Winding It Down? (SNS week of 1/17/2021)

 Pretty much a quiet blog, and I will explain the title below.

Bakar maintains the number one spot for a fifth week, and it holds steady as it continues to climb the Triple-A chart.   However, the gap between it and the number two song "Pixie Dust" continues to narrow, and it's a toss-up as to which one will come out ahead next week.  Meanwhile, Shannon Marsyada, and Jade Bird also continue to advance to the 3 and 4 spots, and don't discount Gia Ness with her "Across the Universe" moving to #6.    Elsewhere in the top echelon, Caamp's 'Officer of Love" in its sixth week topping the Triple-A chart moves 11-8, and David F. Porfirio grabs his second top 10 with "Evening At the Pier" (13-10).  Some big movers in the second ten, lead by Emily MacMahon's "Only Us", Ariel Pink's "Crybaby", as well as Gwen Stefani's "Let's Me Introduce Myself" and the late-blooming Django Django's "Spirals".

New Jersey's Bryan Hansen Band leads this weeks playlist adds.

Eight more debuts this week, headed by Bryan Hansen Band's "Waiting For Tomorrow".  The band, from New Jersey, makes it's debut on my blog playlist.  The three piece band describes themselves as an Adult Alternative (aka Triple-A) band playing funk, rock, soul and R&B.   They have played venues all around the state and beyond.    The guys have been around since 2016 and have released three albums, of which the most recent, 2019's Gas Money has yielded this single, originally released last May.   At the time, there was a contest for fans to post a video of themselves jamming to this shuffling, driving, gutsy song.  The band them put them all together in the resulting video.    The song is a winner and should do very well here.   You may remember last month that it was this band that released a video remake of the holiday classic "Christmas Wrapping" along with Kim Boyko (who I will feature in coming weeks).  While that song wasn't commercially available, all their other music is.   

Out of the rest of the debuts, of note is "Freedom" by Illiterate Light, an experimental rock duo from Harrisonburg VA; the song features Devon Gilfillan, coming off a blog #1 with "The Good Life".  It's pretty much a dreamy soul romp that works effectively.  The Black Keys are back, sort of, with "Keep My Name Outta Your Mouth".   Similar to the Rolling Stones' "Scarlet" which was recorded during their Goats Head Soup sessions, but not originally released on it until a recent deluxe version, this song was from 2010 when the Akron duo released Brothers, which was their breakthrough release that contained the first ever blog #1 "Tighten Up".  

Also added are some follow-ups to blog hits:  Iration's "Coastin'", Harry Styles' "Golden", and My Morning Jacket's "Run It".  Rounding out the debuts are two "regulars":   Cold War Kids and Foster The People, with "1 X 1" and "The Things We Do", respectively. 

CORRECTIONS:  In my Top 100 of 2020 blog in which I noted that ScreenAge's "Blue Eyed Addiction" was the first all New Jersey band to capture the year-end top spot since The Four Seasons in 1976, I had also noted acts that contained Jersey members, such as the DeLeo brothers from Stone Temple Pilots, Debbie Harry from Blondie and Tommy James & the Shondells Peter Lucia Jr (along with James himself.    I omitted, however, Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider, both of the B-52's who topped my 1990  list with "Roam".  While it's true that the band is associated with Athens Georgia, both of these members were born and/or grew up in the Garden State.

WINDING DOWN:  Now, back to the title.   As you know, I've been grinding out this blog for ten and a half years now, with the intention of talking music, mostly new, but old as well.  I have discovered new artists and in many cases become friends with them.    What was discouraging was last week I got a total of four views, which is an all-time low.   That contrasts with the 180from the week before what I featured Emily MacMahon and Ian Roberts' band Tinkers Lane.   The interests with the blog are confined to those artists and their fans/followers, and less with my friends who probably are into more older music, or at least more popular music than what I'm blogging about.    

For now, I will keep  this going weekly and updating my blog playlist.  I still want to do editions on Alan Pasqua, a musician from my hometown of Roselle Park as well as a dear friend Gia Ness who is currently in my top 10.   After that, it's playing it by ear.  

