Sometimes- 8 minutes is not enough!

Al Green- Call Me:  4.5

Last month The Allman Brothers and this month Al Green.   Another legendary recording. Really; it's perfect in every way- production, horns, strings, and  the always silky smooth and effortless vocals.   Who else could give a Hank Williams song such a soulfully smooth treatment?

Pretenders- Pretenders II:  4.5

Talk about the women of Rock. Who wasn't in love with Chrissie Hynde in 1981? I sure was.  She wrote great songs and then delivered them with a sexy swagger mortal males cannot resist. Which brings me to Grace Potter- oh....... nevermind.  Ok, so this is a great cd that, when it was released, got panned a little bit for being a glossy version of the first record and more of the same but not as edgy or inventive. I never understood that- for me it stands up to the first just fine. Equal, if not better.  Catchy tunes with CH's smokey, sexy vocals - what's not to like?

Sitcom Neighbor- Charm:  4.0

I don't care how many bands out there try to sound like The Beatles. It's not a bad thing to sound like! Power pop rockers from LA- I first heard them on the Power Popaholic web site and immediately liked them.  I hear a lot of good influences in a lot of these tunes- XTC, Badfinger, Kinks, Teenage Fanclub, and oh yeah The Beatles. Lots of catchy melodic tunes with nice vocals and great power pop sense. What's not to like?

Discussion:

Fav 8 min. songs: 1-The World is a Ghetto: War; 2-The Mule: Deep Purple;  3-Staying Alive: The Whigs; 4-One Sunday Morning: Wilco; 5-Remember The Future Part1:  Nektar

Last 5 deleted songs-- can't remember. I don't delete much.

3 Guilty pleasures- 1-I like Rick Astley- actually own 2 of his cd's. maybe I'll submit one sometime. 2-Barry Manilow's Copacabana and -3-Any song from the Carpenters- esp love Superstar

Album I love that the world hates- Dean Friedman: Dean Friedman

Sound effects can be vital:: 1- Been Caught Stealing: Jane's Addiction 2- Autobahn: Kraftwerk (and it's well over 8 min long- double qualifier!) 3- Money: Pink Floyd  4- For Those About To Rock: AC/DC  5- Rock The Casbah: The Clash