Break Up the Revivalists (SNS week of 2/17/2019)

Note to my readers:  As you might know, I  have not been feeling good the past couple of weeks, as an infection came on.    I was out of commission for a couple days and still haven't felt back to normal.   It is March 4th and am feeling considerable better to do a blog.    In the past, I usually "combine" weeks, but the music business doesn't sleep.   Songs that can be popular one week can take a dip to the next.     I will, in subsequent weeks, cover the pertinent music that is going on, including the passing of Peter Tork of the Monkees.   However, this week (February 17) there are two phenomena that took place with the SNS 100.

For the first time in the almost nine years of my blog, one act has the top two songs on my blog playlist, also known at the SNS 100.    The Revivalists, who, aside from some Alternative and Triple-A play, aren't even on the pop map, now have the top two songs on my list.   It's also the first time that a song has displaced another one by the same act.  "Change", the third single by The Revivalists from their album Take Good Care, displaces "You and I", which was the second single, from the top spot.  "All My Friends", the first single, finally leaves the top 20, having also been at the top.

The three number one songs also put the Revivalists in an elite group:  Artists who have pulled three songs from one album.    Only Adele's 21 set , and Fitz & the Tantrums' More Than Just a Dream as well as their eponymous third album have pulled three (or more) singles.     The Revivalists also join Adele, and the Tantrums, as well as Rachel Allyn to have three or more consecutive songs reach the  top.

Unfortunately, with the current pop climate getting worse by the week, you probably won't see any crossover by the New Orleans band anytime soon.   The band has made the Hot 100 only once: "Wish I Knew You", from their debut Men Amongst Mountains, reached #84 there in 2016.   That song also reached #7 here on SNS.

JUST SEVENTEEN:   Four new entries this week, all by artists who have been here before.   Sharon Van Etten, who I just found out hails from Belleville, NJ, follows her "Comeback Kid" (still in the top 20), with her latest, "Seventeen" from her current album Remind Me Tomorrow, which comes in at #60.   With that entry, there are now three songs titled "Seventeen" (or "17") on my SNS 100 listening.    Greeting Committee's "17" now sits as #35 after peaking  at #7 and has been on the list....you guessed it....17 weeks.   Welles' 'Seventeen" moves up to #66 in its fourth week.

Songs with "teens' in the title have always been popular through popular music, from the opening lines of The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There" ("she was just seventeen").   While not as popular as "sixteen", seventeen has widely been mentioned in song.   Usually it's either introspective, such as the Van Etten song (as well as Janis Ian's classic "At Seventeen" from 1975), or a lament to underaged females, such as Winger's "Seventeen" or The Raiders "Just Seventeen".  As far as the Welles song, which sounds a lot like Radiohead's "Creep", it's hard to pinpoint what it's all about, but based on the video is seems like the protagonists is trying to free her from a domineering father.      The Greeting Committee's song seems to be about a guy, age 17, whose parents, after constant falling outs want to throw him out of the house.

If any of you have better interpretations of the Van Etten, Welles or Greeting Committee's songs, feel free to respond!

Also debuting this week or the latest from Broken Bells ("Shelter"), The Decemberists ("Traveling On") and a politically-charged entry from Gary Clark, Jr ("This Land").  

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100

February 17, 2019

This Week	Last Week	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	3	NUMBER ONE:  THE REVIVALISTS "Change" Album: Take Good Care	4
2	1	The Revivalists - You and I	10
3	2	Panic at the Disco - High Hopes	17
4	4	Elle King - Baby Outlaw	5
5	5	Tennis-  I Miss That Feelin'	5
6	8	The Cranberries - All Over Now	4
7	6	Kitten - Pink Champagne	13
8	7	Foster the People - Worst Nights	7
9	9	Trapdoor Social - Hold Me Down	14
10	10	Marshmello & Bastille - Happier	14
11	14	Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind	15
12	13	Molly Burch- Torn To Pieces	16
13	12	Sharon Van Etten - Comeback Kid	12
14	11	Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness - Ohio	11
15	15	Mumford and Sons - Guiding Light	15
16	28	TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: SAN CISCO "When I Dream" (Single Only)	4
17	16	Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats f. Lucius - Coolin' Out	14
18	25	The Big Takeover - Girlie Girlie	6
19	17	Kurt Vile - Loading Zones	17
20	22	Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess	8

