Another day, another ten songs. Here's part one and part two if you missed them. Part four will come tomorrow, part five on Friday.
Today's batch includes my biggest earworm of the year ("Carrie-Ann"), the cruelest lyric of the year ("I've had her; she's nothing"), and the brilliantly arranged "My World Fell Down." Finally, I don't usually even pay attention when I see blogs throw up some contemporary indie act covering a well-known song, but after seeing Jens Lekman do "You Can Call Me Al," one of my all-time sentimental favorites, I had to hunt down an mp3 version of the song. (Anyone paying attention to the lyrics may notice the inspiration for my doings elseweb.)
- The Hollies: Carrie-Anne (1967)
- Them: I Can Only Give You Everything (1966)
- Simply Saucer: Instant Pleasure (1974)
- Harry Nilsson: The Beehive State (1970)
- Jens Lekman: You Can Call Me Al (2008)
- Phil Ochs: I've Had Her (1967)
- Young Killer: The Wrestler (1958)
- Adam & the Amethysts: Bumble Bee (2008)
- Sagittarius: My World Fell Down (1968)
- The Monkees: Porpoise Song (1971)
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