A few tracks from The Black Keys on the birthday of their drummer Patrick Carney.
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Today’s playlist features a bunch of Vampire Weekend tunes, as the band’s Ezra Koenig turns 39 today.
Congratulations to Megan Thee Stallion, who has placed a song in my year end top five every year since 2019. Her “Her” is my number two song of ’22, kept from number one by Beyoncé, who guested on the remix of MTS’s “Savage,” my number 4 song of 2020. 2022 was a year that left me wanting, so my top 100 has 92 songs. Here they are:
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Inspired by the October 4 birthdays of Pet Shop Boys‘ Chris Lowe, She & Him/Monsters of Folk’s M. Ward, Susan Sarandon, Lil Mama, Destroyer’s Dan Bejar, Penny McLean, t.A.T.u.’s Lena Katina, and Big Jaz.
Inspired by the July 13 birthdays of The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn, Girls’ Christopher Owens, Leon Bridges, Cheech Marin, Jayne County, Gerald Levert and Ida Maria.
Inspired by the July 9 birthdays of Jack White, Hole’s Courtney Love, Marc Almond, AC/DC’s Bon Scott, Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brook, Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr, Lee Hazlewood, Gwen Guthrie and Haysi Fantayzee’s Kate Garner.
Inspired by the May 21 birthdays of Ronald Isley, The Notorious B.I.G., Sugababes’ Mutya Buena, Carl Carlton, Leo Sayer, Justice’s Gaspard Augé, Fats Waller, Marcie Blane and Anjulie.
Inspired by the May 14 birthdays of Talking Heads‘ David Byrne, The Coasters/Cadets’ Dub Jones, The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, Raphael Saadiq, Bobby Darin, Cream’s Jack Bruce, The Cult’s Ian Astbury, Shanice and Tom Cochrane.
Inspired by the April 30 birthdays of Sugarhill Gang’s Wonder Mike, MC5’s Wayne Kramer, Bobby Vee, Travis $cott, Snap!’s Turbo B, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer, Johnny Horton, Mac Demarco, Santo & Johnny’s Johnny, and Broadway composer Sheldon Harnick.