Izzard holds off Einstein's Dad for Top Spot (SNS weeks of 3/20 and 3/27/2022)

 Hey there!  First of all, once again, sorry for the delay.  I've been very busy in other endeavors, mostly doing a lot of hiking and geocaching (which someday, I will explain to you what that is).   Thus, we have another "double issue", plus the fact that this is running late as it is.   With the pandemic easing a bit (the new BA2 variant notwithstanding), I've been getting out more, and remember that it was two years ago, at the onset of COVID-19 that I had reactivated the blog.    While the future of this blog is still uncertain, for a few reasons, I am going to keep laboring on as much as I can.    Although for this one, I will keep it brief.

Tim Izzard's "Empty My Head" spends a third week as my #1 song, but narrowly holds off Einstein's Dad's "Here to Home".  Close behind are Anna Lavigne's "Mindblown", holding at #3 but still gaining points, and Portugal. The Man's  "What, Me Worry?" (#1 on Billboard's Triple-A chart) moving to #4, becoming the first established act to crack my top 5 in several weeks.     Any of these four songs could hit the top next week.   If "Here to Home" does the trick, it will be only the fourth instrumental to do so since I started my blog in August 2010.   

Hegazy holds at #5, and the songs by Babeheaven, SadGirl, LP and Papercuts remain strong but again, can't move up too much but are closing the gap between the top echelon.   Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Black Summer", currently #1 on Billboard's alternative chart, still move up, but get pushed out of the top 10.  The second ten is also very active with big moves by The Black Keys (15-12), Mitski (20-13, former Triple-A number one), David F. Porfirio (21-14, Impact Aware), Band of Horses, Joy Again, and Bob Moses.  Just outside the top 20 is last week's top debut, Deb Browning & Six Piece Suits' "Take Me By the Hand" moving 45 to 23 and getting the Top Mover.  By the way, I want to thank Deb for sharing my last blog that featured her; it got hundreds of likes and many of her followers loved the article.  This is a very talented singer/songwriter, and deserves all the accolades she can get. 

After several tumultuous weeks of awesome adds, this week's new playlist adds are more subdued, but still worthy.   New Jersey's Sharon Van Etten is back with "Porta", which is a soulful, bass-driven up tempo heartfelt romp that has potential.   Christina Taylor had a big top 10 blog hit with "Damn Boy" which made inroads into the country scene, but somehow still missed the charts; she follows it up with "Somebody Will".  Continuing the same theme as the previous song, is standard but solid country fare.  Ms. Taylor sings with her heart and perhaps this is the one to break her for good.   

Anyone remember Don Dixon?   Back in the mid 1980's, he made inroads on the rock charts with "Praying Mantis".   Subsequent efforts went unnoticed, but a look at this week's Carolina Beach Music charts show him on it with "Young Love", that featured Dip Ferrell and The True Tones.  It's definitely got the beach music beat and nice to Shag to, with several plays it can break here on my playlist.   It's great to see artists from the past, and those maybe overlooked, given a fair shake in this genre.    In the wake of Deb Browning's success, I will go to these charts more frequently.    Kacey Musgraves follows her top five blog hit "Justified" with "Camera Roll", and Weezer returns with "A Little Bit of Love".  Ms. Musgraves is a slow, rather sparse, ballad which could catch on with several listens, similar to Brandi Carlile's latest, and the Weezer song is a mid-tempo light rocker that could click.  Also added this week or The Lumineers' "Where We Are", and finally Jack White follows up "Taking Me Back" with the acoustic-like "Love is Selfish". 

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist

Weeks of March 20 & 27, 2022 (Ending April 2, 2022)

