricated. But the subtle satire on the blandness of mid-60s suburbia is heads above the bubblegum pop of the time.
- A Night in Tunisia - Diz. No need to say anything more.
- Tempted - Squeeze. From when I was in college.
- Radio Radio - I want to bite the hand that feeds me. I want to bite that hand so badly.
- I Can't Get Started - Bunny Berrigan. Listen to the words. Trumpet playing's pretty good, too.
- Concerto For Cootie - I have a degree in trumpet performance and I have no idea how Cootie Williams did what he did. No frickin idea.
- You Send Me - Sam Cooke. How smooth can that voice get?
- She's Leaving Home - Bernstein was right. This song is as good as anything written by Schubert or Schumann.
Of course, subject to change at any moment.
