Fall Out Boy's Billy Joel Remake Scores Blog #1; Dw Dunphy on Orbis Max; Christina Black Top Debut (SNS week of 9/24/2023)

 HELLO EVERYONE:  Well, September has been a very rough month healthwise for me.  This time it's vertigo and high blood pressure.   At my age, I guess it could be commonplace! It's October 1 as I write this, so it's very late, thus brief.  I do have a few issues to talk about though.

FALL OUT BOY'S cover of the 1989 Billy Joel #1 song, "We Didn't Start the Fire" hits the top of the SNS 100 this week.   It's the second blog topper for the Illinois quartet, following 2019's "I've Been Waiting", which featured the band, along with lead acts Lil Peep and ILoveMakonnen, which went on to lead the 2019 year-end list.   The song is also top ten on the alternative airplay chart this week.   

Last week's #1 song, Iration, drops again to #2.   The song is also on the alternative chart fighting to grab a stronghold in the top 30.    Another former #1, The Tonez' "Caught Up" drops to #3.

SZA's "Snooze" inches up to #4.   More importantly, the song jumps up to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.  SZA also debuts at #1 on that chart, featured on Drake's "Slime You Out", so it's apparent that after several weeks that country prevailed, hip-hop has returned, as that song replaces Doja Cat's "Paint the Town Red", which drops to #2 on the Hot 100; it moves 66-55 on the blog list.

The Record Company's "Talk to Me" moves to #5.   The top five songs on the SNS 100 are closely bunched together that anything could happen next week.  Meanwhile, new to the top ten are two beach music songs rooted in the 1970's.    Michael McMeel and Marlisa Kay Small's "I'll Be Around" moves 11-9 and Starbuck's "On the Sand" goes 13-10.    McMeel was a drummer for Three Dog Night in 1974-76, and the song is a cover of a Spinners hit from 1972.   As for Starbuck, that band, led by Bruce Blackman (who has carried forward the group name as a solo act), hit in 1976 with "Moonlight Feels Right". 

New to the top 20 is the Impact winner, Black Pumas' "More Than A Love Song", while two beach acts enter:  Rivermist's "Right Place Right Time", and Jim Quick and Coastline's "Eight Four Three".

STILL ROLLING:  The Rolling Stones' "Angry" gets the Mover nod, with a 67-42 jump.    Sadly, I had to miss Roselle Park's Arts Festival (held September 30, yesterday as I write this).    Charlotte Sessions, who performed at the festival's Library Stage, jumps 54-36 with "Should I Be The Man".   Hopefully I can get a video of the performance.    From all indications, the festival went well, and after several rainy days, it dried out in time for the performance.

SHOUT OUT:   In the wake of naming Orbis Max's "R U OK" as the Song of the Summer, I saw that there was an article posted on that band's Facebook page ("Orbis 2.0") an article that appeared on the New Jersey Stage website, interviewing the Internet band's leader, Dw Dunphy.   Last week I mentioned that although the band is officially "based" in San Diego, members were from all over the country and even in the U.K.    That included Red Bank, NJ, but what I didn't know is that is the home of Dunphy himself; thus, Orbis is technically from my state!   

In the article, which coincides with the band's new, self-titled album, due today (October 1, as I write this), Dunphy mentions how the band came together, that it was rooted way back in the 1970's, and how the current version of the band came about.   Dunphy also talks about the key track "R U OK", and does a shout-out to my blog. (A big thank you for that, Dw!).

You can read the entire article right here:  Dw Dunphy on Orbis Max

Beach music singer Christina Cooper Black grabs the Top Debut with "I Miss You Babe".   The track, released in 2021 is an ode to her late husband, Tommy Black.

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ADDS: Just a few this week, but the Top Debut goes to "I Miss You Babe" by beach music artist Christina Cooper Black; her first solo effort on SNS.     Ms. Black was one of the Carolina Queens but is also an accomplished singer in her own right.    Christina cut this song back in 2021, but I was unaware of it until I saw it listed as "bubbling under" on the John Hook's Beach Music Top 40 list.    One listen and I was in awe of the song.      "I Miss You Babe" is an ode to her husband Tommy Black, who sadly passed away a few years back, as well as others who the beach community lost recently.   It's a mid-tempo, sentimental song and very heartfelt, while keeping the beach beat intact.    Awesome production by Tim Sidden (Cat 5, Deb Browning, Marlisa Small, Carolina Queens, et al), puts a finishing touch on it.   I wish I had known about the song in 2021, but thanks to Christina's Queens performance (and friending me on Facebook), I will give this one quite the run.

