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1. George Strait - Famous Last Words Of A Fool
2. Cody Jinks - Ain't A Train
3. The Allman Brothers Band - Please Call Home
4. Alphaville - Big In Japan
5. Birdy - Surrender
6. Meg Myers - Jealous Sea
7. yeah yeah yeahs - heads will roll (remix)
The Allman Brothers Band: Other than "Ramblin' Man", which is brilliant, I haven't listen to much ABB. I know they have a classic live album that's supposed to be an awesome jam session album. I enjoy southern/roots style rock, but I haven't invested much time in learning all about it. This track is pretty smooth and the vocals remind me a lot of Skynyrd.
Birdy: This song feels like it shouldn't be from 2021, but from a time much earlier. At least her voice and singing style do, it reminds me of something I can put my finger on. The production feels modern, but not necessarily in a bad way. It stays out of the way mostly.
Meg Myers: Speaking of modern productions, except this is the modern production I'm not too in love with. I am going to eventually have to figure out if it is that I just don't think the productions any good, in that I don't think it sounds very good or has soul or whatever, or that I'm just never in the mood for it, or if I am just currently tired of it. I'm not a historian or anything, but a lot of this production sounds like it's aping the production of The Weeknd's music from early 2010s. Maybe I'm just spewing nonsense. I don't know. This is an okay modern pop song. Meg Myers clearly has charisma, but I don't know if I'm getting that from the song or the video.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: I expected a real YYY song, so I was sort of looking forward to it. I think maybe I'm just not part of the meme/video game/whatever this is culture that would understand how or why this is entertaining. I'm well aware that that is just me being an old, out-of-touch curmudgeon.
Cody Jinks: This is already a pretty solid country song when the fiddle solo kicks in, then hot damn that fiddle player gets after it. The fiddle player is Billy Contreras. I need to remember the name and look for it when I hear a fiddle.
Alphaville: Fun, can't complain. Reminds me that I really need to see the film the band take their name from. And actually, the longer the song goes, the more it is growing on me.
George Strait: Maybe this is catching me at the right/wrong time, but because of the personal connection I have with George Strait and what he has meant to my family and I when I was growing up, I am honestly in tears listening to this right now. I'm remembering being a child, having my mother still. How happy we were to go see him at Texas Stadium. Having his tapes from the Strait Out of the Box box set. I've heard this song a million times, but it is impossible for me to just rank this or score it based on the song in a vacuum. This reminds me of my childhood, and it kinda broke my heart tonight.
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