Favorite Songs Discussed on WBEZ Radio

Here is a partial list of songs that show the variety of musical styles used in the project: Thank You to Steve Edwards and “Eight Forty-Eight” at WBEZ Chicago :)

(some of) Mike's Favorite Songs:

These were songs that were discussed on the radio show that display the variety of musical styles used in the project:

Classic Jazz:

Song #122 - May 2 - Judaism Jazz Jam - nice jazz trio - luv the acoustic bass in this one

Song #286 - Oct 13 - 1947 - superb rhodes piano, oboe solo (unusual)

Song #169 - Jun 18 - Sunday Morning Brunch - nice percussion brushes - jazz piano

Nu Jazz:

Song #103 - Apr 13 - Greenie Meanie - a kind of thing you would hear on a contemporary jazz station - shakers, triangle, electric piano - wood block ;)

Classical:

Song #77 - Mar 18 - Tickle The Ivory - arpeggio - chordal - left hand

Hip Hop:

Song #40 - Feb 9 - Polygonal World Vision - record scratches - nice synth lead - give it a chance into the chorus

Song #125 - May 5 - Hindu Honey Bunny Hop - just like the gruv

Metal:

Song #62 - Mar 3 - Red Zone - nice guitar riff and punchy bass line in chorus

Song #135 - May 15 - Royal Mosh Pit - i like the organ, guitar and bass - contrast in verse chorus

Bluesy Folk:

Song #61 - Mar 2 - You've Got The Green Light - simple back porch type guitar with jazz like solo over the top

Bluegrass:

Song #174 - Jun 23 - Summer Barn Dance - fiddle, hoe down - tried to create the barn-like atmosphere :) banjo, steel etc..

Funk:

Song #121 - May 1 - French Fly Gets Funky - luv da gruv and da horns! :) me gusta mucho

Song #308 - Nov 4 - 946 - like the diversity here, funk, pop a little dance influence thrown in for fun - nice synth lead

Song #38 - Feb 7 - Funky Concentric Cycloid - like the synth leads and the clavinet - FUN - ROCK ME Baby :)

Song #281 - Oct 8 - 555 - obscure synth with that famous funk chicken pickin' guitar and solo over the top

Song #78 - Mar 19 - Tomato Tomatoe Potato Potatoe - a little different road traveled - rhodes keyboard - and organ trade off

Ambient:

Song #18 - Jan. 18 - Barnard's Star - an example of experimentation, sounds of africa and ireland etc..

Song #87 - Mar 28 - Dull Grey Plastic World - yowza - BORING - DULL LIFE

New Age:

Song #76 - Mar 17 - Midnight Blue - just like the feel of this, in a serene mood, written in the twilight hours...

Oriental:

Song #64 - Mar 5 - Peaceful Orange Peel - wanted to try this style of music - experimental

Steel Drum / Caribbean:

Song #162 - Jun 11 - Watermelon Me 1 - just wanted to have fun in the summer :) the start of summer vacation! thought the caribbean would be a fun place to start :)

Dance:

Song #317 Nov 13 - 7140 - One of those - i just like the feel of this - just nice - like it :)

Song #11 - Jan 11 - Sunny Day - an early example of how i was trying the dance genre

Electronica:

Song #297 - Oct 24 - 553 - like it -basic - simple - but sounds good together

Song #19 - Jan 19 - Wolf 359 - i like the beat with the sound effects...

Song # 46 - Feb 15 - Pi Is Feeling Squared - tried to make this as diverse as possible - nice collage

Pop:

Song #332 - Nov 28 - 8400 - i like the 808 drum machine and the nice synth melody

Song #119 - Apr 29 - Spicy Coffee Cup - highlighted guitar in this one :)

Song #312 - Nov 8 - 802 - i like the acoustic guitar here, abrupt change from verse to chorus, and chorus melody

Song #92 - Apr 2 - Green Tea With Lemon - nice lead-in to the chorus - nice synth melody through out and nice change on the bridge, nice acoustic guitar on the chorus

Top 40ish:

Song #65 - Mar 6 - Pretty Pinkie - nice laid back melody over a nice chord progression - i like this one a lot

Song #98 - Apr 8 - Cranberry Cherry - like the acoustic bridge and the horn accents at the end

Blues:

Song #2 - Jan 2 - Venus Has The Blues - what can you say? da blues :)

Rock:

Song #323 - Nov 19 - 1207 - let this one develop - go into the bridge on the listening

Song #296 - Oct 23 - 833 - let this grow on you also the synth comes in on the second verse

Song #134 - May 14 - Peruvish Dervish

Alternative:

Song #303 - Oct 30 - 851 - i like the beat and the progressive jazz like guitar solo over the gruv

Song #188 - Jul 7 - Edison's Light And Sound - i like the arpeggiated guitar in the verse and change to the chorus

World:

Song #30 - Jan 30 - Ross 248 - it's just different

Song #39 - Feb 8 - Tribal Spheroid - again - ditto from above

(some of ) Vocals:

Song #349 - Dec 15 - Today Is Done - the words just kind of came out after singing the chorus melody - 50 times - the tune got stuck in my head for awhile

Song #82 - Mar 23 - Tis Teal - c'mon mahn :)

Song #16 - Jan 16 - Dr. Martin Luther King

Song #52 - Feb 21 - Thoreau's Path To Singularity

Song #41 - Feb. 10 - Diamond Blood Stones

Mike's Favorite Songs from OneSongEveryDay – As Discussed on WBEZ Chicago's Eight Forty-Eight