Also debuting is The Killers' '"Your Side of Town".   While this band, noted for "Mr. Brightside" as well as being the first band to hit the blog #1 spot in just three weeks with a holiday song, has had a new lease on life on the alternative chart in recent years, it's only had middling success on the blog chart.  However, the new one, which recalls New Order's 1987 synth-hit "True Faith", has that requisite steady beat, could break that "slump".   

Entering also is the latest from Devon Gillfillan, with "Love You Anyway", the follow-up to the blog top ten "All I Really Wanna Do".  Assisted by Sammy Rae & the Friends, his soulful take is melded with a gospel feel as well.

Entering in the Tremors section are the latest by L7, the all-female band popular during the grunge-era with songs "Pretend We're Dead" and "Andres", are back with "Cooler Than Mars"; the band hasn't lost its swagger.    Dacey, a female singer-songwiter who has been getting airplay on Vermont's alt-station WEQX enters with "If We Never Try", with a relaxing beat and background harmonies to support her cool vice; and finally Big Thief's "Vampire Empire".   

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist

September 24, 2023

This Week	Last Week	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	4	NUMBER ONE: FALL OUT BOY "We Didn't Start The Fire" Album: So Much (for) Stardust (Deluxe Edition)	6
2	1	Iration - Daytrippin'●	14
3	2	The Tonez - Caught Up	19
4	5	SZA - Snooze	11
5	6	The Record Company - Talk To Me	10
6	9	Thee Sacred Souls - Running Away	9
7	3	Lesa Hudson - Count On Me	16
8	8	Say She She - Astral Plane●	9
9	11	Michael McMeel with Marlisa Kay Small- I'll Be Around	7
10	13	Starbuck - On the Sand	5
11	7	Colorjoy - Apathy▲	9
12	12	Sir Prize and the Twomorrow Knightz - Automatic Satin Circus	13
13	15	Gary Lowder and Smokin' Hot ft. Bridger Warlick - Picture of You	9
14	14	Lainey Wilson - Watermelon Moonshine	10
15	20	Pepper - Get Me Ready	6
16	33	TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: BLACK PUMAS "More Than A Love Song" Album: Chronicles of a Diamond	4
17	10	Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer●	13
18	26	Rivermist - Right Place Right Time	6
19	23	Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire	12
20	30	Jim Quick and Coastline - Eight Four Three●	8
21	22	Jerry Powell - One More Summer Night	22
22	17	Roger Smith - Baby Boomers	13
23	29	Orbis Max with Lisa Mychols ft. Ed Ryan - R U OK	26
24	16	Kesha - Only Love Can Save Us Now▲²	15
25	37	Deer Tick - Forgiving Ties	5
26	18	Luke Combs - Fast Car	14
27	21	Say She She - Reeling	18
28	32	King Tappa - One Day	6
29	25	Marlisa Kay Small and Jerry Thomas West - Love Really Hurts Without You●	21
30	31	Oliver Anthony Music - Rich Men North of Richmond	6
31	28	Cat5 Band - What's Love Got To Do With You	15
32	40	The Revivalists - Good Old Days	7
33	35	Deb Browning - Think I Found Forever▲	28
34	48	Cannons - Desire	4
35	49	The National - Eucalyptus	5
36	54	Charlotte Sessions - Should I Be The Man	4
37	24	Hozier - Francesca●	13
38	27	Pollyanna - Good For You●	14
39	44	Rev. Bubba D. Liverance and the Cornhole Prophets - Edisto	6
40	19	Jason Aldean - Try That In A Small Town●	10
41	47	Phillip Phillips -- Dancing With Your Shadows	8
42	67	MOVER OF THE WEEK: THE ROLLING STONES " Angry" Album: Hackney Diamonds	2
43	46	Middle Kids - Highlands	5
44	43	Metric - Just the Once	7
45	51	Queens of the Stone Age - Paper Machete	7