21	32	Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats - Hey Mama	5
22	26	Leon Bridges - If It Feels Good	9
23	30	Houses - Fast Talk	6
24	18	The Revivalists - All My Friends•	19
25	19	KT Tunstall - The River	9
26	20	Jade Bird - Uh Huh	12
27	39	STRFKR - In the End	3
28	24	The Essex Green - Smith & 9th	16
29	34	The Blue Stones - Black Holes (Solid Ground)	13
30	38	Greta Van Fleet - You're the One	5
31	33	Spinn- Bless His Heart	5
32	21	Caroline Rose - Jeannie Becomes a Mom	15
33	47	Lauren Daigle - You Say	3
34	27	Real Estate - Time●	19
35	31	Greeting Committee - 17	17
36	51	MOVER OF THE WEEK: THE KOOKS "Chicken Bone" Album: Let's Go Sunshine	2
37	29	Amy Shark - I Said Hi	12
38	40	King Princess - Talia	5
39	62	Cage the Elephant - Ready to Let Go	2
40	23	Cayucas - Jessica WJ	14
41	42	Death Cab for Cutie - Northern Lights	5
42	44	Foals - Exits	4
43	55	Mark Ronson f. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart	3
44	59	Kungs f Ritual - You Remain	2
45	37	King Princess - 1950●	26
46	35	Curtis Harding - It's Not Over●	19
47	49	Maggie Rogers - Light On	7
48	36	Imagine Dragons - Natural	18
49	50	Parquet Courts - Before the Water Gets Too High	6
50	45	Donna Missal - Keep Lying●	24
51	58	Hozier - Movement	4
52	41	Weezer - Can't Knock the Hustle	13
53	70	Brandi Carlile - The Joke	2
54	61	The Raconteurs - Now That You're Gone	4
55	48	Elle King - Shame●	23
56	52	Winnetka Bowling League  -On the 5●	18
57	54	Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - Shallow	10
58	53	Nick Waterhouse f. Leon Bridges- Katchi●	20
59	60	Dirty Beaches - Elizabeth's Theme▲	37
60	---	TOP DEBUT:  SHARON VAN ETTEN "Seventeen" Album: Remind Me Tomorrow	1
61	64	Liily - Toro	3
62	67	Michael Buble - Love You Anymore	3
63	46	Flora Cash - You're Somebody Else	15
64	66	Lake Street Dive - Shame Shame Shame	4
65	57	Kungs f. Jamie N Commons - Don't You Know	17
66	74	Welles - Seventeen	4
67	---	The Decemberists - Traveling On	1
68	56	Florence + the Machine - Patricia	17
69	72	Lovelytheband - Maybe, I'm Afraid	3
70	68	Ed Sheeran - Perfect▲	33
71	75	Pink - A Million Dreams	3
72	78	Walk the Moon - Timebomb	2
73	43	Shannon Marsyada - Oceans	11
74	63	Metric - Now or Never Now	12
75	65	The Kooks - Four Leaf Clover●	23
76	69	Alice Merton - Funny Business	5
77	76	Arkells- Relentless	13
78	73	James Hunter Six - I Don't Wanna Be Without You●	22
79	77	Ellie Goulding - Close to Me	5
80	85	Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water	2
81	71	The Palms - Human Condition	14
82	---	Broken Bells - Shelter	1
83	84	Max Frost -  Good Morning	4
84	86	Kelly Clarkson - Heat	2
85	---	Gary Clark Jr - This Land	1
86	79	Rex Orange County - Loving Is Easy	18
87	81	Billie Ellish - You Should See Me In A Crown	11
88	80	Interpol - If You Really Love Nothing	14
89	82	Parquet Courts - Almost Had to Start A Fight●	21
90	83	Kungs vs Cookin' on 3 Burners - This Girl▲	32
91	89	Mike Posner - Song About You	12
92	87	AJR - Burn the House Down	18
93	88	Katy Perry - Cozy Little Christmas	10
94	90	Halestorm - Do Not Disturb	7
95	91	Nick Waterhouse - Straight Love Affair▲	37
96	92	Sia - Candy Cane Lane	9
97	93	Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino	14
98	94	Hozier f. Mavis Staples - Nina Cried Power	15
99	95	Sarah Jaffe - Bad Baby	16
100	96	One Republic - Connection	10

Songs with the greatest increase in favorite points over the prior week.

●    Songs with 25 or more plays on my iPod.

▲      Songs with 50 or more plays on my iPod.   
 

The “Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100” is a list of current and recent song playlist which I am listening to.