This Week	Mar 13	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	1	NUMBER ONE: TIM IZZARD "Empty My Head" Album: 21st Century Expose (EP) (3 weeks at #1)	8
2	2	Einstein's Dad - Here to Home	9
3	3	Anna Lavigne - Mindblown	8
4	6	Portugal. The Man - What, Me Worry	5
5	5	Hegazy - Oil and Water	7
6	7	Babeheaven - Don't Wake Me	8
7	8	Sadgirl - Little Queenie	9
8	9	LP - Angels	9
9	11	Papercuts - A Dull Boy	6
10	4	Anna Lavigne - This Time	16
11	10	Red Hot Chili Peppers - Black Summer	6
12	15	The Black Keys - Wild Child	3
13	20	Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker	4
14	21	TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: DAVID F. PORFIRIO "Dreamscape" (Single Only)	4
15	12	Donna Missal - (To Me) Your Face Is Love	15
16	25	Band of Horses - Lights	4
17	27	Joy Again - Looking Out for You	4
18	17	Cuffed Up - Bonnie	11
19	18	Collective Soul - Right as Rain	9
20	23	Bob Moses - Love Brand New	7
21	13	Eavesdrop - Alive	16
22	16	Anna Lavigne - Dance the Last Goodbye●	19
23	45	MOVER OF THE WEEK: DEB BROWNING and  SIX PIECE SUITS "Take Me By The Hand" (Single Only)	2
24	14	Martin Stephenson and the Daintees - Harajuku Punks	15
25	19	Lord Huron - Mine Forever	13
26	31	Nané - Seventeen	5
27	33	Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under	7
28	52	Florence + The Machine- My Love	2
29	53	Train - AM Gold	2
30	28	Middle Kids - Today We're the Greatest	9
31	37	Brandi Carlile - Right On Time	23
32	22	Fleet Foxes - Featherweight●	21
33	26	Nick Waterhouse - Very Blue	16
34	48	Avi Wisnia - Catching Leaves	4
35	24	Winnetka Bowling League and Demi Lovato - Fiimy	7
36	30	Elton John and Dua Lipa - Cold Heart	24
37	72	Hegazy - Maybe If We Try	2
38	35	Lucius - Next to Normal	8
39	44	Dr. Victor - Got to Be You	5
40	68	Parquet Courts - Watching Strangers Smile	3
41	32	Foals - Wake Me Up	15
42	34	ScreenAge - Like Fine Wine	17
43	43	Swingadelic - The Late Late Show	8
44	59	Avril Lavigne ft. Blackbear - Love It When You Hate Me	3
45	70	Heartless Bastards - You Never Know	2
46	29	Beach Bunny - Oxygen	15
47	55	Cat 5 Band -Ain't Nothing Better	5
48	36	Babeheaven - The Hours	15
49	50	Johnny Woods - Life on Mars	7
50	57	GAYLE - abcdefu	6
51	56	Deb Browning - Stop Messin' With My Man●	29
52	58	Wetleg - Chaise Lounge	5
53	65	Rex Orange County - Keep It Up	3
54	51	Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti	6
55	40	Heartless Bastards- How Low	17
56	49	Zac Brown Band - Old Love Song	6
57	38	The Weeknd - Sacrifice	7
58	42	Glass Animals - I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)	21
59	47	Halsey - You Asked For This●	24
60	64	Pete Yorn - Elizabeth Taylor	4
61	41	Courtney Barnett - Write A Listing of Things to Look Forward To	13
62	46	Kacey Musgraves - Justified	16
63	62	Glass Animals - Heat Waves	34
64	63	Bleachers - How Dare You Want More	5
65	73	Babeheaven ft. Navy Blue- Make Me Wanna	3
66	39	Beach House - Once Twice Melody	14
67	71	Michael Buble - I'll Never NotyLove You	3
68	75	Deb Browning - Dancin'	3
69	83	Deb Browning - In My dreams	12
70	54	Christina Taylor- Damn Boy	23
71	80	Ed Sheeran ft. Taylor Swift - The Joker and the Queen	3
72	81	The Beths - A Real Thing	2
73	60	Zac Brown Band - Out in the Middle	6
74	---	TOP DEBUT: SHARON VAN ETTEN "Porta" (Single Only)	1
75	66	Avril Lavigne - Bite Me	13
76	---	Christina Taylor- Somebody Will	1
77	67	Train - Mittens	11
78	61	Twenty One Pilots - Outside	6
79	86	Eavesdrop - Here	2
80	`---	Don Dixon  ft Dip Ferrell and the True Tones - Young Love	1
81	69	Foo Fighters - Love Dies Young	7
82	77	A Place to Bury Strangers - I Might Have●	31
83	76	ScreenAge - Think Again▲	41
84	---	Kacey Musgraves - Camera Roll	1
85	---	Weezer - A Little Bit of Love	1
86	74	Iration - Be Alright	22
87	82	Tim Izzard - Life In a Day	16
88	90	Coldplay X Selena Gomez - Let Somebody Go	2
89	---	The Lumineers - Where We Are	1
90	84	Spoon - The Hardest Cut	6
91	89	Charlie Puth - Light Switch	3
92	---	Jack White - Love is Selfish	1
93	85	Hippo Campus - Ride or Die	4
94	78	Bloc Party - Traps	11
95	88	Foo Fighters - Making A Fire	16
96	79	King Tappa - Flirting	13
97	87	Adele - Oh My God	13
98	92	Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits●	32
99	91	Band of Horses - Crutch	17
100	94	Milky Chance - Colorado●	30

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.