46	52	Cold War Kids - Run Away With Me	5
47	36	The Faithful Brothers - Dance My Hurt Away	12
48	34	Too Much Sylvia - It Still Is	18
49	38	Say She She - Don't You Dare Stop▲	18
50	53	Loverboy - Release	12
51	42	Nick Waterhouse - Hide and Seek	11
52	50	Juliet Callahan - Heal	7
53	61	James Hunter Six - Heartbreak	3
54	45	John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band - Day In the Sun	17
55	66	Doja Cat - Paint the Town Red	3
56	62	Thundercat and Tame Impala - No More Lies	5
57	63	Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young	4
58	68	Momma - Bang Bang	4
59	39	LP - One Like You	13
60	41	Morgan Wallen - Last Night	24
61	69	Wilco - Evicted	3
62	58	The Main Event Band ft. Sharon Woodruff - Love Makes The World Go Round	22
63	73	The Wheelgunners - Girls Alright	3
64	65	Zach Bryan ft. Kasey Musgraves - I Remember Everything	4
65	75	Local Natives ft. Suki Waterhouse -NYE	3
66	72	The Regrettes - Dancing On My Own	4
67	85	Daisy Jones and the Six - Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)	3
68	97	The Beaches - Blame Brett	2
69	86	Orbis Max - Selling The Van	3
70	98	Beabadoobee - The Way Things Go	2
71	74	Orbis Max - The North	9
72	89	Maneskin - Honey (Are U Coming?)	2
73	---	TOP DEBUT: CHRISTINA COOPER BLACK "I Miss You Babe" (Single Only)	1
74	84	Noah Kahan - Dial Drunk	4
75	76	Thirty Seconds to Mars - Stuck	8
76	59	The Holiday Band - Happy Music	13
77	55	Highwind - Never Sitting Pretty	15
78	88	Portugal. The Man ft Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Summer of Luv	5
79	60	Einsteins Dad - Anytime Blues	18
80	90	Chris Stapleton - White Horse	3
81	93	The Sand Band - I'll Come Running Back To You	2
82	56	Dua Lipa - Dance The Night	17
83	57	Danielle Ponder - Roll The Credits	13
84	64	Arlo Parks - Devotion	15
85	80	Say She She - In My Head●	30
86	79	Grace Potter - Good Time	12
87	94	Polyanna - Judas	2
88	83	The Struts - Too Good at Raising Hell	6
89	95	Bryan Hansen Band - Death of a Yes Man	3
90	---	The Killers - Your Side of Town	1
91	71	Jon Pardi - Your Heart Or Mine	11
92	87	Thee Sacred Souls - Love Is The Way	21
93	---	Devon Gilfillian - Love You Anyway	1
94	81	Rev. Bubba D. Liverance and the Cornhole Prophets - Dreamsicle	16
95	103	boygenius - Cool About It	1
96	77	Elle King - Jersey Giant	13
97	104	The Joy Formidable - Cut Your Face	1
98	78	Orbis Max - No Hero	18
99	70	Miley Cyrus - Jaded	19
100	92	Mitski - Bug Like An Angel	5

Tremors:

101. Ariel Pink, "I Wanna Be A Girl"

102. L7, "Cooler Than Mars"

103. Frankie Cosmos, "Fruit Stand"

104. Dacey, "If We Never Try"

105. Bad Omens, "Limits"

106. Big Thief, "Vampire Empire"

107. Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake, "Keep Going Up"

Tremors: Songs which have steady or increasing points but not enough to chart on the SNS 100.

▲Song garnered most plays on Spotify, for the  month, with a superscript following the symbol if most played for multiple months ● Song among top 5 most plays on Spotify.  Awards given during the last blog of each month.  To qualify, the song must be currently or have peaked in the top 40.

Songs on the SNS 100 are included on the following public Spotify playlists

 

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves Top 40:  Contains songs in positions 1-40 on the SNS 100

Scenes Up and Coming:  Songs below #40 that are moving up the chart.

Scenes Recurrents: Songs which have dropped below the top 40 but are still on the SNS 100