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist

January 17, 2021

This Week	Last Week	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	1	NUMBER ONE: BAKAR "1st Time" (Single Only)	10
2	2	Elise Farnsworth - Pixie Dust	9
3	4	Shannon Marsyada - The Road	5
4	5	Jade Bird - Headstart	9
5	3	Chris Stapleton - Cold	11
6	10	Gia Ness ft Ariel Walton - Across the Universe	8
7	7	Winnetka Bowling League - Congratulations	9
8	11	Caamp - Officer of Love	11
9	8	Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky●	18
10	13	David F. Porfirio - Evening At the Pier	10
11	12	Brittany Howard - You'll Never Walk Alone	9
12	14	Fitz - Head Up High	10
13	6	Deep Sea Diver ft. Sharon Van Etten - Impossible Weight	12
14	9	The Avalanches - Wherever You Go	12
15	20	Cannons - Fire For You	5
16	31	TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: EMILY MACMAHON "Only Us" (Single Only)	3
17	16	Fleshtones - Alex Trebek	10
18	25	Gwen Stefani - Let Me Reintroduce Myself	6
19	46	MOVER OF THE WEEK: ARIEL PINK "Crybaby" Album: Worn Copy	2
20	30	Django Django - Spirals	14
21	35	The Mystery Lights - It's Alright	8
22	23	Meg Myers - Any Way You Wanna Love	10
23	19	Surfer Blood - Karen	19
24	21	New Order - Be A Rebel	13
25	27	The Blue Stones - Let It Ride	13
26	39	James Hunter Six - I Can Change Your Mind	7
27	22	Iration - Right Here Right Now	20
28	32	The Strokes - The Adults are Talking	9
29	37	Donna Missal - Just Like You	9
30	40	Miley Cyrus ft. Dua Lipa - Prisoner	6
31	18	The Backseat Lovers - Kilby Girl	26
32	47	Tinkers Lane - Honey Honey	3
33	24	Bright Eyes - Mariana Trench	15
34	42	Molly Burch ft. Wild Nothing - Emotion	3
35	15	Molly Burch - Holiday Dreaming	8
36	29	Mabel - Mad Love	16
37	17	Christina Alessi & the Toll Collectors -  Where the River Flows	12
38	26	Devon Gilfillan - The Good Life	18
39	52	Blake Shelton ft. Gwen Stefani - Happy Anywhere	4
40	33	Cage the Elephant - Skin and Bones	12
41	44	Delacey - Unlovable	3
42	34	Tennis - Superstar	14
43	57	Aaron Frazer - Over You	2
44	38	Black Pumas - Black Moon Rising	17
45	36	Dan Croll - Away From Today	19
46	51	Kitten  - WhatYear Are We In	3
47	43	Fleet Foxes - Can I Believe You	15
48	48	The Knocks ft Foster the People - All About You	7
49	49	Foo Fighters- Shame Shame	8
50	50	All Time Low ft. Black Bear - Monsters	15
51	58	Ed Sheeran - Afterglow	3
52	66	Morgan Wallen - More Than My Hometown	4
53	45	Shannon Marsyada - A Love That Doesn't Hurt	24
54	68	Surfer Blood - Parkland (Into the Silence)	2
55	54	Screen Age - Blue Eyed Addiction●	35
56	62	ZZ Ward - Giant	6
57	28	The Hounds of Winter - Is It Over Yet?	4
58	---	TOP DEBUT: BRYAN HANSEN BAND "Waiting For Tomorrow" Album: Gas Money	1
59	56	Pickwick - Never Gonna Be Enough	19
60	71	Glass Animals - Heat Waves	2
61	70	Elle King - Another You	2
62	69	Peach Tree Rascals - Mariposa	2
63	72	I Don't Know How But They Found Me - Leave Me Alone	2
64	67	Ray Lamontagne - Roll Me Mama Roll Me	3
65	53	Animal Island - Tonight	20
66	64	Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am	7
67	65	Wallows - Are You Bored Yet?	3
68	78	Kjband - Rock Star	2
69	41	Ian Roberts - Christmas At Our House	6
70	---	Iration - Coastin	1
71	55	Phoebe Ryan - Ring	16
72	---	Illiterate Light ft. Devon Gilfillan - Freedom	1
73	59	Real Estate - The Main Thing	19
74	61	David F. Porfirio - Driving at Dusk	22
75	---	Harry Styles - Golden	1
76	85	Finneas - Can't Wait to Be Dead	2
77	---	The Black Keys - Keep My Name Outta Your Mouth	1
78	60	Elle King - The Let Go	19
79	---	My Morning Jacket - Run It	1
80	73	Michael Kiwanuka - You Ain't The Problem	22
81	74	Sea Wolf - Blood Pact	23
82	89	Tame Impala - Is It True	20
83	76	The Mystery Lights - 21 & Counting	22
84	63	Twenty-One Pilots - Christmas Saves the Year	5
85	77	Phoebe Ryan - Try It Sober	14
86	84	Arlo Parks - Hurt	9
87	75	Josh Groban - Celebrate Me Home	7
88	79	Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar	21
89	82	Black Pumas - I'm Ready	13
90	80	Meghan Trainor ft. Seth McFarlane - White Christmas	8
91	81	Less Than Jake - Lie To Me	7
92	83	Kelly Clarkson and Brett Eldridge - Under the Mistletoe	6
93	86	Sia - Snowman	7
94	87	Jonas Brothers - I Need You Christmas	4
95	88	Kelly Clarkson - All I Want For Christmas Is You	6
96	90	Eliza and the Delusionals - Pull Apart Heart●	33
97	91	Too Much Sylvia - We Ain't Leaving Carolina	7
98	92	Goo Goo Dolls - This is Christmas	7
99	93	Christina Alessi & the Toll Collectors - Whatever Gets You Through	15
100	94	Guards - So It Goes	27

 

Songs with the greatest increase in favorite points over the prior week.   ● Songs with 25 or more plays on iTunes/iPods ▲   Songs with 50 or more plays.